2017

• USDA-NIFA Specialty Crops Research Initiative (SCRI) grants (preproposals due: Dec 8, 2017)
• USDA-NIFA AFRI Foundational Program (due: Sep 30, 2017). See the RFA for more details.
• $75 Million Available From APHIS. The FY2018 open period will last six weeks from July 10, 2017 through August 18, 2017.
• USDA-NIFA Crop Protection and Pest Management grants (due: May 9, 2017). For questions, contact Dr. Herbert Bolton (hbolton@nifa.usda.gov)
• USDA-NIFA Minor Crop Pest Management Program Interregional Research Project #4 (IR-4) (due: May 1, 2017). For questions, contact Dr. Rob Hedberg (rhedberg@nifa.usda.gov)
• USDA-NIFA Methyl Bromide Transition Program (due: April 25, 2017). For questions, contact Dr. Herbert Bolton (hbolton@nifa.usda.gov)
• NSF-Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) (Full proposal due: Apr 24, 2017; Preliminary proposal due: Sep 14, 2016)
• The Aquatic Plant Management Society (APMS) Graduate Student Research Grant 2017  (due: April 30, 2017). The faculty member should apply for this grant towards supporting a graduate assistantship. For questions, contact Dr. John Madsen (jmadsen@ucdavis.edu)
• USDA-NIFA-Biotechnology Risk Assessment Grants (BRAG) (LOI due: January 26, 2017; final proposal due: March 30, 2017). For questions, contact Shing F Kwok (skwok@nifa.usda.gov)
• NSF-Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy and Water Systems (INFEWS) (due: Mar 6, 2017)
• USDA-NIFA-Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OREI) (due: Jan 19, 2017). For questions, contact Mathieu Ngouajio (mngouajio@nifa.usda.gov)

2016

• USDA-NIFA-AFRI Agriculture and Natural Resources Science for Climate Variability and Change Challenge Area (due: Nov 17, 2016; LOI due Sep 14, 2016). For questions, contact Nancy Cavallaro (ncavallaro@nifa.usda.gov).
• USDA-NIFA-Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) (Pre-application due: Nov 15, 2016). For questions, contact Tom Bewick (tbewick@nifa.usda.gov).
• USDA-NIFA AFRI Foundational Program (due: Sep 30, 2016; for questions, contact Michael Fitzner at mfitzner@nifa.usda.gov). In FY 2016, three of four program priorities include objectives relevant to weed scientists.
• USDA-NIFA New Frontiers in Pollinator Health (Food Security Challenge Area of the AFRI program) (closed: 2016-07-07)
• Crop Protection and Pest Management Program, Applied Research and Development Program Area (closed: 2016-06-08; for questions, contact Dr. Herbert Bolton, NIFA National Program Leader (Plant Protection) at hbolton@nifa.usda.gov, ph:202-401-4201)
• Methyl Bromide Transition – Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program (closed: 2016-05-31; for questions, contact Dr. Herbert Bolton, NIFA National Program Leader (Plant Protection) at hbolton@nifa.usda.gov, ph:202-401-4201)
• Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program (BRAG) (closed: 2016-04-15)
• Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (closed: 2016-03-10)
  • List of previously funded projects (weed science related projects are highlighted)
• National Robotics Initiative: The Realization of Co-Robots Acting in Direct Support of Individuals and Groups (closed: 2016-03-07)
• Plant feedstock genomics for bioenergy: a joint research solicitation-USDA, DOE (closed: 2016-02-02)