2024年9月11日 · The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awards AFRI research, education, and extension grants to improve rural economies, increase food production, stimulate the bioeconomy, mitigate impacts of climate variability, address water availability issues, ensure food safety and security, enhance human nutrition, and train the next ...

2025年1月23日 · AFRI has three Requests for Applications (RFAs): Foundational and Applied Science; Sustainable Agricultural Systems; and Education and Workforce Development. Prospective applicants are encouraged to review each RFA to explore all the opportunities available to them.

2025年1月23日 · The AFRI Foundational and Applied Science Program supports grants in six AFRI priority areas to advance knowledge in both fundamental and applied sciences important to agriculture.

2020年2月25日 · Most of NIFA’s programs contribute to America’s agricultural research and innovation, including NIFA’s flagship competitive grants program, the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), and the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant program.

AFRI is the largest competitive grants research program offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and is administered by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Key issues addressed by AFRI include but are not limited to: Farm efficiency and profitability; Renewable energy; Ranching, urban and agroforestry; Aquaculture

The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) awards research, education, and extension grants to improve rural economies, increase food production, stimulate the bioeconomy, mitigate impacts of climate variability, address water availability issues, ensure food safety and security, enhance human nutrition, and train the next generation ...

The review will explore AFRI's success in complementing and leveraging other scientific research and grant programs inside and outside of the USDA, and compare the effectiveness of NIFA's approach to funding fewer, higher-dollar and longer-term grants through AFRI to the former National Research Initiative (NRI) approach of funding more, lower ...

2024年6月4日 · The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awards AFRI research, education, and extension grants to improve rural economies, increase food production, stimulate the bioeconomy, mitigate impacts of climate variability, address water availability issues, ensure food safety and security, enhance human nutrition, and train the next ...

2025年1月23日 · The AFRI Foundational and Applied Science Program focuses on building a foundation of fundamental and applied knowledge in food and agricultural sciences critical for solving current and future societal challenges.

The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) is USDA's flagship competitive grant program that provides funding for fundamental and applied research, education, and extension projects in the food and agricultural sciences.