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FUNDING OPPORTUNITY - Urban, Indoor, and Emerging Agriculture

Marie Ruemenapp Marie RuemenappAlumni Network
 

USDA NIFA has release a Request for Applications for the new Urban, Indoor, and other Emerging Agricultural Production Research, Education and Extension Initiative (UIE).

Anticipated available funding: $9,400,000

Average Award: $50,000 - $1,000,000

Letter of Intent Due: July 11, 2022

Full Proposals Due:  September 22, 2022

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UIE is a NIFA competitive grant program implemented in 2022 to support research, education and extension activities that facilitate development of urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production systems. The UIE emphasizes activities on several segments of the value chain, including production, harvesting, transportation aggregation, packaging, distribution, and marketing needs. Input on the most urgent program priorities was obtained through public input solicited in Federal Register Notice 2020-08402 as described in Part I B of this request for applications and consultation with the Federal Advisory Committee (FAC) for Urban Agriculture. The amount available for UIE is approximately $9.4 million. This notice identifies the objectives for UIE projects, deadline dates, funding information, eligibility criteria for projects and applicants, and application forms and associated instructions needed to apply for a UIE grant. This RFA solicits Standard Grants, Collaborative Grants and Conference Grants, whereas project types solicited in this RFA are Integrated Research, Education and/or Extension projects.

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This technology is supported in part by New Technologies for Ag Extension (funding opportunity no. USDA-NIFA-OP-010186), grant no. 2023-41595-41325 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or the Extension Foundation. For more information, please visit extension.org. You can view the terms of useat extension.org/terms.

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