Dear Colleagues,
The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) will be accepting applications for the new Improving Climate Resilience in Crops program starting September 16, 2020. FFAR is launching this grant opportunity through the Next Generation Crops Challenge Area to increase a crop's tolerance for higher temperatures.
The program seeks applications that increase the basal or acquired thermotolerance of crop plants, allowing them to better survive when exposed to high temperatures. This funding opportunity is focusing on solutions that can be applied to one or more of the following crops: maize, rice, sorghum, millet, wheat, sweet potato, cassava, banana, yam, common bean, cowpea, chickpea and groundnut. FFAR will also consider research in other plants, if applicants adequately describe how the proposed research would be transferable to the preferred crops. Solutions that only apply to agricultural systems in high-income countries or involve domestication of new crops will not be considered.
Matching funds for this grant were provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Full application criteria and eligibility requirements will be available on the Open Opportunities webpage on September 16, 2020.
Thank you.
Kathleen Nolan, Director, ANR Office of Contracts & Grants (OCG)