Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture

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This program provides grants for non-land grant colleges of agriculture to assist in maintaining and expanding their capacity to conduct education, research, and outreach/extension activities related to food, agriculture, renewable resources, and similar disciplines.

Grant types include:

• Standard Grants: Support priority original research and education projects
• Planning Activity/Workshop: Facilitate strategic planning session(s) required of faculty, industry, professional association, community leaders, or other necessary participants for the specific purpose of developing a formal plan leading to a subsequent submission of a collaborative grant
• Collaborative Grants: Support projects with at least one additional partner or a multi-partner approach and can include joint projects and large-scale comprehensive initiatives

Applications with an outreach focus must address at least one of the outreach need areas.

1. Youth development
2. Food and agricultural sciences
3. Leadership development
4. Precision nutrition and food quality
5. Community and economic development
6. Technology-based information delivery systems

Applications may be submitted by non-land grant colleges of agriculture certified by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture at the time of application.

Award ceiling: $750,000
Award floor: $30,000
Project period: Up to 4 years depending on project type
Estimated total program funding: $5,700,000

Award amounts depend on the project type.

Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and online application process are available through grants.gov.