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NIFA Invests Nearly $2M in Research Facilities Act Program

USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has established a new Research Facilities Act Program (RFAP) competitive grant program. The Research Facilities Act Program (RFAP) – has been approved to provide one-year funds this year for the first time. The program is designed to assist in the construction, alteration, acquisition, modernization, renovation, or remodeling of an agricultural research facility to enhance the institution’s long-term impact on food and agricultural research.

List of Awardees 

  • Mississippi State University
  • Texas A&M AgriLife Research
  • University of Idaho
  • University of Illinois
  • University of Kentucky; 
  • University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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