Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program

The summary for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program
	CFDA Number:	10.310
	CFDA Description:	The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)
	Federal Agency Name:	CSREES
	Category of Funding Activity:	Agriculture Education Employment Labor and Training Energy Environment Food and Nutrition Health Natural Resources Science and Technology
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	USDA-CSREES-AFRI-002010
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Dec 17, 2008
	Creation Date:	Apr 24, 2009
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jul 30, 2009 This program has multiple deadline dates occurring throughout FY 2009. Please refer to the current Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Program Announcement for a complete list of Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program deadlines.
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jul 30, 2009 This program has multiple deadline dates occurring throughout FY 2009. Please refer to the current Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Program Announcement for a complete list of Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program deadlines.
	Archive Date:	Sep 30, 2009
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$190,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$4,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$0
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: This program supports both integrated and non-integrated programs. Please refer to Part III, A of the current Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Program Announcement for the complete eligibility requirements.
Grant Description: Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Section 7406 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (FCEA) (Pub. L. 110-246) (i.e., the 2008 Farm Bill) amends subsection (b) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)) to authorize the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). AFRI is a new competitive grant program to provide funding for fundamental and applied research, extension, and education to address food and agricultural sciences. While AFRI covers an equally broad scope of topics and will support many of the grant types offered by the former National Research Initiative (NRI), the new authority allows greater flexibility in the types of projects funded to include: single function projects in research, education and extension, and integrated research, education and/or extension awards. AFRI is the new core competitive grant program for research, education, and extension.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/agriculturalandfoodresearchinitiativeafri.cfm
Grant Announcement Contact: CSREES Help Desk Phone: 202-401-5048 Business hours are M-F, 7:00 am -5:00 pm ET.
CSREES Help Desk [electronic@csrees.usda.gov]
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