The NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) provides an opportunity for applicants who received the distinction of GRFP Honorable Mention no more than three years before the proposal due date to be named NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellows and obtain financial support for their graduate education at an institution in an EPSCoR jurisdiction.
| The Postdoctoral Fellowships Program Area Priority helps to develop new scientists and professionals to enter research, education, and/or extension fields within the food and agricultural sciences within the private sector, government, or academia. The aim of these fellowships is to cultivate future leaders who can solve emerging agricultural challenges of the 21st century. NIFA is particularly interested in supporting fellows that address (1) agricultural production capability; (2) new markets for agriculture and forestry products; (3) value-added innovation; and (4) agricultural science policy leadership. |
| The Burroughs Wellcome Fund aims to stimulate the growth of new connections between thinkers working in largely disconnected fields who might together change the course of climate change’s impact on human health. In the three years between Fall 2023 and Summer 2026, we will dedicate $1M to supporting small, early stage grants of $2,500–$50,000 toward achieving this goal. |
| The Predoctoral Fellowships Program Area Priority helps develop new scientists and professionals to enter research, education, and/or extension fields within the food and agricultural sciences within the private sector, government, or academia. The aim of these fellowships is to cultivate future leaders who can solve emerging agricultural challenges of the 21st century. NIFA is particularly interested in supporting fellows that address (1) agricultural production capability; (2) new markets for agriculture and forestry products; (3) value-added innovation; and (4) agricultural science policy leadership. |
| The Small Research Grants on Education Program supports education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived, with budgets up to $50,000 for projects ranging from one to five years. We accept applications two times per year. This program is “field-initiated” in that proposal submissions are not in response to a specific request for a particular research topic, discipline, design, or method. Our goal for this program is to support rigorous, intellectually ambitious and technically sound research that is relevant to the most pressing questions and compelling opportunities in education. We seek to support scholarship that develops new foundational knowledge that may have a lasting impact on educational discourse. |
| The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service, announces this funding opportunity to support the Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops (TASC) program by issuing new awards. This opportunity is available to U.S. entities to provide funding for projects that seek to remove, resolve, or mitigate existing or potential sanitary, phytosanitary, or technical barriers that prohibit or threaten the export of U.S. specialty crops. |
| Reconstituted meat-analog products offer an opportunity to unlock new product formats, enable new nutritional applications, and reduce reliance on severe thermal processing typically required for microbial stability. However, reducing pH below 4.5 significantly disrupts the functional behavior of meat proteins. To meet future product needs, we invite innovators, researchers, and industry experts to collaborate and unlock novel ways to acidify, stabilize, structure, and thermally set meat systems for shelf-stable applications. |
Rolling Deadline: Letter of Inquiry accepted anytime, must be invited to submit full proposal. The Doris Duke Foundation seeks to demonstrate how effective conservation can protect and restore nature, help address climate change and promote a more equitable society. Through the Environment Program, the foundation seeks to ensure a thriving, resilient environment for wildlife and people, and foster an inclusive, effective conservation movement.
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| FFAR) and the Good Food Institute (GFI) have joined forces to support plant-based and fermentation-enabled protein ingredient optimization. The long-term success of plant-based and fermentation-enabled protein foods depends not only on sustainability and cost but also on their ability to deliver a compelling eating experience. By advancing research in ingredient design, enrichment methods and formulation strategies, we can accelerate progress toward high-protein foods that meet or exceed consumer sensory expectations. |
| H5N1 influenza, also known as bird flu, was prioritized in 2024 as an emerging disease threat for the U.S. pork industry due to the growing number of diverse mammalian species susceptible to the infection. In response, FFAR, SHIC and Pork Checkoff funded the $4 million H5N1 Risk to Swine Research Program to enhance prevention, preparedness, mitigation and response capabilities for H5N1 influenza in the U.S. swine herd. |
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The Program Area Priorities in this NOFO address projected shortfalls of qualified graduates in the agricultural, food, forestry, range, and energy resources sectors of the U.S. economy. Applicants are encouraged to develop projects that equip students with the foundational knowledge and skills in Artificial Intelligence (AI), preparing them to thrive in an increasingly digital society or support educators with tools and training needed not only train students about AI, but also to utilize AI in their classrooms to improve educational outcomes
The Efficient Fertilizer Consortium supports applied research that accelerates adoption of enhanced efficiency fertilizer (EEF) products and practices that increase crop nutrient use efficiency, support desired crop yield and reduce nutrient losses. This Request for Applications (RFA) seeks research for field trials to evaluate the agronomic performance and environmental impact of EEFs in targeted geographical regions and cropping systems. |
These awards will support transdisciplinary teams to catalyze research discoveries at the intersection of genomics, humanities, social sciences and bioethics. Funded projects will be given the time and resources to create new research agendas and explore innovative ways of working.
