Closed · USDA-NIFA-OP-010493 · CFDA 10.519 · Discretionary
Equipment Grants Program
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Institute of Food and Agriculture, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $25K-$500K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- May 3, 2024
- Close date
- 15
- Expected awards
The verdict
Equipment Grants Program is a closed discretionary listing from National Institute of Food and Agriculture that offered $25,000 -- $500,000 across 15 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.
- $25K-$500K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 15
- expected awards
- 10.519
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Equipment Grants Program is closed (last close May 3, 2024). 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 May 3, 2024
Est. Total Funding
$4,800,000
Expected Awards
15
Instrument
Grant
Description
The Equipment Grant Program (EGP) serves to increase access to shared-use special purpose equipment/instruments for fundamental and applied research for use in the food and agricultural sciences programs at institutions of higher education, including State Cooperative Extension Systems. The program seeks to strengthen the quality and expand the scope of fundamental and applied research at eligible institutions, by providing them with opportunities to acquire one major piece of equipment/instruments that support their research, training, and extension goals and may be too costly and/or not appropriate for support through other NIFA grant programs.The EGP does not support the acquisition of suites of equipment to outfit research laboratories /facilities or to conduct independent experiments simultaneously. Similarly, the EGP does not fund common, general purpose ancillary equipment that would normally be found in a laboratory and/or is relatively easily procured by the organization or through other NIFA grant programs. Rather, it is intended to help fund items of equipment that will upgrade infrastructure. Moreover, EGP does not fund research projects, including research that uses the equipment acquired with support from the program nor does it support the operation and maintenance of facilities.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · USDA-NIFA-OP-010493
Grants.gov marks Equipment Grants 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. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. 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
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