Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program
Foreign Agricultural Service Notice of Funding Availability:
Inviting Applications for the Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program SUMMARY:
The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announces that it is inviting proposals for the 2019 Foreign Market Development Cooperator (Cooperator) program.
The Cooperator program is administered by personnel of the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) on behalf of CCC.
The intended effect of this notice is to solicit applications from eligible applicants for fiscal year 2019 and to set out criteria for the awarding of funds under the program.
DATES:
All applications must be received by 5 p.m.
Eastern Daylight Time, on Friday, June 8, 201 8. Applications received after this date will not be considered.
FAS anticipates that the initial funding selections will be made by the end of October 2018, with the initial award dates estimated to be by the end of December 201 8. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Applicants needing assistance should contact the Program Operations Division, Office of Trade Programs, Foreign Agricultural Service by courier:
Room 6512, 1400 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20250, or by phone:
(202) 720–4327, or by fax:
(202) 720–9361, or by email:
uesadmin@ fas.usda.gov.
Information, including a copy of the program regulations, is also available on the FAS website at the following URL address:
http:// www.fas.usda.gov/programs/foreign- market-development-program-fmd.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A.
Funding Opportunity Description Announcement Type:
New.
Award Instrument:
Grant.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number:
1 0. 60 0. Authority:
The Cooperator program is authorized by Title VII of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C.
5722), as amended.
Cooperator program regulations appear at 7 CFR part 148 4. Purpose:
The Cooperator program is designed to maintain and develop foreign markets for United States agricultural commodities and products through cost-share assistance.
Financial assistance under the Cooperator program will be made available on a competitive basis and applications will be reviewed against the evaluation criteria contained herein and in the Cooperator program regulations.
All U. S. agricultural commodities, except tobacco, are eligible for consideration.
Inviting Applications for the Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program SUMMARY:
The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announces that it is inviting proposals for the 2019 Foreign Market Development Cooperator (Cooperator) program.
The Cooperator program is administered by personnel of the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) on behalf of CCC.
The intended effect of this notice is to solicit applications from eligible applicants for fiscal year 2019 and to set out criteria for the awarding of funds under the program.
DATES:
All applications must be received by 5 p.m.
Eastern Daylight Time, on Friday, June 8, 201 8. Applications received after this date will not be considered.
FAS anticipates that the initial funding selections will be made by the end of October 2018, with the initial award dates estimated to be by the end of December 201 8. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Applicants needing assistance should contact the Program Operations Division, Office of Trade Programs, Foreign Agricultural Service by courier:
Room 6512, 1400 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20250, or by phone:
(202) 720–4327, or by fax:
(202) 720–9361, or by email:
uesadmin@ fas.usda.gov.
Information, including a copy of the program regulations, is also available on the FAS website at the following URL address:
http:// www.fas.usda.gov/programs/foreign- market-development-program-fmd.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A.
Funding Opportunity Description Announcement Type:
New.
Award Instrument:
Grant.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number:
1 0. 60 0. Authority:
The Cooperator program is authorized by Title VII of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C.
5722), as amended.
Cooperator program regulations appear at 7 CFR part 148 4. Purpose:
The Cooperator program is designed to maintain and develop foreign markets for United States agricultural commodities and products through cost-share assistance.
Financial assistance under the Cooperator program will be made available on a competitive basis and applications will be reviewed against the evaluation criteria contained herein and in the Cooperator program regulations.
All U. S. agricultural commodities, except tobacco, are eligible for consideration.
Relevant Nonprofit Program Categories
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
Federal Register FMD Notice of Funding Availability
Additional Information of Eligibility:
Proposers must be affiliated with an institution at nspires.nasaprs.com/ and, in general, NASA provides funding only to US institutions.
Organizations outside the U. S. that propose on the basis of a policy of no-exchange-of-funds; consult Appendix B Section (l) of the guidebook for proposers (http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/nraguidebook/) for specific details.
Some NRAs may be issued jointly with a non-U. S. organization, e.g., those concerning guest observing programs for jointly sponsored space science programs, that will contain additional special guidelines for non-U. S. participants.
Also ref.
Sections 2.3.10(c)(vii) of the guidebook for proposers for special instructions for proposals from non-U. S. organizations that involve U. S. personnel for whom NASA support is requested.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/05/09/2018-09867/notice-of-funding-availability-inviting-applications-for-the-foreign-market-development-cooperator
Contact:
Agency Email Description:
UES Liason
Agency Email:
Date Posted:
2018-05-10
Application Due Date:
Archive Date:
2018-07-08
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