The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Strengthening Grants are limited to:
- Small and mid-sized or minority-serving degree-granting institutions that previously had limited institutional success for receiving federal funds or
- State Agricultural Experiment Stations or degree-granting institutions eligible for USDA Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) funding and are eligible for reserved strengthening funds for Research, Education, Extension, and Integrated Project grants. This flow chart can assist with determining eligibility for Strengthening Grants.