Dear Colleagues,

Please note that NIFA is extending the following Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) deadlines in response to the disruptions in operations resulting from COVID-19.

      Previous deadline                            New deadline              
      March 19                                           April 2
      March 26                                           April 9
      April 2                                               April 9
      April 9                                               April 16

NIFA's goal is to provide applicant institutions additional time as they work through any operational challenges within their institutions arising from COVID-19.  Even with increased flexibilities for applicants, NIFA still recommends applicants submit their applications as soon as possible.

For all other program deadlines, please reference NIFA's policies for accepting late applications are available at online. If your application is delayed for a valid extenuating circumstances, please let the program contact listed in the Request for Application (RFA) know about the potential delay and submit all the required documentation after your application had been submitted to us.  NIFA will consider your request at that time based on the information provided.

NIFA will continue to monitor the situation and post updates to this guidance on the NIFA website.

NIFA's AFRI resource page
NIFA's AFRI Deadline page
NIFA's Plan of Work page
NIFA's POW and REEport Integration

Thank you,

Kathleen Nolan, Director, ANR Office of Contracts & Grants (OCG)