Upcoming Events

In this webinar, Non-Land-grant Colleges of Agriculture (NLGCA) program staff will provide an overview of the Fiscal Year 2024 Request for Applications for the Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land-grant Colleges of Agriculture funding opportunity.

USDA NIFA will host a listening session to hear stakeholder feedback regarding all aspects of the Community Nutrition Competitive Grant Programs: Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program (CFP), Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program (FASLP), and Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP). 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) program staff presents a webinar describing the FY 2024 Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program Request for Application (RFA). This competitively awarded grant program is intended to promote and strengthen the ability of HSIs to carry out higher education programs in food and agricultural sciences and train students to enhance the Nation’s food and agricultural scientific and professional workforce.

Join us for a webinar series highlighting opportunities and challenges of transdisciplinary approaches within agricultural research. In it, we will examine strategies for implementing transdisciplinary approaches, team-building, and overcoming challenges to encourage the adoption of and training in transdisciplinary systems. The second focuses on the science of team science. 

Join NIFA for a listening session to gain feedback on the upcoming Tribal Colleges Extension Program FY24 RFA. 

The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Education and Workforce Development (EWD) focuses on developing the next generation of research, education, and extension professionals in the food and agricultural sciences. 

Application deadline for Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program. The purpose of the Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program is to increase the knowledge of agricultural science and improve the nutritional health of children. The program’s goal is to increase the capacity for food, garden, and nutrition education within host organizations or entities, such as school cafeterias and classrooms, while fostering higher levels of community engagement between farms and school systems by bringing together stakeholders from distinct parts of the food system.

The purpose of the Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) program is to address the critical needs of the specialty crop industry by awarding grants to support research and extension that address key challenges of national, regional, and multi-state importance in sustaining all components of food and agriculture, including conventional and organic food production systems.