Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NIFA OP 006611
The RREA - National Focus Funds opportunity (USDA NIFA OP 006611, CFDA 10.500) is a discretionary grant program run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Its core purpose is to provide funding for pilot projects connected to forest and rangeland resources, with an emphasis on work that pushes beyond routine programming. The program is designed to help institutions test and demonstrate approaches that respond to current and developing challenges in forestry and rangeland management, then share results and models that could be useful well beyond a single state or campus.
Projects supported under this opportunity are expected to fit at least one of three main aims. First, they can address emerging forest and rangeland resource issues, meaning problems or needs that are newly developing or rapidly changing and where applied research, education, and outreach can help land managers, communities, and stakeholders adapt. Second, projects may be funded if they have clear national or regional relevance, which signals that NIFA is looking for efforts with broader applicability rather than strictly local benefit. Third, the program encourages proposals that develop new and innovative projects that can be replicated at other institutions. In practice, that means applicants should be thinking about creating models, tools, training approaches, curricula, or extension methods that can be adopted elsewhere, not just one-off activities that end when the grant ends.
Eligibility is narrow and specifically tied to the land-grant system. Only 1862 and 1890 land-grant institutions may submit applications. In addition, the Project Director must have an extension appointment. The grant description defines this clearly: an extension appointment is a formal appointment by an Extension Director or Administrator within the institution's cooperative extension service. This is not a casual affiliation or informal role; it is an official appointment, and the expectation is that the project leadership is anchored in extension, consistent with RREA's outreach and applied education mission.
The notice also highlights that eligibility is enforced strictly. If an applicant does not meet an eligibility requirement by the application deadline, the application can be excluded from consideration. Even if an ineligible application is reviewed, NIFA will not make an award if eligibility requirements are not met. This is an important practical takeaway for prospective applicants: institutional eligibility (being an 1862 or 1890 land-grant) and the Project Director's documented extension appointment are non-negotiable conditions that should be verified early, before investing significant time in proposal development.
From the source details provided, the original closing date for the opportunity was July 20, 2018, and the opportunity was created on May 31, 2018. The listing does not specify an award ceiling or the number of expected awards in the provided fields, so applicants would normally need to consult the full funding announcement for budget limits, project period, allowable costs, and evaluation criteria. Even with those details not shown here, the program's intent is clear: fund pilot-scale, extension-led efforts in forest and rangeland topics that are timely, broadly relevant, and designed to generate approaches other institutions can realistically reuse.Apply for USDA NIFA OP 006611
- The National Institute of Food and Agriculture in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "RREA - National Focus Funds" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.500.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2018-05-31.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2018-07-20. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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