Deadline: 29-Jul-2021
The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) is the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA’s) flagship competitive grants programs for food and agricultural sciences, and funding is offered through the Foundational and Applied Science, Sustainable Agricultural Systems, and Education and Workforce Development Requests for Applications for addressing critical societal issues.
The purpose of AFRI is to support research, education, and extension work by awarding grants to solve key problems of local, regional, national, and global importance in sustaining conventional, organic, and urban agricultural systems.
Program Areas
The Foundational and Applied Science RFA program areas address the following priorities as well as all included subpriorities:
- Plant Health and Production and Plant Products;
- Animal Health and Production and Animal Products;
- Food Safety, Nutrition, and Health;
- Bioenergy, Natural Resources, and Environment;
- Agriculture Systems and Technology;
- Agriculture Economics and Rural Communities.
Program Area Priorities
Each application must address at least one of the six program area priorities listed below:
- Foundational Knowledge of Agricultural Production Systems
- Foundational Knowledge of Plant Products
- Pests and Beneficial Species in Agricultural Production Systems
- Physiology of Agricultural Plants
- Plant Breeding for Agricultural Production
- Pollinator Health: Research and Application
Funding Information
The anticipated amount available for new grants for the 2022 deadlines in this Foundational and Applied Science RFA is approximately $290 million.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligibility is linked to the project type as specified below:
- Research, Education or Extension Projects Eligible applicants for single-function Research, Education or Extension Projects include:
- State Agricultural Experiment Station;
- colleges and universities (including junior colleges offering associate degrees or higher);
- university research foundations;
- other research institutions and organizations;
- Federal agencies;
- national laboratories;
- private organizations or corporations;
- individuals who are U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents;
- any group consisting of two or more entities identified in a) through h). Eligible institutions do not include foreign and international organizations.
- Research, Education or Extension Projects Eligible applicants for single-function Research, Education or Extension Projects include:
- Integrated Projects
- Eligible applicants for Integrated Projects include:
- colleges and universities;
- 1994 Land-Grant Institutions;
- Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities.
- For item under Integrated Projects, the terms “college” and “university” mean an educational institution in any state which:
- admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate;
- is legally authorized within such state to provide a program of education beyond secondary education;
- provides an educational program for which a bachelor’s degree or any other higher degree is awarded;
- is a public or other nonprofit institution;
- is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association.
- A research foundation maintained by a college or university is eligible to receive an award under this program.
- Eligible applicants for Integrated Projects include:
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=328182