Closed · USDA-FAS-10960-0200-10-23-0006 · CFDA 10.960 · Discretionary

Nationalizing and Supporting Biotechnology and Biosafety Policy Development in Africa

Federal grant opportunity posted by Foreign Agricultural Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $500K
Award range
Closed
Status
August 18, 2023
Close date
2
Expected awards

The verdict

Nationalizing and Supporting Biotechnology and Biosafety Policy Development in Africa is a closed discretionary listing from Foreign Agricultural Service that offered Up to $500,000 across 2 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 138 other opportunities from Foreign Agricultural Service.

up to $500K
award range
Closed
application status
2
expected awards
10.960
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Nationalizing and Supporting Biotechnology an… is closed (last close August 18, 2023). The parent program page for CFDA 10.960 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Foreign Agricultural Service still indexes 138 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed August 18, 2023

Posted Jul 13 Closes Aug 18

Est. Total Funding

$1,000,000

Expected Awards

2

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

USDA/FAS works to collaborate with U.S. government agencies, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations, and industry to promote U.S. products of biotechnologies and understanding and acceptance of agricultural biotechnologies, including new initiatives related to the technology.The goals of this program are to support science-based decision making within regional economic communities across Africa and by their respective member states. Activities should assist in national development, implementation, or enforcement of regional or continent-wide adopted guidelines, recommendations, and/or policies that are consistent with international science-based standards.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · USDA-FAS-10960-0200-10-23-0006

Grants.gov marks Nationalizing and Supporting Biotechnology an… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Agriculture (AG). This eligibility-code string dominates the Foreign Agricultural Service book (104 peers, 75% of 139).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 10.960

Schools and Roads — Grants to States

U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Agency Contact

Chris Peterson Phone: 202.720.6713

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What to do next

Nationalizing and Supporting Biotechnology an… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 10.960 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Schools and Roads — Grants to States indexes 3 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Foreign Agricultural Service lists 138 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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