Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on

Sorghum and Millet

Timothy J. Dalton, DirectorNat Bascom, Assistant DirectorCollege of AgricultureKansas State UniversityManhattan, KS 66506

Feed the Future and Innovation Labs

Awarded $13.7 millionJuly 23, 2013-July 22, 2018

Partnering in Collaborative ResearchFocus Countries

• Senegal– Pearl Millet and Sorghum

• Niger– Sorghum and Pearl Millet

• Ethiopia– Sorghum

Areas of Inquiry• Genetic Enhancement of

Sorghum and Millet• Production Systems

Management• Market Development and

Added-Value Products Research

• Cross-cutting– Gender– Environment– Nutrition

Mechanism for Collaborative Efforts2013-2018

• Leader with Associate Award– Approximately $8.2 million allocated to grants• Research • Human/institutional capacity development

– Associate award ceiling of $10 million• Broader geographical focus and objectives

• 8-12 projects selected through NSF-style review using a Technical Advisory Committee

RFA/Proposal Development• Proposals need to respond to national

priorities– Reports on national priorities will be posted on

SMIL website– Larger team efforts– Spanning areas of inquiry– US, African institutions? Dryland Cereals CRP?

• Searchable database for collaborators in Senegal, Niger and Ethiopia

RFA/Proposal Development• September

– Stakeholder priority setting in Senegal and Niger

• October– RFA distributed – Concept note phase 4-5 pages

• November– Full proposal phase of those selected (no guarantee of funding)

• December – Final Selection

• January 2014– Project team meetings– Contracts/Funding in Q1 2014

Information on Program• Sorghum and Millet Innovation Lab website is

in development– smil.k-state.edu

• Regular eNewsletter to be distributed• INTSORMIL website will stay up for 1 year• INTSORMIL documents will be archived at the

University of Nebraska Digital Commons– digitalcommons.unl.edu

Contact & Questions?

Tim Dalton 785-477-8239tdalton@ksu.edu

Nat Bascom 785-532-6309nbascom@ksu.edu