Release No. 0522.05
Contact:
Ed Loyd, (202)
720-4623
Jennifer Martin, (202) 720-8188
USDA AWARDS $2.4 MILLION FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RESEARCH
WASHINGTON, Dec.2, 2005 - Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns
announced today eight grants totaling $2.4 million for research on rural
development.
"These grants support innovative research to help
communities create and sustain rural community vitality and prosperity,"
Johanns said. "The Bush Administration is committed to helping improve the
economy and quality of life in all of rural America."
The funded rural
development projects examine the social, economic, technological and
demographic factors that affect quality of life for rural Americans. Topics
covered include land use at the rural/urban fringe; investments of financial,
social and human capital for rural economic development; and intergenerational
assistance among rural and farm families.
Although the eight Rural
Development awards are given to project directors at specific universities,
these awards fund a number of multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional
research teams. The research encompasses much of rural America in scope, and
the results will have regional or national implications.
The average
award size was $299,000. Descriptions of funded awards are available at
http://cris.csrees.usda.gov/cgi-bin/starfinder/0?path=fastlink1.txt&id=anon&pass=&search=CG=*-35401*%20not%20PS=TERM*&format=WEBTITLESG.
The USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES)
administers the Rural Development program through the National Research
Initiative (NRI). The NRI is the largest peer reviewed, competitive grants
program in CSREES. Its purpose is to support research, education and extension
grants that address key problems of national, regional and multi-state
importance in sustaining all components of agriculture.
CSREES advances
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. For more
information, visit http://www.csrees.usda.gov/
The fiscal year 2005
grants were awarded to the following:
University of Arkansas, $252,000.
"Assistance That Older Persons Received from Adult Children: Longitudinal
Differences Across the Rural Continuum."
University of Maryland,
$357,600. "Linking Land Conservation and Rural Stakeholders through Cultural
Model Research."
Michigan State University, $400,000. "Rural Household
Adjustment Mechanisms and Attitudes Toward Public Investments in the United
States."
Oregon State University, $167,100. "How Do Location Decisions
of Firms and Households Affect Economic Development in Rural America?"
Oregon State University, $15,000. "Conference: Frontiers in Resource
and Rural Economics: Rural Urban Interplay and Nature-Human Interaction."
Pennsylvania State University, $440,100. "Social Capital and Rural
Economic Development."
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point,
$380,000. "Factors Influencing Land Parcelization in Amenity Rich Rural Areas
and the Potential Consequences of Planning and Policy Variables."
University of Wyoming, $388,200. "Factors Affecting Conservation
Easements for Rural Land Preservation: Agricultural Production and Amenity
Preservation Through Emerging Markets."
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