Urban, Indoor, and other Emerging Agricultural Production Research, Education, and Extension Initiative

Key Facts

Status: Forecasted

Posted date: June 12, 2026

Archive date: August 26, 2026

Close date: July 27, 2026

Opportunity ID: 362781

Opportunity number: USDA-NIFA-OP-011777

Opportunity category: Mandatory

Agency name: National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Agency code: USDA-NIFA

Award floor: $50,000

Award ceiling: $500,000

Cost sharing required: No

Funding Instrument Types
  • Grant
Category of Funding Activity
  • Agriculture
Eligible Applicants
  • Others
Tools
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
  • agency_code:usda_nifa
  • category_of_funding_activity:agriculture
  • cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
  • eligible_applicants:others
  • funding_instrument_type:grant
  • opportunity_category:mandatory
  • status:forecasted
Description

The UIE program (ALN 10.333) supports research, education, and extension activities through competitive grants designed to address key production and market challenges of local, regional, and national importance. The authorization covers the full food value chain, including production, harvesting, transportation, aggregation, packaging, distribution, and market development. Public input was solicited through Federal Register Notice 2020-08402, stakeholder listening sessions, and consultation with the Federal Advisory Committee (FAC) for Urban Agriculture to help identify the most urgent needs in the above listed food value chain stages. This input helped identify the most urgent needs across the food value chain.To address the most critical challenges in agricultural production and market growth, applications must align with the FY 2026 Priority Focus of identifying and promoting the horticultural, social, and economic factors that contribute to successful agricultural production in high‑population‑density settings, indoor and controlled‑environment systems, and other emerging agricultural production approaches.Applicants must include local community organizations in the project team. Priority will be given to proposals that involve the cooperation of multiple eligible applicants.

Urban, Indoor, and other Emerging Agricultural Production Research, Education, and Extension Initiative
The UIE program (ALN 10.333) supports research, education, and extension activities through competitive grants designed to address key production and market challenges of local, regional, and national importance. The authorization covers the full food value chain, including production, harvesting, transportation, aggregation, packaging, distribution, and market development. Public input was solicited through Federal Register Notice 2020-08402, stakeholder listening sessions, and consultation with the Federal Advisory Committee (FAC) for Urban Agriculture to help identify the most urgent needs in the above listed food value chain stages. This input helped identify the most urgent needs across the food value chain.To address the most critical challenges in agricultural production and market growth, applications must align with the FY 2026 Priority Focus of identifying and promoting the horticultural, social, and economic factors that contribute to successful agricultural production in high‑population‑density settings, indoor and controlled‑environment systems, and other emerging agricultural production approaches.Applicants must include local community organizations in the project team. Priority will be given to proposals that involve the cooperation of multiple eligible applicants.
[Forecasted] Urban, Indoor, and other Emerging Agricultural Production Research, Education, and Extension Initiative
Forecasted
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Agriculture
Grant
Others
2026-06-12