Higher Education Challenge Grants Program
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.
(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.
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Office: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Estimated Funding: $4,500,000
Office: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Estimated Funding: $4,500,000
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
Higher Education Challenge (HEC) Grants Program
Additional Information of Eligibility:
Applications may be submitted by: (a) U. S. public or private nonprofit colleges and universities offering a baccalaureate or first professional degree in at least one discipline or area of the food and agricultural sciences; (b) land-grant colleges and universities, (including land grant institutions in the Insular Areas); (c) colleges and universities having significant minority enrollments and a demonstrable capacity to carry out the teaching of food and agricultural sciences; and (d) other colleges and universities having a demonstrable capacity to carry out the teaching of food and agricultural sciences.
An applicant also must meet the definition of an Eligible Institution/Organization as stated in this RFA (see Part VIII, E., Definitions).
For the purposes of this program, the individual branches of a State university or other system of higher education that are separately accredited as degree-granting institutions are treated as separate institutions, and are therefore eligible for HEC 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.
An institution eligible to receive an award under this program includes a research foundation maintained by an eligible college or university.
Accreditation must be by an agency or association recognized by the Secretary of the U. S. Department of Education.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/higher-education-challenge-hec-grants-program
Contact:
NIFA Help Desk Phone: 202-401-5048 Business hours are M-F, 7:00 am -5:00 pm ET, excluding Federal holidays
Agency Email Description:
If you have any questions related to preparing application content
Agency Email:
electronic@nifa.usda.gov
Date Posted:
2017-03-30
Application Due Date:
2017-05-30
Archive Date:
2017-06-29
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