FY2024 Scientific Cooperation Research Program | USDA FAS 10961 0700 10 24 0001

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The FY2024 Scientific Cooperation Research Program is a discretionary grant opportunity run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) to support cooperative, international projects that advance FAS strategic goals. The program is designed to tap into the scientific community's existing expertise and practical technologies by funding joint efforts that combine research, extension, and education. At its core, the opportunity is meant to strengthen collaboration between U.S. researchers and counterparts in selected emerging market economies, while also building technical capacity and deepening long-term ties between partner countries and the U.S. agriculture sector.

Projects funded under this program must be collaborative in nature, pairing U.S.-based researchers with researchers in eligible emerging market economies. The funded work can run for up to two years, which signals that FAS is looking for efforts that can produce concrete outputs, applied results, or implementable guidance within a relatively short timeline rather than open-ended basic research. The scope is intentionally broad across agriculture and related systems, and it explicitly includes topics such as agricultural trade and market access, animal and plant health, biotechnology, food safety and food security, climate-smart agriculture, and sustainable natural resource management. In practice, that means proposals can range from technical studies and pilot demonstrations to training, outreach, and knowledge-transfer activities, as long as they fit within the program's joint research, extension, and education framework and align with the strategic goals of FAS.

The award mechanism for this opportunity is a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates that the agency expects to have more involvement than in a standard grant, such as engagement on project direction, coordination, or oversight during implementation. The funding activity category is agriculture, and the assistance listing is CFDA (now commonly referred to as Assistance Listing) 10.961. The opportunity anticipates making around 12 awards, with an award ceiling of $50,000 per project. While the ceiling sets the maximum amount an applicant can request, the competitive nature and the number of expected awards suggest applicants should propose budgets that are realistic and tightly tied to the work plan, deliverables, and collaboration needs.

Eligibility is summarized as "Others" in the opportunity data, with more specific eligibility requirements referenced as being located in Section C of the full funding opportunity announcement. As a result, anyone considering applying would need to review that section carefully to confirm organizational eligibility, required qualifications, any country or partner restrictions, and whether particular entity types (such as universities, nonprofits, research institutes, or other organizations) are allowed. The program has a long history, dating back to 1980, and has supported hundreds of projects, emphasizing its track record in professional skill-building for agricultural stakeholders and in supporting partner countries as they expand and strengthen relationships with U.S. agriculture.

Key administrative details include the funding opportunity title "FY2024 Scientific Cooperation Research Program" and the funding opportunity number "USDA FAS 10961 0700 10 24 0001." The original application closing date listed is March 25, 2024, and the opportunity was created on January 9, 2024. Taken together, this is a relatively small, targeted international collaboration program aimed at producing practical, capacity-building outcomes in agriculture and closely related fields, with a clear emphasis on bilateral scientific cooperation between the United States and selected emerging markets.

• The Foreign Agricultural Service in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY2024 Scientific Cooperation Research Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.961.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-01-09.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-03-25. (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 $50,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 12 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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