Urban, Indoor, and other Emerging Agricultural Production Research, Education, and Extension Initiative

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Opportunity number
USDA-NIFA-OP-011777
Agency
Applications due
Award size
$50,000 to $500,000

Opportunity facts

Funding instrument
Grant
Category
  • Agriculture
Eligible applicants
  • Other
Full announcement

Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

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The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is soliciting applications for the Urban, Indoor, and other Emerging Agricultural Production Research, Education, and Extension Initiative (CFDA 10.333) with a July 27, 2026 application deadline. Applications must include local community organizations as required project team members and must align with the FY 2026 priority focus of identifying and promoting horticultural, social, and economic factors contributing to successful agricultural production in high-population-density settings, indoor and controlled-environment systems, and other emerging production approaches.

Eligible applicants include state agricultural experiment stations, colleges and universities, university research foundations, other research institutions and organizations, federal agencies, national laboratories, private organizations and corporations, individuals, and consortia of these entities. No cost sharing is required, though it is encouraged. Indirect costs cannot exceed 30 percent of total federal funds awarded.

The program offers approximately $4 million in total funding ($2 million from FY 2026 and $2 million from FY 2027) with individual awards ranging from $50,000 to $500,000. Standard Grants support integrated projects combining research with education or extension components and cannot exceed $500,000; Workshop Grants cannot exceed $50,000. Eight awards are anticipated. Projects must span 24–36 months and include at least two of three functions (research, education, extension), with no single component exceeding 67 percent of budget or activity. Priority will be given to proposals involving cooperation of multiple eligible applicants.

Evaluation criteria emphasize project assessment (30%), rationale and significance (25%), objectives and approach (25%), institutional capacity (10%), and budget justification (10%). All projects require data management plans and mentoring plans (except Workshop Grants). Applications must be submitted through Grants.gov in PDF format and include letters of support.

Synopsis

The UIE program (ALN 10.333) supports research, education, and extension activities through competitive grants designed to address key production and market challenges of local, regional, and national importance. The authorization covers the full food value chain, including production, harvesting, transportation, aggregation, packaging, distribution, and market development. Public input was solicited through Federal Register Notice 2020-08402, stakeholder listening sessions, and consultation with the Federal Advisory Committee (FAC) for Urban Agriculture to help identify the most urgent needs in the above listed food value chain stages. This input helped identify the most urgent needs across the food value chain.

To address the most critical challenges in agricultural production and market growth, applications must align with the FY 2026 Priority Focus of identifying and promoting the horticultural, social, and economic factors that contribute to successful agricultural production in high‑population‑density settings, indoor and controlled‑environment systems, and other emerging agricultural production approaches.

Applicants must include local community organizations in the project team. Priority will be given to proposals that involve the cooperation of multiple eligible applicants.


Files

File Type Posted
FY26-UIE-NOFO-P.pdf PDF

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