Federal Register Publishes USDA-CSREES RFP’s

The solicitation, guidelines, and required forms for the Multicultural Scholars Program can be accessed via the CSREES web site (www.reeusda.gov) under Higher Education Programs. These documents are also being printed and will be mailed out shortly.

Proposals are due February 26, 1999. For more information contact: Lois A. Davis, (202) 720-1973; ladavis@reeusda.gov

The Solicitation of Applications for the Capacity Building Grants Program was published in the January 5, 1999 Federal Register (Vol. 64, No. 2). Proposals must be received by close of business on March 16, 1999.

A copy of the solicitation will be posted soon on the HEP home page (http://www.reeusda.gov) under Higher Education Programs. Paper copies of the FY 1999 Solicitation and the Capacity Building Grants Program Application Kit have not yet been printed and may not be available until mid-January.

For additional information, contact RICHARD HOOD,

National Program Leader, HEP, at 202/720-2186; rhood@reeusda.gov.

Higher Education Challenge Grants Program for Fiscal Year 1999

Federal Register (Volume 64, Number 5, pp. 1419-1423) announces the solicitation of proposals for the Higher Education Challenge Grants Program for FY 1999. Closing date: March 9, 1999. A copy of the solicitation will be posted on the HEP home page (see address above). For additional information, contact JEFFREY L. GILMORE; jgilmore@reeusda.gov.

NRI Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research

Fiscal Year 1999 solicitation of applications was published in the Federal Register 12-17-98; pps. 69986-69989. Closing date: March 24, 1999. Details may be obtained from the CSREES  web site (http://www.reeusda.gov/crgam/biotechrisk/biotech.htm). Program contact is EDWARD K. KALEIKAU; ekaleikau@reeusda.gov. The USDA CSREES National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (NRI)

A Supplemental NRI Program Description has been released and is now available on the NRI home page at www.reeusda.gov/nri. This supplement describes a new Epidemiological Approaches to Food Safety Program, an amendment to the Animal Genome and Genetic Mechanisms Program.

Paper copies of this document, the original Program Description, and the Application Kit can be obtained by sending your name and postal address and list of documents desired to psb@reeusda.gov. Paper copies of the NRI Program Description may not be available until mid- January.

Questions regarding NRI documents or programs can be directed to the NRI at (202) 01-5022 or nricgp@reeusda.gov.

ADEC is soliciting proposals under Agricultural Telecommunications. Complete details are provided at the web site (http://www.adec.edu/ag-telecom/rfp.html). This program is being administered by the ADEC consortium under terms and conditions developed by CSREES. Closing date for pre-proposals is February 15, 1999.