AFRI Foundational and Applied Science
Supports agriculture innovation across plant health, bioenergy, food safety, and rural systems through USDA research grants and extension.
The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Foundational and Applied Science program, administered by USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under Funding Opportunity Number USDA-NIFA-AFRI-011134, is the federal government's largest competitive grants program for agricultural science. The FY2026 program allocates $300 million across six statutory priority areas established by the Farm …
Competitive research, extension, and integrated grants across six Farm Bill priority areas — plant health, animal health, food safety, bioenergy, agriculture systems and technology, and rural communities.
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