Integrated Programs

SEVERAL PROGRAMS ARE FUNDED UNDER AL 10.303. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES ARE AS FOLLOWS: (1) Integrated Research, Education, and Extension/outreach Competitive Grants Program: See NOFO for priority areas. (2) Integrated Research, Education, and Extension/out

NIFA Integrated Programs provide support for integrated research, education, and Extension activities. Integrated, multifunctional projects are particularly effective in addressing important agricultural issues through the conduct of problem-focused research that is combined with education and dissemination of knowledge to those in need of solutions. These activities address critical national, regional, and multistate agricultural issues, priorities, or problems. Integrated Programs hold the greatest potential to produce and disseminate knowledge and technology directly to end users while providing for educational opportunities to assure agricultural expertise in future generations. See individual program Requests for Applications for additional information about the topics.

State agricultural experiment stations, State cooperative extension services, all colleges and universities, other research and extension institutions and organizations, Federal agencies, private organizations or corporations, and individuals to facilitate or expand promising breakthroughs in areas of the food and agricultural sciences of importance to the United States.

State agricultural experiment stations, State cooperative extension services, all colleges and universities, other research and extension institutions and organizations, Federal agencies, private organizations or corporations, and individuals to facilitate or expand promising breakthroughs in areas of the food and agricultural sciences of importance to the United States.

This research, education, and extension competitive grants program provides funding for integrated, multi-functional agricultural research, extension, and education activities which addresses priorities in United States agriculture. Grant funds must be used for allowable costs necessary to conduct approved integrated research, extension and education objectives to address food and agricultural sciences, in the broadest sense.

Regarding the Critical Issues and Regional Rural Development Centers (Section 2(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 89-106, as amended) , normally, competitive research projects will be supported for periods of up to three (3) years. In accordance with statutory time limits, project periods, including no-cost extensions of time, are not to exceed five (5) years. Further details are provided in the Award document Form NIFA-2009 and the NIFA General Terms and Conditions Grants and Cooperative Agreements (dated October 2016) at: https://nifa.usda.gov/resource/nifa-general-terms-and-conditions-grants-and-cooperative-agreements-october-2016. SPECIAL NOTE: Please refer to the Competitive Request for Applications (RFAs) for specific and pertinent details. The most current RFAs are available via: Methyl Bromide Transition Program (MBT): https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/methyl-bromide-transition Organic Transition-Risk Assessment (ORG): https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/organic-transitions-org Regional Rural Development Centers: https://nifa.usda.gov/regional-rural-development-centers RFAs are generally released annually. Hence, the RFAs provide the most current and accurate information available. Any specific instructions in the Competitive RFAs supersede the general information provided in the CFDA database.

All NOFOs are published on the Agency's website and Grants.gov. Applicants must complete the Grants.gov registration process.

2 CFR part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards and 2 CFR part 400 USDA's Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards apply to this program. Within guidelines established for the program as described in the Competitive Request for Application (RFA). The most current NOFOs are available via: Methyl Bromide Transition Program (MBT): https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/methyl-bromide-transition Organic Transition-Risk Assessment (ORG): https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/organic-transitions-org

Applications are subjected to a system of peer and merit review in accordance with section 103 of the Agricultural Research, Extension and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7613) by a panel of qualified scientists and other appropriate persons who are specialists in the field covered by the proposal. Within the limit of funds available for such purpose, the NIFA Authorized Departmental Officer (ADO) shall make grants to those responsible, eligible applicants whose applications are judged most meritorious under the procedures set forth in the NOFO . Reviewers will be selected based upon training and experience in relevant scientific, extension, or education fields, taking into account the following factors: (a) The level of relevant formal scientific, technical education, or extension experience of the individual, as well as the extent to which an individual is engaged in relevant research, education, or extension activities; (b) the need to include as reviewers experts from various areas of specialization within relevant scientific, education, or extension fields; (c) the need to include as reviewers other experts (e.g., producers, range or forest managers/operators, and consumers) who can assess relevance of the applications to targeted audiences and to program needs; (d) the need to include as reviewers experts from a variety of organizational types (e.g., colleges, universities, industry, state and Federal agencies, private profit and non-profit organizations) and geographic locations; (e) the need to maintain a balanced composition of reviewers with regard to minority and female representation and an equitable age distribution; and (f) the need to include reviewers who can judge the effective usefulness to producers and the general public of each application. Evaluation Criteria will be delineated in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). 2 CFR 200 - Subpart C and Appendix I and 2 CFR part 400 apply to this Program.

Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate, for application deadlines

From 30 to 60 days. Contact the National Program Leader (NPL), regarding dates for specific deadlines, start and end dates, and range of approval/disapproval time. Information is also available via our website and may be obtained via the Grants.gov website. NIFA's respective links regarding general information are provided below: http://nifa.usda.gov/ http://www.grants.gov. SPECIAL NOTE: Please refer to the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for further specific and pertinent details. The most current NOFO is available via: Methyl Bromide Transition Program (MBT): https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/methyl-bromide-transition Organic Transition-Risk Assessment (ORG): https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/organic-transitions-org NOFOs are generally released annually. Hence, the NOFOs provide the most current and accurate information available. Any specific instructions in the Competitive NOFOs supersede the general information provided in the CFDA database.

Specific details are provided in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), which are generally published annually. The most current NOFO is available via: Methyl Bromide Transition Program (MBT): https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/methyl-bromide-transition Organic Transition-Risk Assessment (ORG): https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/organic-transitions-org

Not Applicable. 2 CFR Part 200 - Subparts D & E apply to this program.