Closed · USDA-FAS-10960-0700-10-23-0024 · CFDA 10.960 · Discretionary
Biotechnology Technical Assistance for Africa
Federal grant opportunity posted by Foreign Agricultural Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $240K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- September 1, 2023
- Close date
- -
- Expected awards
The verdict
Biotechnology Technical Assistance for Africa is a closed discretionary listing from Foreign Agricultural Service that offered Up to $240,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 138 other opportunities from Foreign Agricultural Service.
- up to $240K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 10.960
- CFDA program
- 138
- other opportunities from Foreign Agricultural Service
Archived opportunity record
Biotechnology Technical Assistance for Africa is closed (last close September 1, 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 September 1, 2023
Est. Total Funding
$240,000
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
To boost agricultural productivity and yield to meet the increasing demand for food in Africa, more efficient approaches to produce food are required. The full potential of new breeding tools such as genome editing needs to be explored and utilized in addition to conventional technologies in countries and regions of Africa where knowledge on the benefits of genome editing and genetic engineering (GE) technologies is still lacking. The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service intends to support workshops and trainings in collaboration with African universities or research institutions, to improve understanding of these approaches by agricultural officials and scientists on the African continent.The purpose of this USDA/FAS pilot Biotechnology and Biosafety Forum is to enhance awareness and knowledge in Kenya, Mozambique, Senegal, and Zambia among agricultural officials and other government officials, host-country farmers, farmer association officials, and scientists, on what are biotechnological tools and how their adoption can enhance food security.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · USDA-FAS-10960-0700-10-23-0024
Grants.gov marks Biotechnology Technical Assistance for Africa 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.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Parent Grant Program
Schools and Roads — Grants to States
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agency Contact
Andre Ntamack
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What to do next
Biotechnology Technical Assistance for Africa 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
Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.
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