Kentucky State University News July 6,2010 Land Grant Program Personnel Secure Many Grants The Kentucky State University Land Grant<http://www.kysu.edu/landGrant/> staff has been busy this spring and summer acquiring grants for research and outreach projects. Below is a listing of some of the recently awarded grants. The National Institute of Food and Agriculture <http://www.csrees.usda.gov/> awarded several grants to KSU personnel. NIFA is one of four U.S. Department of Agriculture<http://www.usda.gov> agencies that make up its research, education and economics mission. The aim is to provide federal leadership in creating and disseminating knowledge spanning the biological, physical and social sciences related to agricultural research, economic analysis, statistics, extension and higher education. NIFA's unique mission is to advance knowledge for agriculture, the environment, human health and well-being and communities by supporting research, education and extension programs in the Land-Grant University System and other partner organizations. Dr. Marion Simon and Dr. Kenneth Andries received $187,914 for Management Education for Goat and Sheep Producers in a Bearish Economy. Dr. Marion Simon, Dr. Terry Gipson (Langston University), Dr. Roger Merkel (Langston University) and Dr. John Fernandez (University of Guam) earned $300,000 for Enhancing Production Capabilities of Socially Disadvantaged and Underserved Farmers via Low-Literacy Meat Goat Production Materials. Dr. Kristopher Grimes was awarded $200,000 for a Kentucky State University Center For Family Nutrition and Wellness Education. The project is scheduled to begin on Sept. 1. Dr. Kirk Pomper was awarded $300,000 for A Mobile Kitchen for Fruit and Vegetable Processing Training and Extension Initiatives for Pawpaw and Sorghum Syrup. Other awarded grants focused on sustainability education. Dr. Marion Simon, Louie Rivers Jr., Dr. Michael Bomford, Nancy Calix, Edwin Chavous, Tehran Jewell and Harold Eli of the Kentucky State University Land Grant Program recently were awarded a $400,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Advocacy and Outreach grant to implement the Outreach and Assistance to Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Program: Food Safety in a Changing Economy for Socially Disadvantaged Small, Limited-Resource Farmers. Dr. Marion Simon, Louie Rivers Jr., Dr. Kenneth Andries and Edwin Chavous of the KSU Land Grant Program won a $31,000 grant from the Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense Center to create species specific emergency response teams. Dr. Marion Simon, Louie Rivers Jr., Dr. Beth Hunter of Cardinal Hill and John Hancock of the University of Kentucky received a $180,000 grant as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's AgrAbility Initiative to enhance the Kentucky AgrAbility<http://ces.ca.uky.edu/agrability/> program. Dr. Marion Simon and Dr. Ray Mobley of Florida A&M University received $85,000 from Southern SARE-PDP<http://www.southernsare.uga.edu/> to help fund the National Goat Conference. The Kentucky Governor's Office of Agricultural Policy<http://agpolicy.ky.gov/> and the Kentucky Cabinet for Energy and Environment<http://www.eppc.ky.gov> granted Dr. Michael Bomford and Dr. Marion Simon $5,000 for the Kentucky State University Sustainable Farms, Families, and Farm Energy Field Day.<htthttp://organic.kysu.edu/TTTSchedule.shtml> SANDRA M. PHOENIX Program Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 404.592.4820 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Register now http://www.hbculibraries.org/html/meeting-form.html for the October 24-26, 2010 HBCU Library Alliance 4th Membership Meeting and the "Conference on Advocacy" pre-conference in Montgomery, AL. The Pre-Conference and Membership meeting are open to directors and other librarians.