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FIFRA Special Project Grant, Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Stewardship Program: 2005 Request for Proposals
Overview
The Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Stewardship Program is intended to help strengthen industry compliance with the Worker Protection Standard (WPS) and minimize worker exposure to pesticides. These grants will provide support for education, training, monitoring, or demonstrations that promote stewardship of pesticide safety rules, regulations and procedures. The purpose of this grant program is to provide funding for projects which are unique and innovative, and that address the requirements of the Federal WPS and related methods of protecting agricultural workers from pesticide exposure within a specific commodity, group of commodities or geographic area. This assistance will be awarded through the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Section 20.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 66.716.
Important Dates:
- January 3, 2005 Solicitation Posted on Web
- March 4, 2005 Proposals must be received by close of business.
- April 4, 2005 Funding decisions are announced.
- September 30, 2005 Funding for selected projects will be available.
Contents of Full Text Announcement:
- Funding opportunity description
- Award information
- Eligibility information
- Application and Submission Information
- Application Review Information
- Award administration information
- Agency contact
View the full text announcement (PDF) (5 pp, 32k about PDF)