Integrated Programs (10.303)
Integrated Programs (Assistance Listing 10.303) is run by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, part of the Department of Agriculture. It awarded $88.4 million in 105 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $841,872 per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $617,167. Half of the 105 awards fell between $494,880 and $959,956, and they ranged from $40,481 to $3.5 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$88.4 million
- Grant awards105
- Typical award$617,167
- Awarded in FY 2025$10.4 million
- Size rank848 of 1824
- Type of assistanceProject grants
Key findings
- Annual funding was roughly flat, $10.0 million in fiscal 2021 and $10.4 million in fiscal 2025.
- It is the 848th largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 85% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 32 states and territories.
What the program funds
SEVERAL PROGRAMS ARE FUNDED UNDER AL 10.303. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES ARE AS FOLLOWS: (1) Integrated Research, Education, and Extension/outreach Competitive Grants Program: See NOFO for priority areas. (2) Integrated Research, Education, and Extension/outreach Competitive Grants Program: National Integrated Food Safety Initiative. The purpose of the National Integrated Food Safety Initiative is to support food safety projects that demonstrate an integrated approach to solving problems in applied food safety research, education, or extension. Various models for integration of applied research, education, and extension will be considered for funding. Applications describing multistate, multi-institutional, multidisciplinary, and multifunctional activities (and combinations thereof) are encouraged. Applicants are strongly encouraged to address at least two of the three functional areas of research, education, and extension (i.e., research and extension, research and education, or extension and education). (3) Integrated Research, Education, And Extension/outreach Competitive Grants Program: (4) Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program: Methyl Bromide Transitions Program The goal of the Methyl Bromide Transitions (MBT) program is to support the discovery and implementation of practical pest management alternatives to methyl bromide uses or minimize methyl bromide emissions for which the United States is requesting critical use exemptions. The program focuses on integrated commercial- or field-scale research that targets short- to medium-term solutions. (5) Integrated Organic Program The purpose of the Integrated Organic Program is to solve critical organic agriculture issues, priorities, or problems through the integration of research, education, and extension activities. The Organic Transitions Program (ORG) funds the development and implementation of research, extension, and higher education programs to improve the competitiveness of organic producers and producers who are adopting organic practices.
Open opportunities
No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.
Rules from the program listing
Who can apply
State agricultural experiment stations, State cooperative extension services, all colleges and universities, other research and extension institutions and organizations, Federal agencies, private organizations or corporations, and individuals to facilitate or expand promising breakthroughs in areas of the food and agricultural sciences of importance to the United States.
What the money can and cannot pay for
This research, education, and extension competitive grants program provides funding for integrated, multi-functional agricultural research, extension, and education activities which addresses priorities in United States agriculture. Grant funds must be used for allowable costs necessary to conduct approved integrated research, extension and education objectives to address food and agricultural sciences, in the broadest sense. NIFA has determined that grant funds awarded under this authority may not be used for the renovation or refurbishment of research, education, or extension space; the purchase or installation of fixed equipment in such space; or the planning, repair, rehabilitation, acquisition, or construction of buildings or facilities. Funds may not be used for any purposes other than those approved in the grant award documents. Tuition remission is not allowable. The following programs are authorized under (Section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (AREERA) (7 U.S.C. 7626): (1) Water Quality (2) Food Safety (3) Regional Pest Management Centers (4) Crops at Risk (5) Risk Mitigation Program (6) Methyl Bromide Transition Program and (7) Organic Transition - Risk Assessment Other Integrated Program(s): (8) Regional Rural Development Centers (7 U.S.C. 450i and 7 U.S.C. 2204a) Section 1473 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3319) prohibits indirect costs.
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Deadlines
Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate, for application deadlines
Award range and average, in the agency's words
If minimum or maximum amounts of funding per competitive and/or capacity project grant, or cooperative agreement are established, these amounts will be announced in the annual Competitive Request for Application (RFA). The most current RFA is available via: Methyl Bromide Transition Program (MBT): https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/methyl-bromide-transition Organic Transition-Risk Assessment (ORG): https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/organic-transitions-org Regional Rural Development Centers: https://nifa.usda.gov/regional-rural-development-centers
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal Year2025: De-bugging Synthetic Methionine from Organic Poultry Diets: Exploiting the Potential of Insect meals as a Source of Methionine Harnessing biochar-biologicals-compost interactions to maximize productivity of small- and medium-size transitioning vegetable production systems Empowering Organic Farmers: Integrating Electric Weed Control In Vegetable Farming Leveraging organic management practices to accelerate microbially mediated weed seed mortality Ecological Niches of Pathogenic Listeria and Campylobacter in Integrated Crop-Livestock Farms and Strategies to Limit Their Transmission Evaluation of the Potential for Polled Genetics for Transitioning Organic Dairy Farms
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Integrated Programs (10.303) awarded$88.4 million across 105 grant awards, an average of $841,872 per award.
Who usually wins
Colleges and universities received 83% of the money, nonprofits 6.7% and state and local governments 1.1%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colleges and universities | 89 | $73.3 million | 83% |
| Other | 9 | $8.2 million | 9.2% |
| Nonprofits | 6 | $6.0 million | 6.7% |
| State and local governments | 1 | $982,921 | 1.1% |
By state
22 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 10 | $8.7 million |
| Indiana | 9 | $7.9 million |
| Florida | 6 | $6.1 million |
| Tennessee | 4 | $5.6 million |
| Washington | 4 | $5.2 million |
| Minnesota | 3 | $5.1 million |
| New York | 3 | $4.7 million |
| South Carolina | 5 | $4.6 million |
| Connecticut | 2 | $4.3 million |
| Wisconsin | 5 | $3.9 million |
| Utah | 4 | $3.8 million |
| Mississippi | 6 | $3.7 million |
| Idaho | 6 | $3.1 million |
| North Carolina | 6 | $2.7 million |
| Arkansas | 3 | $2.4 million |
| Oregon | 3 | $2.0 million |
| California | 4 | $1.9 million |
| Illinois | 2 | $1.7 million |
| Kansas | 3 | $1.6 million |
| New Mexico | 2 | $1.5 million |
| Missouri | 2 | $1.5 million |
| Georgia | 2 | $1.1 million |
| Maryland | 1 | $934,709 |
| Montana | 1 | $880,049 |
| West Virginia | 1 | $721,984 |
| Alabama | 2 | $635,481 |
| Arizona | 1 | $575,000 |
| Delaware | 1 | $464,000 |
| South Dakota | 1 | $449,816 |
| Virginia | 1 | $436,439 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | $285,000 |
| Michigan | 1 | $253,770 |