{{Short description, Inactive competitive grant program

The National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program, often referred to as the National Research Initiative (NRI) was a

United States Department of Agriculture The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the United States federal executive departments, federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, rural economic development, ...

(USDA) competitive grant program. Grants were made to scientists at both public and private laboratories for

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and applied agricultural research in priority areas as designated in the research title of the

1990 farm bill The Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade (FACT) Act of 1990 — P.L. 101-624 (November 28, 1990) was a 5-year omnibus farm bill that passed Congress and was signed into law. This bill, also known as the 1990 farm bill, continued to move ag ...

(P.L. 101-624, Title XVI), as amended. Grants were awarded competitively through a

peer review Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work (peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...

process. The NRI was not reauthorized in the

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External links

National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (NRI)
from the National Center for Appropriate Technology/National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service (ATTRA)
National Research Initiative: A Vital Competitive Grants Program in Food, Fiber, and Natural-Resources Research
- From the Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources (2000) United States Department of Agriculture programs