Deadline: 28 February 2019
Nominations are open for 2019 New Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research Award to promote career advancement of highly creative and promising new scientists who intend to make a long-term career commitment to research in food and agriculture and bring innovative, ground-breaking research initiatives and thinking to bear on problems facing food and agriculture.
Within the scope of the New Innovator Program, investigators will have the freedom to explore new avenues of inquiry that arise during their research. Therefore, FFAR is interested in the program of research to be explored and its impact as opposed to a list of very specific aims. It is expected that through this program investigators will have the ability to pursue highly creative ideas, to firmly establish their early lines of research into important food and agriculture scientific areas and provide stability in funding during their critical early career years by reducing the time spent on writing applications.
Funding Categories
Target Areas of Research:
- Achieving a Deeper Understanding of Nutrition and Healthful Food Choices
- Enhancing Sustainable Farm Animal Productivity, Resilience, and Health
- Improving Plant Efficiency
- Managing Food Production Systems to Enhance Nutritional Outcomes
- Optimizing Agricultural Water Use
- Spurring Food System Innovation
- Transforming Soil Health
FFAR Challenge Areas:
- Advanced Animal Systems
- Health and Agriculture Nexus
- Next Generation Crops
- Soil Health
- Sustainable Water Management
- Urban Food Systems
Award Information
- Anticipated Award Duration: Up to 36 months
- Amount per Award: Up to $100,000/year for up to three years. One-to-one cash match is required.
- FFAR will award each applicant up to $100,000 per year for up to three years with an additional $100,000 required cash match from non-federal sources for a total award of up to $600,000. Applicants may ask for a longer duration, provided the total funds (FFAR request + Cash Match) do not exceed $600,000 and FFAR’s allocation does not exceed 50% of the total award amount.
- To receive an award, the match must be secured by the nominating institution. Matching must be from a non-federal source and may not come from funds already designated for other purposes. For example, a faculty member’s startup package that was developed through employment negotiations may not be redirected to cover the match. Only cash match will be accepted for this program. In-kind match is not permitted for this Program. Indirect costs are limited to 10% of the total award. Unrecovered indirect cost is not permitted. Construction and renovation costs are not allowed. Salaries of principal investigators are allowed for time not covered by institutional or other grant funds and effort should be commensurate with the research proposed.
- Estimated Number of Awards: Up to ten (10) awards. This depends on the quality and budgets of successful proposals. FFAR reserves the right to negotiate all or none of the applications received for funding consideration under this opportunity.
Eligibility Criteria
Institutions
- U.S. Institutions of Higher Education
- Public/state controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- U.S. Nonprofit Research Institutions other than Institutions of Higher Education
U.S. Department of Agriculture In keeping with FFAR goals to reach a diverse and broad range of institutions and individuals who participate in its programs, the following types of higher education institutions are encouraged to apply for FFAR programs:
- Hispanic-serving Institutions
- 1890s Land Grant Institutions and other Historically Black Colleges and Universities
- Tribal Colleges and Universities
- Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions
- Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
Eligible Country: United States
For more information, please visit https://foundationfar.org/2019/01/16/ffar-seeks-nominations-for-2019-new-innovator-in-food-and-agriculture-research-award/