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  List of Programs with NPL Contacts**1890 Land-Grant Institutions Programs**NPL: Manoharan MuthusamyNPL: Maurice SmithNPL: Rizana MahroofNPL: Solomon Haile**4-H and Positive Youth Development**NPL: Jeff SalleeNPL: Bonita WilliamsNPL: Maurice SmithNPL: Annie Ceccarini**AgrAbility**NPL: Victoria Finkenstadt**Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)**General questions: AFRI Coordination Team**AFRI Education and Workforce Development RFA**NPL: Carlos OrtizNPL: Michelle Schelske-SantosNPL: Maurice Smith**AFRI Foundational and Applied Science RFA**Team: AFRI Coordination Team**AFRI Sustainable Agricultural Systems RFA**Team: AFRI Sustainable Agricultural Systems Team**Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI)**NPL: Christian TobiasNPL: Angelica Van Goor**Agriculture Business Innovation Center at an Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Program**NPL: Solomon Haile, Ph.D.**Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) Program**NPL: Carlos Ortiz**Alaska Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Education Competitive Grants Program (ANNH)**NPL: Kellyann Jones-Jamtgaard**Alfalfa Seed and Alfalfa Forage System Program**NPL: Bisoondat “Mac” MacoonNPL: Vance Owens**Animal Health and Disease Research Capacity Program**NPL: Robert Smith**Aquaculture**NPL: Tim Sullivan**Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes**NPL: Ann StapletonNPL: Steve Thomson**Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP)**NPL: Denis Ebodaghe**Bioproduct Pilot Program**NPL: Toby AhrensNPL: Vicki Finkenstadt**Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants (BRAG) Program**NPL: John E. Erickson**Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land-Grant Colleges of Agriculture Program**NPL: Michelle Schelske-Santos**Child and Family Development**NPL: Ahlishia Shipley**Children, Youth and Families at Risk (CYFAR)**NPL: Bonita Williams**Clearinghouse for Military Families Readiness**NPL: Brenda Martin**Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program (CFPCGP)**NPL: Lydia Kaume**Crop Protection and Pest Management Program**NPL: Emmanuel ByamukamaNPL: Vijay Nandula**Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) (Joint NSF) Competitive Grants Program**NPL: Steve Thomson**District of Columbia Public Postsecondary Education Reorganization Act Program (Cooperative Extension Programs)**NPL: Bonita Williams**Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Extension Program (ECDRE) Pre-Application**NPL: Emmanuel ByamukamaNPL: Erica Kistner-Thomas**Enhancing Agricultural Opportunities for Military Veterans (AgVets)**NPL: Brenda Martin**Equipment Grants Program (EGP)**NPL: Carlos Ortiz**Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)**NPL: Helen Chipman**Extension COVID Immunization Training and Education (EXCITE)**NPL: Ahlishia Shipley**Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN)**NPL: Ashley Mueller**Extension Risk Management Education Program**NPL: Keith Harris**Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN)**NPL: Sarah Rocker**Farm Business Management and Benchmarking (FBMB) Competitive Grants Program**NPL: Keith Harris**Federally-Recognized Tribes Extension Program**NPL: Janyce Woodard**Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program**NPL: Helen Chipman**Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank**NPL: Robert Smith**Food Safety Outreach Program**NPL: Junia Jean-Gilles BeaubrunNPL: Jodi Williams**Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP, formerly FINI)**NPL: Mallory Koenings**Hatch Act of 1887**NPL: Vijay Nandula**The Hatch Act Of 1887 (Multistate Research Fund)**NPL: Jodi Williams**Health and Wellness**NPL: Ahlishia Shipley**Higher Education Challenge (HEC) Grants Program**NPL: Michelle Schelske-SantosNPL: Solomon Haile, Ph.D.**Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program (MSP)**NPL: Michelle Schelske-Santos**Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants (HSI) Program**NPL: Irma Lawrence**Housing and Environmental Health**NPL: Ashley Mueller**McIntire-Stennis Capacity Grant**NPL: Daniel Cassidy**Methyl Bromide Transition Program**NPL: Amer Fayad**Military Families Learning Network**NPL: Brenda Martin**Minor Crop Pest Management Program Interregional Research Project #4 (IR-4)**NPL: Michelle Samuel-Foo**Military Youth Programs**NPL: Annie Ceccarini**National Animal Health Laboratory Network**NPL: Kathe Bjork**National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP)**NPL: Amy Ganguli**National Awards for Excellence in College and University Teaching in the Food and Agricultural Sciences Program**NPL: Irma Lawrence**National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship Grants Program Funding Opportunity (NNF)**NPL: Ray Ali**National Plant Diagnostic Network**NPL: Amer Fayad**National Robotics Initiative: 2.0: Ubiquitous Collaborative Robots (NRI-2.0)**NPL:  Steven J. Thomson**New Beginning for Tribal Students (NBTS)**NPL: Erin Riley**New Technologies for Ag Extension (NTAE)**NPL: Sarah Rocker**Organic Agriculture Program**NSL: Mat NgouajioNPL: Steven I. Smith**Potato Breeding Research**NPL: Christian Tobias**Regional Rural Development Centers**NPL: Sarah Rocker**Renewable Resources Extension Act Capacity Grant**NPL: Diomides Zamora**Research Facilities Act Program (RFAP)**NPL: Solomon Haile, Ph.D.**Resident Instruction Grants (RIIA) and Distance Education Grants (DEG) for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas**NPL: Kellyann Jones-Jamtgaard**Rural Health and Safety**NPL: Ahlishia Shipley**Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants (SPECA) Program**NPL: Carlos Ortiz**Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs**General questions: David Songstad8.1 Forests and Related ResourcesNPL: Diomides Zamora8.2 Plant Production and Protection- BiologyNPL: Christopher Philips8.3 Animal Production and ProtectionNPL: Robert Smith8.4 Conservation of Natural ResourcesNPL: ​​Sandeep Kumar8.5 Food Science and NutritionNPL: Jodi Williams8.6 Rural and Community DevelopmentNPL: Keith Harris8.7 AquacultureNPL: Tim Sullivan8.8 Biofuels and Biobased ProductsNPL: David Songstad8.12 Small and Mid-Size FarmsNPL: Denis Ebodaghe8.13 Plant Production and Protection – EngineeringNPL: Victoria FinkenstadtNPL: Steven J. Thomson**Smith-Lever Act Capacity Grant**NPL: Denis EbodagheNPL: Bonita Williams**Smith-Lever Act Sections 3(b) and 3(c) Special Needs Capacity Grant**NPL: Denis Ebodaghe**Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI)**NPL: Tom BewickNPL: Jessica Shade**Sun Grant Program**NPL: Toby Ahrens**Supplemental and Alternative Crops (SAC)**NPL: Bisoondat “Mac” Macoon**Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)**NPL: Vance Owens**Tribal College Research Grant Program**NPL: Erin Riley**Tribal Equity Grants Program**NPL: Erin Riley**Tribal Extension Grant Program**NPL: Janyce Woodard**Urban, Indoor, and Emerging Agriculture**NPL:  Jessica Shade**UV-V/Global Change (Agroclimatology)**NPL: Steven J. Thomson**Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program**NPL: Robert Smith**Veterinary Services Grant Program**NPL: Robert Smith**Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Fields Grant Program (WAMS)**NPL: Carlos Ortiz**Youth Farm Safety Education and Certification Program**NPL: Jeff Sallee
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