Please acknowledge NIFA funding of projects

Our partners at USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture ask that recipients of USDA NIFA grants acknowledge support from the funds when writing and talking about funded projects.

“Proper acknowledgement of your public funding in published articles, manuscripts, dissertations, posters, presentations, inventions, patents and press releases is critical for the success of the agency's programs,” said Brent Elrod, NIFA's science programs officer and agency scientific and research integrity officer, during a NIFA town hall for land-grant university communicators on Sept. 29.  

Please use the following language to acknowledge NIFA support in journal articles and presentations, as appropriate:  

“This research was supported [in part] by the intramural research program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, [insert program type, e.g., Hatch/Evans-Allen/McIntire-Stennis, etc., and accession number, if applicable].” 

In news releases and media interviews, NIFA asks that scientists note: “This work is/was supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.”

If you are using logos on posters and other places, make sure you have the current NIFA logo. The official NIFA identifier was updated in November 2020 and is now comprised of the USDA logo with NIFA signature lockup. See https://www.nifa.usda.gov/nifa-19-001-official-nifa-identifier for details. 

More information about NIFA acknowledgements is at https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/regulations-and-guidelines/acknowledgment-usda-support-nifa.

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