The Foreign Agricultural Service is seeking applications for the 2022 Scientific Exchanges Program (SEP) to leverage the latest developments in cross-cutting agricultural priorities, research, and technologies to educate a new generation of agricultural scientists to promote trade, trade policy, trade capacity building, and food security.
Donor Name: Foreign Agricultural Service
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/06/2022
Size of Grant: $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
The collaborative nature of the SEP training and research programs improves agricultural productivity, systems, and processes in partnering emerging market economies through the transfer of new science and agricultural technologies.
SEP focuses on a cohort of Fellows who will spend up to 12 weeks at the U.S. academic institution and work directly with U.S. scientists in their fields.
Each Fellow must hold a minimum of a Master’s-level degree, be in the early or middle stage of their career, and represent a university, government agency, or research entity in their home country. Mentors coordinate the training program in the United States.
Upon the Fellow’s return home, the mentor travels to the Fellows country to follow-up. SEP is administered by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service, Global Programs, Fellowship Programs.
Grant Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,500,000
- Award Ceiling: $500,000
- Projected Period of Performance Start: September 1, 2022
- Projected Period of Performance End: August 31, 2024
- Projects should not exceed two years.
Eligibility Criteria
- U.S. State Cooperative Institutions or other colleges and universities in the United States.
- All applicants must have an active registration in the U.S. Government System for Award Management by the closing date of the announcement; applicants with inactive, expired, pending, or excluded listings will be deemed ineligible.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
