{"id":2180,"date":"2017-05-31T09:34:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T13:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/pmil\/?p=2180"},"modified":"2017-06-22T13:37:30","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T17:37:30","slug":"national-peanut-board-industry-funding-partners-nifa-accelerate-peanut-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/2017\/05\/national-peanut-board-industry-funding-partners-nifa-accelerate-peanut-research\/","title":{"rendered":"National Peanut Board, industry funding partners, NIFA accelerate peanut research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Peanut Board has announced three opportunities totaling $1.3 million for production and peanut nutrition research that is funded jointly with USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Collaborating with three peanut industry funding partners, Southeastern Peanut Research Initiative (SPRI), The Peanut Foundation and The Peanut Institute (TPI), the National Peanut Board is allocating $650,000 for research topics, while NIFA is matching these funds dollar-for-dollar for a total of $1.3 million.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The funding is made possible through NIFA\u2019s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), which was authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill, and is in addition to NPB\u2019s ongoing and annually-budgeted production research projects, which to date amounts to $25 million in production research allocations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking as a funding partner with other peanut organizations allows us to maximize the value of our production and nutrition research dollars as never before,\u201d said Bob Parker, president and CEO of the National Peanut Board. \u201cThe matching funds from NIFA are a boon to America\u2019s peanut farmers and the industry. The benefits will be felt for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NIFA has issued a Request for Proposals (RFPs) to organizations that might qualify for grants in the NIFA Agriculture and Research Initiative\u2019s program areas. RFP due dates are shown below.\u00a0 For more information about RFPs, <a href=\"https:\/\/nifa.usda.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/rfa\/FY%202017_AFRI%20Foundational_RFA.pdf?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=here&amp;utm_campaign=NIN\">click here<\/a>. Research topics include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pests and Beneficial Species in Agricultural Production Systems<br \/>\nFunding Partner: SPRI $250,000<br \/>\nDevelop innovations in management of diseases and pests that are costly to and are major deterrents to achieving sustainable yields and high quality in peanut productions. Closing date: July 12, 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Plant Breeding for Agricultural Productions<br \/>\nFunding Partner: The Peanut Foundation $250,000<br \/>\nDevelop and implement genetic and genomic tools to breed for improvements in aflatoxin resistance, disease resistance, size and shape, flavor, nutrient content, or drought tolerance. Closing date: July 19, 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Critical Agricultural Research and Extension<br \/>\nFunding Partners: The Peanut Institute and NPB $150,000<br \/>\nIdentify bioactive compounds within peanuts that may improve cognition in humans. Letter of Intent deadline passed. Closing date: August 9, 2017.<br \/>\nFor more information about the NIFA commodity boards program, click here. Or contact DeMarquin\u00e9 Wilson, Manager, IT &amp; Compliance, National Peanut Board (678-424-5757 or dhwilson@nationalpeanutboard.org).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Peanut Board has announced three opportunities totaling $1.3 million for production and peanut nutrition research that is funded jointly with USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Collaborating with three peanut industry funding partners, Southeastern Peanut Research Initiative (SPRI), The Peanut Foundation and The Peanut Institute (TPI), the National Peanut Board is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":178,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2180"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2188,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2180\/revisions\/2188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}