Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NIFA OP 007512
The Enhancing Agricultural Opportunities for Military Veterans Competitive Grants Program (often referred to as AgVets) is a USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) discretionary grant opportunity designed to expand and strengthen agriculture and food-sector career pathways for U.S. military veterans. The core purpose is to fund nonprofit-led training and support programs that help more veterans gain practical knowledge, real-world skills, and the confidence to pursue farming, ranching, and related agricultural careers. The program emphasizes comprehensive, hands-on, immersive learning through model farm and ranch programs delivered on a regional basis, with the idea that veterans learn best when classroom instruction is paired with direct, onsite experience.
Funded projects are expected to offer a mix of on-farm/on-ranch training and structured education that builds a full understanding of successful farm and ranch operations. That can include production and management practices, business and operational decision-making, and other competencies tied to running a viable agricultural enterprise. Projects may also include workforce readiness components and connections to employment, with specific mention that service-disabled veterans may benefit from employment prospects and related services. A central theme of the program is that veterans should have clear, practical pathways into agriculture regardless of age or the type of agricultural production they choose, because doing so supports broader agricultural productivity and rural economic health across the United States.
Eligibility is limited to nonprofit entities. Applicants must document their nonprofit status by including a letter as an attachment in the application package (specified as an attachment to Field 12, "Other Attachments"). While the lead applicant must meet the eligibility requirement, partners and collaborators on the project do not have to be eligible nonprofits themselves. Award recipients are allowed to subcontract to organizations that are not eligible to apply, as long as those subcontractors are necessary to complete the project successfully. Individuals cannot apply under this opportunity and will be deemed ineligible.
The opportunity includes guidance for organizations that cannot directly receive or administer federal funds. In those cases, the applicant must provide a letter stating that, if an award is made, the funds will be administered through an identified fiscal agent. That letter must name the fiscal agent, include the fiscal agent point of contact and full contact details (address, phone, fax, and email), and be countersigned by an authorized representative of the fiscal agent organization. If the application is recommended for funding, NIFA indicates it will request complete management information from both the applicant organization and the fiscal agent as part of the award process.
Administrative rules are strict in a few key areas. Applicants must meet all requirements described in the request for applications by the deadline; failure to meet eligibility criteria can lead to the application being excluded from consideration or prevent NIFA from making an award even if the proposal is reviewed. Duplicate or multiple submissions are not allowed; if an applicant submits more than one, NIFA will disqualify both. The published funding details for this specific posting include the opportunity number USDA NIFA OP 007512, CFDA 10.334, an award ceiling of $250,000, and an original closing date of June 26, 2020, with the opportunity created on May 6, 2020.Apply for USDA NIFA OP 007512
- The National Institute of Food and Agriculture in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Enhancing Agricultural Opportunities for Military Veterans Competitive Grants Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.334.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2020-05-06.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2020-06-26. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $250,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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