agriculture · USDA-NIFA-ERA

Food Safety Outreach Program Technical Assistance-Grant Writing Skills Projects

National Institute of Food and Agriculture-eRA · USDA-NIFA-FA4182-32937

Closed

Award Range

$75K – $300K

Total Program Funding

$300K

Expected Awards

Deadline

July 20, 2026

GRANTQUICK SUMMARYPlain-English Overview

USDA/NIFA's Food Safety Outreach Program - Technical Assistance for Grant Writing Skills funds 4 small awards ($75K-$300K each) to help community organizations BUILD CAPACITY to apply for food safety grants in the future. Instead of training farmers directly, you're training the ORGANIZATIONS that serve farmers on how to write successful food safety grant proposals. Meta-grant-writing training.

Who Should Apply

Extension services, nonprofits, or universities that work with community-based organizations serving small/underserved farmers and want to help those CBOs develop grant-writing skills for food safety funding.

Who Should NOT Apply

Organizations wanting to provide direct food safety training (use Community Outreach grants instead), individual farmers, or entities without connections to community organizations serving small producers.

Key Requirements (Plain English)

•Must provide grant-writing technical assistance to community organizations
•Must focus on food safety grant applications specifically
•4 awards of $75K-$300K
•Must target organizations serving small/underserved farmers
•Must build long-term organizational capacity for grant success
•No cost-sharing required

💡 GrantQuick Tip

This is a capacity-building grant for grant writing — very meta. NIFA knows that community organizations serving immigrant farmers and small producers often can't compete for food safety grants because they lack grant-writing expertise. If you can teach 10-20 small CBOs how to write competitive FSMA outreach proposals, those organizations can then get their own food safety grants in future cycles. Show a pipeline: your TA leads to their successful applications leads to farmer training.

Competitiveness: Low — 4 awards in a niche capacity-building space. Limited applicant pool because few organizations specialize in food safety grant-writing TA.

What This Grant Funds

In FY 2026, FSOP, under Assistance Listing 10.328, will maintain and continue to expand training, education, outreach, and coordination by soliciting new Technical Assistance – Grant Writing Skills Projects.

Attachments

PDF

USDA-NIFA-FA4182-32937-Full-Announcement.html

Who Can Apply

Eligibility RequirementsEntities are eligible to apply to the FSOP if they meet at least one of the following criteria:A State Cooperative Extension Service;A Federal, State, local, or Tribal agency;A nonprofit community-based or non-governmental organization;An organization representing owners and operators of farms, small food processors, or small fruit and vegetable merchant wholesalers that has a commitment to public health and expertise in administering programs that contribute to food safety;An institution of higher education (as defined at in Section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C 1001(a))) or a foundation maintained by an institution of higher education; or;A collaboration of two or more eligible entities.

Eligible Applicant Types

Other (see NOFO for details)

Funding Details

Minimum Award: $75K
Maximum Award: $300K
Total Program Funding: $300K
Expected Number of Awards: 4
Cost Sharing Required?: No
Funding Instrument: grant

Key Dates

Posted: June 18, 2026

Application Deadline: July 20, 2026 (0 days remaining)

Agency Contact

NIFA Support Email grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov

grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov

Ready to apply?

View the full NOFO and submit your application on Grants.gov

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