Open U.S. Department of Agriculture funding calls

Agricultural, food and natural-resource research, including NIFA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative. 12 open calls, soonest deadline first.

• Assisting Specialty Crop Exports: Low Oxygen Storage and Packaging Systems for U.S. Tree Nuts with Phytosanitary Traceability
  Foreign Agricultural ServiceUp to $2,000,000Deadline: October 26, 2026 ·
• Tribal Colleges Extension Program Special Emphasis
  National Institute of Food and Agriculture$50,000 – $200,000Deadline: November 2, 2026 ·
• Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Extension Pre-Applications
  National Institute of Food and Agriculture$500,000 – $15,000,000Deadline: November 2, 2026 ·
• 1890 Institution Teaching, Research, and Extension Capacity Building Grants Program
  National Institute of Food and Agriculture$50,000 – $750,000Deadline: November 4, 2026 ·
• Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land-Grant Colleges of Agriculture Program
  National Institute of Food and Agriculture$30,000 – $750,000Deadline: November 10, 2026 ·
• Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs Phase II
  National Institute of Food and Agriculture$600,000 – $650,000Deadline: November 17, 2026 ·
• Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives Program (DBI) Fiscal Year 2026
  Agricultural Marketing Service$2,300,000 – $3,450,000Deadline: December 1, 2026 ·
• Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program
  National Institute of Food and Agriculture$25,000 – $1,200,000Deadline: December 3, 2026 ·
• Specialty Crop Multi-State Grant Program 2026
  Agricultural Marketing Service$250,000 – $1,000,000Deadline: December 4, 2026 ·
• Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science Program
  National Institute of Food and Agriculture$10,000 – $10,000,000Deadline: December 31, 2026 ·
• Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Education and Workforce Development
  National Institute of Food and Agriculture$10,000 – $650,000Deadline: December 31, 2026 ·
• Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program
  National Institute of Food and Agriculture$150,000 – $2,500,000Deadline: December 31, 2026 ·