Agricultural Research: USDA's Outreach to Minority-Serving Institutions Could Improve Grant Competition

United States. General Accounting Office.

United States. General Accounting Office.

关键词: Government accountability -- United States.;    agriculture and food;    agricultural research;    letter report;   

RP-ID  :  GAO-03-541
RP-ID  :  238219

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awards more than $200 million annually to universities and colleges to support its research, education, and extension missions. USDA's largest grant program is the National Research Initiative (NRI). GAO was asked to examine the (1) success of minority-serving institutions in competing for NRI research grants, (2) factors that could improve their success in competing for these grants, and (3) actions USDA has taken to improve the quantity and quality of grant proposals these institutions submit. GAO interviewed senior administrators at 43 minority-serving institutions that had either applied for an NRI grant between fiscal years 1997 and 2001 or received more than $100,000 from USDA for research, three major land grant universities, and cognizant USDA officials."