Assistance program
Grants for Agricultural Research, Special Research Grants
$229.7 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Agriculture, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 10.200
- What it does
- To carry out research, to facilitate or expand promising breakthroughs in areas of the food and agricultural sciences of importance to the nation and to facilitate or expand on-going State-Federal food and agricultural research programs. Programs Listed under 10.200 are: Minor Crop Pest Management Program Interregional Research Project #4 (IR-4) Global Change Ultraviolet Radiation Monitoring and Research Program (GC/UV-B) Food and Agricultural Education Information System Special Research Grants Program Potato Breeding Research Special Research Grants Program Aquaculture Research Agricultural Science Center of Excellence for Nutrition and Diet (ASCEND) Pilot Nutrition Hub Regional Aquaculture Center Program, Section 1475 Supplemental and Alternative Crops Competitive Grants Program (SACC)
- Who benefits
- For Special Research Grants: State agricultural experiment stations, all colleges and universities, other research institutions and organizations, Federal agencies, private organizations or corporations and individuals having a demonstrable capacity to conduct research activities to facilitate or expand promising breakthroughs in areas of the food and agricultural sciences of importance to the United States.
- Who applies
- Special Research Grants: State agricultural experiment stations, all colleges and universities, other research institutions and organizations, Federal agencies, private organizations or corporations and individuals having a demonstrable capacity to conduct research activities to facilitate or expand promising breakthroughs in areas of the food and agricultural sciences of importance to the United States.
- Authorized by
- Section 2 (c), Public Law 89-106, 7 U.S.C. 450i(c), as amended
- Program site
- http://nifa.usda.gov/grants ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
How the money flows
Committed dollars by how this program's money is paid out.
Direct payments
$14.5M
6%
Grants
$215.2M
94%
Top recipients
By dollars committed.
Administering agencies
By dollars committed.
How to read these numbers
- Committed through this program
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- How it's paid
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- Awards, counted once
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- The colored bars
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Direct payments