USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Sustainable Agricultural Systems

Sponsor Deadline: 

Jul 1, 2021

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USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture NIFA AFRI

UI Contact: 

USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative AFRI Competitive Grants Program Sustainable Agricultural Systems SAS
USDA-NIFA-AFRI-007892
Grants.gov  https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=329768
USDA NIFA url  https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/afri-sustainable-agricultural-systems-competitive-grants-program
A9201 Sustainable Agricultural Systems - Letter of Intent Deadline: January 7, 2021; Application Deadline:  April 1, 2021
A9211 Sustainable Agricultural Systems Program Evaluation - Letter of Intent Deadline: March 4, 2021; Application Deadline: July 1, 2021

For FY 2021, applications to the SAS RFA must focus on systems approaches that promote transformational changes in the U.S. food and agricultural system within the context of the long-term goal of increasing American agricultural production by 40% with a reduction in environmental footprint by 50% by 2050. NIFA seeks creative and visionary applications that take a systems approach for projects focused on the themes in the USDA Science Blueprint: (1) sustainable agricultural intensification; (2) agricultural climate adaptation; (3) value-added innovation; and/or (4) food and nutrition translation.

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