There is a long history of exploring the social, legal and ethical contexts of genomics. This has made significant inroads into fostering more ethical and equitable practice. However, this has often been too limited and too late. Wider humanities and social science fields are underrepresented; communities or other social partners are often not centered; and these perspectives are often only included after key research decisions have already been made. This not only poses ethical challenges. It means that the discovery research potential of wider and earlier collaboration remains unrealised. |
| The Environmental Education Grant Program supports locally and regionally focused environmental education projects that promote environmental stewardship and help develop knowledgeable and responsible students, teachers, and community members. This grant program provides financial support for projects that design, demonstrate, and/or disseminate environmental education practices, methods, or techniques that increase public awareness and knowledge about local environmental issues and provides participants in its programs the skills necessary to make informed decisions and to take responsible actions toward the environment. |
The MCA program offers an opportunity for scientists and engineers at the mid-career stage (see restrictions under Additional Eligibility Information) to substantively enhance and advance their research program and career trajectory. Mid-career scientists are at a critical career transition stage where they need to advance their research programs to ensure long-term productivity and creativity but are often constrained by service, teaching, or other activities that limit the amount of time devoted to research.
| Cargill is seeking efficient and hygienic melting technologies specifically designed for edible fats and fatty materials (e.g., chocolate, cocoa liquor, hard fats) supplied in solid block form, with a melting point of approximately 40°C. The solution should accommodate a wide range of molten viscosities. The ideal approach will efficiently melt these materials, effectively minimize incidental plastic packaging contamination, prevent localized overheating, and maximize lot segregation capabilities through minimum dead volume, enabling quick, cost-effective, and safe processing. |
U.S. food and agricultural systems are regularly experiencing new challenges, including climate change, a growing population and evolving pests and pathogens. Employers need early-career scientists trained to conduct research that helps farms and food systems adapt to these unprecedented changes.
In partnership with North Carolina State University, FFAR launched the FFAR Fellows Program to provide career guidance to the next generation of food and agriculture scientists. Unique to this program, we prepare a career ready STEM workforce by breaking down the disciplinary silos and focusing on professional development and soft-skills.
This GCR solicitation targets multidisciplinary teams who are embracing convergence research as a means of developing highly innovative solutions to complex research problems. GCR proposals are expected to be bold and address scientific or technical challenges and bottlenecks which if resolved have the potential to transform scientific understanding and solve vexing problems. Successful GCR projects are anticipated to lead to paradigm shifting approaches within disciplines, establishment of new scientific communities, or development of transformative technologies that have the potential for broad scientific or societal impact.
UPL is looking for seed-treatment technologies with the potential to control Pythium under European soil and climate conditions and that can ultimately be developed into EU-compliant, low-risk or biological products suitable for use on corn.
Solutions of interest include:
UPL is seeking technologies that have been tested and show proven effectiveness in reducing or delaying UV-induced degradation of herbicide molecules. The solution may involve formulation strategies or other innovative approaches that are practical, scalable, and feasible for both manufacturing and application.
Solutions of interest include:
The Simons Foundation invites applications for funding to support new research professor positions (e.g., “clinical professor,” “professor of practice” or “research professor,” the titles and roles depending on the university) in existing academic departments (the “host institutions”) to be filled by scientific software-focused researchers. The SSRF Award will support researchers who have a strong track record of leadership in scientific software development. The aim of this program is to stimulate the development and maintenance of core scientific software infrastructure in academic environments through creating a new, long-term, faculty-level career path.
BASF is looking for novel compounds, such as organic molecules, natural products, and fragment-like molecules, which could be subjected to screening within our research facility, with the goal of developing new crop protection products. Solutions of interest include:
The CO2 Foundation funds innovative smaller-scale projects that can accomplish a lot in a short timeframe, which might otherwise fall through the cracks. We seek proposals to support timely interventions for extreme weather and/or prepare communities for the impacts of a rapidly changing climate system. Examples include small workshops to explore innovative, fast-track solutions; new ways of reaching new audiences; or early research into the most promising protective interventions. Because civilization must survive until climate change and extreme weather are no longer a threat, we need to be resilient and to cooperate with each other.
