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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
USDA-NIFA-AHSI-004048
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Dec 13, 2012
Creation Date:
Dec 13, 2012
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Mar 01, 2013
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Mar 01, 2013
Archive Date:
Mar 31, 2013
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Agriculture
Community Development
Education
Employment, Labor and Training
Science and Technology and other Research and Development
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:
Individual public or private, nonprofit Alaska Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions of higher education that meet the definitions of Alaska Native-Serving Institution or Native Hawaiian-Serving Institution established in Title III, Part A of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. 1059d.) are eligible institutions under this program.
Agency Name
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Description
The purpose of this program is to promote and strengthen the ability of Alaska Native-Serving Institutions and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions to carry out education, applied research, and related community development programs. NIFA intends this program to address educational needs, as determined by each institution, within a broadly defined arena of food and agricultural sciences-related disciplines. Priority will be given to those projects that enhance educational equity for under represented students; strengthen institutional educational capacities; prepare students for careers related to the food, agricultural, and natural resource systems of the United States; and maximize the development and use of resources to improve food and agricultural sciences teaching programs.
