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National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship Grants Program

Additional Information of Eligibility:
Eligibility Requirements Applicants for the Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship (NNF) Grants Program must meet all the requirements discussed in this RFA.

Failure to meet the eligibility criteria by the application deadline may result in exclusion from consideration or, preclude NIFA from making an award.

For those new to Federal financial assistance, Grants Overview provides highly recommended information about grants and other resources to help understand the Federal awards process.

Only the following are eligible to apply: Land-grant institutions, colleges and universities having significant minority enrollments and a demonstrable capacity to carry out the teaching of food and agricultural sciences; and other colleges and universities having a demonstrable capacity to carry out the teaching of food, and agricultural sciences.

Research foundations maintained by an eligible college or university are eligible to submit graduate training proposals under this RFA.

Award recipients may subcontract to organizations not eligible to apply provided such organizations are necessary for the conduct of the project.

Failure to meet an eligibility criterion by the application deadline may result in the application being excluded from consideration or, even though an application may be reviewed, will preclude NIFA from making an award.

Applicants should be institutions that confer a graduate degree in at least one of the TESAs listed in Part I of this RFA.

Awards are made to eligible colleges and universities.

Individuals are not eligible to apply for these grants to support their graduate education.

Successful applications must select and identify Fellows and award Fellowships within eighteen (18) months of the start date of a grant.

Post-doctoral Fellowships will not be awarded under this grant announcement.

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Institutions that fail to meet this deadline will be required to refund monies associated with unawarded Fellowships to NIFA.

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Graduate fellowship appointments must be awarded only to registered students who are pursuing full-time study in graduate programs in the TESA and at the degree level supported by the grant.

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Applicants may not request partial fellowships.

A USDA Fellow at the master’s degree level who maintains satisfactory progress is eligible to receive grant support for a maximum of twenty-four (24) months during a thirty (30) month period.

A USDA Fellow at the doctoral degree level who maintains satisfactory progress is eligible to receive grant support for a maximum of thirty-six (36) months within a forty-two (42) month period.

It is the intent of this program that Graduate Fellows pursue full-time uninterrupted study or thesis/dissertation research, including time spent pursuing USDA-funded special international study or thesis/dissertation research activities.

Graduate Fellows in academic institutions are not entitled to regular annual leave but are entitled to the normal student holidays observed by the institution.

The time between academic semesters or quarters is to be utilized as an active part of the grant period.

During the period of support, USDA Graduate Fellows, at the discretion of their institutions, may accept additional supplemental employment that would positively contribute to their training or research and would make them eligible for tuition waivers (e.g., full, or partial tuition waivers with research or teaching assignments).

A Graduate Fellow who finds it necessary to interrupt his/her program of study because of health, personal, or other reasonable non-academic and non-disciplinary cause(s) must be allowed to resume funded study at any time within 6 months of the interruption, provided there is adequate time remaining before the award expires (i.e., within the 30-month total funding period for a master’s Fellow, and 42-month total funding period for a Doctoral Fellow).

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Date Posted:
2024-06-11

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2024-09-12