Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems

The Department of Agriculture is not actively funding this program; the most recent grant award under the Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems (CFDA 10.302) was disbursed on September 15, 2001, twenty-five years ago. The program is inactive and should not be pursued at this time.

The portfolio reflects a single funding cycle in 2001, with 68 Project Grants totaling $112.9 million in combined federal obligations. The Department of Agriculture was the sole funder. Award sizes ranged from $25,000 to $7.8 million, with representative grants including $7.8 million for sorghum gene sequencing and microarray analysis education ($7.8 million), $7.5 million for nitrogen movement through beef cattle feedlots and citrus limonoid research ($7.5 million), $5 million for pathogen effects and cellulase fermentation coupling ($5 million), and $4.3 million for a behavioral principles management consortium ($4.3 million). Smaller awards supported invasive plant detection ($1.3 million), enhanced goat production systems ($400 thousand), and farm recreation marketing ($100 thousand).

The funded projects spanned agricultural production optimization, crop and livestock genomics, animal waste management, food science and nutrition, farm sustainability, natural resources education, and pest management. The portfolio included genome sequencing work on pathogens affecting livestock and crops, development of precision agriculture technologies, nutrient management solutions, functional food research, and outreach to limited-resource and tribal agriculture communities.

No grant opportunities are currently open under this listing. No awards have been issued since 2001, and the source provides no evidence of recent solicitations or active funding activity.