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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
USDA-NIFA-CGP-003378
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Nov 15, 2010
Creation Date:
Nov 15, 2010
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Feb 04, 2011
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Feb 04, 2011
Archive Date:
Mar 05, 2011
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Agriculture
Education
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$5,200,000
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:
a) U.S. public or private, nonprofit colleges/universities offering baccalaureate or 1st professional degree in at least one discipline/area of food & agricultural sciences; b) land-grant colleges/universities (including those in Insular Areas); c) colleges/universities having significant minority enrollments & demonstrable capacity to teach food & agricultural sciences; & d) colleges/universities having demonstrable capacity to teach food & 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.
