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The National AI Research Institutes program, led by NSF in partnership with USDA-NIFA and other agencies, funds large-scale, multi-institution research institutes that advance foundational and use-inspired AI while training a diverse AI workforce. USDA-NIFA fully funds the agriculture- and environment-focused themes, including AI-Driven Innovation in Agriculture and the Food System and AI for Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry.
Funded institutes such as AgAID (Washington State University) and AIIRA (Iowa State University) integrate AI into prediction, decision support, robotics, and digital twins to address labor, water, weather, and climate-change challenges across crop and food production. Each institute is funded at roughly $20 million over five years.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: U.S. institutions of higher education and eligible nonprofit research organizations leading multi-institution, multi-disciplinary teams. Institutes must focus on one of the program's designated AI research themes; agriculture and climate-smart agriculture themes are funded by USDA-NIFA. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows each institute receives approximately $20,000,000 over five years. Recent rounds have invested roughly $220 million across multiple institutes, with USDA-NIFA fully funding agriculture- and climate-focused themes such as AI-Driven Innovation in Agriculture and the Food System and AI for Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
NSF and USDA-NIFA National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes for Agriculture, Food Systems, and Climate-Smart Agriculture is funded by National Science Foundation (NSF) and USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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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.
Air Force SBIR topic DAF26BZ03-DV020 seeks advanced AI-driven solutions for a scalable fleet management platform coordinating humanoid, mobile, and industrial robots performing aircraft maintenance and sustainment. Requirements include autonomous AI-based task allocation, real-time monitoring, human-robot collaboration workflows, dynamic scheduling, multi-modal sensor fusion for situational awareness, and operational optimization. Solutions must scale across mixed robotic fleets in active Air Force maintenance environments and contested logistics scenarios.
Air Force SBIR topic DAF26BZ03-DV019 seeks AI-driven solutions for fall detection, impact mitigation, and autonomous recovery technology for humanoid robots in military maintenance, logistics, and hazardous operations environments. Goals include reducing damage from falls, improving robot reliability under unstructured operational conditions, enabling safe human-robot collaboration in mixed teams, and developing predictive ML models that anticipate failure modes before they occur. Applicable to aircraft maintenance, ground sustainment, and contested logistics use cases.
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.
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