# Scientific Exchanges Program

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/usda-fas-10620-0762-10-21-0001-scientific-exchanges-program/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/332892

> Foreign Agricultural Service offered grants of up to $700,000 (at least $1) to colleges and universities. It expected to make about 11 awards worth $1.3 million in total. Applications closed on June 10, 2021.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | USDA-FAS-10620-0762-10-21-0001 |
| Agency | Foreign Agricultural Service |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | June 10, 2021 |
| Award ceiling | $700,000 |
| Award floor | $1 |
| Expected awards | 11 |
| Total funding | $1.3 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 10.620 |

## Who can apply

- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

U.S. State Cooperative Institutions or other colleges and universities in the United States

## What the grant funds

Program Overview and Priorities The Scientific Exchanges Program (SEP) advances USDA’s agricultural research goals to promote collaborative programs among agricultural professionals of eligible countries, the United States, the international agricultural research system, and United States entities conducting research in the agricultural sciences. SEP accomplishes this by providing fellowships to individuals from eligible countries who specialize or have experience in agricultural education, research, extension, or other related fields. Fellowships promote food security and economic growth in eligible countries by educating a new generation of agricultural scientists, increasing scientific knowledge and collaborative research to improve agricultural productivity, and extending that knowledge to users and intermediaries in the marketplace. The collaborative nature of the training and research programs benefits the fellow, his or her home institution, and partner country; the U.S. host institution, its professors, researchers, and students; and the global agricultural sector by improving agricultural productivity, systems, and processes in partnering nations through the transfer of new science and agricultural technologies. Program Objectives USDA will issue up to 11 awards under this announcement. Award 1: USDA will provide an award focusing on understanding food safety issues with a direct impact on international agricultural trade, such as sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures and technical barriers to trade (TBT). The award will focus on assisting West African nations in improving their food safety systems by offering “real-world” research opportunities on food safety issues and topics related to SPS measures and TBT. Recipients should consider the potential for using Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) to improve food safety. Additionally, the award will provide a platform for researchers of the same cohort to share ideas and foster collaboration to lead to better intraregional coordination on food safety issues. More broadly, through their research, fellows will affirm the importance of the international standard setting bodies (Codex Alimentarius, the International Plant Protection Convention and the World Organization for Animal Health) to agricultural policy makers responsible for the development or improvement of national food safety regimes throughout West Africa.

## Questions people ask

### Is USDA-FAS-10620-0762-10-21-0001 still open?

No. It closed on June 10, 2021.

### Who can apply for Scientific Exchanges Program?

Foreign Agricultural Service accepted applications from colleges and universities. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Scientific Exchanges Program?

Closed June 10, 2021. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $700,000 each. About $1.3 million in total across about 11 awards.

### Who has won Scientific Exchanges Program grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Iowa State University of Science and Technology, University of California, Davis, University of Tennessee. The program made 5 awards worth $1.4 million in that time.