The Foundation recommends you connect with the Executive Director to discuss the current funding priorities before submitting a proposal.
Infected dairy cows experience sudden drops in milk production, lowering milk quality and causing significant economic losses for farmers. Cases of HPAI have also been observed spilling over from cattle to dairy workers. The level of risk for dairy workers from this novel spillover transmission ion poses and how it occurs is still under study.
To address these outbreaks quickly, the ROAR Program funds rapid research related to response, prevention or mitigation of new pests and pathogens. ROAR’s funding fills urgent research gaps until traditional, longer-term funding can be secured.
OCP Nutricrops is looking for innovative solutions (agronomic and non-agronomic) to improve the nutritional quality of staple crops, fruits, and vegetables, along with low-cost tools that can monitor and verify nutritional value from soil through harvest. Tools should be suitable for use on soil or on crops in their natural, unprocessed form. :
BASF is looking for the next generation of active ingredients, proteins, and RNA-based molecules to control economically significant agricultural pests, including insects and plant-parasitic nematodes. Pesticidal compounds of interest include (1) biochemical molecules such as proteins, peptides, and RNA or other macromolecules appropriate for in planta production and (2) chemical compounds, also referred to as small molecules. Such compounds may be derived from bacteria, archaea, fungi, protists, algae, and plants. We welcome both naturally occurring compounds and engineered or derived variants. Actives of high interest will be considered for licensing agreements. Finalists may be asked to sign a material transfer agreement and ship their actives for internal evaluation, at BASF’s expense. Solutions of interest include new pesticidal compounds exhibiting significant activity against the following pest groups. Solutions of interest include:
OCP Nutricrops is looking for innovative, sustainable solutions that improve nitrogen use efficiency by enhancing crop uptake and minimizing losses, enabling crops to deliver the same or better performance with less nitrogen applied while reducing environmental impact. Solutions of interest include:
Our world is facing big, complex, and rapidly changing environmental and societal challenges. Regardless of what the future may hold, learners will need support to develop capacities to learn about, care for and take action to protect our world. How do you imagine the future for our planet and its people? What skills, attitudes, and knowledge do people need in order to design a future for our planet that leads to healthier outcomes for people and nature? What are the learning solutions that can develop knowledge, attitudes, and skills to enact that future? How might we change minds and behaviors to achieve positive impacts for the immense biodiversity of our planet and its people?
To meet this future we will need to develop and scale models of what effective learning looks like – not just in formal education but also in informal and community education spaces, through career-connected learning, and with learners of any age from young children to adults. Through our grants program we are looking for education projects that:
USDA/FAS is requesting the design and delivery of a training program for marketing U.S. poultry meat for 8 Georgian participants who are expected to be mid- to senior-level private sector actors from the South Caucasus Region’s leading firms involved with poultry importation, marketing and transshipment in and through the country of Georgia. The purpose is to promote imports to Georgia. The training program is envisioned as being 1-2 consecutive weeks in duration, to be completed before June 30, 2026. The host institution shall propose the place(s) of performance within the United States. USDA/FAS will be entirely responsible for the recruitment of the Georgian participants, which will be completed after the close of this Notice of Funding Opportunity.
This company is looking for a sprayable wound treatment for cattle that combines a safe, effective insecticidal active with a visible dye marker for screwworm control. Ideally, this would be an existing commercial product available in Latin America (with priority given to Brazil), but we will also consider other global commercial opportunities or late-stage development candidates.
Solutions of interest include:
UPL is looking for environmentally friendly, low-risk seed treatment solutions to prevent or mitigate Fusarium virguliforme, the causal agent of Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) in soybeans. We are open to partnerships with an existing producer and collaborations where we produce and formulate the solution.
Solutions of interest include:
Bio-Rad Laboratories is seeking to develop a universal sample preparation method to support accurate, consistent, and sensitive pathogen quantification across a wide range of food matrices. We are open to approaches involving target concentration, DNA cleanup, or both, and are particularly interested in technologies capable of selectively separating target particles (typically <3–5 µm) from larger debris in samples where the targets are present in low abundance and minimizing loss is critical. The solution is intended for use in routine food safety testing and must ultimately deliver consistent recovery performance across diverse and complex matrices, supporting reliable and sensitive quantification via droplet digital PCR (ddPCR).
