Project Grant 20266800645554
- This $650,000 Project Grant was awarded on September 1, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) program. The grant supports research at the University of Wisconsin - Madison aimed at constructing a new typology to measure the economic isolation of rural areas and evaluate how that isolation affects economic performance. The research will also examine the relationship between economic...
- This $299,625 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program is aimed at strengthening rural development and community resilience. The key products and services delivered through this 2-year grant include: Improving understanding of rural municipal capacities to apply for and utilize grants, as well as provide digital municipal services. The project will assess...
- This Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture provides $650,000 to Michigan State University from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2025 under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program (CFDA #10.310). The award will support research and outreach activities to document the historical and ongoing impacts of discrimination in rural America and evaluate the long-term effects of past and current rural...
- This $188,360 federal Project Grant was awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) program. The grant supports a postdoctoral research fellowship to evaluate the effectiveness of federal regional commissions and authorities (FRCAs) as a place-based policy for improving rural economic development outcomes. The research aims to generate feasible recommendations for enhancing...
- The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Middlebury College $418,938 under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program (AFRI, CFDA No. 10.310) from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026. The project will examine changes in urban-rural migration patterns and flows between places along the rural-urban continuum since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic using mobile device location data. The research will provide extensive analysis...
- This $119,987 Project Grant awarded on June 15, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.310 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative) to Boise State University supports a 2-year predoctoral research project. The research aims to investigate how people's values for the landscape and their sense of community identity inform attitudes toward landscape and community changes occurring in rural agricultural areas. The project will use a...
- This Project Grant, awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) CFDA 10.310, aims to address the issue of food insecurity in rural households in the United States, particularly in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The $289,065 research project will be conducted by Tennessee State University (TSU) and will employ a two-phase qualitative and quantitative...
- Montana State University received a $225,621 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) federal grant program. The award will fund a national econometric analysis of how urbanization and other large-scale drivers affect timberland and farmland markets from March 2021 through February 2024. As part of the analysis, the grantee will develop models to assess the...
- This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (AFRI grant program, CFDA 10.310) provides $300,000 in funding to Trinity University to develop data and research infrastructure in preparation for a future standard research grant submission. The key objectives are to: (1) enhance documentation of historical administrative behavior related to the Farmers Home Administration (FMHA) and Farm Credit Administration (FCA), (2) create a...
- This $799,923 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) will fund research into the relationship between trade policy and large-scale international land acquisitions for agriculture. Specifically, the awardee San Diego State University Research Foundation will estimate the causal effects of trade liberalization, in the form of regional...
This $634,331 project grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The goal of the project is to improve economic development and prosperity in rural areas through a better understanding of housing markets. The research and extension activities will: 1) Identify characteristics of urban-to-rural migrants, 2) Evaluate how housing policies affect rural communities, 3) Analyze take-up rates of federal/rural housing assistance, 4) Map rural housing policies, and 5) Examine how rural broadband affects housing markets. The University of Kentucky Research Foundation will serve as the primary awardee, with the project to be completed by December 2028. The research findings, best practices, and new tools developed through this AFRI grant are intended to support rural communities in planning their housing strategies.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $634.3k | 12/3/25 |