Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- USDA-NIFA-HEP-010775
- Agency
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
- Applications due
- Award size
- $41,000 to $262,500
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Agriculture
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Full announcement
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About this opportunity
The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is seeking applications for the Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship (NNF) Grants Program. This program provides funding to support graduate student training and completion of master's and/or doctoral degree programs in identified national need areas within the food and agricultural sciences. Eligible applicants include institutions that confer graduate degrees in targeted expertise shortage areas such as animal and plant production, forest resources, agricultural education and communication, agricultural management and economics, food science and human nutrition, agricultural biosecurity, and integrative biosciences. Applications must demonstrate the program's philosophy and relevance to USDA mission sciences, NIFA priorities, and national science education policies. The application deadline is August 13, 2024.
Approximately $3.25 million is available in FY 2024, with individual award values ranging from $41,000 to $262,500. The funded projects are expected to be carried out at universities across the United States that confer relevant graduate degrees.
Synopsis
This grant program supports: (1) training students for master's and doctoral degrees in food, agricultural and natural resource sciences; and (2) Special International Study or Thesis/Dissertation Research Travel Allowances (IRTA) for eligible USDA NNF beneficiaries.
Awards are specifically intended to support traineeship programs that engage outstanding students to pursue and complete their degrees in USDA mission areas. Applicants provide clarity about the philosophy of their graduate training, and relevance to USDA mission sciences, NIFA priorities and national science education policies and statistics. Applications are being solicited from institutions that confer a graduate degree in at least one of the following Targeted Expertise Shortage Areas: 1) animal and plant production; 2) forest resources; 3) agricultural educators and communicators; 4) agricultural management and economics; 5) food science and human nutrition; 6) sciences for agricultural biosecurity; and 7) training in integrative biosciences for sustainable food and agricultural systems.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| FY24-NNF-RFA-P.pdf |
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