Minnesota Agricultural Growth, Research, and Innovation Crop Research Grant

Applications must be submitted by December 16, 2025.
Minnesota Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for the Agricultural Growth, Research, and Innovation (AGRI) Crop Research Grant. This funding is intended to generate applied crop research that will improve agricultural product quality, quantity, or value within Minnesota’s crop industry. Any Minnesota organization, research entity, individual, or business with agricultural research capabilities is eligible to apply. The maximum grant is $250,000, and MDA expects to award $1.75 million through this round of funding. There is special consideration for projects with an outreach plan describing how activities or outcomes meaningfully inform farmers or rural communities with limited economic opportunities.