Closed · USDA-NIFA-OP-006741 · CFDA 10.500 · Discretionary

National Food and Agricultural Sciences Teaching, Extension, and Research Awards

Federal grant opportunity posted by National Institute of Food and Agriculture, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $100K
Award range
Closed
Status
July 3, 2019
Close date
50
Expected awards

The verdict

National Food and Agricultural Sciences Teaching, Extension, and Research Awards is a closed discretionary listing from National Institute of Food and Agriculture that offered Up to $100,000 across 50 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 837 other opportunities from National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

up to $100K
award range
Closed
application status
50
expected awards
10.500
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

National Food and Agricultural Sciences Teach… is closed (last close July 3, 2019). The parent program page for CFDA 10.500 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. National Institute of Food and Agriculture still indexes 837 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed July 3, 2019

Posted Apr 15 Closes Jul 3

Est. Total Funding

$100,000

Expected Awards

50

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The National Food and Agricultural Sciences Teaching, Extension, and Research Awards (TERA) program is authorized in section 1417(i) of NARETPA (7 U.S.C. 3152(i)) amended by Section 7108 of P.L. 110-246. The Secretary of Agriculture, has delegated the authority to administer the program to NIFA. the annual (TERA) that honors excellence in College or University Teaching.The purpose of TERA award is to recognize and promote excellence in teaching, extension, and research in the food and agricultural sciences at a college or university. The Secretary is required to make at least 1 cash award in each fiscal year to a nominee selected by the Secretary for excellence in each of the areas of teaching, extension, and research of food and agricultural science at a college or university.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · USDA-NIFA-OP-006741

Grants.gov marks National Food and Agricultural Sciences Teach… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Agriculture (AG). This eligibility-code string dominates the National Institute of Food and Agriculture book (699 peers, 83% of 838).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 10.500

Cooperative Extension Service

U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Agency Contact

NIFA Help Desk Phone: 202-401-5048 electronic@nifa.usda.gov Business hours are M-F, 7:00 am -5:00 pm ET, excluding Federal holidays

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What to do next

National Food and Agricultural Sciences Teach… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 10.500 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Cooperative Extension Service indexes 0 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • National Institute of Food and Agriculture lists 837 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

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