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FY 2021 1890 Institution Teaching, Research and Extension Capacity Building Grants (CBG) Program Application Deadline

The 1890 CBG is intended to strengthen teaching, research and extension programs in the food and agricultural sciences by building the institutional capacities of the 1890 Land-Grant Institutions.

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FY 2020 NSF - NIFA Plant Biotic Interactions Program Request for Applications Deadline

The Plant Biotic Interactions (PBI) program supports research on the processes that mediate beneficial and antagonistic interactions between plants and their viral, bacterial, oomycete, fungal, plant, and invertebrate symbionts, pathogens and pests.

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Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Sustainable Agricultural Systems (Program Area Priority A9211)

​Applications to the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Sustainable Agricultural Systems (SAS) Request for Applications (RFA) must focus on approaches that promote transformational changes in the U.S. food and agriculture system. NIFA seeks creative and visionary applications that take a systems approach for projects focused on the themes in the USDA Science Blueprint: (1) sustainable agricultural intensification; (2) agricultural climate adaptation; (3) value-added innovation; and/or (4) food and nutrition translation.

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FY 2021 1890 Institution Teaching, Research and Extension Capacity Building Grants (CBG) Program Applications Deadline

The 1890 CBG is intended to strengthen teaching, research and extension programs in the food and agricultural sciences by building the institutional capacities of the 1890 Land-Grant Institutions,including Tuskegee University, West Virginia State University, and Central State University (per Section 7129 of Pub. L. 113-79). The CBG program supports projects that strengthen teaching programs in the food and agricultural sciences in the need areas of curriculum design and materials development, faculty development, and others.

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US-Ireland R&D Partnership - Agriculture Priority Area Webinar

The US-Ireland R&D Partnership (Partnership) aims to increase the level of collaborative research and development between the partners, maximizing scientific and financial resources while focusing on mutual strategic research priorities. In 2015, USDA, Republic of Ireland Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (DAFM) and the Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) launched a five-year pilot program adding agriculture as a Partnership priority area. During the pilot the partners capitalized investments in research intended to help solve global agriculture-related issues, approximately $7.1 million USD was awarded by the three funders to six projects across eleven institutions. Following the successful conclusion of the pilot, USDA, DAFM and DAERA are pleased to include agriculture as a priority area under the Partnership.

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Application Deadline: Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Foundational and Applied Science Program

The AFRI Foundational and Applied Science Program supports grants in six AFRI priority areas to advance knowledge in both fundamental and applied sciences important to agriculture.

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HBCU Agriculture Business Innovation Center Webinar Announcement for Stakeholder Feedback

The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) in the U.S. Department of Agriculture will host a webinar to obtain stakeholder feedback regarding the development of a new competitive funding program to establish one Agriculture Business Innovation Center at a selected Historically Black College or University (HBCU).

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Overview of NIFA Competitive Education Programs

Interested in learning more about NIFA's education portfolio and grant opportunities? Then please sign-up for a webinar aimed to raise awareness about NIFA's competitive education programs including our K-12, undergraduate, and graduate programs as well as programs targeted to minority-serving institutions.