SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

The University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) is proud to manage two large international projects sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID): 

• Feed the Future Haiti Appui à la Recherche et au Développement Agricole (AREA)
• Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems

To support these research projects and facilitate others around the globe, UF/IFAS invested in the IFAS International Support Team (IIST). Visit the team’s website for help with the services listed below.

• Information on IFAS international activities and engagement, including college-level signatures for international memorandums of understanding and cooperative agreements.
• Identifying and understanding international regulations, sponsor guidelines and funding restrictions.
• Troubleshooting complex fiscal, travel and procurement transactions with relevant departments and offices.
• Serving as the main point of contact and communication with IFAS and campus core offices to facilitate the efficient and successful submission, implementation and completion of projects with international components.
• Providing administrative, budget and compliance-related feedback on faculty concept notes, letters of intent/pre-proposals, internally funded activities and large multi-institutional programs.
• To connect with UF faculty members based on their disciplinary/technical or geographic expertise.
• Information on IFAS International Programs Advisory Team (IPAT) and associated awards, etc.