USDA-NIFA Research Facilities Act Program is designed to provide financial assistance to qualifying institutions for the construction, alteration, acquisition, modernization, renovation, or remodeling of agricultural research facilities to conduct research in the fields of food and agricultural sciences .
Awards may support the purchase of real property or permanent equipment and the design, construction, restoration, or renovation of buildings or sites of agricultural research facilities or other facilities that house agricultural research experimental samples or specimens.
Activities may include but are not limited to:
- Assessing sites and infrastructure,
- Planning and conceptual designing for the new, restored, or renovated facility or site,
- Developing schematics and construction drawings for the new, restored, or renovated facility or site,
- Constructing, restoring, or renovating of facility or site,
- Purchasing and installing related permanently affixed equipment for research monitoring and protecting specimens and samples, and
- Purchasing and installing critical building systems, such as electrical, climate control, security, life safety, lighting, utilities, telecommunications, and energy management.
Applicants must choose to apply to one of three (3) Project Funding Levels: I, II, or III.
This opportunity requires a third party, nonfederal 1:1 ratio of matching funds.
Institutional Limit: 1 Proposal
Internal Deadline: June 7, 2023 4:45 pm
