Application Submission and Award Limitations: For FY
2026, an eligible institution may only submit two applications to
this program as a lead institution and only one award will be made per
lead institution. To receive an award in FY 2026, the lead institution may not
have received more than two (2) USDA-NIFA EGP awards as lead institution in the
previous two (2) EGP funding cycles.

The Equipment Grants Program (EGP) serves to increase access
to shared-use special purpose equipment/instruments for fundamental and applied
research for use in the food and agricultural sciences programs at institutions
of higher education, including State Cooperative Extension Systems. The program
seeks to strengthen the quality and expand the scope of fundamental and applied
research at eligible institutions by providing them with opportunities to
acquire one shared-use piece of equipment/instrument that supports their
research, research training, and extension goals that may be too costly and/or
not appropriate for support through other NIFA grant programs. The program
emphasizes shared-use instrumentation that will enhance the capabilities of
researchers, educators, and extension specialists both within and outside the
proposing organization.

EGP will support the installation of equipment (excluding
costs associated with building or modifying facilities to house the equipment),
equipment warranty for the duration of the award (48 months), and one-time
equipment use training. Training and warranty costs must not exceed $7,000 for
each category. While warranty costs are allowed, continuing maintenance
contracts are not.

Award Range: $25,000 - $500,000 for 48-months. 

Cost sharing: This funding opportunity announcement has no
matching requirement.