[IUFRO RG 7.02 FORPATH] Please forward. USDA Forest Service, 2010 PSW Research Sudden Oak Death Request for Proposals

Please forward to interested parties... USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, 2010 Sudden Oak Death Research Request for Proposals Approximately $500,000 will be available in summer 2010 to fund new research projects to combat Sudden Oak Death/Phytophthora ramorum. Deadline for submission is Wednesday, March 31, 2010. For further details see the attached Request for Proposals or http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/ In 2009, the National Ornamental Research Site was established at Dominican University of California. (For questions about NORS-DUC, contact Sibdas Ghosh at sibdas.ghosh(a)dominican.edu or go to www.dominican.edu/norsduc). Via this Request for Proposals, we anticipate funding roughly seven projects, including one to be conducted at this facility. For more information on Sudden Oak Death see www.suddenoakdeath.org. - Susan Susan J. Frankel Sudden Oak Death Research Program Manager USDA-Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station Mailing address: PO Box 245 Berkeley, CA 94701 Street address: 800 Buchanan Street, West Annex Building, Albany, CA 94710-0011 Phone: 510-559-6472 FAX :510-559-6440 sfrankel(a)fs.fed.us