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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
USDA-CSREES-SAECP-002584
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Sep 25, 2009
Creation Date:
Sep 25, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Jan 15, 2010
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Jan 15, 2010
Archive Date:
Feb 16, 2010
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Agriculture
Education
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$1,000,000
Award Ceiling:
$50,000
Award Floor:
$35,000
CFDA Number(s):
10.226
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Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture Education Challenge Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
Yes
Eligible Applicants
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Applications may be submitted by eligible public secondary schools, public or private, nonprofit junior or community colleges, and nonprofit organizations. IMPORTANT! See RFA for specific eligibility requirements.
Agency Name
CSREES
Description
The Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants (SPECA) program seeks to: (a) promote and strengthen secondary education and two-year postsecondary education in agriscience and agribusiness in order to help ensure the existence in the United States of a qualified workforce to serve the food and agricultural sciences system; and (b) promote complementary and synergistic linkages among secondary, two-year postsecondary, and higher education programs in the food and agricultural sciences in order to advance excellence in education and encourage more young Americans to pursue and complete a baccalaureate or higher degree in the food and agricultural sciences.
