Largest 10 Current Federal Grant Awards

Family Nutrition FY08
Project Manager: Jo Britt-Rankin, HES Extension
U.S. Department of Agriculture / Mo Dept of Social Services
10/1/2007 to 9/30/2008
$8,069,156
The Family Nutrition Education Program provides Missourians with knowledge and skills for a healthy life. Nutrition educators teach school children and parents the value of making healthy food choices, staying physically fit, practicing food safety methods and stretching food dollars.

Missouri Small Business Development Center
Project Manager: Max Summers, Business Extension
U.S. Small Business Administration
10/1/2007 to 9/30/2008
$1,334,606
The MO Small Business Development Center (SBDC) will deliver high-quality and high-impact counseling and training to the state's entrepreneurs. All four University of Missouri campuses have an SBDC presence, which represents more than 60 percent of the state's population. The remainder of the state is served via subcontract with institutions across the state. University of Missouri Extension has hosted the SBDC program since 1989.

Defense Economic Transition Assistance Program
Project Manager: Max Summers, Business Extension
U.S. Small Business Administration
12/01/2005-11/30/2008
$825,000
Missouri has always been a state rich in defense and defense-dependent firms. However, between 2003-2004, this state saw a $55 million decrease in defense spending -- the biggest impact hitting the St. Louis and Kansas City regions. MU Extension's Small Business Development Centers understands the plight of those businesses impacted by defense downsizing and will provide assistance in the form of training and counseling to defense-related firms.

The Connecting for Baby Project
Project Manager: Carol Mertensmeyer, HES Extension
U.S. Dept Health and Human Services-Admin for Children and Families
9/30/2006-9/29/2008
$786,142
The Connecting for Baby (CFB) project will work statewide with existing programs to help young couples obtain the skills they need to form a healthy marriage. This will include training and equipping regional specialists so they can offer an intensive healthy marriage and relationship skills retreat, and provide sustained support to those participants as they begin the process of raising a family.

Missouri Afterschool State Network
Project Manager: Ina Linville
US Dept of Education / Mo Dept of Elementary and Secondary Education
9/1/2007 to 6/30/2008
$662,095
This project, funded nearly 90% by federal dollars, will allow the 4-H Extension program to work with statewide partners to see that all school-age children and youth in Missouri have access to high quality, sustained afterschool programs. The goal is to provide safe, nurturing programs that extend experiential learning, academic achievement, social, recreational, and personal life skills.

Implementing SEBAS to Assess the Effectiveness of USDA's Rural Business Programs on Rural People and Communities
Project Manager: Tom Johnson, Community Development Extension
U.S. Department of Agriculture
1/3/2006 to 9/30/2009
$580,000.00
This project will develop a research program to assess the effectiveness of rural business programs on the people and their communities.

Impact of Community Leadership Education in the New Economy
Project Manager: Kenneth Pigg, Community Development Extension
USDA-CSREES
9/1/2006-8/31/2009
$495,524
This project is designed to show the relationship between community leadership education programs and the increased capacity for community development. The results will help institutions, such as the University of Missouri Extension, measure the effectiveness of its leadership education programs.

Missouri Agrability Project
USDA-CSREES
Project Manager: Willard Downs, Ag Extension
4/1/2005 to 3/31/2008
$450,000
The primary objective of the MO AgrAbility Program is to provide statewide assistance to farmers, farm workers, and family members with disabilities. An over-arching goal is broader and long-term efforts toward global democratization and conditions of peace.

Heartland Integrated Water Quality Coordination Initiative
Project Manager: Robert Broz, Agriculture Extension
Iowa State University / USDA
9/15/2004-9/14/2008
$384,652
Agriculture is the principal nonpoint source pollution problem in the intensively farmed states of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska (Heartland Region). Through a regional coordination of programs, including areas of research, education and extension, the four states will assist stakeholders in addressing water quality issues.

MO Procurement Technical Assistance Coop (PTAC) Agreement
Project Manager: Max Summers, Business Extension
Defense Logistics Agency
10/1/2007 to 9/30/2008
$360,000
This project will allow for specialized and professional assistance to individuals and businesses seeking to learn about contracting and subcontracting opportunities and/or performing under contracts and subcontracts with U.S. Department of Defense, other federal agencies, or state and local governments. This specialized and professional assistance includes outreach and counseling services.

Total: $13,947,175

Contact:
Callie Glascock Glascockck@missouri.edu
Administrative Manager

Updated 10/03/07