USDA Scientific Cooperation Program Proposals Sought

Funding is available for international scientific research and exchange under USDA's 1998 Scientific Cooperation Program. Administered by the Research and Scientific Exchanges Division of the Foreign Agricultural Service, the program promotes international cooperation in agriculture and forestry through short-term visits and research projects. Proposals are accepted from U.S. universities and USDA scientists as well as private nonprofit organizations, and must be submitted from the U.S. side. The 1998 program solicits proposals in the following areas: New Food and Fiber Crops/New Uses; Preservation and Characterization of Plant and Animal Germplasm; Techniques for Minimizing Use of Agricultural Chemicals; Agricultural Waste Management Strategies and Applications; Sustaining/Managing Fragile or Threatened Ecosystems; and International Impacts on Domestic Agriculture and Forestry. The proposal submission deadline is September 1, 1997. For a copy of proposal guidelines, contact HELEN NEIL, Research and Scientific Exchanges Division, International Cooperation and Development, Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA, Rm. 3230, So. Bldg., STOP 1091, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20250-1091; 202/720-3282 (telephone); 202/690-1955 (fax); or neil@fas.usda.gov (e-mail).

FY 1995 Inventory of Agricultural Research

The FY 1995 Inventory of Agricultural Research has been distributed to state cooperators and is now available from the Current Research Information System (CRIS), Science and Education Resources Development, USDA. The Inventory contains a compilation of statistical tables on research conducted by USDA, state agricultural experiment stations, 1890/Tuskegee institutions, forestry schools, and colleges of veterinary medicine. To obtain a copy, contact the CRIS office at 301/504-6846 (telephone) or crisadm@cris.nal.usda.gov (e-mail).