NSIIC: Request for Grant Proposals
(Sept. 1, 2013) The National Sheep Industry Improvement Center’s (NSIIC) board of directors announced it is accepting grant proposals designed to improve the U.S. sheep and goat industries. Applications must be received by Sept. 30 for projects that will be completed on or before June 30, 2015. Awards are expected to be announced on or before Dec. 1.
Financial assistance must accomplish one or more of the following objectives:
- strengthen and improve long-term sustainability of the goat and/or lamb and wool industry’s infrastructure by increasing the numbers in production;
- provide integration of performance/production data from sources that can help enhance the National Sheep Improvement Program;
- provide leadership training and education to producers and packers within the sheep and goat industries;
- enhance sheep and/or goat production by improving infrastructure of the U.S. sheep and goat industry through assistance to all segments of the industry to address sustainable production and marketing of sheep and goat milk, meat, fiber and related services such as grazing for fire management and pasture improvements;
- promote lamb and meat goat marketing through an organized method that can measure tangible results; and
- enhance the sheep and goat industry by coordinating information exchange and seeking mutual understanding and marketing within the international industry community.
To be eligible to receive funding, an organization must promote the betterment of the U.S. sheep or goat industries and be a public, private or cooperative organization; an association, including a corporation not operated for profit; a federally recognized Indian Tribe; or a public or quasi-public agency.
The nine-member board is comprised of seven voting and two non-voting members. The board will review each proposal, recommend funding and submit to U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service for approval.
Additional information is available at www.NSIIC.org or by contacting Steve Lee at 202-350-9065 or stevelee@nsiic.org .