Caribbean Administrative Group
University of Florida - University of Puerto Rico - University of the Virgin Islands
News
The FY 2010 Request for Proposals for the Tropical Subtropical Agricultural Research, Caribbean (TSTAR-C) Grant Program has been released. The focus for TSTAR-C for FY2010 is Goal 7, Non-indigenous Pests and Diseases.
Eligibility
This competition is restricted to faculty with a 20% or more Research assignment. Further notes regarding the TSTAR funding priority, eligibility, and guidelines for the letter of intent and full proposal can be found below. Letters of Intent must be received by email to mt@ufl.edu on or before Friday, October 9th at 5pm.
Funding Guidelines
The funding limit for TSTAR FY2010 proposals is $60,000 per year and the time period for proposals is 2-Years for a maximum funding possible of $120,000.
Please download and read the following RFA, Project guidelines, and Proposal Template to apply:
Florida applicants will also need to include one copy of the DSR and cost sharing document with the final original hard copy submission. These documents can be downloaded at:
http://isp.ifas.ufl.edu/forms.php
Electronic proposal and 6 hard copies are sent to:
TSTAR OFFICE
Attn: Mark Trujillo
Building 499, Room 104B
PO BOX 110337
Gainesville, FL 32608-0337
If you need more information about the TSTAR program, contact Mark Trujillo, T-STAR Assistant at (352) 392-7141 or by email at mt@ufl.edu. Email is often quickest as office availability is limited.
About T-STAR
The T-STAR Caribbean program in tropical/subtropical agriculture research is administered under the direction of a Technical Committee (known as CAG) made up of representatives of three participating universities, the Executive Director of the Southern Association of Experiment Station Directors, USDA/CSREES and USDA/ARS. The three universities are: The University of Florida, the University of Puerto Rico and the University of the Virgin Islands. Currently these representatives are:
- Dr. Douglas Archer, Program Manager for the Caribbean Administrative Group, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL dlarcher@ufl.edu
- Dr. Vivian Carro, Assistant Dean, University of Puerto Rico vcarro@uprm.edu
- Dr. Bob Godfrey, Assistant Director, University of the Virgin Islands rgodfre@uvi.edu
- Dr. Eric Young, Executive Director, Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors eyoung@ncsu.edu
- Dr. Mervalin Morant, Program Manager, USDA/CSREES, Washington, D.C. mmorant@csrees.usda.gov
- Dr. Ricardo Goenaga, USDA/ARS Director, Tropical Agriculture Research Station, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Ricardo.goenaga@ars.usda.gov
