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NIFA Invests $850K in Response to Extreme Weather Events Across the U.S. (A1712)
NIFA has funded — through the Rapid Response to Extreme Weather Events Across Food and Agriculture Systems program — a University of Florida project related to extreme heat, a University of Georgia project related to a hurricane, and a…
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NIFA Invests $9.6M in Food Safety Outreach
The Food Safety Outreach Competitive Grant Program (FSOP) supports customized food safety education, training, and technical assistance for operators of small to mid-size farms and food processing facilities; veteran, beginning, and…
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Managing Antimicrobial Resistance
Supported by funding from USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, scientists at land-grant universities have teamed up to tackle the complex problem of antimicrobial resistance in agriculture.
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NIFA Invests $550K in Response to Extreme Weather Events Across the U.S. (AFRI A1712)
NIFA has funded — through the Rapid Response to Extreme Weather Events Across Food and Agriculture Systems program — a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign project related to drought and dust storms and a University of Hawaiʻi at…
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NIFA Invests Nearly $2M in Research Facilities Act Program
USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has established a new Research Facilities Act Program (RFAP) competitive grant program. The Research Facilities Act Program (RFAP) – has been approved to provide one-year funds this…
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NIFA Supports Teachers and Schools Dedicated to AgriScience
The SPECA program awards grants to: 1) Enhance curricula in agricultural education 2) Increase faculty teaching competencies 3) Interest young people in pursuing higher education in order to prepare for scientific and professional…
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NIFA Invests Nearly $2M to Support Rural Women and Minorities in STEM
This program supports integrated education/teaching and Extension/outreach projects that increase STEM participation by women and underrepresented minorities from rural areas. NIFA intends for this program to address educational needs,…
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NIFA Invests $4.7M in Scientific Equipment and Instruments
The Equipment Grants Program (EGP), serves to increase access to shared special purpose equipment/instruments for scientific research for use in the food and agricultural sciences programs in our nation's institutions of higher…
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NIFA Invests Nearly $2M to Support Food and Ag Service Learning Programs
The Food & Agriculture Service Learning Program (FASLP) announced 9 awardees that will continue to further the mission of this innovative competitive grant program. The primary goal of the FASLP program is to increase the knowledge…
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Grants.gov Offline for Scheduled Maintenance October 28-31, 2023
Grants.gov will be unavailable during a scheduled downtime maintenance period from Saturday, October 28, 2023 through Tuesday, October 31, 2023.
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NIFA Invests Nearly $3.4 Million in New Technologies for Ag Extension
The NTAE Program supports state-of-the-art technology and software applications, high-quality leadership training for an exceptional Cooperative Extension Systems (CES) workforce, comprehensive evaluation, communications, and marketing…
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NIFA Invests $6.3 Million in Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research
The Biotechnology Risk Assessment Grants (BRAG) program supports the development of new information that will assist Federal regulatory agencies in making evidence-based decisions about the effects of genetically engineered organisms…
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USDA NIFA Invests $4.8 Million in Community Food Projects
Community Food Projects increase communities’ food and nutrition security by supporting people through small to medium farmers, producers and processors in urban, rural, tribal, and insular areas.
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NIFA Invests $1.8 Million in Pest Management Alternatives
NIFA Invests $1.8 Million in Pest Management Alternatives
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NIFA Invests Over $25 Million in Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Extension
NIFA has invested more than $25 million in 11 projects as part of the Emergency Citrus Disease Research & Extension (ECDRE) program.
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NIFA Invests $8.2 Million in Food and Agricultural Nonformal Education (A7801)
NIFA Invests $8.2 Million in Food and Agricultural Nonformal Education (A7801)
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NIFA Invests $3.8 Million in Rural Food Animal Veterinary Medicine Across the U.S.
Food animal veterinarians are critical to maintaining a healthy, secure, and safe food supply and for safeguarding the health and well-being of food animals. Today, there is a critical shortage of food animal veterinarians in both…
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NIFA Invests $7.6 Million in Data Science for Food and Agricultural Systems (A1541)
Data Science for Food and Agricultural Systems (DSFAS) focuses on intersections between data science/artificial intelligence (AI) and agricultural areas in order to enable systems and communities to effectively utilize data, improve…
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NIFA Invests Nearly $1 Million in Laying Hen and Turkey Research
In FY2023 the Laying Hen and Turkey Research program, authorized by the 2018 Farm Bill (7 USC Section 5925), was appropriated funding as a competitive program to support research to improve efficiency and sustainability of laying hen…
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NIFA Invests $3.6 Million for 4-H Military Grants
The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture is investing $3.6 million across five projects at three Land-grant Universities relating to youth and 4-H military programs
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NIFA Invests $256K in Response to Extreme Weather Events Across the U.S. (A1712)
NIFA has funded — through the Rapid Response to Extreme Weather Events Across Food and Agriculture Systems program — a University of Florida project that incorporates photovoice research — an ethnographic research tool that combines…
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NIFA Invests $4.8M in Rural Health & Safety Education
Fourteen grants have been awarded through NIFA’s Rural Health and Safety Education Program.
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NIFA Invests $3.7M in Alfalfa Seed and Alfalfa Storage Systems
Alfalfa Seed and Alfalfa Forage System Program (ASAFS) will support the development of improved alfalfa forage and seed production systems.
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NIFA Invests in Supplemental and Alternative Crops
The Supplemental and Alternative Crops Program supports projects that lead to expanded adaptation and increased acreage in the United States of canola grown for oil and industrial hemp grown for value-added products.