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Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Extension Pre-Applications

Issued by National Institute of Food and Agriculture · via Grants.gov — US federal funding opportunities

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Published
2 Sept 2026
Closes
2 Nov 2026, 23:59 UTC
Value
USD 46,237,828
Reference
USDA-NIFA-SCRI-012018
Location
United States
Sector
Agriculture & Food

Details

In FY 2026, the ECDRE program, under Assistance Listing 10.309, is soliciting proposals to develop effective tactics and strategies to control HLB and its disease complex for financially sustainable citrus production in the United States. All projects funded by the ECDRE program will incorporate collaborative approaches that integrate available knowledge to develop new solutions that can be deployed by growers to manage and prevent HLB infection in the near term. Eligibility: Pre-applicants for the ECDRE must meet all the requirements discussed in this NOFO. Failure to meet the eligibility criteria by the application deadline may result in exclusion from consideration for those new to Federal financial assistance, NIFA’s About Grants provides highly recommended information about grants and other resources to help understand the Federal awards process. Pre-applications for the ECDRE may only be submitted by Federal agencies, national laboratories, colleges and universities, research institutions and organizations, private organizations or corporations, State Agricultural Experiment Stations, the Cooperative Extension Service, individuals, or groups consisting of two or more of these entities. Duplicate or Multiple Submission. Duplicate or multiple submissions with the same lead PD are not allowed. NIFA will disqualify both applications if an applicant submits duplicate or multiple submissions. However, an applicant may act as a Co-PD on multiple unique submissions as well as submit a single unique application as the Lead PD in the same fiscal year. USDA will not accept competitive applications for grant and cooperative agreements submitted for dangerous gain-of-function research, as defined in Section 8 of E.O. 14292.

Estimated total programme funding: USD 46237828

Award range: USD 500000 – 15000000

Expected number of awards: 21

CFDA number(s): 10.309

Federal funding opportunity published on Grants.gov. Applications are submitted through Grants.gov — see the official listing.

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