Funding Opportunity - Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship Grants Program

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December 22, 2020

Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship (NNF) Grants Program

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This Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship (NNF) Grants Program supports: (1) training students for master's and doctoral degrees in food, agricultural and natural resource sciences; and (2) Special International Study or Thesis/Dissertation Research Travel Allowances (IRTA) for eligible USDA NNF beneficiaries. Awards are specifically intended to support traineeship programs that engage outstanding students to pursue and complete their degrees in USDA mission areas. Applicants provide clarity about the philosophy of their graduate training, and relevance to USDA mission sciences, NIFA priorities and national science education policies and statistics. For more information, read the NNF funding opportunity.