The National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program -- generally referred to as the National Research Initiative or NRI made grants to scientists at both public and private laboratories for basic and applied agricultural research in priority areas as designated in the research title of the 1990 farm bill (P.L. 101-624, Title XVI), as amended. Grants were awarded competitively through a peer-review process. [attra.ncat.org/guide/n_z/nri.html]. The NRI was not reauthorized in the 2008 Farm Bill.