Closed · USDA-NIFA-SGP-006775 · CFDA 10.320 · Discretionary

Sun Grant Program

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

$2.7M-$2.7M
Award range
Closed
Status
June 27, 2019
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Sun Grant Program is a closed discretionary listing from National Institute of Food and Agriculture that offered $2,700,000 -- $2,700,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 837 other opportunities from National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

$2.7M-$2.7M
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
10.320
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Sun Grant Program is closed (last close June 27, 2019). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. 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 June 27, 2019

Posted May 23 Closes Jun 27

Est. Total Funding

$2,700,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Grant

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

The purpose of the Sun Grant Program (SGP) is to enhance national energy security through the development, distribution, and implementation of biobased energy technologies; to promote diversification in, and the environmental sustainability of, agricultural production in the United States through biobased energy and product technologies; to promote economic diversification in rural areas of the United States through biobased energy and product technologies; and to enhance the efficiency of bioenergy and biomass research and development programs through improved coordination and collaboration among the Department of Agriculture; other appropriate Federal agencies (as determined by the Secretary); and Land Grant Institutions. The program provides a consortium of universities made up of a university from each of the sun grant regions and subcenter region (see Part III, A for regions) with a grant to support a North-Central, Southeastern, South-Central, Western, and Northeastern Sun Grant Center and a Western Insular Pacific Subcenter. A Sun Grant Center or Subcenter will use 75 percent of grant funds to provide competitive grants within each region that are multi-institutional and integrated, multistate research, extension, and education programs on technology development and technology implementation and address bioenergy, biomass, or bioproducts research priorities.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · USDA-NIFA-SGP-006775

Grants.gov marks Sun Grant Program 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. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. 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.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Agency Contact

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What to do next

Sun Grant Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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