OpportunityTitle: Disaster Resilience for Rural Communities
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: *Organization Limit: Proposals may only be submitted by the following:   - For NSF, the categories of proposers eligible to submit proposals to the National Science Foundation are identified in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=gpg&quot;&gt;Grant Proposal Guide&lt;/a&gt;, Chapter I, Section E.  Eligible applicants for USDA-NIFA awards under this solicitation include: (1) State Agricultural Experiment Stations; (2) colleges and universities (including junior colleges offering associate degrees or higher); (3) university research foundations; (4) other research institutions and organizations; (5) Federal agencies, (6) national laboratories; (7) private organizations or corporations; (8) individuals who are U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents; and (9) any group consisting of 2 or more entities identified in (1) through (8). Eligible institutions do not include foreign and international organizations.   *PI Limit:         Eligible research proposals must have at least one investigator  from the  social/behavioral/economic sciences or engineering.  Proposals that  do not meet this requirement will be returned without  review.         &lt;br /&gt;
Description: In a joint announcement, the U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and NSF call for proposals to advance basic research in engineering and the social, behavioral, and economic sciences on enhancing disaster resilience in rural communities.
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CloseDateExplanation: Full Proposal Deadline(s): March 04, 2011