U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) and the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR): “Nourishing Next Generation Agrifood Breakthroughs” Innovation Challenge

Funds research projects that will drive innovations at the intersection of human health, climate-smart agriculture, and social justice, equity, and opportunity to advance nutrition security.  The program will fund early-career scientists (within 10 years of receiving a Ph.D.) to lead highly collaborative, interdisciplinary teams on groundbreaking research that addresses nutrition security. The proposed program should:

• Identify and support dynamic & disruptive technologies in nutrition security that align with USDA Science and Research Strategy, 2023 – 2026: Cultivating Scientific Innovation
• Stimulate new professional interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary relationships and connections in service to agricultural innovation aligned with nutrition security
• Integrate themes of human health, climate-smart agriculture, and social equity, justice and opportunity
• Leverage existing, unconnected resources in novel ways

Funding: up to $500K.  Up to four grants will be awarded.

https://foundationfar.org/grants-funding/opportunities/usda-ffar-innovation-challenge/