FY2024 Scientific Cooperation Research Program

Background
The Scientific Cooperation and Research Program supports FAS’s strategic goals by mobilizing the scientific community’s accumulated knowledge and technologies through the funding of joint research, extension, and education projects. These projects are between U.S. researchers and researchers from selected emerging market economies, last up to two years, and address issues including but not limited to agricultural trade and market access, animal and plant health, biotechnology, food safety and security, climate smart agriculture, and sustainable natural resource management. Since 1980, the program has supported hundreds of projects to enhance the technical skills of agricultural professionals and help beneficiary countries further develop their relationships with the U.S. agriculture sector.

Grant Details
USDA’s FAS administers the SCRP. This program has historically supported up to 12 collaborative research programs annually. All applications must include foreign collaborations, and project timelines should not exceed two years. Funding may be allocated to foreign collaborators through subawards. In the 2024 program cycle, the SCRP will support applied research, extension, and education projects between U.S. researchers and their foreign counterparts from selected emerging market economies who seek to create practical solutions to challenges faced by farmers and build regional or global agricultural trade capacities in target countries.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligible Applicants: State cooperative institutions or other colleges and universities in the United States, as defined at 7 USC 3103. All applicants must have an active registration in the U.S. Government System for Award Management (www.sam.gov) before the application submission deadline of the announcement; applicants with inactive, expired, pending, or excluded listings will be deemed ineligible.

Period of Performance
Projected Period of Performance Start: August 1, 2024; Projected Period of Performance End: July 31, 2026; Extensions to this program are permitted, subject to approval.

Grant Value
Total Available Federal Funding: Up to $600,000 total, up to $50,000 per award; Anticipated Number of Awards: Up to 12; Cost Share/Match Requirement: None/Not Required