Federal Formula Grant Award Summary

Washington State University (WSU) received a $9.48 million formula grant from the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Smith-Lever Extension Funding program (CFDA 10.511), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2030. The award supports partial salary funding for 113 faculty and staff members (93 faculty and 20 support staff) across WSU Extension's statewide system who deliver research-based educational programming aligned with USDA priorities and the Cooperative Extension Service mission.

The funded personnel provide extension services through four primary program areas—Agriculture and Natural Resources, Community and Economic Development, Youth and Families, and 4-H—as well as specialized units including the WSU Energy Program, Extension Food Systems Program, Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources, Center for Trauma Education and Community Health, Western Center for Risk Management Education, and the Agriculture Weather Network. Extension faculty and staff are positioned across WSU's physical campuses, four research and extension centers, all 39 Washington counties, two tribal reservations, and select additional locations to serve residents, communities, local government, state agencies, and tribal governments with needs-based programming in agricultural productivity, natural resource management, youth development, community resilience, and economic development.