DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA)NRCS Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) (link) – Using guidance contained in this notice, potential RCPP partners propose projects that generate conservation benefits by addressing specific natural resource objectives in a State/multistate area or address one or more priority resource concerns within an NRCS-designated critical conservation area (CCA). NRCS and partners collaborate to…

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD)National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Boosting Innovative GEOINT Research Broad Agency Announcement (NGA BIG-R BAA) (link) – The Boosting Innovative GEOINT-Research Broad Agency Announcement (BIG-R BAA) invites proposers to submit innovative basic and applied research and development concepts that address one or more of the following technical domains: (1) Foundational GEOINT, (2) Advanced Phenomenologies,…

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA)Early Career News: Innovative Grant Opportunities Level the Field for New Scientists (link) – Through the USDA-NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), the nation’s leading competitive grants program for agricultural sciences, applicants who meet eligibility requirements as a New Investigator can apply for a seed grant or a New Investigator standard…

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA)NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative – Foundational and Applied Science Program (link) (see attachments) – The AFRI Foundational and Applied Science Program supports grants in six AFRI priority areas to advance knowledge in both fundamental and applied sciences important to agriculture. The six priority areas are: Plant Health and Production and…