Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture Education Challenge Grants

Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture Education Challenge Grants

https://www.cfda.gov/index?s=program&mode=form&tab=step1&id=d45eb55176e015638b39170a1622fb49

Website:

http://www.nifa.usda.gov/

Regional or Local Office:

None.

Headquarters Office:

USDA, NIFA, National Program Leader, Institute of Youth, Family, and Community, Division of Community and Education, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., STOP 2250, Washington, District of Columbia 20250-2250 Phone: (202) 720-2324 Fax: (202) 720-2030.

 

Eligibility Requirements (080)

Applicant Eligibility (081):

Public secondary schools or public or private nonprofit junior and community colleges.

Beneficiary Eligibility (082):

Public secondary schools or public or private nonprofit junior and community colleges.

Credentials/Documentation (083):

No Credentials or documentation are required. OMB Circular No. A-87 applies to this program.

Award Procedure (093):

Applications are subjected to a system of peer and merit review in accordance with section 103 of the Agricultural Research, Extension and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 1613) by a panel of qualified scientists and other appropriate persons who are specialists in the field covered by the proposal. Within the limit of funds available for such purpose, the NIFA Authorized Departmental Officer (ADO) shall make grants to those responsible, eligible applicants whose applications are judged most meritorious under the procedures set forth in the RFA. Reviewers will be selected based upon training and experience in relevant scientific, extension, or education fields, taking into account the following factors: (a) The level of relevant formal scientific, technical education, or extension experience of the individual, as well as the extent to which an individual is engaged in relevant research, education, or extension activities; (b) the need to include as reviewers experts from various areas of specialization within relevant scientific, education, or extension fields; (c) the need to include as reviewers other experts (e.g., producers, range or forest managers/operators, and consumers) who can assess relevance of the applications to targeted audiences and to program needs; (d) the need to include as reviewers experts from a variety of organizational types (e.g., colleges, universities, industry, state and Federal agencies, private profit and non-profit organizations) and geographic locations; (e) the need to maintain a balanced composition of reviewers with regard to minority and female representation and an equitable age distribution; and (f) the need to include reviewers who can judge the effective usefulness to producers and the general public of each application. Evaluation Criteria will be delineated in the RFA.

Deadlines (094):

Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines