Deadline- 30 May 2013
National Institute of Food and Agriculture is pleased to invite applications for Capacity Building Grants for Non Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture (NLGCA) Program. This program is supported by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The goal of this program is to address critical issues and challenges of national, regional, State, local and multi-institutional scope that establish or strengthen research, teaching and outreach capacity needed by NLGCA Institutions to assist USDA in its mission to ensure a competent, professional work force in the food and agricultural sciences of sufficient size and demographic composition to be representative of the U.S. population.
NIFA anticipates approximately $4 million will be available to fund applications in FY 2013. Project periods may range from twenty-four (24) to thirty-six (36) months.
Eligibility & Criteria-
Applications may only be submitted by a NLGCA institution. For the purposes of this program, the individual branches of a State college or university that are separately accredited as degree-granting institutions are treated as separate institutions, and are therefore eligible to apply for NLGCA Program awards. Separate branches or campuses of a college or university that are not individually accredited as degree-granting institutions are not treated as separate institutions, and are therefore not eligible to submit an application. Accreditation must be conferred by an agency or association recognized by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.
For more information, visit grants.gov and search by funding opportunity number.USDA-NIFA-NLGCA-004248
