Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NIFA OP 006669
The Enhancing Agricultural Opportunities for Military Veterans program (often referred to as AgVets) is a discretionary grant opportunity from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) designed to expand and strengthen training pipelines that help military veterans move into agriculture-related careers. The central goal is to increase the number of veterans who gain practical knowledge and real-world skills through comprehensive, hands-on, immersive training delivered via regional model farm and ranch programs. In other words, the program is built around the idea that veterans benefit most from structured, applied learning environments that combine field experience with classroom instruction, ultimately supporting successful entry into the food and agricultural sector.
Funded projects are expected to offer onsite, hands-on training along with classroom education that together provide a complete understanding of farm and ranch operations. This includes exposure to operational and management practices that underpin successful agricultural enterprises, such as production planning, day-to-day operations, resource management, and business decision-making. The opportunity explicitly encourages training models that are designed for veterans, recognizing that this audience may have unique learning needs, career transition challenges, and strengths that can be leveraged through well-structured experiential programs.
A notable feature of the program is its interest in workforce readiness and employment outcomes, including the possibility of improving employment prospects for service-disabled veterans. While the core emphasis is training, the program signals that strong proposals may also connect training to job placement pathways, career preparation, and other supports that help veterans translate skills into employment or long-term agricultural livelihoods. The broader public purpose behind the program is to build durable pathways into agriculture for veterans of any age and across any production approach, which USDA frames as beneficial not only for the individuals served but also for strengthening US agricultural production and rural economies.
Eligibility is limited to nonprofit organizations. For this program, a nonprofit is defined using the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (2 CFR part 200). Under that definition, an eligible nonprofit can be a corporation, trust, association, cooperative, or similar entity (excluding institutions of higher education) that operates primarily for scientific, educational, service, charitable, or similar public-interest purposes, is not organized primarily for profit, and reinvests net proceeds to maintain, improve, or expand its operations. This means the program is aimed at mission-driven organizations with the capacity to run training programs and manage federal grant compliance.
From the published opportunity details, the funding opportunity title is Enhancing Agricultural Opportunities for Military Veterans, with opportunity number USDA NIFA OP 006669 and CFDA number 10.334. The funding instrument is a grant, the activity category is agriculture, and the agency is USDA NIFA. The listed award ceiling is $1,000,000, and the original closing date shown in the source information is 2019-02-11, indicating this was a time-bound competition under that specific posting.Apply for USDA NIFA OP 006669
- The National Institute of Food and Agriculture in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Enhancing Agricultural Opportunities for Military Veterans" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.334.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2018-11-01.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2019-02-11. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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