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Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI)

Program:
Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) | Organic Agriculture Program | Horticulture Programs | Environmental & Resource Economics Programs | Sustainable Development Programs | Sustainable Agriculture Program | Markets, Trade & Policy | Crop Protection and Pest Management Program | Weed Science

The purpose of the SCRI program is to address the critical needs of the specialty crop industry by awarding grants to support research and extension that address key challenges of national, regional, and multi-state importance in sustaining all components of food and agriculture, including conventional and organic food production systems. Projects must address at least one of five focus areas:

  • Research in plant breeding, genetics, genomics, and other methods to improve crop characteristics
  • Efforts to identify and address threats from pests and diseases, including threats to specialty crop pollinators
  • Efforts to improve production efficiency, handling and processing, productivity, and profitability over the long term (including specialty crop policy and marketing)
  • New innovations and technology, including improved mechanization and technologies that delay or inhibit ripening
  • Methods to prevent, detect, monitor, control, and respond to potential food safety hazards in the production efficiency, handling and processing of specialty crops
Continuing Resolution Match Requirement Update:
Under the current Continuing Resolution (CR) the waiver of match for Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) is extended. However, since awards are anticipated following the date of expiration of the CR and the authorizing language requires match, the Request for Applications for SCRI Pre-applications does not include mention of the waiver.  Should the waiver language be included in future appropriations legislation, then the SCRI full-applications RFA will include that language that gives NIFA the waiver authority.

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Who Is Eligible to Apply:
1862 Land-Grant Institutions, 1890 Land-Grant Institutions, 1994 Land-Grant Institutions, For-profit Organizations Other Than Small Businesses, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS status, other than Institutions of Higher Ed, Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS status, other than Institutions of Higher Ed, Other or Additional Information (See below), Private Institutions of Higher Ed, Small Business, State Agricultural Experiment Stations, State Controlled Institutions of Higher Ed
More on Eligibility:
Pre-applications may only be submitted by Federal agencies, national laboratories, colleges and universities, research institutions and organizations, private organizations, foundations, or corporations, State Agricultural Experiment Stations, Cooperative Extension Services, individuals, or groups consisting of two or more of these entities.
Posted Date:
Thursday, November 19, 2020
For More Information Contact:
Thomas (Tom) Bewick
Closing Date:
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Contact for Electronic Access Problems:
electronic@usda.gov
Funding Opportunity Number:
USDA-NIFA-SCRI-007952
CFDA number:
10.309
Abstracts of Funded Projects:
Read the Abstracts
Previous fiscal year(s) RFA:
application/pdf FY 2020 Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) RFPA (186.25 KB)
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$80,000,000
Percent of Applications Funded:
20%
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
Matching is Required (see details above)
Range of Awards:
$50,000 - $8,000,000