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Specialty Crop Research Initiative

Federal funding opportunity USDA-NIFA-SCRI-010974 from National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Department of Agriculture).

Posted
September 4, 2024
Closed
November 8, 2024
Award ceiling
$2,000,000
Award floor
$50,000
Program funding
$75,440,000
Expected awards
0
Cost sharing
Yes
Instrument
Grant
Assistance listing
10.309
Category
Agriculture
Archives
December 8, 2024

Program funding history

Awards made under Assistance Listing 10.309 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.

FY2025 obligated
$27.3M
FY2026 obligated
$66.3M
FY2027 (to date) obligated
$0
Awards in window
136

Top recipients: University of Florida, The Pennsylvania State University, University of California, Davis, University of Maryland, College Park, Washington State University

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →

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Synopsis

The purpose of the Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) program is to address the critical needs of the specialty crop industry by awarding grants to support research and extension that address key challenges of national, regional, and multi-state importance in sustaining all components of food and agriculture, including conventional and organic food production systems. Projects must address at least one of five focus areas:


Research in plant breeding, genetics, genomics, and other methods to improve crop characteristics

Efforts to identify and address threats from pests and diseases, including threats to specialty crop pollinators

Efforts to improve production efficiency, handling and processing, productivity, and profitability over the long term (including specialty crop policy and marketing)

New innovations and technology, including improved mechanization and technologies that delay or inhibit ripening

Methods to prevent, detect, monitor, control, and respond to potential food safety hazards in the production efficiency, handling and processing of specialty crops


Who can apply

Pre-applications may only be submitted by Federal agencies, national laboratories, colleges and universities, research institutions and organizations, private organizations, foundations, or corporations, State Agricultural Experiment Stations, Cooperative Extension Services, individuals, or groups consisting of two or more of these entities.

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