Opportunity ID: 363663
General Information
| Funding Opportunity Number | USDA-NIFA-ES-011939 |
| Funding Opportunity Title | Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative Extension Disaster Education Network |
| Agency | Joseph Perez Lead Policy Analyst |
| Document Type | synopsis |
| Version | 1 |
| Opportunity Category | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation | Not specified |
| Funding Instrument Type | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity | Agriculture |
| Category Explanation | Not specified |
| Expected Number of Awards | 1 |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement | No |
| Posted Date | Aug 19, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Last Updated Date | Aug 19, 2026 03:39:43 PM EDT |
| Original Closing Date | Sep 21, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Original Closing Date Notes | Not specified |
| Current Closing Date | Sep 21, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Current Closing Date Notes | Not specified |
| Estimated Synopsis Date | Not specified |
| Estimated Application Due Date | Not specified |
| Estimated Award Date | Not specified |
| Estimated Project Start Date | Not specified |
| Archive Date | Oct 21, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Estimated Total Program Funding | 382,400 |
| Award Ceiling | 382,400 |
| Award Floor | 382,400 |
Assistance Listings
- 10.304 — Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative (FADI)
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants | Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) |
Applicants for the FADI-EDEN program must meet all the requirements discussed in this NOFO. Failure to meet the eligibility criteria by the application deadline may result in exclusion from consideration or preclude NIFA from making an award. For those new to Federal financial assistance, NIFA’s About Grants provides highly recommended information about grants and other resources to help understand the Federal awards process.
In accordance with section 1472(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (NARETPA), applicants may be: State Agricultural
Experiment Stations, state Cooperative Extension services, all colleges and universities, other
research or education institutions and organizations, Federal and private agencies and
organizations, individuals, and any other contractor or recipient, either foreign or domestic, to
further research, Extension, or teaching programs in the food and agricultural sciences of the
Department of Agriculture. Failure to meet an eligibility criterion by the application deadline may result in the application being excluded from consideration or, even though an application may be reviewed, will preclude NIFA from making an award.
Description
The goal of the FADI-EDEN program, under assistance listing 10.304, is to support CES’s ability to maximize the resilience of the U.S. food and agriculture sector to biosecurity risks, weather events and disasters, cyber threats, and other shocks through the Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN). EDEN is a national, collaborative network of CES professionals who are dedicated to improved all-hazards management of domestic disasters. EDEN supports all-hazards capacity-building efforts for peer CES professionals so that they are prepared for and skilled in directly providing education and technical assistance to farmers, youth and families, small businesses, and communities. The FADI-EDEN program provides coordination support and administrative leadership to EDEN so that it can achieve its mission.
Additional Information
| Contact | Joseph Perez Lead Policy Analyst |
| Contact Information | Business hours: Monday thru Friday, 8a.m. – 5p.m. CT, except federal holidays |
| grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov | |
| Email Description | grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov |
| Phone | 202-445-5402 |
Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative Extension Disaster Education Network
Version History
| Id | 363663 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Opportunity number | USDA-NIFA-ES-011939 |
| Opportunity title | Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative Extension Disaster Education Network |
| Owning agency code | USDA-NIFA |
| Opportunity category / Category | D |
| Opportunity category / Description | Discretionary |
| Synopsis / Opportunity id | 363663 |
| Synopsis / Version | 1 |
| Synopsis / Agency code | USDA-NIFA |
| Synopsis / Agency name | Joseph Perez Lead Policy Analyst |
| Synopsis / Agency phone | 202-445-5402 |
| Synopsis / Agency address desc | grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Code | NIFA |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Seed | USDA-NIFA |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Agency name | National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Agency code | USDA-NIFA |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Top agency code | USDA |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Code | USDA |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Seed | USDA |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Agency name | Department of Agriculture |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Agency code | USDA |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Top agency code | USDA |
| Synopsis / Agency contact phone | 202-445-5402 |
| Synopsis / Agency contact name | Joseph Perez Lead Policy Analyst |
| Synopsis / Agency contact desc | Business hours: Monday thru Friday, 8a.m. – 5p.m. CT, except federal holidays |
| Synopsis / Agency contact email | grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov |
| Synopsis / Agency contact email desc | grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov |
| Synopsis / Synopsis desc | The goal of the FADI-EDEN program, under assistance listing 10.304, is to support CES’s ability to maximize the resilience of the U.S. food and agriculture sector to biosecurity risks, weather events and disasters, cyber threats, and other shocks through the Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN). EDEN is a national, collaborative network of CES professionals who are dedicated to improved all-hazards management of domestic disasters. EDEN supports all-hazards capacity-building efforts for peer CES professionals so that they are prepared for and skilled in directly providing education and technical assistance to farmers, youth and families, small businesses, and communities. The FADI-EDEN program provides coordination support and administrative leadership to EDEN so that it can achieve its mission. |
| Synopsis / Response date | Sep 21, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Synopsis / Response date desc | Not specified |
| Synopsis / Funding desc link url | https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/funding-opportunities/food-agriculture-defense-initiative-extension-disaster-education-0 |
| Synopsis / Funding desc link desc | Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative Extension Disaster Education Network |
| Synopsis / Posting date | Aug 19, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Synopsis / Archive date | Oct 21, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Synopsis / Cost sharing | No |
| Synopsis / Number of awards | 1 |
| Synopsis / Estimated funding | 382400 |
| Synopsis / Estimated funding formatted | 382,400 |
| Synopsis / Award ceiling | 382400 |
| Synopsis / Award ceiling formatted | 382,400 |
| Synopsis / Award floor | 382400 |
| Synopsis / Award floor formatted | 382,400 |
| Synopsis / Applicant eligibility desc | Applicants for the FADI-EDEN program must meet all the requirements discussed in this NOFO. Failure to meet the eligibility criteria by the application deadline may result in exclusion from consideration or preclude NIFA from making an award. For those new to Federal financial assistance, NIFA’s About Grants provides highly recommended information about grants and other resources to help understand the Federal awards process.
