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# FY 2026 Farm to School Grant Program | Food and Nutrition Service A **. gov** website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. _You are now leaving the USDA Food and Nutrition Service website and entering a non-government or non-military external link or a third-party site.
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gov Link # FY 2026 Farm to School Grant Program The Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program, authorized in the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (NSLA) (42 USC 1751 et seq%20OR%20(granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1751)&f=treesort&edition=prelim&num=0&jumpTo=true).)
, is designed to increase the availability of local foods in Child Nutrition Program (CNP) operations and connect students to the sources of their food through education, taste tests, school gardens, field trips, and local food sourcing for CNP meals. Grants can be used to launch new farm to CNP1 programs or expand existing efforts.
The objective of the fiscal year (FY) 2026 Farm to School Grant is to **improve access to local foods in eligible CNP sites through comprehensive farm to CNP programming that includes local sourcing and agricultural education efforts**. These grants are expected to improve child health and nutrition and reinvigorate American agriculture by better connecting American farmers and producers with USDA’s Child Nutrition Programs.
This Request for Application (RFA) differs significantly in several important ways from past Farm to School Grant Program solicitations, including eligibility, funding amounts available, and project scope. Please read the RFA thoroughly for complete information. This competitive grant will fund innovative farm to school projects ranging from $100,000 to $500,000 for a total of up to $18 million.
Please note, grant awards are subject to the availability of funding and/or appropriations of funds. We reserve the right to use this solicitation and the results of this competition to award additional grants this year or the subsequent fiscal year, should additional funds become available.
The following are eligible entities: * Indian Tribal organizations * Child Nutrition Program operators* * Agricultural producers* * Groups of agricultural producers* * Non-profit organizations* * All non-profit organizations must include their 501(c)(3) determination letter issued by the Internal Revenue Service. Note: Under this RFA, all entities marked with an asterisk (*) must be part of a partnership to be eligible to apply.
Organizations applying as any of the entities specified above, but which do not meet the eligibility definitions will be deemed ineligible and removed from competition without further consideration. For additional information please see the Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program website. [](https://www.
fns. usda. gov/grant/f2s/fy26)1 Note that “Farm to School” is used to refer to the “Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program” while “farm to CNP” is used to refer to the kinds of activities that applicants may propose under this solicitation, to reflect the pursuit of “farm to” activities in all CNPs, not only those operating at schools.
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Notice of Funding Opportunity for Rural Energy for America Program Technical Assistance Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2024 is sponsored by Agriculture Department; Rural Business-Cooperative Service. The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBCS or the Agency), a Rural Development (RD) agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), announces that it is accepting applications under the Rural Energy for America (REAP) Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) Program for fiscal year (FY) 2024. These grant funds will be made to qualified types of Applicants ("Applicants") to provide technical assistance to Agricultural Producers and Rural Small Businesses applying to REAP ("REAP Applicants"), with priority for applications that: assist Agricultural Producers and Tribal entities, provide assistance to projects located in a Disadvantaged Community or a Distressed Community, support projects using Underutilized Renewable Energy Technologies ("Underutilized Technologies"), and/or support grant applications of $20,000 or less. This Program has $16,000,000 available for FY 2024 utilizing funding provided under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. All Applicants are responsible for any expenses incurred in developing their applications. Action: Notice. Published in the Federal Register on 2024-02-20. Federal Register document number: 2024-03333.
The Department of Defense FY2026 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) provides funding for U.S. universities to acquire research equipment and instrumentation in areas important to national defense, including AI and machine learning hardware. The program is administered jointly by the Army Research Office (ARO), Office of Naval Research (ONR), and Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), with approximately $34 million available and 95 awards anticipated. DURIP funds the acquisition of specialized computing hardware for AI/ML research (GPU clusters, TPUs, neuromorphic processors), robotics and autonomous systems testbeds, sensor arrays and data collection systems for machine learning training, high-performance computing infrastructure for defense-relevant AI research, and laboratory equipment for human-AI interaction studies. The program specifically supports equipment that enhances research-related education in DoD-priority disciplines. While general-purpose computing is not eligible, computing equipment directly supporting DoD-relevant AI research programs qualifies. No cost sharing is required.