Equipment Grants Program
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- USDA-NIFA-OP-010493
- Agency
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
- Applications due
- Award size
- $25,000 to $500,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Agriculture
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Equipment Grants Program is seeking applications from colleges, universities, and state cooperative extension systems to acquire major shared-use research equipment costing between $25,000 and $500,000 that supports food and agricultural sciences research, training, or extension goals. The National Institute of Food and Agriculture within the Department of Agriculture will administer awards under Assistance Listing 10.519 to strengthen research capacity. Applications are due May 3, 2024 and will be evaluated based on how the equipment upgrades infrastructure and supports the applicant's goals. Anticipated funding is approximately $4.8 million for equipment awards that must be completed within 48 months.
Equipment awards will range from $25,000 to $500,000 to acquire one major piece of shared-use research equipment. Funded equipment projects must be performed at the applicant institutions of higher education or state cooperative extension systems to expand their research, training, and extension capabilities in the agricultural sciences.
Synopsis
The Equipment Grant Program (EGP) serves to increase access to shared-use special purpose equipment/instruments for fundamental and applied research for use in the food and agricultural sciences programs at institutions of higher education, including State Cooperative Extension Systems. The program seeks to strengthen the quality and expand the scope of fundamental and applied research at eligible institutions, by providing them with opportunities to acquire one major piece of equipment/instruments that support their research, training, and extension goals and may be too costly and/or not appropriate for support through other NIFA grant programs.
The EGP does not support the acquisition of suites of equipment to outfit research laboratories /facilities or to conduct independent experiments simultaneously. Similarly, the EGP does not fund common, general purpose ancillary equipment that would normally be found in a laboratory and/or is relatively easily procured by the organization or through other NIFA grant programs. Rather, it is intended to help fund items of equipment that will upgrade infrastructure. Moreover, EGP does not fund research projects, including research that uses the equipment acquired with support from the program nor does it support the operation and maintenance of facilities.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| FY24-EGP-RFA-P.pdf |
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