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CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC
ASSISTANCE
10.652: Forestry Research
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| PROGRAM AND AWARD | FINANCIAL AND INFORMATION CONTACTS |
| ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS | FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO. |
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Applicant Eligibility: Grants for basic or applied research may be made to State Agricultural Experiment Stations. Universities and colleges, State and local governments, U.S. Territories, and for profit, and nonprofit research institutions or organizations, international organizations and student grants.
Beneficiary Eligibility: The ultimate beneficiary is the general public. A principal investigator and his research staff are the immediate beneficiaries.
Credentials/Documentation: The principal investigator must establish his competence in the field of the research proposed. Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-87, cost principles for State and local government grantees only.
Preapplication Coordination: Formal grant proposals from State agencies or organizations must be coordinated with a coordinating agency appointed by the Governor of each State. Coordination is not required on applications from other sources. The standard application forms as furnished by the Federal agency and required by OMB Circular No. A-102, Grants and Cooperative Agreements with State and Local Governments must be used for this program by State and local government grantees only. Standard Form 424 (SF-424) will be used. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.
Application Procedure: A complete research proposal must be submitted following guidelines available in each of the offices referred to below. The proposal must explain in detail the work to be undertaken, the competence of the principal investigator and his staff, other resources such as equipment, facilities and services available or needed, and a proposed budget for each fiscal year during the life of the proposed grant. A short biographical sketch of the principal investigator and a list of his principal publications should be included. A narrative description of the differing competencies of personnel in place and others to be hired to perform the work must be included. This program is subject to the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-110; uniform administrative requirements for grants and agreements with institutions of higher education, hospitals, and other nonprofit organizations, 7 CFR 3015, and 7 CFR 3019. Standard Form 424 (SF-424) will be used.
Award Procedure: All research grant proposals must compete for priority in technical competence and meeting national or regional needs. Research grants are made only in support of forestry research.
Deadlines: Applicants may contact the Research Experiment Stations for deadlines.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: 120 days.
Appeals: Contact the Research Experiment Station for Guidance.
Renewals: Requests for continued support will be considered in equal competition with pending proposals. Requests should be treated as new proposals except that a resume of progress to date must be added.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals: Criteria are established on a program by program basis by Research Station Directors to meet Regional or National Research needs.
Examples of Funded Projects: Examples of executed grants are: effects of prescribed fire on nutrient cycling in ponderosa pine forests; design and test of a proposed experimental system for continuous press drying of paper; and biological decay of logging residues.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $2,000 to $100,000; $25,000.
In fiscal year 1999, about 800 research grants and agreements were made. Fiscal Year 2000 is not yet known.
Federal Agency: FOREST SERVICE, (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE )
Type of Assistance: Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements).
Obligations: (Grants and Cooperative Agreements) FY 99 $23,183,000; FY 00 est $23,000,000; and FY 01 est $23,000,000.
Budget Account Number: 12-1104-0-1-302.
Authorization: Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978, Public Law 95-307, 92 Stat. 353, 16 U.S.C. 1643.
Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature: OMB Circular Nos. A-102 and A-87 are applicable to State and local government grantees. OMB Circular Nos. A-110 and A-21 are applicable to educational institutions. OMB Circular Numbers A-110 and A-122 are applicable to nonprofit organizations.
Regional or Local Office: Initial contact for grants shall be made to the Directors of the Research Experiment Stations, or the Forest Products Laboratory as listed in Appendix IV of the Catalog.
Headquarters Office: Deputy Chief for Research and Development, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 96090, Washington, DC 20090-6090. Phone: (202) 205-1075. (Home Page)
(See Appendix IV for more contact info.)
Formula and Matching Requirements: The applicant's contribution is negotiated. The proposed budget by fiscal year shows the estimated cost of the complete project from grant funds and value of resources to be contributed by the applicant. Salaries of academic personnel for periods when they receive salary for teaching should not be included for payment from grant funds.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: 1 to 5 years. Funds are provided on a reimbursable basis. Billings for expenses incurred may be submitted monthly, quarterly, or semiannually.
Uses and Use Restrictions: Grants will be used for research in the fields of forest management, watershed management, forest range management, wildlife habitat management, forest recreation, forest fire protection, forest insect and disease protection and control, forest products utilization, forest engineering, forest production economics, forest products marketing, forest survey, urban forestry, wilderness, and social/cultural influences. Indirect expenses are negotiable within the indirect rate established by the Government's cognizant audit agency. Grants are limited to 5-years duration.
Reports: Technical reports of progress are required annually; a technical final report is also requested upon completion of project. Fiscal reports are required at least semiannually.
Audits: The Comptroller General of the United States, his representative, or auditors of the cognizant audit agency for the educational institution involved shall have access at any reasonable time to the plant, laboratories, offices or other facilities for purposes of review and observation of the status and progress of the sponsored project. Periodic audits should be made as part of the recipient's systems of financial management and internal control to meet terms and conditions of grants and other agreements. OMB Circular No. A-133; audits of states, local governments and non-profit organizations, is applicable.
Records: All related data, information, records and accounts shall be retained for 3 years beyond the expiration date of the grant unless other disposition is authorized in writing.
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