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NIFA Invests $19.5 million in Diseases of Agricultural Animals (A1221)

In the FY2023 funding cycle this AFRI program area priority focused on maintaining healthy agricultural animals to ensure a safe and adequate food supply by supporting research in cellular, molecular, genomic/genetic or whole-animal…

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NIFA Invests $9.5 Million to Promote Innovation in Animal Reproduction (A1211)

The Animal Reproduction program area priority within the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative funds projects that focus on enhancing gonadal function, evaluating transcriptomics in sperm, preventing pregnancy loss, and improving…

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NIFA Invests $6.7 Million to Advance the Sustainable Bioeconomy through Biobased Products (A1414)

This program area priority within the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative supports integrated projects to advance biobased products, biomass systems or biomass-generated power to enable the bioeconomy in a manner which reduces…

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NIFA Invests $16.2 Million in Innovative Plant Breeding Research (AFRI A1141)

Agriculture of the future will be enabled by genome design, innovative breeding methods, data analysis and knowledge of molecular and biological processes. Breeding crops for the future will require new traits, breeding platforms built…

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USDA NIFA to Invest $12.7M in Sustainable Agroecosystems (A1451)

The Sustainable Agroecosystems (A1451) program area priority within the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative funds research projects that focus on the improvement of ecosystem health and output of ecosystem services in managed…

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USDA NIFA Invests $6.2M to Advance Agricultural Biosecurity (AFRI A1181)

Initiated in 2018, the Agricultural Biosecurity (A1811) program area priority within the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative focuses on increasing the national capacity to prevent, rapidly detect and respond to biological threats…

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USDA NIFA Invests $12M to Improve Plant Production (AFRI A1152)

The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative’s Physiology of Agricultural Plants (A1152) program area priority advances research to improve plant production, which is critical to the sustainability and competitiveness of U.S…

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USDA NIFA Invests $26.7M to Further Research into Pests and Beneficial Species (AFRI A1112)

The Pests and Beneficial Species in Agricultural Production Systems program area priority within the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative aims to advance knowledge of invasive or established plant pests and associated beneficial…

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Commodity Board Co-funding Topics (AFRI A1811)

USDA NIFA and various commodity boards seek to co-fund research projects that will improve crop production efficiency and advance solutions to critically important problems in U.S. agriculture to increase farmer profitability and…

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A1103 AFRI Foundational Knowledge of Plant Products FY23

The AFRI Foundational Knowledge of Plant Products (A1103) program supports projects to study the synthesis of plant-derived, high-value chemicals and ingredients for use in foods, pharmaceuticals, and other natural products. The intent…

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Animal Health and Production and Animal Products: Animal Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics (AFRI A1201)

NIFA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), Animal Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics (AFRI A1201) supports research on development of novel quantitative genetic methods, development of national and regional breeding…

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NIFA Invests Nearly $8M in Regional Innovations for Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry

The purpose of the CAFF program area priority in AFRI’s Foundational and Applied Science program area is to establish an agricultural testbed and demonstration farm for climate-smart agriculture and forestry. The established…

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NIFA Invests $9M in Extension, Education and USDA Climate Hubs Partnership

The A1721 Extension, Education and USDA Climate Hubs Partnership program area priority within AFRI’s Foundational and Applied Science Program supports projects that provide effective, translatable and scalable approaches to address…

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NIFA Invests Over $13M in Animal Nutrition, Growth and Lactation Program

The AFRI Animal Nutrition, Growth and Lactation Program promotes innovative work in cellular, molecular, genomic and whole-animal aspects of nutrition, growth and lactation. Program priorities focus on: nutrient utilization and…

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NIFA Invests $6M in Foundation Knowledge of Ag Production Systems

The Foundational Knowledge of Agricultural Production Systems program supports plant research to advance our knowledge for the wide range of agricultural production systems found across the rural-urban continuum, from conventional open…

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NIFA Invests $5M for Higher Education Challenge

The purpose of the Higher Education Challenge (HEC) Grants Program is to strengthen institutional capacities, including curriculum, faculty, scientific instrumentation, instruction delivery systems, and student recruitment and…

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NIFA Invests $9.4M in Urban, Indoor, and other Emerging Agricultural Production Research, Education and Extension Initiative

The National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Urban, Indoor, and other Emerging Agricultural Production Research, Education and Extension Initiative (UIE) was launched this year, providing grants for research, education and…

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NIFA Invests $8.9M in Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced today the fiscal year 2022 Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) awards. VMLRP provides up to $75,000 in loan…

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NIFA Invests $300K in Response to Extreme Weather Events Across the U.S.

NIFA has funded — through the Rapid Response to Extreme Weather Events Across Food and Agriculture Systems program — a Kentucky State University project related to a flooding incident. Rapid responses to extreme weather events are…

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NIFA Invests $846K in Response to Extreme Weather Events Across the U.S.

Rapid responses to extreme weather events are critical to maintaining a secure, accessible, safe, nutritious, affordable and abundant food supply. Innovative Extension and applied research efforts are needed to alleviate the impacts of…

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NIFA Awards Nearly $650K AFRI Grant to Colorado State University

NIFA has awarded a three-year, $649,998 grant to Colorado State University (CSU). CSU’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Data Science for Food and Agricultural Systems (DSFAS) project will model vulnerabilities and…

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NIFA Invests Over $520K in Response to Extreme Weather Events Across the U.S.

Rapid responses to extreme weather events are critical to maintaining a secure, accessible, safe, nutritious, affordable and abundant food supply. Innovative Extension and applied research efforts are needed to alleviate the impacts of…

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NIFA Invests Nearly $25K in AFRI Foundational Knowledge of Ag Production Systems

The Foundational Knowledge of Agricultural Production Systems program supports plant research to advance our knowledge for the wide range of agricultural production systems found across the rural-urban continuum, from conventional open…

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NIFA Invests $3.4M in Food and Ag Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postgrad Fellowship Grants Program

Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship (NNF) Grants Program trains students for masters and/or doctoral degrees. Fellowships and Special International Study or Thesis/Dissertation Research…

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NIFA Invests $2.5M to Support Military Veteran Agriculture Training Programs

The Enhancing Agricultural Opportunities for Military Veterans (AgVets) program encourages the development of training opportunities specifically designed for military veterans. AgVets projects will offer onsite, hands-on training and…

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