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Policy Guide

The Policy Guide continues to provide comprehensive guidance on roles and responsibilities, application and review processes, award notification and administration procedures, award terms and conditions, uniform administrative requirements, allowable costs, reporting requirements, close-out procedures and audit requirements.

The NIFA Federal Assistance Policy Guide (i.e., the Policy Guide) describes the statutory and regulatory responsibilities of NIFA federally-funded recipients.

Feedback can be submitted to policyguide@usda.gov.

Resources

​NIFA staff and partners can now access the Policy Guide by section or download the entire document:

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