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Gene W. Kim, Ph.D.National Program Leader
Aquaculture
USDA NIFA aquaculture -research, extension, and
interagency activities
NAEC 2017
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NIFA Extramural Funding Support• Research - Provide answers to the
complex issues facing society
• Education - Support schools and universities in training the agricultural workforce
• Extension - Provide knowledge gained through research to agricultural workforce; theory to practice
Research
Education
Extension
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NIFA’s Aquaculture Research Funding
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5-year Avg. = ~$21 Million/yr*.
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Capacity Funding• Evans-Allen• Hatch Research• Animal Health and Disease, 1433• McIntire-Stennis Cooperative
Forestry
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NIFA Competitive Grant Funding>30 Competitive Programs with diverse eligibility
• Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)• Regional Aquaculture Centers (RAC)• Aquaculture Research (AQUA)• Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program
(BFRDP)• Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
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Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)
• Aligned with the 6 Farm Bill priorities • 7 Requests for Applications (RFAs)
– Food, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Human Sciences Education and Literacy Initiative (ELI) RFA
– Foundational Program RFA– 5 Challenge Area RFAs
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AFRI Challenge Areas
• Food Safety • Childhood Obesity Prevention• Water for Food Production Systems• Sustainable Bioenergy and Bioproducts• Resilient Agroecosystems and Climate
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AFRI Challenge Areas versus Foundational Program
Challenge Areas:• Mostly integrated programs• Research component is more applied• Often change markedly from year to year• Larger grant size, typically >$1 million• Multiple investigators or large teams
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AFRI Foundational Program: Program Areas aligned with
Farm Bill Priorities • Plant health and production, plant products • Animal health and production, animal
products • Food safety, nutrition, and health• Bioenergy, natural resources, environment• Agriculture systems and technology• Agriculture economics and rural communities
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AFRI Foundational Program versus Challenge Areas
Foundational Program:• Mostly single function research• Mostly fundamental research• Don’t change markedly from year to year• Smaller grant size, $500,000 maximum• Individual investigators or small teams
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AFRI Foundational Program: Examples of priority for aquaculture
• Animal Nutrition, Growth and Lactation (A1231)• Animal Health and Disease (A1221)• Tools / Resources - Animal Breeding, Genetics &
Genomics (A1201)• Animal Reproduction (1211)• Improving Food Safety (A1331)• Function and Efficacy of Nutrients (A1341)
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Newer AFRI Initiatives• Critical Agricultural Research and Extension
• Exploratory Research
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AFRI- Critical Agricultural Research and Extension (CARE)
• Awards up to $300,000• Short-term, very applied science• Integrated research and extension projects• Develop and implement solutions to clear, time-sensitive,
stakeholder-identified need• Results that can be applied quickly following project
completion• Results that will be adopted or applied at a local, regional, or
national level
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AFRI - Exploratory Research• Awards up to $100,000• High risk–high reward ideas• Extraordinarily novel/innovative ideas - high potential impact;• Application of new knowledge or new approaches to unsolved
challenges that may result in dramatic improvements;• Tools required to have a paradigm shift in the field; • Rapid response to natural disasters and unanticipated
events affecting agriculture
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Regional Aquaculture Centers• Established by statute in 1985
• ~$4.0M annually for five regions• virtual centers, hosted at institutions
• Rapid technology transfer to industry• Industry Advisory Council (IAC) generates problem statements• Technical Committee (TC) reviews projects for technical feasibility
• Reviewed to be practical and innovative• Projects reviewed by peers, IAC, TC, BOD, and NIFA
• Projects address local issues with regional/national relevance• Capacity beyond a single institution (multi-state, multi-institutional, multi-investigator)
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Special Research Grants Program –Aquaculture Research
• Awards up to $300,000, up to 2 years• Applied aquaculture research projects that:
1. Directly address major constraints to the U.S. aquaculture industry
2. Focus on Program Area Priorities:• Genetics;• Disease;• Production Systems; • Economics
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Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program• Purpose: Projects provide education, mentoring and technical
assistance for beginning farmers and ranchers.• Eligibility: collaborative, State, tribal, local, or regionally-based
network or partnership of public or private orgs (Not individuals)
• Standard Projects - to provide local and regional training, education, outreach and technical assistance Up to $200,000 per year for up to 3 years in 2017 Also smaller projects of up to $80,000 per year
Educational Enhancement Teams – for evaluation, assistance and enhancement of BFR education Up to $200,000 per year for up to 3 years in 2017
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USDA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
• Phase I Grants = 8 Months/$100,000
• Phase II Grants = 2 Years/$600,000
• 8.7 Aquaculture - Develop new technologies to enhance the knowledge and technology base needed for expansion of the domestic aquaculture industry as a form of production agriculture
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USDA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
• 8.1 Forests and Related Resources
• 8.2 Plant Production and Protection-Biology
• 8.3 Animal Production and Protection
• 8.4 Air, Water, and Soil
• 8.13 Plant Production and Protection –Engineering
• 8.5 Food Science and Nutrition
• 8.6 Rural Development
• 8.7 Aquaculture
• 8.8 Biofuels and BiobasedProducts
• 8.12 Small and Mid-Size Farms
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USDA Authorities & Roles• Research and regional centers – ARS-NIFA• Extension education - NIFA• Animal and plant health - APHIS• Export promotion and assistance - FAS• Credit – FSA • Disaster assistance – FSA • Cost share conservation practices - NRCS• Information and statistics – NASS-ERS• Business loans and cooperatives - RD• Risk management - RMA• Market assistance AMS (COOL – FSMIP – NOP)• Section 32 commodities for school lunch programs - FNS
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Federal Aquaculture Interests
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Federal Aquaculture Interests
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Interagency Working Group on AquacultureNational Aquaculture Act of 1980
Policy: “it is in the national interest and it is the national policy to encourage the development of aquaculture in the U.S.”
Purpose: increase overall effectiveness and productivity of federal aquaculture research, transfer & assistance programs:
– Promote synergies among federal agencies, avoid duplication of efforts, simplify regulatory process
– Undertake planning, coordination and communication among federal agencies
– Encourage joint programs among federal agencies
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Leadership Structure
•Chair: Gene Kim, USDA, NIFA•Vice-Chair: Michael Rubino, DOC, NOAA Fisheries Service•Vice-Chair: David Miko, DOI, USFWS•Exec-Sec: Maxwell Mayeaux, USDA, NIFA
NOAA
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Interagency Coordination • Quarterly meetings (~12 agencies)• Task Forces, Working Groups, Special Projects
• Aquaculture Regulatory Task Force• Aquaculture R&D Task Force• National Aquatic Animal Health Task Force • USACE NWP-48 Commercial Shellfish Operations• Aquaculture Effluents Task Force• Working Group on Aquaculture Drugs, Biologics and Pesticides• Shrimp Virus Task Force
National Science and Technology Council
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Gene W. Kim, Ph.D.National Program Leader
Aquaculture
Chair, Inter-Agency Working Group on Aquaculture
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Problem Identification Workshop (Dec 2016)• Goal: generate ideas for a potential future prize (or prizes)
– How to increase public knowledge and acceptance of U.S. aquaculture in order to increase seafood consumption.
– What new solutions can we create with open innovation, public-private partnerships, and citizen problem solvers?
Other aquaculture prizes:• F3 Fish-Free Feed Challenge• Blue Economy Challenge
National Science and Technology Council 27
Aquaculture Innovation