SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH GRANTS OFFERED
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The USDA Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR),
administered by USDA-CSREES, has issued a Request for proposals for
Fiscal Year 1998. The SBIR program supports research and development
proposals in Forests and Related Resources; Plant Production and
Protection; Animal Production and Protection; Air, Water, and Soils;
Food Science and Nutrition; Rural and Community Development;
Aquaculture; Industrial Applications; Marketing and Trade.
Proposals are due September 4, 1997. For additional information,
contact:
CHARLES CLELAND
Director, SBIR Program,
CSREES, STOP 2243
1400 Independence Ave., S.W.
Washington, DC 20250-2243
Phone: 202-401-4002