Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science Program
- Award ceiling
- $10,000 – $10,000,000
- Closes
- Dec 31, 2026
- Last verified
- 2026-10-25
Awards $10,000 – $10,000,000 per recipient for others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Dec 31, 2026.
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agriculture
In one sentence
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science Program awards $10,000 – $10,000,000 per recipient, open to others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Dec 31, 2026.
Record fields
- Program pool (total)
- $300,000,000Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
- Award ceiling (per project)
- $10,000,000
- Award floor
- $10,000
- Typical award
- Not confirmed
- Deadline
- Dec 31, 2026
- Deadline type
- Fixed date
- Opens
- Aug 1, 2025
- Status
- Open
- Eligible entities
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Geography
- Not stated
- Matching funds
- No
- Disbursement
- Not confirmed
- Application effort
- Not confirmed
- Use of funds
- Plant Health and Production and Plant Products · Animal Health and Production and Animal Products · Food Safety, Nutrition, and Health · Bioenergy, Natural Resources, and Environment · Agriculture Systems and Technology · Agriculture Economics and Rural Communities
- Currency
- USD
How much money is available?
Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.
Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
$300,000,000Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
$10,000,000Who can apply?
level
Derived from the source that published this record
entity
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Source field: entity typesindustry
Source field: industries
use
Agriculture Economics and Rural Communities, Agriculture Systems and Technology, Animal Health and Production and Animal Products, Bioenergy, Natural Resources, and Environment, Food Safety, Nutrition, and Health, Plant Health and Production and Plant Products
Source field: use of fundssize limit
Not confirmed
Source field: applicant size limitclause text
Eligibility Requirements Applicants for AFRI must meet all the requirements discussed in this RFA. Failure to meet the eligibility criteria by the application deadline may result in exclusion from consideration or, preclude NIFA from…
We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.When does it close?
Dec 31, 202667 daysDeadline type Fixed date
What can the money be used for?
6 categorysThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
Plant Health and Production and Plant ProductsAnimal Health and Production and Animal ProductsFood Safety, Nutrition, and HealthBioenergy, Natural Resources, and EnvironmentAgriculture Systems and TechnologyAgriculture Economics and Rural Communities
These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.
How hard is the application?
1 fieldEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.
- Application effort
- Not confirmed
- Disbursement
- Not confirmed
- Matching funds
- No
Who has received this funding?
5138 awardsAwards on file for this programme, counted rather than modelled.
5138 prior awards on file for this programme, largest first. Every row comes from the funder's own award listing; nothing here is estimated.
| Recipient | State | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUBURN UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $492,375 | 2020 |
| BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA | Not stated | $492,308 | 2017 |
| BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | Not stated | $492,186 | 2019 |
| AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE | Not stated | $492,017 | 2017 |
| VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $491,793 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM | Not stated | $491,456 | 2021 |
| TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH | Not stated | $491,446 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA | Not stated | $491,401 | 2019 |
| COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $491,323 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE | Not stated | $491,322 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE | Not stated | $491,240 | 2018 |
| PURDUE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $491,162 | 2020 |
| UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $491,160 | 2018 |
| TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH | Not stated | $491,136 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA | Not stated | $491,076 | 2019 |
| TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH | Not stated | $491,000 | 2020 |
| BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA | Not stated | $490,733 | 2019 |
| WEST HILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT | Not stated | $490,571 | 2021 |
| IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | Not stated | $490,327 | 2018 |
| AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE | Not stated | $490,312 | 2021 |
| MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $490,161 | 2017 |
| CORNELL UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $490,142 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA | Not stated | $490,113 | 2021 |
| BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $490,108 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS | Not stated | $490,045 | 2018 |
| COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $490,000 | 2022 |
| EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $490,000 | 2024 |
| GENE SHIFTERS, LLC | Not stated | $490,000 | 2022 |
| HUDSONALPHA INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY | Not stated | $490,000 | 2023 |
| IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | Not stated | $490,000 | 2021 |
| TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH | Not stated | $490,000 | 2024 |
| UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. | Not stated | $490,000 | 2025 |
| UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. | Not stated | $490,000 | 2024 |
| UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. | Not stated | $490,000 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. | Not stated | $490,000 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK | Not stated | $490,000 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM | Not stated | $490,000 | 2024 |
| KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $489,999 | 2021 |
| BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA | Not stated | $489,997 | 2018 |
| IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | Not stated | $489,990 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS | Not stated | $489,989 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM | Not stated | $489,977 | 2017 |
| AUBURN UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $489,944 | 2019 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES | Not stated | $489,939 | 2020 |
| TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH | Not stated | $489,929 | 2019 |
| CORNELL UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $489,928 | 2019 |
| BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA | Not stated | $489,924 | 2018 |
| COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $489,922 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS | Not stated | $489,889 | 2018 |
| MONTANA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $489,844 | 2020 |
| KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $489,772 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS | Not stated | $489,769 | 2019 |
| BOYCE THOMPSON INSTITUTE FOR PLANT RESEARCH INC | Not stated | $489,728 | 2021 |
| BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA | Not stated | $489,696 | 2024 |
| UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO | Not stated | $489,649 | 2021 |
| BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $489,578 | 2021 |
| AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE | Not stated | $489,448 | 2018 |
| LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER | Not stated | $489,425 | 2019 |
| AUBURN UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $489,406 | 2018 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE | Not stated | $489,362 | 2020 |
| TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH | Not stated | $489,344 | 2017 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE | Not stated | $489,036 | 2019 |
| UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $489,025 | 2018 |
| UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $489,000 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM | Not stated | $488,999 | 2020 |
| BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA | Not stated | $488,936 | 2017 |
| UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE | Not stated | $488,864 | 2018 |
| OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $488,779 | 2021 |
| CLARKSON UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $488,649 | 2017 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS | Not stated | $488,423 | 2018 |
| UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. | Not stated | $488,290 | 2018 |
| OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $488,221 | 2021 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO | Not stated | $488,110 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO | Not stated | $488,089 | 2018 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT | Not stated | $488,087 | 2020 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO | Not stated | $488,010 | 2021 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDE | Not stated | $487,899 | 2019 |
| NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $487,677 | 2024 |
| MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $487,594 | 2018 |
| NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $487,541 | 2020 |
| LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER | Not stated | $487,463 | 2017 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO | Not stated | $487,459 | 2019 |
| VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $487,374 | 2018 |
| UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA | Not stated | $486,682 | 2019 |
| VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $486,670 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT | Not stated | $486,610 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA | Not stated | $486,598 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK | Not stated | $486,567 | 2020 |
| NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $486,351 | 2018 |
| TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $486,310 | 2024 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA | Not stated | $486,295 | 2021 |
| BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $486,174 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA | Not stated | $485,706 | 2017 |
| CORNELL UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $485,693 | 2018 |
| KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $485,599 | 2020 |
| OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $485,585 | 2019 |
| BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | Not stated | $485,571 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE | Not stated | $485,401 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA | Not stated | $485,367 | 2021 |
| AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE | Not stated | $485,176 | 2017 |
Recipient names as published by the California Grants Portal.
What comparable notices state
61 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.
Among open records stored under Agriculture, 61 of 75 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:
- 25th percentile$300,000
- Median$1,000,000
- 75th percentile$2,000,000
A statistical estimate, not a prediction. It describes what a set of notices has published in this catalogue on the day you read it, and says nothing about what this programme will award. Records stating no ceiling are excluded rather than counted as zero, and the programme pool — what a funder has across every applicant — is a different column and is never mixed in.
Who has won this programme before?
5138 awardsAwards under the same assistance listing, not under this notice.
5138 federal awards on file under assistance listing 10.310, the programme this notice is published under. These are not awards made under this notice — a listing covers every year the programme runs, and awards under an open notice do not exist yet.
- $20,189,383UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISCA · FY2020
- $20,000,000IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYIA · FY2021
- $20,000,000WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITYWA · FY2021
- $19,998,042UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISIL · FY2020
- $15,000,000UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISCA · FY2022
Common questions
7 questionsEvery answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.
- How much can one applicant receive?
- $10,000 – $10,000,000 per recipient.
- How much funding is available in total?
- $300,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
- When is the application deadline?
- Dec 31, 2026.
- Who is eligible to apply?
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification).
- What can the funding be used for?
- Plant Health and Production and Plant Products, Animal Health and Production and Animal Products, Food Safety, Nutrition, and Health, Bioenergy, Natural Resources, and Environment, Agriculture Systems and Technology, Agriculture Economics and Rural Communities, as classified by the source.
- Is matching funding required?
- No. The source states that no matching funds are required.
- Has this programme funded anyone before?
- 5138 prior awards are on file for this programme, made by National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Recipients, amounts and fiscal years are listed on this page.
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Also open from National Institute of Food and Agriculture
- Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land-Grant Colleges of Agriculture ProgramCloses Nov 10, 2026Awards $30,000 – $750,000
- Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants ProgramCloses Dec 3, 2026Awards $25,000 – $1,200,000
- Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Extension Pre-ApplicationsCloses Nov 2, 2026Awards $500,000 – $15,000,000
- Tribal Colleges Extension Program Special EmphasisCloses Nov 2, 2026Awards $50,000 – $200,000
- Tribal Colleges Research Grants ProgramCloses Dec 31, 2026Awards $150,000 – $2,500,000
- Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Education and Workforce DevelopmentCloses Dec 31, 2026Awards $10,000 – $650,000
Also open under assistance listing 10.310
A listing names the programme; a notice names one round of it. These are other rounds open now, not other years of this one.
- Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Education and Workforce DevelopmentCloses Dec 31, 2026Awards $10,000 – $650,000
- Plant Biotic InteractionsCloses Not statedAwards Not stated
Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-10-25
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-09-02
Assistance listing10.310
The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.