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USDA-NIFA-OP-010063: Research Facilities Act Program

Closed Closed July 7, 2023 Opportunity USDA-NIFA-OP-010063 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$500,000
• Award floor$75,000
• Total funding$1.9 million
• Cost sharingRequired
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Eligibility RequirementsApplicants for the RFAP must meet all the requirements discussed in this RFA. Applicants must be eligible to receive funds under a capacity and infrastructure program as program (as defined in section 7 U.S.C. 6971(f)(1)(C)).

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Research Facilities Act Program awards averaged $241,048; this notice allows up to $500,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (100% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
• The notice requires cost sharing or matching funds, so you must contribute part of the project cost.

What the grant funds

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 (as defined in 7 U.S.C. 3103, see Appendix III for definition).

Category: Agriculture.

Applying now

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