The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is accepting applications for the Research Facilities Act Program (RFAP).
Donor Name: National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/07/2023
Size of the Grant: $500,000
Grant Duration: 48 months
Details:
RFAP is designed to provide financial assistance to qualifying institutions for the construction, alteration, acquisition, modernization, renovation, or remodeling of agricultural research facilities to conduct research in the fields of food and agricultural sciences.
A proposal for an agricultural research facility shall meet the following criteria:
- Non-Federal share The proposal shall certify the availability of at least a 50 percent non-Federal share of the cost of the facility. The non-Federal share shall be paid in cash and may include funding from private sources or from units of State or local government.
- Nonduplication of facilities The proposal shall demonstrate how the agricultural research facility would be complementary to, and not duplicative of, facilities of colleges, universities, and nonprofit institutions, and facilities of the Agricultural Research Service, within the State and region.
- National research priorities The proposal shall demonstrate how the agricultural research facility would serve-
- one or more of the national research policies and priorities set forth in 7.U.S.C. 3101; and
- national or multistate needs.
- Long-term support The proposal shall demonstrate that the recipient entity has the ability and commitment to support the long-term, ongoing operating and maintenance costs of-
- the agricultural research facility after the facility is completed; and
- each program to be based at the facility
7 U.S.C 3101: Purposes of agricultural research, extension, and education
- Enhance the competitiveness of the United States agriculture and food industry in an increasingly competitive world environment;
- Increase the long-term productivity of the United States agriculture and food industry while maintaining and enhancing the natural resource base on which rural America and the United States agricultural economy depend;
- Develop new uses and new products for agricultural commodities, such as alternative fuels, and develop new crops;
- Support agricultural research and extension to promote economic opportunity in rural communities and to meet the increasing demand for information and technology transfer throughout the United States agriculture industry;
- Improve risk management in the United States agriculture industry;
- Improve the safe production and processing of, and adding of value to, United States food and fiber resources using methods that maintain the balance between yield and environmental soundness;
- Support higher education in agriculture to give the next generation of Americans the knowledge, technology, and applications necessary to enhance the competitiveness of United States agriculture;
- Maintain an adequate, nutritious, and safe supply of food to meet human nutritional needs and requirements; and
- Support international collaboration that leverages resources and advances priority food and agricultural interests of the United States, such a
- addressing emerging plant and animal diseases;
- improving crop varieties and animal breeds; and
- developing safe, efficient, and nutritious food systems.
Awards may support the purchase of real property or permanent equipment and the design, construction, restoration, or renovation of buildings or sites of agricultural research facilities or other facilities that house agricultural research experimental samples or specimens. Activities may include but are not limited to:
- Assessing sites and infrastructure
- Planning and conceptual designing for the new, restored, or renovated facility or site
- Developing schematics and construction drawings for the new, restored, or renovated facility or site
- Constructing, restoring, or renovating of facility or site
- Purchasing and installing related permanently affixed equipment for research monitoring and protecting specimens and samples
- Purchasing and installing critical building systems, such as electrical, climate control, security, life safety, lighting, utilities, telecommunications, and energy management.
Funding Information
Level I
- Maximum NIFA Award: $75,000
- Minimum Required Third Party Nonfederal gifts (1:1 match ratio for grant requests): $75,000
- Project Duration: 24 Months
Level II
- Maximum NIFA Award: $150,000
- Minimum Required Third Party Nonfederal gifts (1:1 match ratio for grant requests): $150,000
- Project Duration: 36 months
Level III
- Maximum NIFA Award: $500,000
- Minimum Required Third Party Nonfederal gifts (1:1 match ratio for grant requests): $500,000
- Project Duration: 48 Months
Eligibility Criteria
Applications may be submitted by:
- 1994 Institutions
- State Agricultural Experiment Stations
- 1862 Land-Grant Universities
- Accredited school or college of veterinary medicine or State Agricultural Experiment Station that conducts animal health and disease research in accordance with section with section 1433(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977
- 1890 Land-grant Universities
- Hispanic-Serving Agricultural Colleges and Universities
- Non-Land-Grant Colleges of Agriculture (NLGCA) – Institutions satisfying the eligibility requirements for NLGCA designation at
- Insular Area Institutions-Institution of higher education, as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1995 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))
- Institutions eligible for “McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act”
- Other entities eligible to receive funds under a capacity and infrastructure program
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
