Toolkit for USDA External Research Funding
Broadly Competitive
Programs
Grant programs
within this category include the National Research Initiative, Integrated
Research, Education and Extension Competitive Grants, Sustainable Agriculture
Research and Education, and Organic Agriculture Research and Extension
Initiative. The National Research
Initiative is the “flagship� competitive grants program and supports basic
and applied science related to the USDA mission of agriculture, food, and the
environment. Awards through this program are based on a scientific peer-review
process. A comprehensive list of currently funded National Research Initiative
projects is available on the CSREES web site.
Example Funding Programs:
:: Air Quality
:: Animal Biosecurity
:: Carbon Cycle Science
:: Food Quality and Value
:: Functional Genomics
:: Land Cover and Land Use Change
:: Managed Ecosystems
:: Microbial Genome Sequencing
:: Nanoscale Science and Engineering
:: Plant Biochemistry
:: Plant Genetic Mechanisms
:: Soil Processes
:: Water and Watersheds