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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on
Sorghum and Millet
Timothy J. Dalton, DirectorNat Bascom, Assistant DirectorCollege of AgricultureKansas State UniversityManhattan, KS 66506
Feed the Future and Innovation Labs
Awarded $13.7 millionJuly 23, 2013-July 22, 2018
Partnering in Collaborative ResearchFocus Countries
• Senegal– Pearl Millet and Sorghum
• Niger– Sorghum and Pearl Millet
• Ethiopia– Sorghum
Areas of Inquiry• Genetic Enhancement of
Sorghum and Millet• Production Systems
Management• Market Development and
Added-Value Products Research
• Cross-cutting– Gender– Environment– Nutrition
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
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
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
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
Contact & Questions?
Tim Dalton 785-477-8239tdalton@ksu.edu
Nat Bascom 785-532-6309nbascom@ksu.edu
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