This page contains a list of NIFA programs with their associated main contacts. You can also consult the specific NIFA Request for Applications (RFAs) that you are considering applying to; all RFAs list the current program contacts in the Agency Contacts section.
List of Programs with NPL Contacts
1890 Land-Grant Institutions Programs
- NPL: Manoharan Muthusamy
- NPL: Maurice Smith
- NPL: Rizana Mahroof
- NPL: Solomon Haile
4-H and Positive Youth Development
- NPL: Jeff Sallee
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)
- General questions: AFRI Coordination Team
- NPL: Victoria Finkenstadt
Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI)
- NPL: Frank Siewerdt
- NPL: Christian Tobias
Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) Program
- NPL: Carlos Ortiz
- NPL: Irma Lawrence
Alfalfa Seed and Alfalfa Forage System Program
- NPL: Tom Bewick
Animal Health and Disease Research Capacity Program
- NPL: Robert Smith
- NPL: Tim Sullivan
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes
- NPL: Ann Stapleton
- NPL: Steve Thomson
Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP)
- NPL: Denis Ebodaghe
- NPL: Toby Ahrens
- NPL: Vicki Finkenstadt
Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants (BRAG) Program
- NPL: John E. Erickson
- NPL: Frank Siewerdt
Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land-Grant Colleges of Agriculture Program
- NPL: Ahlishia Shipley
Children, Youth and Families at Risk (CYFAR)
- NPL: Bonita Williams
Clearinghouse for Military Families Readiness
- NPL: Brenda Martin
Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program (CFPCGP)
- NPL: Lydia Kaume
Crop Protection and Pest Management Program
- NPL: Emmanuel Byamukama
- NPL: Vijay Nandula
Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) (Joint NSF) Competitive Grants Program
- NPL: Steve Thomson
- NPL: Bonita Williams
Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Extension Program (ECDRE) Pre-Application
- NPL: Emmanuel Byamukama
- NPL: Erica Kistner-Thomas
Enhancing Agricultural Opportunities for Military Veterans (AgVets)
- NPL: Brenda Martin
Equipment Grants Program (EGP)
- NPL: Carlos Ortiz
Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)
- NPL: Helen Chipman
Extension COVID Immunization Training and Education (EXCITE)
- NPL: Ahlishia Shipley
Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN)
- NPL: Ashley Mueller
Extension Risk Management Education Program
- NPL: Keith Harris
Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN)
- NPL: Sarah Rocker
Farm Business Management and Benchmarking (FBMB) Competitive Grants Program
- NPL: Keith Harris
- NPL: Vijay Nandula
Federally-Recognized Tribes Extension Program
- NPL: Janyce Woodard
Food and Agricultural Education Information System
Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program
- NPL: Lisa Jahns
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
- NPL: Robert Smith
- NPL: Jodi Williams
Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP, formerly FINI)
- NPL: Mallory Koenings
- NPL: Vijay Nandula
The Hatch Act Of 1887 (Multistate Research Fund)
- NPL: Jodi Williams
- NPL: Ahlishia Shipley
Higher Education Challenge (HEC) Grants Program
Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program (MSP)
Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants (HSI) Program
- NPL: Irma Lawrence
Housing and Environmental Health
- NPL: Ashley Mueller
McIntire-Stennis Capacity Grant
- NPL: Daniel Cassidy
Methyl Bromide Transition Program
- NPL: Amer Fayad
Military Families Learning Network
- NPL: Brenda Martin
Minor Crop Pest Management Program Interregional Research Project #4 (IR-4)
- NPL: Tom Bewick
- NPL: Michelle Samuel-Foo
National Animal Health Laboratory Network
- NPL: Kathe Bjork
National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP)
- NPL: Amy Ganguli
- NPL: Irma Lawrence
National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship Grants Program Funding Opportunity (NNF)
- NPL: Ray Ali
National Plant Diagnostic Network
- NPL: Amer Fayad
National Robotics Initiative: 2.0: Ubiquitous Collaborative Robots (NRI-2.0)
- NPL: Steven J. Thomson
New Beginning for Tribal Students (NBTS)
- NPL: Erin Riley
New Technologies for Ag Extension (NTAE)
- NPL: Sarah Rocker
- NPL: Mat Ngouajio
- NPL: Tom Bewick
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8.13 Plant Production and Protection – Engineering
- NPL: Steve Thomson
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Regional Rural Development Centers
- NPL: Sarah Rocker
Renewable Resources Extension Act Capacity Grant
- NPL: Diomides Zamora
- NPL: Irma Lawrence
- NPL: Ahlishia Shipley
- NPL: Carlos Ortiz
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs
- General questions: David Songstad
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8.1 Forests and Related Resources
- NPL: Diomides Zamora
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8.2 Plant Production and Protection- Biology
- NPL: Christopher Philips
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8.3 Animal Production and Protection
- NPL: Robert Smith
- NPL: Frank Siewerdt
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8.4 Conservation of Natural Resources
- NPL: Sandeep Kumar
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8.5 Food Science and Nutrition
- NPL: Jodi Williams
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8.6 Rural and Community Development
- NPL: Keith Harris
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8.7 Aquaculture
- NPL: Tim Sullivan
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8.8 Biofuels and Biobased Products
- NPL: David Songstad
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8.12 Small and Mid-Size Farms
- NPL: Denis Ebodaghe
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8.13 Plant Production and Protection – Engineering
- NPL: Victoria Finkenstadt
- NPL: Steven J. Thomson
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Smith-Lever Act Capacity Grant
- NPL: Denis Ebodaghe
- NPL: Bonita Williams
Smith-Lever Act Sections 3(b) and 3(c) Special Needs Capacity Grant
- NPL: Denis Ebodaghe
Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI)
- NPL: Tom Bewick
- NPL: Toby Ahrens
Supplemental and Alternative Crops (SAC)
- NPL: Tom Bewick
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)
- NPL: Vance Owens
Tribal College Research Grant Program
- NPL: Erin Riley
- NPL: Erin Riley
Tribal Extension Grant Program
- NPL: Janyce Woodard
Urban, Indoor, and Emerging Agriculture
- NPL: Jessica Shade
UV-V/Global Change (Agroclimatology)
- NPL: Steven J. Thomson
Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program
- NPL: Robert Smith
Veterinary Services Grant Program
- NPL: Robert Smith
Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Fields Grant Program (WAMS)
- NPL: Carlos Ortiz
Youth Farm Safety Education and Certification Program
- NPL: Jeff Sallee
