National Institute of Food and Agriculture — Federal Assistance Programs

The 1890 CBG Program, under Assistance Listing Number 10.216, is designed specifically to build the institutional teaching, research, and Extension capacities of the eligible institutions through…

The Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program (TCRGP) (aka 1994 Institutions Research Program) is a competitive grants program supporting fundamental and/ or applied agricultural research projects that…

The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Division of Youth and 4-H (DY4-H) partners with the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Office of Military Community…

The National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI) program focuses on collaborative science engagement that brings together a community of researchers…

The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) awards research, education, and extension grants to improve rural economies, increase food production, stimulate the bioeconomy, mitigate impacts of…

To award up to one cooperative agreement to: 1. Ensure that future generations are agriculturally literate; 2. Encourage K-12 educators to integrate information about the food…

To educate agricultural producers about the full range of risk management activities. These activities include futures, options, agricultural trade options, crop insurance, cash forward contracting, debt…

To address priorities identified by the Department of the Air Force Child and Youth Programs through projects that involve 4-H extension and integrate positive youth development…

The purpose of this program is to promote and strengthen the ability of Alaska Native-Serving Institutions and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions to carry out education, applied research,…

AFRP is an integrated research and extension program that supports technology transfer to improve overall agricultural productivity, profitability, and support of natural resources through conventional and…

The MPPRI Program is part of the broader USDA investment to transform the food supply chain. Given that the meat and poultry processing sector is particularly…

The goal of this program is to fund organizations, to be known as Cooperators, that will collaborate with USDA on the delivery of targeted technical assistance…

The purpose of this funding is to increase animal health and disease research activities at accredited public or private veterinary schools or colleges, or state agricultural…

To develop, execute, and document a process evaluation, an outcome evaluation, and—in the instance that an outcome is validated—a cost-benefit analysis of the Army’s Youth Program…

AgrAbility is a consumer-driven USDA-funded program that provides direct education and assistance to farmers with disabilities and their families. Through the combined dedication and expertise of…

The primary goal of BFRDP is to help beginning farmers and ranchers in the United States and its territories enter and/or improve their successes in farming,…

To carry out research on and development and demonstration of: (A) biofuels and biobased products; and (B) the methods, practices, and technologies, for the production of…

The Bioproduct Pilot Program will advance development of cost-competitive bioproducts with environmental benefits compared to incumbent products. The program seeks projects that will study the benefits…

The purpose of the BRAG program Assistance Listing 10.219, is to support the generation of new information that will assist Federal regulatory agencies [USDA’s – Animal…

The Blue-Ribbon Panel on Land-grant Cooperation and Collaboration (PLCC) is aligned with the following Goals of the FY 2022-2026 USDA Strategic Plan: Strategic Goal 2: Ensure…