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                              AFRI Interagency ProgramsThis program area priority is designed to rapidly deploy strategies and fill knowledge and information gaps to protect the nation’s food and agricultural supply chains, from production through consumption, during and after extreme weather and disasters.

  All applications must directly address 1) effects associated with an extreme weather event or disaster and 2) one or more of the following emphasis areas:Agroecosystem ResilienceFood Safety, Nutrition Security, and Agricultural Commodity SecurityHealth, Well-Being, and SafetyThis priority area seeks applications that focus on critical and urgent solutions in rapid response to extreme weather and disaster impacts on the nation’s food and agricultural systems and that clearly describe short-term deliverables (within 3 months of award receipt), including a plan for their adoption/use.This priority area encourages projects to have well-developed extension and/or outreach activities. In project narratives and other application materials, applicants must be able to provide a clear, strategic approach to reaching end users.Grant Types**Standard**and **FASE (Strengthening Standard)**: Applications must be submitted within 45 days of an extreme weather event and disaster. Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a continuous basis.Project types:**Extension****Integrated**(extension and research)The grant duration 12 months for Standard and FASE (Strengthening Standard) projects. The maximum award amount, including indirect costs, is $300,000.

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  Hurricanes, Wildfires, Tornadoes, Oh My!
  
  The increase in extreme weather-related disasters may have many of us wishing we could click our heels and go back to times when weather did not disrupt our agricultural, forestry and rangeland systems as often as it does today.
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  New AFRI Priority Area Supports Rapid Response to Extreme Weather
  
  One of NIFA’s newest AFRI priority areas seeks applications that focus on critical, urgent solutions in rapid response to extreme weather events and disaster impacts on our nation’s food and agricultural systems.
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  Step-by-Step Guide for Applying to NIFA’s Rapid Response to Extreme Weather Events
  
  Have you experienced an extreme weather event and are considering applying? Follow these steps to ensure your application is as strong as it can be.
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	Program Area Priority Overview
In this video, Dr. Ashley Mueller, a NIFA National Program Leader, describes the AFRI Rapid Response to Extreme Weather Events program area priority.

  Emphasis Areas
In this video, Dr. Ashley Mueller, a NIFA National Program Leader, describes the emphasis areas within the AFRI Rapid Response to Extreme Weather Events program area priority. Applications must address one or more of the following emphasis areas: Agroecosystem Resilience; Food Safety, Nutrition Security, and Agricultural Commodity Security; and Health, Well Being, and Safety.

  Standard and Strengthening (FASE) Grant Types
In this video, Dr. Ashley Mueller, a NIFA National Program Leader, describes and defines the Standard and Strengthening (FASE) grant types available through A1712. Standard and Strengthening (FASE) grant types are determined upon institutional capacity, career stage of the project director, and other determinants.
          For more information, please read the A1712 program area priority description in the AFRI Foundational and Applied Science RFA.
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LeadershipSupport Staff**Michelle Colby, DVM, M.S.,**National Program Leader**Danielle Farley, M.A.,**Program Specialist**Amer Fayad, Ph.D.,**National Program Leader**Wendy Flatt, M.S.**,Program Specialist**Amy Ganguli, Ph.D.,**National Program Leader**Izabella Jablonska, M.A.,**Program Specialist**Rachel Melnick, Ph.D.,**Division Director, Global Climate Change**Victoria Lévêque,**Program Assistant**Ashley Mueller, Ph.D.,**National Program Leader**Estelle Robichaux, M.S.,**Climate Change Fellow

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