Research Grants Program Service

The government authority in Washington, DC is seeking a vendor to provide a research grants program service. This program focuses on developing research capacity at colleges, specifically within the fields of agriculture, natural resources, and human sciences. The agency aims to solve the problem of student preparedness by teaching leadership skills, knowledge, and qualities necessary to make students competitive for agricultural and related careers in the private sector, government, and academia. The scope of work covers projects involving innovative agricultural technologies, including artificial intelligence, data science, robotics, and other cutting-edge digital tools. The selected vendor must train undergraduate students in these technological areas to equip them with the foundational knowledge and skills necessary to adapt to and thrive in an increasingly digital society. The agency also requires the program to expose students to educational and career pathways in artificial intelligence for food and agricultural sciences. Only onshore organizations based in the United States are eligible to bid on this opportunity. The agency requires the performance of the work to be conducted offsite. The buyer is currently looking for proposals to determine the budget, and no specific key dates or further evaluation criteria are provided in the source.