Deadline: 8-Mar-23
The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) announces the 2023 Seeding Solutions Grants Program for innovative and transformative research to benefit farmers, consumers, and the environment.
Challenge Areas
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Soil Health
- The Soil Health Challenge Area develops sustainable on-farm practices from the ground-up by creating innovative solutions to improve soil health from measurement to adoption.
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Sustainable Water Management
- The Sustainable Water Management Challenge Area supports research that enhances and protects natural waters to sustain agricultural production and environmental health.
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Next Generation Crops
- The Next Generation Crop Challenge Area funds research on new and conventional crops to increase crop diversity and farm profitability.
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Advanced Animal Systems
- The Advanced Animal Systems Challenge Area supports research that improves animal health and welfare and pioneers practices that sustain the food system.
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Urban Food Systems
- The Urban Food Systems Challenge Area helps scientists, farmers and policymakers design equitable urban food systems that promote wellness and urban resilience.
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Health-Agriculture Nexus
- The Health-Agriculture Nexus Challenge Area supports research to reduce food and nutrition insecurity, decrease food waste and loss and improve human health.
Funding Information
- At FFAR’s discretion, they will award of approximately $10M in grants through the 2023 Seeding Solution program. Individual awards will range from $300K to $1M. All projects must have planned durations ranging between 12 and 60 months. Successful projects will receive annual disbursements.
Eligibility Criteria
- They welcome applications from all domestic and international higher education institutions, non-profit and for-profit organizations and US government-affiliated research agencies.
- Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) may apply to the Seeding Solutions program through their home institution or organization.
- The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research welcomes applications from all domestic and international higher education institutions, non–profit and for–profit organizations, and U.S. government–affiliated research agencies. The following principles guide FFAR’s international engagement under this Seeding Solutions RFA:
- The proposal must identify a clear benefit to the U.S. food and agriculture system and a clear pathway to commercialize or deploy the technology or solution in the U.S.
- FFAR will prioritize research that delivers broader benefits across geographies and
- production systems while ensuring mutual benefit for the U.S. and other nations.
- FFAR will not support research that addresses a challenge primarily limited to another country or region outside the U.S. or where the technology or solution is not broadly relevant to the U.S.
For more information, visit Foundation for food & Agricultural Research.