<div dir="ltr">Funding opportunity<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:communications@foundationfar.org">communications@foundationfar.org</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 11:01 AM<br>Subject: FFAR Sneak Peek: Climate-Resilient Crops RFA<br>To: <<a href="mailto:deborahp@ucr.edu">deborahp@ucr.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><u></u>
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<span>Funding Research on Increasing Heat Tolerance in Crops</span>
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<span style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Garamond,Times New Roman,Times,serif">The </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001QW7wGuwYLo7i5ObtrX9LrCv2GvNDUpMIp3Kpv0M4Q0HTQ0rEbXMCLaX6sK7PMP6a7BcCj-bHJrpWvu37TQKSlDpuAEBhjijaqm5jb4r1LTn54qS1wgysNLX6x8WxlyQCQdMavbl7u99yqwA2Rszckg==&c=gAVhtNmjhf3Ra3zke0bbuGyx0HZ4CJ6qKjaJFVzxjIHDWjqdjKBVZw==&ch=-Vq2i1WBghhD-byfswNZCYCmoxQNKkKjI9oTeyWXaedEPPU7NN1Hzw==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,255);font-family:Garamond,Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research</a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Garamond,Times New Roman,Times,serif"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Garamond,Times New Roman,Times,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">(FFAR) will be accepting applications for the new Improving Climate Resilience in Crops program starting September 16, 2020. We are launching this grant opportunity through our </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001QW7wGuwYLo7i5ObtrX9LrCv2GvNDUpMIp3Kpv0M4Q0HTQ0rEbXMCLQFKBnMNt6QLZfkoWt0bR-kTHA3xSWgGC-MZlYcKzrqlnGj3hawVEuZgrK9HXTzgAsF0U7WHYzxCG04QL9Pb_EuejJH8f1v_BnIpcSiUeQJuy5Avb5MxZhzGfpqTIatECz9pW171W5W6st8bI_J3Xk8=&c=gAVhtNmjhf3Ra3zke0bbuGyx0HZ4CJ6qKjaJFVzxjIHDWjqdjKBVZw==&ch=-Vq2i1WBghhD-byfswNZCYCmoxQNKkKjI9oTeyWXaedEPPU7NN1Hzw==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="font-size:16px;font-family:Garamond,Times New Roman,Times,serif;color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Next Generation Crops</a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Garamond,Times New Roman,Times,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Challenge Area to increase a crop’s tolerance for higher temperatures. </span>
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<div><span style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Garamond,Times New Roman,Times,serif">We seek applications that increase the basal or acquired thermotolerance of crop plants, allowing them to better survive when exposed to high temperatures. This funding opportunity is focusing on solutions that can be applied to one or more of the following crops: maize, rice, sorghum, millet, wheat, sweet potato, cassava, banana, yam, common bean, cowpea, chickpea and groundnut. We will also consider research in other plants, if applicants adequately describe how the proposed research would be transferable to the preferred crops. Solutions that only apply to agricultural systems in high-income countries or involve domestication of new crops will not be considered.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Garamond,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Matching funds for this grant were provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Garamond,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Full application criteria and eligibility requirements will be available on our</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Garamond,Times New Roman,Times,serif"> </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001QW7wGuwYLo7i5ObtrX9LrCv2GvNDUpMIp3Kpv0M4Q0HTQ0rEbXMCLcS26mUBcDXgXk2eed6ORMLkDWjdLrPgcPTPDYsIIb94Y3In5JxcSMQWvjWeMWPxhSANjqW9Wm6HcLqLCaA00A9YnCpxuNb4meGjK3s1uQvjX7pfOEwqsMtIm_Os_WvreA==&c=gAVhtNmjhf3Ra3zke0bbuGyx0HZ4CJ6qKjaJFVzxjIHDWjqdjKBVZw==&ch=-Vq2i1WBghhD-byfswNZCYCmoxQNKkKjI9oTeyWXaedEPPU7NN1Hzw==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="font-size:16px;font-family:Garamond,Times New Roman,Times,serif;color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Open Opportunities</a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Garamond,Times New Roman,Times,serif"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Garamond,Times New Roman,Times,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">webpage on September 16, 2020.</span>
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</div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2">Deborah Pagliaccia, Ph.D.</font></div><div dir="ltr">Professional Researcher, Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology<font size="2"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><font size="2">Managing Director, </font>California Agriculture and Food Enterprise - <a href="http://cafe.ucr.edu/" target="_blank">CAFÉ</a><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><a href="http://globalfood.ucr.edu/" target="_blank">UCR Global Food Initiative</a> Co-Chair</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2">University of California</font></div><div dir="ltr">Riverside, CA 92521<font size="2"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><a href="http://ccns.info/" target="_blank">California Citrus Nursery Society</a> CCNS </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Executive Director</span></font></font><font size="2"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div>