OpportunityTitle: Agriculture and Food Research Initiative: Water for Agriculture Challenge Area
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligibility is linked to the project type. All project types are described beginning in Part II, C.
Description: NIFA initiates a new challenge area to address critical water resources issues such as drought, excess soil moisture, flooding, quality and others in an agricultural context. Funding will be used to develop management practices, technologies, and tools for farmers, ranchers, forest owners and managers, public decision makers, public and private managers, and citizens to improve water resource quantity and quality. NIFA&apos;s approach will link social, economic, and behavioral sciences with traditional biophysical sciences and engineering to address regional-scale issues with shared hydrological processes and meteorological and basin characteristics.
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CloseDateExplanation: A Letter of Intent (LOI) must be received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on April 17, 2014 (see Part IV A.). A LOI is a prerequisite to submission of an application. Please note that a LOI is not a required prerequisite for conference grants. Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on August 13, 2014.