Agriculture · Active
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative · USDA · Active NOFO · mid band
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) - federal assistance administered by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.
- $100K–$3M
- Typical award range
- 11
- Indexed opportunities
- 2
- Open now
- USDA
- Administering agency
The verdict
According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative ranks #47 of 504, #1 of 51 within USDA, and #11 of 52 among Agriculture programs by listed funding ceiling. Across 504 active programs, 47.041 leads by opportunity count (319, funding-ceiling rank #249) ≠ 66.054 leads by funding ceiling ($7.0 billion, opportunity rank #326). CFDA 10.310 is an active Agriculture program with 11 indexed Grants.gov opportunities. Of the 20 most recent listings shown here, 2 are open for application.
- $100K–$3M
- typical award range (SAM.gov)
- December 31
- next application deadline
- $15.0 million
- largest award ceiling indexed
- 10%
- of the catalog is Agriculture
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative · midpack active desk (#293/502 by ceiling)
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative lands midpack on published ceilings (42nd percentile; rank #293 of 502). The printed high is a catalog cap, not a guaranteed outlay.
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative vs programs with listed funding ceilings
Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling
$3,000,000 Top 58% higher than 42% of 502 programs
Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling
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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2026-07-30
SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate
CFDA 10.310 · USDA VOL-STEADY · #47/504
VOL-STEADY · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · NOFO-OPEN · CEIL-MILLION · ELIG-MIX · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE
- VOL-STEADY 11 indexed
- TOP-DECILE #47/504
- PHOTO-FINISH Energy Storage Techno… · 81.117
- NOFO-OPEN 2 open of 20 listed
- CEIL-MILLION $100K–$3M
- ELIG-MIX 2 eligible desks
- BOOK-FULL 20 listed / 11 indexed
- LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing
Nearest Grants.gov-volume peer outside Agriculture: Energy Storage Technologies (CFDA 81.117) (±0 indexed rows)
Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 10.310
VOL-STEADY · #47/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±0 row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.
Engineering Grants · busiestPublic Safety Partn… · nearAgriculture and Foo… · this listingEnergy Storage Tech… · nearEconomic Adjustment… · nearStaffing for Adequa… · nearPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole
Funding posture
Steady solicitations at mid-scale funding
Mid-range ceiling ($100,000 to $3.0 million) plus an active Grants.gov book (11 indexed rows) for Agriculture and Food Research Initiative. Open share on the recent slice: 10% (2/20). This is a working competition desk, not a dormant catalog stub.
Assistance Listing text · USDA
Competitive grants supporting fundamental and applied research, education, and extension in food and agricultural sciences.
Campus–civic applicant bridge · 2 doors
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (2 doors: Educational Institution, Nonprofit Organization). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set.
Predominantly grants (G) · CFDA 10.310
97% of the 78 indexed listings under CFDA 10.310 are grants (G), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism Agriculture and Food Research Initiative typically uses to move money. 82% of the indexed listings require applicant cost-sharing.
- Estimated funding, indexed listings with a reported figure
- $4.5 billion across 72 listings (avg $61.8 million)
- Expected awards, indexed listings with a reported count
- 264,001,730 across 18 listings
Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 10.310, not the 10 listings shown below; a listing missing a field is excluded from that field's total, not counted as zero.
Mostly archived listings · CFDA 10.310
Only 2 of 78 indexed listings under CFDA 10.310 are open (3%); the book is mostly archived. Reported award ceilings swing from $130,000 to $40.0 million (308×); treat any single listing's ceiling as a local bound, not the program's typical award. 95% of listings carry the Agriculture (AG) funding-activity code.
- Open vs archived (indexed book)
- 2 open · 76 archived
- Median reported award ceiling
- $5.0 million (48 listings with a ceiling)
- Dominant Grants.gov funding-activity code
- Agriculture (AG)
Open counts use the same posted+close_date rule as the rest of PlainGrants; funding-activity codes are the Grants.gov category_of_funding field (first code when several are joined). Ceiling median is over positive reported ceilings only.
USDA · administering agency
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Farm, food, nutrition, rural development, and conservation programs for communities and businesses.
Grants.gov opportunities · CFDA 10.310 2 Open
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science Program
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Education and Workforce Development
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Strengthening Agricultural Systems
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science Program
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Education and Workforce Development
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Sustainable Agricultural Systems
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science Program
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Education and Workforce Development
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Sustainable Agricultural Systems
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Education and Workforce Development Program
Showing 10 of the 20 most recent listings (11 indexed).
What to do next
CFDA 10.310: 11 indexed opportunities · 2 open on the recent slice.
- Start with the open listing USDA-NIFA-AFRI-011134 (closes December 31, 2026) before you compare distant categories. Open listing
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) administers 51 Assistance Listings in this extract. Agency catalog
- Nearest peer by listed ceiling: Minority Serving Institutions Digital and Tec… (11.022). Compare program
SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.
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