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Appendix E: Excerpt from the Food, Conservation,and Energy Act of 2008
Pages 191-198

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From page 191...
... may make competitive grants for fundamental and applied research, extension, and education to address food and agricultural sciences (as defined under section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
From page 192...
... animal biotechnology; ``(iv) conventional breeding, including breed development, selection theory, applied quantitative genetics, breeding for improved food quality, breeding for improved local adaptation to biotic stress and abiotic stress, and participatory breeding; ``(v)
From page 193...
... minimizing soil and water losses and sustaining surface water and ground water quality; ``(iv) global climate effects on agriculture; ``(v)
From page 194...
... ; and ``(E) in seeking proposals for grants under this subsection and in performing peer review evaluations of such proposals, seek the widest participation of qualified individuals in the Federal Government, colleges and universities, State agricultural experiment stations, and the private sector.
From page 195...
... to ensure that the faculty of small, mid sized, and minority-serving institutions who have not previously been successful in obtaining competitive grants under this subsection receive a portion of the grants; and ``(D) to improve research, extension, and education capabilities in States (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
From page 196...
... in the case of a college, university, or research foundation maintained by a college or university that ranks in the lowest \1/3\ of such colleges, universities, and research foundations on the basis of Federal research funds received, if the equipment to be acquired using funds from the grant costs not more than $25,000 and has multiple uses within a single research project or is usable in more than 1 research project.
From page 197...
... (c) <> Effect on Current Solicitations. -- The amendments made by this section shall not apply to any solicitation for grant applications issued by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service before the date of enactment of this Act.


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