In accordance with section 1472(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (NARETPA), applicants may be: State Agricultural |
| Synopsis / Create time stamp | Aug 19, 2026 03:46:40 PM EDT |
| Synopsis / Created date | Aug 19, 2026 03:39:43 PM EDT |
| Synopsis / Last updated date | Aug 19, 2026 03:39:43 PM EDT |
| Synopsis / Applicant types 1 / Id | 25 |
| Synopsis / Applicant types 1 / Description | Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) |
| Synopsis / Funding instruments 1 / Id | G |
| Synopsis / Funding instruments 1 / Description | Grant |
| Synopsis / Funding activity categories 1 / Id | AG |
| Synopsis / Funding activity categories 1 / Description | Agriculture |
| Synopsis / Response date str | 2026-09-21-00-00-00 |
| Synopsis / Posting date str | 2026-08-19-00-00-00 |
| Synopsis / Archive date str | 2026-10-21-00-00-00 |
| Synopsis / Create time stamp str | 2026-08-19-15-46-40 |
| Agency details / Code | NIFA |
| Agency details / Seed | USDA-NIFA |
| Agency details / Agency name | National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
| Agency details / Agency code | USDA-NIFA |
| Agency details / Top agency code | USDA |
| Top agency details / Code | USDA |
| Top agency details / Seed | USDA |
| Top agency details / Agency name | Department of Agriculture |
| Top agency details / Agency code | USDA |
| Top agency details / Top agency code | USDA |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Id | 81133 |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Opportunity id | 363663 |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Folder type | Full Announcement |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Folder name | FY26-FADI-EDEN-NOFO |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Zip lob size | 394753 |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Created date | Aug 19, 2026 03:45:22 PM EDT |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Last updated date | Aug 19, 2026 03:46:40 PM EDT |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Synopsis attachments 1 / Id | 354716 |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Synopsis attachments 1 / Opportunity id | 363663 |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Synopsis attachments 1 / Mime type | application/pdf |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Synopsis attachments 1 / File name | FY26-FADI-EDEN-NOFO-P.pdf |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Synopsis attachments 1 / File description | FY2026-Food-and-Agriculture-Defense-Initiative-Extension-Disaster-Education-Network-NOFO |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Synopsis attachments 1 / File lob size | 410652 |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Synopsis attachments 1 / Created date | Aug 19, 2026 03:46:40 PM EDT |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Synopsis attachments 1 / Synopsis att folder id | 81133 |
| Synopsis document urls | Not specified |
| Syn att change comments | Not specified |
| Cfdas 1 / Id | 435153 |
| Cfdas 1 / Opportunity id | 363663 |
| Cfdas 1 / Cfda number | 10.304 |
| Cfdas 1 / Program title | Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative (FADI) |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Id | 294022 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Topportunity id | 363663 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Family id | 14 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Dialect | XFDL2.2 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Opportunity number | USDA-NIFA-ES-011939 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Opportunity title | Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative Extension Disaster Education Network |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Cfda number | 10.304 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Opening date | 2026-08-19 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Closing date | 2026-09-21 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Owning agency code | USDA-NIFA |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Code | NIFA |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Seed | USDA-NIFA |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Agency name | National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Agency code | USDA-NIFA |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Top agency code | USDA |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Code | USDA |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Seed | USDA |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Agency name | Department of Agriculture |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Agency code | USDA |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Top agency code | USDA |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Program title | Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative (FADI) |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Contact info | Business hours: Monday thru Friday, 8a.m. – 5p.m. CT, except federal holidays Email: grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Grace period | 30 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Electronic required | Y |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Expected application count | 1 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Open to applicant type | 3 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Is multi project | N |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Extension | |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Mimetype | application/pdf |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Last update | Aug 19, 2026 03:42:53 PM EDT |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Workspace compatible flag | Y |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Package id | PKG00294022 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Opening date str | 2026-08-19-00-00-00 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Closing date str | 2026-09-21-00-00-00 |
| Closed opportunity pkgs | Not specified |
| Original due date | Sep 21, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Original due date desc | Not specified |
| Synopsis modified fields | Not specified |
| Forecast modified fields | Not specified |
| Error messages | Not specified |
| Syn post date in past | Yes |
| Doc type | synopsis |
| Forecast hist count | 0 |
| Synopsis hist count | 0 |
| Assist compatible | No |
| Assist url | Not specified |
| Related opps | Not specified |
| Ost | POSTED |
Related Documents
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Business hours: Monday thru Friday, 8a.m. – 5p.m. CT, except federal holidays |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.304 | PKG00294022 | 2026-08-19 | 2026-09-21 | View |
