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AFRI FASE & EPSCoR Program | NIFA The lifecycle of grants and cooperative agreements consists of four phases: Pre-Award, Award, Post-Award, and Close Out. The National Institute of Food and Agriculture is committed to serving its stakeholders, Congress, and the public by using new technologies to advance greater openness.
The Data Gateway enables users to find funding data, metrics, and information about research, education, and Extension projects that have received grant awards from NIFA. This website houses a large volume of supporting materials. In this section, you can search the wide range of documents, videos, and other resources.
Technical Assistance Webinar: The Equipment Grants Program (EGP) The Equipment Grants Program seeks to provide eligible institutions with the opportunity to acquire a shared-use piece of equipment/instrument that supports their research, research training, and extension goals. The National Institute of Food and Agriculture provides leadership and funding for programs that advance agriculture-related sciences.
AFRI FASE & EPSCoR Program The Food and Agricultural Science Enhancement (FASE) Grants are designed to help institutions develop competitive projects and to attract new scientists and educators into careers in high-priority areas of national need in the agricultural, food, and environmental sciences. FASE Grants consist of New Investigator Grants, Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowship Grants, and Strengthening Grants.
Strengthening Grants are further divided into: Strengthening Standard Grants Strengthening CAP (Coordinated Agricultural Project) Grants Strengthening Workshop Grants. Fifteen percent of AFRI funding is set aside for Strengthening Grants and Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowship Grants. Strengthening Grant Eligibility Strengthening Grants are available during each funding cycle.
Strengthening Grants are limited to: Small and mid-sized or minority-serving degree-granting institutions that previously had limited institutional success for receiving Federal funds State Agricultural Experiment Stations or degree-granting institutions eligible for USDA Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) funding.
A decision tree showing strengthening grant eligibility is included in each AFRI Notice of Funding Opportunity. Flow Chart for AFRI Strengthening Grant Eligibility Get definitions and other clarifying information about FASE and Strengthening grants, as well as the EPSCoR program, on our Project and Grant Types FAQ page. FY 2026 EPSCoR ELIGIBILITY Every year, NIFA determines the States that are eligible for USDA EPSCoR funding.
This list includes States having a funding level no higher than the 38th percentile of all States based on a three-year rolling average of AFRI funding levels, excluding FASE Strengthening funds granted to EPSCoR States and small- to mid-sized and minority-serving, degree-granting institutions.
While significant FY 2024 and FY 2025 funds are unobligated, the eligibility determinations are based on the data obtained from grants made through the AFRI program from 2021 through 2023.
For FY 2026 NOFO applications, the following States meet the requirements for this category: Alaska Kentucky New Mexico Utah Connecticut Maine Nevada Vermont Delaware Montana Rhode Island West Virginia Hawaii North Dakota South Carolina Wyoming Idaho New Jersey South Dakota Other entities eligible for USDA EPSCoR funds in FY 2026 include the following United States Commonwealths, Territories, possessions and their successors, and the District of Columbia: American Samoa Guam Northern Marianas Virgin Islands (U.S.) District of Columbia Micronesia Puerto Rico Other EPSCoR Information Since NIFA determines EPSCoR State eligibility every year, a number of States will join or leave (“graduate from”) the 19-State list every year.
The chart shows the history of each EPSCoR State’s eligibility status since 2009. Several other Federal agencies also provide funding to EPSCoR States. The EPSCoR program originated in the National Science Foundation (NSF), which provides funding to the eligible States’ EPSCoR committees ( NSF EPSCoR ).
By contrast, NIFA provides EPSCoR funding directly to individual investigators in those States. In addition, NIFA’s EPSCoR funding mechanism is embedded in the FASE program as noted above (a graphic illustration of FASE and EPSCoR funding diagrams this relationship). For these reasons, NIFA is said to have an EPSCoR-like program.
NIFA is a member of the EPSCoR Interagency Coordinating Committee (EICC) headed by NSF. The EICC was established in FY 1992 to improve coordination among and between the Federal agencies in implementing EPSCoR and EPSCoR-like programs consistent with the policies of those agencies.
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TechAccess: AI-Ready America is sponsored by U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) in partnership with U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA), and U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). This national initiative aims to accelerate AI readiness and adoption across the U.S. by expanding access to AI knowledge, tools, and training for individuals, communities, and businesses, especially small and emerging enterprises. It focuses on strengthening coordination, leveraging partnerships, and scaling effective approaches. The program supports State/Territory Coordination Hubs to drive AI readiness.
NSF TechAccess AI-Ready America is a major new initiative to establish AI-ready Coordination Hubs in every U.S. state and territory to expand access to AI knowledge tools training and capacity building. Announced March 25 2026 the initiative is a joint effort of NSF USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Department of Labor and Small Business Administration (SBA). Each Hub will connect local partners and coordinate AI deployment scale proven approaches based on state and local priorities and address three key gaps: workforce AI literacy small business and local government AI adoption and hands-on learning pathways. Up to 56 Hubs will be funded at up to $1 million per year for three years selected through three rounds of competition. An informational webinar is scheduled for April 14 2026. This is distinct from NSF ExpandAI which focuses on institutional AI research capacity building and from NSF Expanding AI Career which targets skilled technical workforce opportunities.
USDA NIFA's Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program offers $4.8M in FY2026 with a July 16 deadline — planning grants to $50K and project grants to $400K over four years. The catch is a 1:1 match that screens out most applicants. Here is how to build the match, choose your track, and write a self-reliance story that scores.
Read articleWhile headlines chase AI and defense money, USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture runs a tight summer competitive cycle — Equipment Grants (June 25), Agricultural Genome to Phenome (June 29), New Beginning for Tribal Students (July 2), and Crop Protection and Pest Management (July 6). Here is how the four programs fit together, who is eligible, and why the land-grant system has a structural edge.
Read articleSecretary Rollins and NIFA opened the FY26 Research Facilities Act Program on June 15 with a four-tier award structure scaling from $100K planning grants to $30M facility complexes. The dollar-for-dollar cash match, the one-project-per-institution rule, and the 32-day application window are reshaping how land-grants will prioritize their long-deferred capital backlog.
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