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The link for this program now points to a previous cycle.
Historical funding: $5,000 - $20,000 (matching funds)
Prior eligibility: Agricultural entrepreneurs aged 18-45 starting or expanding a farm or agricultural operation.
Young Farmer Grant Program is sponsored by National Young Farmers Coalition (various state programs exist). Helps agricultural entrepreneurs (ages 18–45) launch or expand their businesses.
FA955026S0003 posted September 8 with full proposals due December 4, 2026 — but a five-page white paper is required by October 9, questions close September 17, and the PhD window admits degrees earned after April 1, 2019 only. At $450,000 over three years with no collaborators permitted, this is the most restrictive of the three service early-career programs and the only one with an LPS quantum carve-out.
Read articleUSDA-NIFA-ICGP-012261 offers $23,800,000 across an estimated 36 awards of $250,000 to $1,500,000, with no cost share. It posted September 4, 2026 and closes September 10, 2026 — a window containing Labor Day weekend. The program is statutorily the Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged AND Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Program. This NOFO is titled for veterans only.
Read articleNOFO N0001426SF004 offers roughly 25 awards at $750,000 over 36 months to first- and second-appointment faculty. No cost share, no white paper stage — and an eligibility clock that admits PhDs earned on or after January 1, 2019 and nobody earlier. The program officer conversation, not the proposal, is the part most applicants get wrong.
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