Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NIFA ECDRE 008901
The Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Extension Program (ECDRE) pre-application opportunity is a fiscal year 2022 grant competition run by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). It is designed to fund projects that directly respond to priorities set by the Citrus Disease Subcommittee (CDS) of the National Agricultural Research, Education, Extension and Economics (NAREEE) Advisory Board. The central focus is Huanglongbing (HLB), also known as citrus greening, and the broader disease complex that threatens the long-term viability of citrus production in the United States. A key expectation of this program is that proposed work will not sit solely in the lab or in isolated research disciplines; instead, it should combine research and extension in a coordinated way and use systems-based, trans-disciplinary approaches that move practical solutions to citrus growers.
The program lays out three major goals and outcomes. First, it aims to combat HLB and its associated challenges so that citrus farming can remain financially sustainable, emphasizing collaborative approaches and shared knowledge rather than fragmented efforts. Second, it seeks a shift away from narrow, component-focused research (for example, studying one piece of the problem in isolation) toward deploying research results and conclusions in real farm settings, where growers can act on them. Third, it encourages research teams to integrate what is already known across disciplines and institutions to produce actionable, grower-centered strategies to prevent infection and reduce impacts where HLB is already present. In practical terms, NIFA is looking for proposals that prioritize application and adoption, not just discovery, and that treat the HLB problem as an interconnected system involving biology, management practices, economics, and on-the-ground implementation.
ECDRE also emphasizes how the work should be conducted: through collaboration, open communication, active exchange of information, and the development of shared resources that accelerate the translation of scientific advances and technologies into farm-level outcomes. This signals that competitive projects are likely to involve multi-organization teams, clear plans for extension and outreach, and mechanisms for rapidly sharing findings, tools, or best practices with stakeholders who can use them. Because the opportunity is specifically a pre-application, applicants should expect an initial screening or selection step before being invited to submit a full application, with the pre-application serving as the gateway to the next stage.
Eligibility for submitting a pre-application is broad. Eligible applicants include Federal agencies, national laboratories, colleges and universities, research institutions and organizations, private organizations or corporations, State Agricultural Experiment Stations, Cooperative Extension Services, and also individuals or groups made up of two or more of these entity types. The listing highlights that organizations new to Federal financial assistance are encouraged to consult NIFA grant process resources, reflecting typical compliance and administrative requirements associated with federal awards.
The opportunity includes an important restriction on submissions: duplicate or multiple submissions with the same lead Project Director (PD) are not allowed. If an applicant submits more than one pre-application with the same person listed as lead PD, NIFA will disqualify both applications. However, the same individual may participate as a co-PD on multiple distinct submissions, as long as they submit only one unique pre-application as the lead PD during the fiscal year.
From the source details, this is a mandatory grant opportunity in the agriculture funding activity category, listed under CFDA (Assistance Listing) 10.309, with the funding opportunity number USDA NIFA ECDRE 008901. The original closing date for the pre-application was March 17, 2022, and the award ceiling is listed as $15,000,000. The opportunity was created on February 2, 2022.Apply for USDA NIFA ECDRE 008901
- The National Institute of Food and Agriculture in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Extension Program – Pre-Application" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.309.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2022-02-02.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2022-03-17. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $15,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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