Lifecycle: { "status": "upcoming 2027–30 application cycle", "edition": "2027–30", "cadence": "annual cohort", "duration": "three years", "renewable": null, "dates": { "deadline": null } } Funding and benefits: { "cash": { "stipend_professional_development_annual_total": 65000, "student_stipend_tuition_fees_annual": 49500, "match_sponsor_annual": 32500, "professional_development_sponsor_annual": 5000, "currency": "USD" }, "total_pool": null, "benefits": [ "stipend/tuition support for stipend category", "three-year professional development", "industry and research network" ] } Eligibility and filters: { "countries": [ "students at U.S. or Canadian universities" ], "applicant": "PhD students with food and agriculture research and a committed non-federal match sponsor", "age": null, "education": "enrolled in or accepted to a U.S. or Canadian PhD program", "institution": "committed match sponsor required; stipend category needs at least 50% from non-academic entity", "exclusions": [ "federal grant funds cannot supply match" ] } Application: { "opens": "2026-11-01", "deadline": null, "decision": null, "start": null, "end": null, "url": "https://ffarfellows.org/apply/", "materials": [ "application", "research project information", "sponsor commitments", "PhD enrollment evidence" ], "selection_stages": [ "eligibility and sponsor review", "program selection" ] } Past editions and people: { "people": { "program_leaders": [ { "name": "FFAR", "role": "co-funder" }, { "name": "North Carolina State University", "role": "lead institution" } ], "latest_recipients": [], "past_recipients": [], "coverage": "Public program leadership is captured; a complete current recipient roster was not available at review time." }, "history": { "launched": null, "editions": [ { "edition": "2026–29", "outcome": "cohort page and application cycle closed" }, { "edition": "2018–21 through 2025–28", "outcome": "past cohort pages published" } ], "statistics": [] } } Known evidence gaps: [ "2027–30 deadlines beyond opening date", "2027–30 fellow roster" ] Source conflicts: []