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National Institute for Food and
Agriculture (NIFA) Update
W2002 Annual Meeting
Etta Saltos
National Program Leader, Human Nutrition
March 4, 2010
Food, Conservation and Energy Act of
2008 (Farm Bill)
• Creation of National Institute of Food and
Agriculture (NIFA) Oct. 1, 2009
• Creation of Agriculture and Food Research
Initiative (AFRI), which supersedes National
Research Initiative (NRI) and Initiative for
Future Agriculture and Food Systems (IFAFS);
this began in FY 2009
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
(NIFA)
• Raise the profile of agricultural science:
research, education, and extension
• All current CSREES authorities have been
transferred to NIFA
• Transition to NIFA occurred 10/1/09; reorganization is under review
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
(NIFA)
• Led by a presidentially-appointed Director, Dr. Roger
Beachy, founding president of the Donald Danforth Plant
Science Center
– Dr. Beachy’s speech at APLU 11/16/09:
– http://www.nifa.usda.gov/about/speeches/pdfs/2009_nov_1
6_beachy_aplu_final.pdf
– Dr. Beachy’s speech at Ag Outlook 2/18/10:
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/about/speeches/10_beachy_o
utlookforum.html
Five focal areas:
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Global Food Security and Hunger.
Climate Change
Sustainable Energy
Childhood Obesity
Food Safety
Institute of Food Production and
Sustainability
• Enhancing global food security
through productive and
sustainable agricultural systems
Institute of Bioenergy, Climate, and
Environment
•Ensuring energy independence through clean,
biobased energy systems
•Ensuring sustainable and adaptive agroecosystems in response to climate change
Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition
•Ensuring a safe food supply
•Improving citizens’ health through nutrition
•Reducing childhood obesity
•Improving food quality
Institute of Youth and Community
Development
•Enabling vibrant and resilient communities
•Preparing the next generation of scientists
• Enhancing science capacity in minority-serving
institutions
•Enhancing youth development
AFRI Authorization
• Authorized for appropriation of $700M for
FY 2008 - 2012 (FY 2009 $202M; FY 2010
$262M)
• No less than 30% will be made available for
integrated programs
• Of funds allocated for research, 40% for
applied research & 60% for fundamental
research
• Indirect costs capped at 22%
AFRI Project Types
Fundamental Research
• Increases knowledge or understanding of
the fundamental aspects of phenomena
and has the potential for broad application
• Has an effect on agriculture, food,
nutrition, or the environment
AFRI Project Types
Applied Research
• Expansion of the findings of fundamental
research to uncover practical ways in
which new knowledge can be advanced to
benefit individuals and society
AFRI Project Types
Education
• Formal classroom instruction, laboratory
instruction, and practicum experience in the food
and agricultural sciences
• Related activities, e.g. faculty development, student
recruitment and services, curriculum development,
instructional materials and equipment, and
innovative teaching methodologies
AFRI Project Types
Extension
• Informal education program conducted in
the States in cooperation with USDA
• Act or process that delivers science-based
knowledge and information educational
programs to people, enabling them to make
practical decisions
Integrated Projects – Putting It All
Together
Bringing together the three components of the
agricultural knowledge system (research,
education, extension) around a problem or
activity
Education
Research
Extension
Integrated
Project
Coordinated Agricultural Project (CAP)
• Supports large-scale multi-million dollar
projects to promote collaboration, open
communications, and the exchange of
information; reduce duplication of effort
and coordinate activities among
individuals, institutions, States and regions
• May be research CAP or integrated CAP
AFRI 2010 Five Societal Challenge Areas
• Keep American agriculture competitive while ending
world hunger
• Improve nutrition and end child obesity
• Improve food safety for all Americans
• Secure America’s energy future through renewable
biofuels
• Mitigate and adapt agriculture to variations in climate
AFRI 2010
• Grants will be larger – up to $25M and longer in
duration
• Grants will be longer in duration – up to 5 yrs
and in some cases, renewal will be granted upon
achieving specific goals.
• Grants for challenge areas will be awarded as
continuation grants
• Pre- and postdoctoral fellowship grants “NIFA
Fellows”
AFRI RFA
• http://www.csrees.usda.gov/newsroom/news/2010ne
ws/01062_afri.html
• There will be seven separate RFAs: one for each
societal challenge area, one for foundational
research programs and one for NIFA Fellows
• AFRI Request for Application:
http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/rfas/afri_rfa.html
• Also available from Grants.gov (search keyword
“AFRI” or CFDA Number 10.310)
Abstracts from NRI/AFRI:
Abstracts of previously funded projects from
National Research Initiative (2008 and earlier,
listed by program):
http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/nri/nri_abstracts_topic.
html
Abstracts of previously funded projects from AFRI
(2009 and later, listed by state):
http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/afri/afri_reports.html
NIFA 2011 Budget (President’s Request)
• AFRI: $428.8M
• Formula: Same as 2010
Other NIFA News:
• USDA Joins National Collaborative on Childhood
Obesity Research:
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/newsroom/news/201
0news/02252_nccor.html
Other NIFA News:
• USDA Awards $1 Million to North Carolina State
University to Train Students in Human Health and
Nutrition:
http://www.nifa.usda.gov/newsroom/news/2009ne
ws/11191_ncsu.html
THANK YOU!
Etta Saltos
National Program Leader
202-401-5178; [email protected]