USDA and FFAR start Innovation Challenge to catalyze ag solutions

Press release

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research — FFAR — launched June 11 a global challenge to advance scientific research that will produce major breakthroughs for nutrition security while mitigating climate change impacts and advancing equity for underserved communities.

The “Nourishing Next Generation Agrifood Breakthroughs” (Innovation Challenge) funding opportunity will fund transdisciplinary teams led by early-career scientists — those who have received a Ph.D. within the past 10 years — to catalyze new discoveries and m...