NIFA offers several technical assistance events to help prospective applicants understand NIFA funding opportunities. Supporting material from these events — which also provide guidance on grant development and grant management — is available here.
The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture offers many funding opportunities to support research, education and Extension/outreach in most fields of food and agricultural sciences.
These funding opportunities include grants, cooperative agreements, scholarships and fellowships in plant and animal production and processing; food science and nutrition; climate and environmental impacts of agriculture; rural and community development; marketing and trade; and many other topics of national importance.
The technical assistance resources collected on this page will help you at each stage of the grant lifecycle, whether you’re applying to a NIFA funding opportunity or submitting technical and financial data or reporting significant accomplishments and impacts in REEport.
Upcoming Technical Assistance Webinars and Events
- Grant Applicant/Awardee Technical Assistance (GAATA): Demystifying the Panel Review Review Process for Grant Funding, May 2, 2024, 11 a.m. Central
- Using Ag Data Commons to Share USDA-Funded Work, April 16, 2024, 11 a.m. Eastern
Resources from NIFA
NIFA is hosting a five-day workshop designed to help you learn about NIFA grants and resources for grants development and management.
NIFA hosted a virtual workshop to provide an overview of the grants process and programs at NIFA. Recordings and presentation materials are posted here.
Presentation slides from the first Grant Applicant/Awardee Technical Assistance (GAATA) session cover major costs-related topics, from cost principles to reimbursements and budget modifications.
Resources from our Partners
This webinar covers publicly accessible resources and services available through the National Agricultural Library, including full-text research articles, data sources and management, and research support.
This webinar provides details on how to meet the requirement to submit final, peer-reviewed, accepted manuscripts to PubAg, the USDA public access archive system.
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management is conducting a four-part webinar series to help students and recent graduates find internships and full-time jobs working in their career field.
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