United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Rural Cooperative Development Grants

No Applicants // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1

Limiting Language
An Applicant may submit only one application in response to a solicitation. All applications submitted, regardless of the Applicant entity name, that include the same Executive Director, employees, Board, advisory boards or committees of an existing Center or a majority thereof will be determined ineligible for funding. 

Executive Summary

External Deadline
9/15/2025
Internal Deadline
Sept. 8

Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI) - FY 2025

No Applicants // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1

Limiting Language
Each applicant, whether individually or jointly, may only submit one application for RCDI Funds under this Notice. This restriction does not preclude the applicant from providing Matching funds for other applications.

Summary

External Deadline
8/7/2025
Internal Deadline
Aug. 1

Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (USDA-NIFA-OP-011214)

RFA Withdrawn // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1 

Duplicate or Multiple Submissions – submission of duplicate or predominantly overlapping applications is not allowed. NIFA will disqualify both applications if an applicant submits multiple applications that are duplicative or substantially overlapping to NIFA programs within the same RFA fiscal year. 

External Deadline
3/20/2024

USDA Higher Education Challenge (HEC) Grants Program

RFA Withdrawn // Limit:1 // Tickets Available: 1

Purpose and Priorities
The purpose of the Higher Education Challenge Grants Program, under assistance listing 10.217, is to strengthen institutional capacities, including curriculum, faculty, scientific instrumentation, instruction delivery systems, and student recruitment and retention, to respond to identified state, regional, national, or international educational needs in the food and agricultural sciences, or in rural economic, community, and business development.

External Deadline
3/11/2025
Internal Deadline
Feb. 7

Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Fields Program (WAMS)

On Hold // Limit: 2 // Tickets Available: 2
 

Purpose and Priorities
For the Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Fields (WAMS) program, NIFA will support projects with a target audience of K-14 students (kindergarten through twelfth grade plus two years of post-secondary schooling (e.g., vocational technical institutions or community or junior colleges)).  

External Deadline
February 27, 2025
Internal Deadline
Feb. 20

USDA USDA-NIFA-HEP-010775: FY 2025 Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship (NNF) Grants Program

Limit: 1 // M. Hingle (Nutritional Sciences)

 

 

This grant program supports: (1) training students for master's and doctoral degrees in food, agricultural and natural resource sciences; and (2) Special International Study or Thesis/Dissertation Research Travel Allowances (IRTA) for eligible USDA NNF beneficiaries.

External Deadline
08/13/2024
Internal Deadline
July 24, 2024