Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NIFA OP 009766
The Enhancing Agricultural Opportunities for Military Veterans Competitive Grants Program (often referred to as AgVets) is a discretionary grant opportunity run by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Its main goal is to expand high-quality, veteran-focused agricultural training by funding nonprofit organizations that can deliver comprehensive, hands-on, immersive learning through model farm and ranch programs offered on a regional basis. The intent is practical and career-oriented: help more military veterans build real-world knowledge and skills that translate into successful employment, entrepreneurship, or long-term careers in farming, ranching, and other parts of the food and agricultural sector. By strengthening training pipelines for veterans across different ages and agricultural interests, the program is also positioned as a way to reinforce rural economic development and the resilience of U.S. agricultural production.
AgVets-funded projects are expected to center on onsite, hands-on instruction paired with classroom education so participants walk away with a well-rounded understanding of how farm and ranch operations actually function day to day. The training emphasis includes both operational and management practices, meaning programs should go beyond basic exposure and move toward the practical decision-making needed to run a viable agricultural operation. The opportunity also highlights workforce readiness and job prospects, including the possibility of designing programming that supports service-disabled veterans with employability and career pathways. Overall, NIFA is looking for training programs and services that can either establish new or strengthen existing veteran-focused pathways into agriculture, with an emphasis on immersive learning environments rather than purely online or informational approaches.
Eligibility is straightforward but strict. Only nonprofit entities are eligible to apply, and the applicant must provide documentation verifying nonprofit status as an attachment in the application package (specifically referenced as Field 12, Other Attachments). Importantly, only the primary applicant must meet the eligibility requirement; partners and collaborators do not have to be nonprofits. Award recipients are also allowed to subcontract with organizations that are not eligible to apply on their own, as long as those organizations are needed to complete the project successfully. Individuals cannot apply under any category for this program, so proposals must come from an organizational nonprofit applicant.
The opportunity also addresses situations where an otherwise eligible nonprofit cannot accept federal funds directly. In that case, the applicant must include a letter stating that, if selected for funding, the grant will be administered through a fiscal agent. That letter must identify the fiscal agent organization, be countersigned by an authorized representative of the fiscal agent, and include standard contact details (point of contact, address, phone, fax, and email). This fiscal agent documentation must be included with the application materials, and if the project is recommended for funding, NIFA will request management and organizational information from both the applicant and the fiscal agent as part of the award process.
Key program details from the listing include the funding opportunity number USDA NIFA OP 009766, CFDA number 10.334, an award ceiling of $250,000 per award, and an original closing date of June 19, 2023. The funding instrument type is a grant, the activity category is agriculture, and the eligible applicant category is listed as "Others," clarified in the text to mean nonprofit entities.Apply for USDA NIFA OP 009766
- 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 2023-05-02.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-06-19. (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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