Animals

Raising livestock and producing animal products is a multi-billion-dollar-per-year industry and a significant segment of U.S. agriculture. Research, education, and extension activities are continually changing to address new challenges and opportunities brought about by rapidly advancing technologies, evolving consumer demand, and the need to improve environmental, human, and animal health and well-being. Fact sheets for NIFA Animal Systems programs and links to additional programs that support animal projects are provided below.
 

Animal Production

Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Foundational and Applied Science Program

• AFRI Animal Breeding and Functional Annotation of Genomes (A1201)
• AFRI Animal Reproduction (A1211)
• AFRI Animal Nutrition, Growth and Lactation (1231)
• AFRI Commodity Board Co-funding Topics (A1811)

Animal Health

• Animal Health and Disease Research Capacity Program (AHDR)
• National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN)
• Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD)

Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Foundational and Applied Science Program

• Mitigating Antimicrobial Resistance Across the Food Chain (A1366)
• Tactical Sciences for Agricultural Biosecurity (A1181)
• Welfare and Well-Being of Agriculture Animals (A1251)
• Animal Health (A1221)
• Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease (A1222)

Fellowships

• Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Education and Workforce Development
• Predoctoral fellowships
• Postdoctoral fellowships

Animal Systems Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)

• SBIR Phase I and Phase II

Aquaculture

• Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) 8.7 
  • Phase I and Phase II
• Special Research Grants 
• Regional Aquaculture Centers (RAC) Program 

Integrated Systems

• AFRI Critical Agricultural Research and Extension (CARE) (A1701)
• AFRI Inter-Disciplinary Engagement in Animal Systems (IDEA) (A1261)
• AFRI Sustainable Agricultural Systems (A9201) 
• Data Science for Food and Agriculture Systems (A1344) 

Vet Services

• Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP)
• Veterinary Services Grant Program (VSGP)

Cross Cutting Programs

• Extension, Education & USDA Climate Hubs Partnership (A1721) 
• Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OREI) 
• Organic Transitions