The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), United StatesDepartment of Agriculture (USDA), is seeking applications for its Secondary Agriculture Education Challenge Grant Program.

Objectives

Program seeks to:

• promote and strengthen secondary education and two-year postsecondary education in the food, agriculture, natural resources and human (FANH) sciences in order to help ensure the existence of a workforce in the United States that’s qualified to serve the FANH sciences system
• promote complementary and synergistic linkages among secondary, two-year postsecondary, and higher education programs in the FANH sciences in order to advance excellence in education and encourage more young Americans to pursue and complete a baccalaureate or higher degree in the FANH sciences.

Funding Information

• Estimated Total Program Funding: $800,000
• Award Ceiling: $300,000
• Award Floor: $50,000

Eligibility Criteria

Applications may only be submitted by:

• public secondary schools,
• public or private nonprofit junior and community colleges,
• institutions of higher education,
• nonprofit organizations (Attach IRS 501(c)(3) status under R&R ‘Other Project Information’ Field 12 Other Attachments).

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted online via the given website.

For more information, please visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=312949

Source: Funds For NGOs