Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NIFA SRGP 006734
The Potato Breeding Research grant opportunity (USDA NIFA SRGP 006734) is a discretionary, competitive grant program run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture through the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). It is focused specifically on supporting research programs that improve cultivated potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) varieties intended for commercial production, with an emphasis on developing new varieties and generating the performance evidence needed to move those varieties toward real-world use by growers and the broader potato industry. The program sits under the Agriculture funding activity category and is associated with CFDA number 10.200.
The central goal of the opportunity is "varietal development and testing," meaning the funded work should be aimed at breeding and advancing improved potato varieties rather than conducting unrelated basic research. The program explicitly allows approaches that use conventional breeding methods and/or biotechnology-based genetics, as long as the end objective is improved cultivars suitable for commercial production. In practice, this can include crossing and selection, trait introgression, and modern genetic or biotechnological tools used in support of breeding outcomes. A key condition is that evaluation, screening, and testing components must clearly support variety development. In other words, field trials, phenotyping, disease screening, quality testing, and other assessments are expected to feed directly into advancing breeding lines, selecting superior candidates, validating performance, and positioning varieties for release or broader testing.
From an award and scale perspective, the opportunity listed an award ceiling of $900,000 and anticipated making about four awards. The funding instrument type is a grant, and the opportunity was originally posted with a creation date of March 21, 2019, and an original closing date of May 21, 2019. Eligibility is described broadly as "Others," with the note that applicants needed to consult the additional eligibility language in the full notice for precise details and any restrictions.
Overall, this opportunity is best understood as a targeted investment in applied potato breeding pipelines. It prioritizes projects that can credibly deliver improved potato germplasm and varietal candidates, backed by rigorous screening and testing data, and aligned with commercial production needs.Apply for USDA NIFA SRGP 006734
- The Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Potato Breeding Research" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.200.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 21, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 21, 2019. (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 $900,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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