Federal
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) - National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
05/09/19 5:00 PM ET Receipt
Grants to USA and territories cooperative extensions at qualifying land grant colleges and universities for programs to assist farm workers, farmers, and farm family members with disabilities. Funding is intended to help beneficiaries succeed in the agricultural industry. Program elements include education, marketing, networking, and direct assistance.
The AgrAbility program supports the United States rural communities by encompassing the USDA/NIFA’s agricultural, social and human sciences. The program addresses:
- USDA’s Strategic Goals for FY 2018-2022, Goals 2 (Maximize the Ability of American Agricultural Producers to Prosper by Feeding and Clothing the World) and Goal 4 (Facilitate Rural Prosperity and Economic Development);
- 2016 USDA’s Research, Education, and Economics (REE) Action Plan , Goal 7 (Rural Prosperity/Rural-Urban Interdependence);
- NIFA Strategic Plan, specifically Strategic Goal 1, Science, Sub-goal 1.1, Advance our Nation’s ability to achieve global food security and fight hunger, and Sub-goal 1.7, Ensure the development of human capital, communities, and a diverse workforce through research, education, extension and engagement programs in food and agricultural sciences to support a sustainable agriculture system.
- NIFA’s Agricultural Systems Portfolio priorities in the area of agricultural safety in farming and ranching, and Family & Consumer Sciences Portfolio priorities in the areas of family well-being and community vitality.
AgrAbility increases the likelihood that individuals with disabilities, including veterans, and their families engaged in production agriculture (AgrAbility customers) will become more successful. The program supports cooperative projects in which State Cooperative Extension based at either 1862 or 1890 Land-Grant universities subcontract to private, nonprofit direct service disability organizations.
Projects are encouraged to explore possible coordination with existing assistive technology institutions and programs in their state/region in order to tap into, expand, and/or enhance prospective clients’ access to already available state-wide assistive technology resources.
For more information regarding eligible program elements within the categories of education, networking, direct assistance and marketing activities:
https://nifa.usda.gov/sites/default/files/rfa/19_AgrAbility_30.pdf#page=5
GrantWatch ID#: 154693
$4,100,000
Up to three
Award Ceiling: $180,000 per year
Award Floor: $150,000 per year
Total project periods must not exceed four (4) years, beginning no later than September 30 of the federal fiscal year in which the project is approved for support and funds are appropriated for such purpose.
Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates/changes/addendums/conferences/LOIs.
Applicants and other interested parties are encouraged to contact:
Programmatic Contact:
Aida Balsano, Ph.D., National Program Leader
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
U.S. Department of Agriculture Waterfront Centre
800 9th St SW
Room 4432
Washington, D.C. 20024
(202) 720-4436
abalsano@nifa.usda.gov
Steven Thomson, Ph.D., National Program Leader
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
U.S. Department of Agriculture Waterfront Centre
800 9th St SW
Room 3440
Washington, D.C. 20024
(202) 401-6301
Steven.J.Thomson@nifa.usda.gov
Administrative/Business Contact:
Bruce Mertz, Team Leader, Team I
Office of Grants and Financial Management
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
U.S. Department of Agriculture Waterfront Centre
800 9th St SW
Room 2174
Washington, D.C. 20024
(202) 401-5062
bmertz@nifa.usda.gov
10.500
USDA-NIFA-SLBCD-006675
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