LOI due Oct 31; Full Proposal due Dec 12
The AI for Economic Opportunity Demonstration and Scaling Fund is the third annual round of a groundbreaking philanthropic initiative to harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to improve economic mobility for millions. This initiative, powered by a partnership between the GitLab Foundation and OpenAI, continues our shared commitment to advancing income growth and economic opportunity through innovative uses of AI.
GitLab Foundation is seeking bold projects that use AI to expand economic mobility — from unlocking data for impact, to making services more affordable, to helping workers navigate education and job pathways.
The purpose of this interagency program solicitation is to support the development of transformative high-risk, high-reward advances in computer and information science, engineering, mathematics, statistics, behavioral and/or cognitive research to address pressing questions in the biomedical and public health communities. Transformations hinge on scientific and engineering innovations by interdisciplinary teams that develop novel methods to intuitively and intelligently collect, sense, connect, analyze and interpret data from individuals, devices and systems to enable discovery and optimize health. Solutions to these complex biomedical or public health problems demand the formation of interdisciplinary teams that are ready to address these issues, while advancing fundamental science and engineering.
The U.S. NSF Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (NSF TIP) partners across sectors to advance three primary focus areas – accelerating technology translation and development, fostering regional innovation and economic growth, and preparing the American workforce for future high-wage jobs in STEM fields.
The Science of Science: Discovery, Communication and Impact (SoS:DCI) program is designed to advance theory and knowledge about increasing the public value of scientific activity. Science of Science draws from multiple disciplinary and field perspectives to advance theory and research about scientific discovery, communication and impact. SoS:DCI welcomes proposals applying rigorous empirical research methods to advance theory and knowledge on:
The NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award supports individual scientists or groups of scientists proposing bold, groundbreaking, exceptionally innovative, original, and/or unconventional research with the potential to create new scientific paradigms, establish entirely new and improved clinical approaches, or develop transformative technologies. Applications in all topics relevant to the broad mission of NIH are encouraged, including, but not limited to, behavioral, social, biomedical, applied, and formal sciences and topics that may involve basic, translational, or clinical research.
Pre-applications are due Sep 3.
The Growing Impact Award program was established to build on FFAR’s successful investments and provide opportunities for high-performing projects to translate research outputs into greater impacts aligned with FFAR’s Research Strategy, benefiting U.S. agriculture. Research funded through this program will accelerate innovation, expand impact, strengthen public-private partnerships and encourage more integrated research of previous FFAR-funded projects.
AgriProspects, a national program of the Extension Foundation, is a five year grant program sponsored by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) which aims to elevate the profile of Extension’s non-traditional, non-credit adult agricultural workforce development (AAWD) skill attainment opportunities and enhance internal and external AAWD practices, partnerships, and networks across Extension. The second round of the AgriProspects mini-grant program is aimed at bolstering Cooperative Extension’s work in this area by supporting regional and national grant projects that meaningfully boost Extension’s ability to engage in new technologies, in particular digital credentialing and artificial intelligence, in support of the nation’s producers, agriculture-related workforce, and communities.
This company is looking for highly sensitive antibodies targeting milk and soy allergens for use in food allergen diagnostic applications. We are open to purchasing or licensing antibodies from commercial, academic, and governmental groups that have developed or are developing allergen-specific antibodies for diagnostic applications. Solutions of interest include:
PepsiCo is looking for novel proteins, peptides, and amino acids that provide specific health benefits in the area of weight management and muscle development, retention, or repair. While this is our primary interest, we also welcome protein-derived solutions that address other health areas listed below. Solutions of interest include:
The VINES program seeks to support both fundamental research and verticals-driven technology development, demonstration, and translation activities that will lead to leaps in performance and capabilities of next generation (NextG) advanced intelligent network systems that span the user-edge-core-cloud continuum. The program seeks to go beyond the current research portfolios within individual participating NSF directorates and partner organizations by simultaneously emphasizing gains in performance and capabilities without compromising resilience and interoperability across all layers of the networking protocol and computation stacks. Innovations are sought across the various aspects of next generation communications, networking, and computing systems.
This program is a multisector effort led by the National Science Foundation (NSF), in partnership with several industry and international agency partners, and in cooperation with other U.S. Federal agencies. It recognizes the importance of advanced telecommunications as a key technology area. The program seeks to enhance U.S. competitiveness in advanced telecommunications technologies to establish itself as a global leader in both NextG wireless telecommunications and emerging potential NextG vertical industries, as well as address the need for skilled workforce and expertise in these technology areas. VINES expects to increase investments in foundational technology innovations and their translation while leveraging international eco-system partners to drive the principles of open and trustworthy networks. It seeks to fund collaborative research that transcends the traditional boundaries of individual disciplines or geographic boundaries to achieve the program goals.
