NIFA awards research-facility funding to 36 institutions

Awards from planning to construction

USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, NIFA, announced Research Facilities Act Program funding on 7 October 2026. The announcement lists 36 recipients across the United States and describes projects to modernise, expand and build agricultural research facilities. These range from planning grants to large-scale construction of research complexes.

Laboratories, greenhouses and research centres

The investment supports construction and renovation of laboratories, greenhouses, livestock and aquaculture centres, and integrated research hubs. NIFA identifies stronger research capacity, technology development and workforce training as aims, covering areas including food safety, precision agriculture, controlled-environment production and resilient livestock systems.

The listed recipients include Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Michigan State University, Oregon State University and the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.

The announcement describes funding purposes; it does not demonstrate completed construction or measured research benefits. This report uses the agency announcement, without assigning individual award amounts or project details.