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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sorghum and Millet

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sorghum and Millet. Timothy J. Dalton, Director Nat Bascom, Assistant Director College of Agriculture Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506. Feed the Future and Innovation Labs. Awarded $13.7 million

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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sorghum and Millet

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  1. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sorghum and Millet Timothy J. Dalton, Director Nat Bascom, Assistant Director College of Agriculture Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506

  2. Feed the Future and Innovation Labs Awarded $13.7 million July 23, 2013-July 22, 2018

  3. Partnering in Collaborative Research Focus Countries Areas of Inquiry Genetic Enhancement of Sorghum and Millet Production Systems Management Market Development and Added-Value Products Research Cross-cutting Gender Environment Nutrition • Senegal • Pearl Millet and Sorghum • Niger • Sorghum and Pearl Millet • Ethiopia • Sorghum

  4. Mechanism for Collaborative Efforts2013-2018 • Leader with Associate Award • Approximately $8.2 million allocated to grants • Research • Human/institutional capacity development • Associate award ceiling of $10 million • Broader geographical focus and objectives • 8-12 projects selected through NSF-style review using a Technical Advisory Committee

  5. RFA/Proposal Development • Proposals need to respond to national priorities • Reports on national priorities will be posted on SMIL website • Larger team efforts • Spanning areas of inquiry • US, African institutions? Dryland Cereals CRP? • Searchable database for collaborators in Senegal, Niger and Ethiopia

  6. RFA/Proposal Development • September • Stakeholder priority setting in Senegal and Niger • October • RFA distributed • Concept note phase 4-5 pages • November • Full proposal phase of those selected (no guarantee of funding) • December • Final Selection • January 2014 • Project team meetings • Contracts/Funding in Q1 2014

  7. Information on Program • Sorghum and Millet Innovation Lab website is in development • smil.k-state.edu • Regular eNewsletter to be distributed • INTSORMIL website will stay up for 1 year • INTSORMIL documents will be archived at the University of Nebraska Digital Commons • digitalcommons.unl.edu

  8. Contact & Questions? Tim Dalton 785-477-8239 tdalton@ksu.edu Nat Bascom 785-532-6309 nbascom@ksu.edu

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