Government Grants
Business Grants
Home Owner Programs
Federal Programs
About Us
2019 Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Commodity Credit Corporation Foreign Agricultural Service Notice of Funding Availability:
Inviting Applications for the Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Program SUMMARY:
The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announces that it is inviting proposals for the 2019
Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops (TASC) program.
The TASC program is administered by personnel of the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) on behalf of CCC.
The intended effect of this notice is to solicit proposals from the U. S. private sector and government agencies for fiscal year 2019 and to set out the criteria for the awarding of funds under the program.
Future announcements of funding availability for the TASC program will be made through the Grants.gov website.
DATES:
To be considered for funding, proposals must be received by 5 p.m.
Eastern Daylight Time, on Friday, June 8, 201 8. Any proposals received after this time will be considered only if 720–9361, or by email:
podadmin@ fas.usda.gov.
Information is also available on the FAS website at http:// www.fas.usda.gov/programs/technical- assistance-specialty-crops-tasc.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A.
Funding Opportunity Description Announcement Type:
New.
Award Instrument:
Grant.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number:
1 0. 60 4. Authority:
The TASC program is authorized by section 3205 of Public Law 107–17 1. The TASC regulations appear at 7 CFR part 148 7. Purpose:
The TASC program is designed to assist U. S. organizations by providing funding for projects that seek to remove, resolve, or mitigate sanitary, phytosanitary, or technical barriers that prohibit or threaten the export of U. S. specialty crops.
U. S. specialty crops, for the purpose of the TASC program, are defined to include all cultivated plants, or the products thereof, produced in the United States except wheat, feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, sugar, and tobacco.
Inviting Applications for the Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Program SUMMARY:
The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announces that it is inviting proposals for the 2019
Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops (TASC) program.
The TASC program is administered by personnel of the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) on behalf of CCC.
The intended effect of this notice is to solicit proposals from the U. S. private sector and government agencies for fiscal year 2019 and to set out the criteria for the awarding of funds under the program.
Future announcements of funding availability for the TASC program will be made through the Grants.gov website.
DATES:
To be considered for funding, proposals must be received by 5 p.m.
Eastern Daylight Time, on Friday, June 8, 201 8. Any proposals received after this time will be considered only if 720–9361, or by email:
podadmin@ fas.usda.gov.
Information is also available on the FAS website at http:// www.fas.usda.gov/programs/technical- assistance-specialty-crops-tasc.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A.
Funding Opportunity Description Announcement Type:
New.
Award Instrument:
Grant.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number:
1 0. 60 4. Authority:
The TASC program is authorized by section 3205 of Public Law 107–17 1. The TASC regulations appear at 7 CFR part 148 7. Purpose:
The TASC program is designed to assist U. S. organizations by providing funding for projects that seek to remove, resolve, or mitigate sanitary, phytosanitary, or technical barriers that prohibit or threaten the export of U. S. specialty crops.
U. S. specialty crops, for the purpose of the TASC program, are defined to include all cultivated plants, or the products thereof, produced in the United States except wheat, feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, sugar, and tobacco.
Who's Eligible
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
Federal Register TASC Notice of Funding Availability
Additional Information of Eligibility:
See Section III of the announcement for additional eligibility information.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/05/09/2018-09868/notice-of-funding-availability-inviting-applications-for-the-technical-assistance-for-specialty
Contact:
Agency Email Description:
UES System Contact
Agency Email:
Date Posted:
2018-05-10
Application Due Date:
Archive Date:
2018-07-08
Social Entrepreneurship
Spotlight
Building a Million Dollar Company Where Everyone Counts
Ganesh Natarajan is the Founder and Chairman of 5FWorld, a new platform for funding and developing start-ups, social enterprises and the skills eco-system in India. In the past two decades, he has built two of India’s high-growth software services companies – Aptech and Zensar – almost from scratch to global success.
Learn How to Identify and Avoid Grant Scams
