U.S. Department of Agriculture Funding Deadlines
The following guidelines and deadlines might change from time to time so be sure to check the sponsor’s website for the most current information, requirements, eligibility, and deadline.
USDA active funding opportunities by due date: https://nifa.usda.gov/
January
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Funder Name |
Opportunity Name |
Weblink |
Due Date |
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USDA |
Value Added Producer Grants |
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2017-08-29/pdf/2017-18306.pdf |
The last competition was due 01/31/2018 |
February
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Funder Name |
Opportunity Name |
Weblink |
Due Date |
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USDA |
Graduate Student Grants in Sustainable Agriculture |
02/11/2020 |
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USDA |
Alaska Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Education Competitive Grants Program (ANNH) |
02/20/2020 |
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USDA |
Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Fields Program (WAMS) |
02/24/2020 |
March
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Funder Name |
Opportunity Name |
Weblink |
Due Date |
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USDA |
Small and Medium-Sized Farms |
03/05/2020 |
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USDA |
Economics, Markets and Trade |
03/05/2020 |
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USDA |
Food Safety and Defense
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03/19/2020 |
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USDA |
Novel Foods and Innovative Manufacturing Technologies |
03/19/2020 |
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USDA |
Diet, Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases |
03/19/2020 |
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USDA |
Food and Human Health |
03/26/2020
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USDA |
Mitigating Antimicrobial Resistance Across the Food Chain |
03/26/2020 |
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USDA |
Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations Nutrition Education Grant |
https://www.fns.usda.gov/fdpir/nutrition-education-grant-awards |
03/20/2020 |
April
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Funder Name |
Opportunity Name |
Weblink |
Due Date |
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USDA |
Soil Health |
04/02/2020 |
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USDA |
Water Quantity and Quality |
04/02/2020 |
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USDA |
Sustainable Biomass Feedstock Systems |
04/02/2020 |
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USDA |
Sustainable Agroecosystems: Health, Functions, Processes and Management |
04/09/2020 |
May
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Funder Name |
Opportunity Name |
Weblink |
Due Date |
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USDA |
Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OREI) |
https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/organic-agriculture-research-and-extension-initiative |
05/02/2019 |
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USDA |
NIFA-AFRI Education and Workforce Development |
https://nifa.usda.gov/program/afri-education-workforce-development
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05/06/2020 |
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USDA |
Social Implications of Food and Agricultural Technologies |
05/14/2020 |
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USDA |
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics |
05/14/2020 |
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USDA |
Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program (MSP) |
https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/higher-education-multicultural-scholars-program-msp
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05/24/2019 |
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USDA |
Western SARE Competitive Grants |
05/28/2019 |
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USDA |
Higher Education Challenge (HEC) Grants Program |
https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/higher-education-challenge-hec-grants-program |
05/29/2019 |
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USDA |
Assistance for Arts Education Programs—Professional Development for Arts Educators (PDAE) |
https://innovation.ed.gov/what-we-do/arts/arts-in-education-professional-development-for-arts-educators/ https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2017-03-28/pdf/2017-06123.pdf
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The last competition was due 05/30/2017 |
June
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Funder Name |
Opportunity Name |
Weblink |
Due Date |
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USDA |
Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program |
https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/food-and-agriculture-service-learning-program |
06/04/2019 |
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USDA |
New Technologies for Ag Extension (NTAE) Competitive Grants Program |
https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/new-technologies-ag-extension-ntae |
06/06/2019 |
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USDA |
Food Safety Outreach Program |
https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/food-safety-outreach-program |
06/06/2019 |
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USDA |
Rural Cooperative Development Grant Program |
https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/rural-cooperative-development-grant-program |
06/07/2019 |
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USDA |
Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Grants Program (RHSE) |
06/10/2019 |
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USDA |
Farmers Market Promotion Program
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06/18/2019 |
July
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Funder Name |
Opportunity Name |
Weblink |
Due Date |
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August
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Funder Name |
Opportunity Name |
Weblink |
Due Date |
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USDA |
Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program |
https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/tribal-colleges-research-grants-program-tcrgp |
08/09/2019 |
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USDA |
Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers |
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=259949 |
The last competition was due 08/25/2014 |
September
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Funder Name |
Opportunity Name |
Weblink |
Due Date |
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USDA |
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Sustainable Agricultural Systems |
09/26/2019 |
October
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Funder Name |
Opportunity Name |
Weblink |
Due Date |
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USDA |
https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/small-business-innovation-research-program-phase-i
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10/23/2019 |
November
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Funder Name |
Opportunity Name |
Weblink |
Due Date |
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USDA |
Western SARE Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education |
https://www.westernsare.org/Grants/Types-of-Grants
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The last competition was due 11/01/2017 |
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Western SARE |
Farmer Rancher Grants
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11/28/2019
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December
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Funder Name |
Opportunity Name |
Weblink |
Due Date |
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USDA |
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Foundational and Applied Science Program |
12/18/2019 |
