Deadline: 15 February 2017
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is seeking applications for its “AgrAbility – Assistive Technology Program for Farmers with Disabilities” to provide education, assistance, and support to farmers with disabilities engaged in production agriculture, helping them and their families maintain optimal production and experience enhanced quality of life.
The AgrAbility program supports the United States rural communities by encompassing the USDA/NIFA’s agricultural, social and human sciences.
Types of Projects
- The State and Regional AgrAbility Projects (SRAPs): To address the specialized needs of AgrAbility customers, the program builds service capacity on national, regional, state, and local levels through education and networking. In the absence of capacity, projects provide assistance to customers.
- The National AgrAbility Project (NAP): NAP helps SRAPs become more successful at meeting their objectives. NAP typically produces or recommends the education materials or forums, networking tactics, assistance protocols, and marketing products SRAPs adopt for their own use.
Funding Information
- The anticipated amount available for the AgrAbility grants in FY 2017 is approximately $4.1 million.
- NIFA anticipates that approximately $540,000 will be available to support new SRAPs.
- The remainder of the funds will be used to support a competitively awarded National AgrAbility Project (NAP) and State and Regional AgrAbility project (SRAP) awards eligible for continuation.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications may be submitted only by Cooperative Extension at 1862 Land-Grant Colleges and Universities and 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Universities, including the University of the District of Columbia, Tuskegee University, West Virginia State University, and Central State University.
- Applicants must partner on their projects with private non-profit community-based direct service disability organizations with capacity to provide service at a state, regional or national level.
- Award recipients may subcontract to organizations not eligible to apply (such as 1994 Land-Grant Colleges, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, extension) provided such organizations are necessary for the conduct of the project.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
Eligible Country: United States
For more information, please visit USDA/NIFA.