The purpose of the NNF program, Assistance Listing 10.210,
is to provide funding to support new graduate (master’s, DVM, or doctoral)
student training and completion of degree programs to develop human capital to
participate in meeting the mission of the USDA to increase the pipeline of
domestic agricultural students. The NNF program offers funding for eligible
full-time students pursuing graduate studies at the master’s, DVM, or doctoral
levels within the food and agricultural sciences. The NNF program awards
institutional grants to offer funding for eligible full-time students pursuing
graduate studies at the master’s, DVM, and/or doctoral levels within the food
and agricultural sciences. Fellows must be new graduate students (‘new’ is
defined in Part III A); and citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of the
United States. Awards made by the NNF program are specifically intended to
support graduate programs that engage outstanding students who are citizens,
nationals, or permanent residents of the United States of America to pursue and
complete their degrees in areas where there is a need for the development of
scientific and professional expertise in the food and agricultural sciences. NNF
awards invest in graduate training and relevant experiential learning for
individuals who demonstrate their potential to successfully complete graduate
degree programs in disciplines relevant to the mission of the USDA.

Maximum award: 705,000

• Master’s – $78,000 per Fellow, composed of annual amounts of
  $25,000 salary/stipend and $14,000 institutional allowance. Maximum fellowship
  support is two years.
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  DVM or Doctoral – $141,000 per Fellow, composed of annual
  amounts of $31,000 salary/stipend and $16,000 institutional allowance. Maximum
  fellowship support is three years.
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  Institutional allowance is provided in lieu of indirect
  costs and used to pay, in order of precedence: tuition and fees; fringe
  benefits; and supplies, travel, and publications directly allocable to the
  training.
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  The salary or stipend cannot be carried over from one year
  to the next.
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  Applicants may not request partial fellowships.

Cost sharing: no match required.

Duplicate or Multiple Submissions – There is no limit to the
number of applications an eligible institution may submit; however, an
institution may only receive support up to a maximum of $1,410,000 in
cumulative award totals for this award competition.

Proposals submitted in response to this NOFO must differ
substantively in scope and objectives from previously funded NNF projects in
the last five years in which this cycle’s Project Director (PD) substantively
participated. In summary, NNF will not extend existing NNF awards or recycle
previously funded awards.