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The bill’s big tax incentives for low-carbon technologies could allow the country to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by roughly 40 percent below 2005 levels by the end of this decade.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2022 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the Biden-Harris Administration through the U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing up to $2.8 billion in 70 selected projects under the first pool of the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities funding opportunity, with projects from the second funding pool to be announced later this year.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA will invest an additional $325 million for 71 projects in the second Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities funding pool.

NIFA's Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs offer competitively awarded grants to qualified small businesses to support high quality research related to important scientific problems and opportunities in agriculture that could lead to significant public benefits. In this webinar, program staff will provide an overview of the program’s Phase II and discuss details included in the Request for Applications (RFA). Time will be reserved to respond to audience questions.  NIFA's Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs offer competitively awarded grants to qualified small businesses to support high quality research related to important scientific problems and opportunities in agriculture that could lead to significant public benefits.  The programs’ Phase II funding opportunity, which is only open to previous Phase I awardees who have not already applied for a Phase II grant, focuses on continuing the research and development undertaken in Phase I with a goal of commercialization — bringing the innovation to market as the Phase II project completes.   In this webinar, program staff will provide an overview of the programs' Phase II and discuss details included in the Request for Applications (RFA). Time will be reserved to respond to audience questions.  Register for Webinar Program Contacts  David Songstad, National Program Leader, david.songstad@usda.gov  Melinda Coffman, Program Coordinator, melinda.coffman@usda.gov  Nurun Nahar, Program Specialist, nurun.nahar@usda.gov   Tammi Neville, Program Specialist, tammi.neville@usda.gov  If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this meeting, please contact the SBIR/STTR Office at sbir@usda.gov no later than February 8. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to limited English proficient individuals upon request.