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* Evidence of the institution's commitment and capacity to provide the faculty, support 



staff, operating funds, and students necessary to support a quality program in the 

 proposed facility. 



* Qualifications and experience of key project personnel to plan and manage the 



construction effort, including occupancy in the near-term future. 



* Reasonableness of the budget request and evidence of applicant's ability to participate 



in project costs. 



The program would be carried out under the authority of the Research Facilities Act of 1963, 

 as amended (Pub. L No. 88-74), and would be administered by CSRS. The statute authorizes 

 a competitive program to assist eligible institutions in the construction, acquisition, and 

 remodeling of buildings, laboratories, and other capital facilities to more effectively conduct 

 research in agriculture and related sciences by means of matching Federal Grants. State 

 agricultural experiment stations. Colleges of Veterinary Medicine, Schools of Forestry, and the 

 1890 Land-Grant Institutions and Tuskegee University would be eligible to compete for the 

 funds. Full 1:1 matching of Federal Funds with non-Federal funds would be required. 



The goals of the competitive facilities program would be to: 



* Promote the modernization of research and research training facilities at eligible 



institutions. 



* Ensure that facilities constructed in part with Federal funds met national priority needs 



in the food and agricultural sciences. 



