The United States Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is seeking applications for its Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI).
Donor Name: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Country: U.S.
State: All States
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 01/21/2022
Size of the Grant: $1,000,000
Details:
The purpose of the SCRI program is to address the critical needs of the specialty crop industry by awarding grants to support research and extension that address key challenges of national, regional, and multi-state importance in sustaining all components of food and agriculture, including conventional and organic food production systems.
Projects must address at least one of five focus areas:
- Research in plant breeding, genetics, genomics, and other methods to improve crop characteristics
- Efforts to identify and address threats from pests and diseases, including threats to specialty crop pollinators
- Efforts to improve production efficiency, handling and processing, productivity, and profitability over the long term (including specialty crop policy and marketing)
- New innovations and technology, including improved mechanization and technologies that delay or inhibit ripening
- Methods to prevent, detect, monitor, control, and respond to potential food safety hazards in the production efficiency, handling and processing of specialty crops
Funding Information
- Standard Research and Extension Projects (SREPs)
- Normally, Federal funds will not exceed $1,000,000 per year. Requests less than $250,000 per project are discouraged.
- Coordinated Agricultural Projects (CAPs)
- Normally, Federal funds will not exceed $2,000,000 per year
- Research and Extension Planning Projects
- Federal funds up to $50,000 per project.
Eligible Applicants
Pre-applications may only be submitted by Federal agencies, national laboratories, colleges and universities, research institutions and organizations, private organizations or corporations, State Agricultural Experiment Stations, individuals, or groups consisting of two or more of these entities.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.