These NRI Programs have submission deadlines of December 19, 2007:

23.1 Managed Ecosystems

2.0 Food Safety and Epidemiology:

• A. Biological Approaches for Food Safety
• B. Epidemiological Approaches for Food Safety

44.0 Animal Protection and Biosecurity

• A. Animal Disease
• B. Animal Well-Being
• C. Animal Biosecurity CAP

51.8 Microbial Biology: B. Microbial Associations with Plants

56.0 Plant Biology

• A. Gene Function and Regulation
• B. Environmental Stress
• E. Plant Breeding and Education

Cayuse will be used for all USDA/NRI submissions. Individuals planning to submit for the December deadline should contact Meredith Luschen (mluschen@cals.wisc.edu) or Becky Bound (rbound@cals.wisc.edu) letting them know of your intent. Also, if you have not used Cayuse previously or submitted a USDA NRI application, arrangements can be made to familiarize you with the Cayuse system and the NRI application process.

For the full announcement: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/nri_rfa.html