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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
USDA-NIFA-CGP-003954
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Sep 27, 2012
Creation Date:
Sep 27, 2012
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Feb 08, 2013
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Feb 08, 2013
Archive Date:
Mar 10, 2013
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Agriculture
Education
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$4,770,000
Award Ceiling:
$750,000
Award Floor:
$30,000
CFDA Number(s):
10.217
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Higher Education Challenge Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
Yes
Eligible Applicants
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Applications may be submitted by: (a) U.S. public or private nonprofit colleges and universities offering a baccalaureate or first professional degree in at least one discipline or area of the food and agricultural sciences; (b) land-grant colleges and universities, (including land grant institutions in the Insular Areas); (c) colleges and universities having significant minority enrollments and a demonstrable capacity to carry out the teaching of food and agricultural sciences; and (d) other colleges and universities having a demonstrable capacity to carry out the teaching of food and agricultural sciences.
Agency Name
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Description
Projects supported by the Higher Education Challenge Grants Program will: (1) address a State, regional, national, or international educational need; (2) involve a creative or non-traditional approach toward addressing that need that can serve as a model to others; (3) encourage and facilitate better working relationships in the university science and education community, as well as between universities and the private sector, to enhance program quality and supplement available resources; and (4) result in benefits that will likely transcend the project duration and USDA support.
