FOA-USDA/NIFA
- Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate
Fellowship (NNF) Grants Program (USDA-NIFA-HEP-008012); January 28,
2021
Agency
US
Department of Agriculture - National Institute of Food and
Agriculture
Description
The
purpose of the NNF Grants Program is to provide funding to support graduate
student training and completion of master’s and/or doctoral degree programs in
identified national need areas within the Food, Agricultural, Natural Resources,
and Human (FANH) Sciences identified as national needs or Targeted Expertise
Shortage Areas (TESAs). Awards made under NNF are specifically intended to
support traineeship programs that engage outstanding students to pursue and
complete their degrees in areas where there is a national need for the
development of scientific and professional expertise in the food and
agricultural sciences.
For
this award cycle, NIFA intends to support graduate Fellowship training grants
for both master’s and doctoral levels of study only.
Post-doctoral Fellowships will not be awarded under this grant
announcement.
Applicants
should propose training projects at the master’s and/or doctoral levels to
support graduate fellowship stipends for NNF and/or IRTA in ONE of the following
TESAs:
a.
Animal
Production
b.
Plant
Production
c.
Forest
Resources
d.
Agricultural
Education and Communication
e.
Agricultural
Management and Economics
f.
Food
Science, Human Nutrition and Human Sciences
g.
Agricultural
Biosecurity
h.
Data
Science (to enable systems and communities to effectively utilize data, improve
resource management, and integrate new technologies and approaches to further
U.S. food and agriculture enterprises)
Announcement
Number:
USDA-NIFA-HEP-008012
Closing
Date:
Jan
28, 2021
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=330552
Contact
Information
Ray
A. Ali
(202)
720-2727