The Potato Breeding Research program (program code AN) will fund two-year projects that have great potential for developing and releasing new potato varieties with a high value to the commercial U.S. potato industry. The Potato Breeding Research program encourages applicants to establish and work through regional, multi-location, research breeding networks to address priority national or regional science needs of the potato industry. By bringing together expertise across multiple universities, federal agencies, industry organizations, and states, the Potato Breeding Research program seeks to enhance the effectiveness of limited state, federal, and 6 industry resources and accelerate the development of superior varieties that produce benefits to the potato industry.
Science and Technology Studies (STS) is an interdisciplinary field that investigates the conceptual foundations, historical developments and social contexts of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), including medical science. The STS program supports proposals across a broad spectrum of research that uses historical, philosophical and social scientific methods to investigate STEM theory and practice. STS research may be empirical or conceptual; specifically, it may focus on the intellectual, material or social facets of STEM.
This is a leading company in consumer product goods, dedicated to providing high-quality, nutritious products. Their focus is on high-meat formulations, which require precise drying techniques to maintain their nutritional value and quality. Traditional drying methods, such as hot-air drying by convection, often result in nutrient loss and undesirable changes in texture, aroma, and flavor due to extended heat processes, which negatively impact the product quality, consumer satisfaction, and production efficiency. We aim to identify novel drying solutions that can preserve the integrity of high-meat formulations while streamlining manufacturing performance by reducing production costs and lowering energy consumption. We invite innovators, researchers, and industry experts to collaborate with us and submit their groundbreaking ideas to revolutionize the drying process for high-meat pet food formulations.
Bayer Crop Science is looking to leverage gene editing to develop solanaceous crops (such as tomatoes and peppers), cucurbits (such as cucumbers and melons), and strawberries that exhibit reduced susceptibility to diseases, enhanced structural traits, and improved agronomic sustainability, including tolerance to variable growing conditions.
Natural and synthetic-derived chemistries can be potentiators for fungicides. These compounds exhibit anti-fungal activity only in combination with a fungicide but have no fungicide activity alone. Furthermore, each potentiator increases the potency of its respective fungicide against its fungal target(s), by possibly improving the bioavailability of the fungicide to the pathogen, offering another mode of action, and extending the window of disease protection.
This company is looking for potentiators that can provide the “second knockout punch” by improving the bioavailability of the fungicide, offering another mode of action, disabling a known resistance mechanism, and/or inhibiting cellular stress responses. Specifically, we want potentiators discovered through your chemical library screens combining sub-lethal doses of a fungicide against a laboratory fungal pathogen or a fungicide-resistant strain.
We want to collaborate with you to produce or synthesize these potentiator candidates and determine their efficacy combined with our proprietary fungicides, which fall within the chemistry and/or mode-of-action groups outlined below.
Providing healthy (vegetable) seeds to customers is a prerequisite for sustainable food production. A healthy seed is free from pathogenic organisms that could cause disease in the developing plant. Frequently used methods to determine seed health such as ELISA and PCR detect the presence of proteins or nucleic acids associated with specific plant pathogens. However, these methods cannot distinguish between viable, infectious pathogens and non-viable remnants. As a result, a positive test may indicate the presence of non-viable organisms, residual genetic material left on the seed after a disinfection treatment, or environmental contamination with genetic material, rather than an actual infection risk. Therefore, such test results may not reliably reflect the true risk posed by a seed lot when it is brought into the market. The must-have requirements are:
The Dairy HERD Initiative is a partnership between FFAR, Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) and Zoetis to advance research that will enable U.S. Dairy and allied industry to better understand and use innovations to support improved animal health/management and welfare, economic viability and environmental outcomes. Recent reports suggest that improving the health of dairy cows in the U.S. could substantially improve the environmental outcomes associated with dairy production. Yet very little research has attempted to quantify the environmental impacts of improved animal health in dairy or to understand the tradeoffs and intersections with other aspects of livestock production, including the role of caretakers and economic aspects of herd management. The Dairy HERD Initiative aims to support research to advance our understanding of the interrelationships among dairy health/management and welfare, economics and the environment.
