Equipment Grants Program
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: May 18, 2026
Archive date: July 30, 2026
Close date: June 25, 2026
Opportunity ID: 362460
Opportunity number: USDA-NIFA-CEGP-32987
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: National Institute of Food and Agriculture-eRA
Agency code: USDA-NIFA-ERA
Award floor: $25,000
Award ceiling: $500,000
Cost sharing required: No
Funding Instrument Types
- Grant
Category of Funding Activity
- Agriculture
Eligible Applicants
- Others
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:usda_nifa_era
- category_of_funding_activity:agriculture
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
- eligible_applicants:others
- funding_instrument_type:grant
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
The Equipment Grants 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 shared-use piece of equipment/instrument that supports their research, research training, and extension goals that may be too costly and/or not appropriate for support through other NIFA grant programs. The program emphasizes shared-use instrumentation that will enhance the capabilities of researchers, educators, and extension specialists both within and outside the proposing organization.