Fund for Rural America – Research, Education, and Extension Activities
Inactive
- Assistance listing
- 10.224
- Agency
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
- Grant awards
- 19 $9,847,452 in federal obligations
Program facts
- Also known as
- (Fund for Rural America)
- Assistance type
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- Project Grant
- Eligible applicants
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- Federal
- Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals)
- Beneficiaries
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- Rural
- Farmer/Rancher/Agriculture Producer
Program details come from SAM.gov Assistance Listings. Updated . Grant award figures come from USAspending.gov.
About this program
The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture administered the Fund for Rural America competitive grant program (CFDA 10.224) to support research, education, and extension activities addressing challenges in agriculture and rural communities, with the most recent grant award dated September 15, 2001. This program is not currently active; no grant awards have been disbursed since 2001, and no recent grant opportunities are posted.
The program funded innovative, high-impact projects in rural development with explicit focus on increasing farm profitability and competitiveness, reducing economic and health risk, conserving natural resources, developing new crops and agricultural biotechnology applications, enhancing animal agriculture, and expanding value-added agricultural processing and economic opportunity in farming and rural communities. Recent awards reflect this scope: the Immigrant Farmers Initiative received $407,914; Integrating the Needs of Immigrant Workers and Rural Communities received $537,202; Globalization and Knowledge Clusters for Rural America received $475,230; Veterinary and Extension Technology Training on Southwest Indian Reservations received $683,020; and Strengthening Rural Food Retailers by Enhancing Linkages with Local Producers received $530,873. Other funded initiatives addressed rural telework, renewable energy for rural sustainability, e-commerce business development in economically distressed regions, health access for Hispanic populations in rural areas, and community development through organic farming.
All 19 grant awards in the portfolio were structured as Project Grants. The National Institute of Food and Agriculture was the sole funding agency, obligating $9.8 million federal dollars across the 19 awards. Average award magnitude was approximately $515,000 to $540,000 based on the recent awards block. All documented awards carry a September 15, 2001 award date with project completion dates ranging from September 2002 to September 2005.
Do not pursue this program. The funding line has not disbursed awards in over two decades and shows no evidence of reopening.
Objective and description
- Objective
The funding for Rural America (FRA) provides funds for rural development programs and for a competitive grant program to support research, education, and extension activities. CSREES administers the competitive grant program for the research, education, and extension component of the Fund for Rural America. The competitive grant program supports unique, innovative, and high-impact research, education, and extension projects to aid farmers, ranchers, and rural communities to address changes and challenges facing agriculture and rural communities as a result of fundamental reforms to Federal farm programs. The broad range of purposes of these projects are to: increase international competitiveness, efficiency, and farm profitability; reduce economic and health risk; conserve and enhance natural resources; develop new crops, new crop uses, and new agricultural applications of biotechnology; enhance animal agricultural resources; preserve plant and animal germplasm; increase economic opportunities in farming and rural communities; and expand locally- owned, value-added processing. The information provided under this Catalog entry applies only to the competitive grant program administered by CSREES for research, education, and extension activities supported by the Fund for Rural America.
Grant awards
| Award | Recipient | Federal obligations | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rural californal internship program for diversity in housing and community development | — | $540,000 | |
| Strengthening rural food retailers by enhancing linkages with local producers | — | $530,873 | |
| Diversifying the economy of the lower mississippi delta by developing e-commerce businesses | — | $539,680 | |
| Coalitions to improve health access by hispanics in rural kentucky and tennessee | — | $538,373 | |
| Change agent states for diversity: a systems change approach to community issues | — | $300,000 | |
| Partnership for community development through organic farming | — | $539,887 | |
| Business networks and rural community economic vitality | — | $451,051 | |
| Creating integrated value-added agricultural and community ventures | — | $538,211 | |
| Forestry heritage trail | — | $537,648 | |
| Rural telework project | — | $514,000 |
Latest 10 of 19 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Federal obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Federal obligations |
|---|---|
| FY2001 | $9,847,452 |
Quick answers
What is Assistance Listing 10.224?
Assistance Listing 10.224 is Fund for Rural America – Research, Education, and Extension Activities, a federal grant program run by National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Department of Agriculture). It is inactive.
What is the CFDA number for Fund for Rural America – Research, Education, and Extension Activities?
Its CFDA number is 10.224: Assistance Listing numbers were called CFDA numbers before 2018.
How much funding has Assistance Listing 10.224 awarded?
19 grant awards under 10.224 have obligated $9,847,452 in federal funds.
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