Grants Modernization Initiative
NIFA that 9 programs will be transitioning new Funding Opportunity Announcements to the eRA grants management system in Fiscal Year 2026:
• Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI)
• Equipment Grants Program (EGP)
• Farm Business and Benchmarking Program (FBMB)
• Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program (FASLP)
• Organic Agriculture Research & Extension Initiative (OREI)
• Renewable Resource Extension Act National Focus Fund Program (REEA-NFF)
• Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants Program (SPECA)
• Smith-Lever Special Needs Competitive Grants Program (SLSNCGP)
Other programs will follow as the continues.
Proposers will need to have an eRA Commons profile that links to their current institution. See the page for details.
The eRA team will host training to provide an introduction and high-level overview of eRA and its capabilities. This training is available to any potential grant applicants or current grant recipients. The .
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
- program descriptions & infographic
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)
» Link to Grants.gov application package
» Grant & Project Types
» Letter of Intent (LOI) Instructions
» Additional Information for Part IV,C
- Foundational & Applied Science Program RFA
- Education and Workforce Development RFA
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems RFA
» Data Management Plan Instructions & FAQs
» Application Review Criteria
» AFRI New Investigator Decision Tree
NIFA Advice and Info
» Conflict of Interest
Common Forms for the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support documents.
> Free-form versions of these documents will not be accepted.
attachments with the application.
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