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NIFA Virtual Stakeholder Listening Session
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) will conduct a virtual listening session from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm ET (11:00 am - 12:30 pm CT) on Thursday, June 17. The purpose of the virtual…
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Career Opportunities at USDA NIFA
NIFA is seeking a diverse group of applicants to bring their talents to the federal government and help advance NIFA’s mission of funding innovative agricultural research, education, and extension programs. Learn more about the…
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Prioritizing Nutrition Security: NIFA’s Role in Cultivating Future Farmers and Ranchers
This session will provide an overview of the NIFA Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) and its past, present and potential contributions toward prioritizing nutrition security, featuring highlights from a program…
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Application Deadline: Farm of the Future Funding Opportunity
Farm of the Future is a competitive grant program that will be implemented by USDA NIFA to establish an agricultural test bed and demonstration site. It seeks to launch this rural test bed for precision agriculture, smart automation,…
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How to be Successful with a New Beginning for Tribal Students Program (NBTS)
How to be Successful with a New Beginning for Tribal Students Program (NBTS) August 31st 1:00 PM Central Time Zoom information: https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1603917559?pwd=YjhXeUVERnFtT3c2TnZjaVFjS0hOdz…; Meeting ID: 160 391 7559…
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MSCFR & RREA Administrative Meeting
The 2021 McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research (MSCFR) and the Renewable Resources Extension Act (RREA) programs will hold two events (Fall and Spring) to identify opportunities, discuss challenges, and collaborate in…
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Solicitation of Veterinary Shortage Situations for the VMLRP FY 2022
On an annual or as needed basis, NIFA releases a Federal Register Notice soliciting nominations for veterinary shortage situations from all State Animal Health Officials (SAHOs; includes chief animal health officials for US…
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Veterinary Shortage Situation Nominations Webinar for State Animal Health Officials (SAHO)
NIFA will host a webinar to provide veterinary shortage nomination instructions for State Animal Health Officials on September 22, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The webinar will focus on the FY 2022 veterinary shortage situation…
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Application Deadline: Small Business Innovation Research Program - Phase I (SBIR) Funding Opportunity
The USDA SBIR program focuses on transforming scientific discovery into products and services with commercial potential and/or societal benefit. Unlike fundamental research, the USDA SBIR program supports small businesses in the…
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Application Deadline: Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Funding Opportunity
The program's focus is on both the discovery, as well as on building and testing models that elucidate these principles and processes. Research proposals should focus on understanding the determinants of transmission of diseases to…
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FY21 Grantee webinar (HSI, ANNH, HEC, and Insular)
Project Directors from the Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI), Alaska Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNH), Higher Education Challenge (HEC), and Insular Areas (DEG, RIIA, and AGFEI) programs receiving grants…
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Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Civil Rights Overview
Beginning in fiscal year 2022, NIFA’s Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity office is expanding its grantee civil rights compliance review program to include Hispanic-serving institutions. This webinar will introduce NIFA’s civil rights…
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Nutrition Security Webinar Series: Prioritizing Nutrition Security - Emerging Approaches in Research and Practice
Learn about emerging approaches to prioritizing nutrition security in research and practice at an upcoming webinar on Monday, September 27th from 3 – 4:30 p.m. ET (2 – 3:30 p.m. CT). The virtual session will be led by subject matter…
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Application Deadline: Centers of Excellence at 1890 Institutions (1890 COEs) Funding Opportunity
The intent of the 1890 COEs Program is to provide support for Centers of Excellence that were originally established in 2015 in conjunction with the 125th Anniversary of the Second Morrill Act of 1890. The 1890 COEs are hosted by 1890…
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Strengthening Intersections between Climate Change, Food Systems, and Nutrition Security: NIFA's Aims & Activities
Learn about how NIFA is working to strengthen intersections between climate change, food systems, and nutrition security through research, extension, and education at an upcoming webinar on Wednesday, October 20th at 3:30 to 4:30 pm…
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Non-Land-Grant Colleges of Agriculture Program (NLGCA) Webinar
To assist NLGCA Institutions in maintaining and expanding their capacity to conduct education, research, and outreach/extension activities relating to the Food and Agricultural Sciences, and to assist other institutions in learning…
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GusNIP Listening Session
The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) brings together stakeholders from various parts of the food and healthcare systems. The competitive grant program portfolio includes nutrition incentive projects, produce…
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Hispanic-Serving Institutions Listening Session
The Hispanic Serving Institutions Education Grants (HSI) program at the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) will be holding a meeting for stakeholders to meet with program staff to discuss NIFA and program updates and…
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Alaska Native-Serving Institutions and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions and Insular Areas Listening Session
The Alaska Native-Serving Institutions and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Education Grants (ANNH) and Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas (RIIA and DEG) programs at the National Institute of Food and Agriculture …
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Application Deadline: Agriculture Business Innovation Center at an HBCU Institution Funding Opportunity
HBCU Agriculture Business Innovation Center refers to an administrative unit, not a brick and mortar facility. The HBCU Agriculture Business Innovation Center facilitates administration, coordination, and management of…
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Application Deadline: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has advanced tremendously and today promises personalized healthcare; enhanced national security; improved transportation; more effective education, and precision agriculture, to name just a few benefits…
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Applying for Agriculture Business Innovation Center at an HBCU Institution (ABIC)
The FY 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act, Section 766 (Public Law 116-260) authorized NIFA to issue a competitive grant to support the establishment of an Agriculture Business Innovation Center at a historically black college or…
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Application Deadline: Food Safety Outreach Program Funding Opportunity
The Food Safety Outreach Program will complement and expand the national infrastructure of the National Food Safety Training, Education, Extension, Outreach, and Technical Assistance Competitive Grants Program. The Food Safety Outreach…
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Application Deadline: Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land-Grant Colleges of Agriculture Program (NLGCA)
NLGCA Institutions may use the funds: (a) to successfully compete for funds from Federal grants and other sources to carry out educational, research, and outreach activities that address priority concerns of national, regional, State,…
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Application Deadline: Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) Pre-application
The purpose of the 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…