| Funding Opportunity ID: |
293960 |
| Opportunity Number: |
USDA-NIFA-NLGCA-006361 |
| Opportunity Title: |
Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture (NLGCA) Program |
| Opportunity Category: |
Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: |
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| Funding Instrument Type: |
Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: |
Agriculture |
| Category Explanation: |
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| CFDA Number(s): |
10.326 |
| Eligible Applicants: |
Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: |
Applications may only be submitted by a Non-Land Grant College of Agriculture (NLGCAs) certified as such by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. See Part III, A. of the RFA for more details. |
| Agency Code: |
USDA-NIFA |
| Agency Name: |
Department of Agriculture
National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
| Posted Date: |
May 19, 2017 |
| Close Date: |
Sep 15, 2017 |
| Last Updated Date: |
May 19, 2017 |
| Award Ceiling: |
$750,000 |
| Award Floor: |
$30,000 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: |
$4,700,000 |
| Expected Number of Awards: |
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| Description: |
NLGCA Institutions may use the funds: (a) to successfully compete for funds from Federal grants and other sources to carry out educational, research, and outreach activities that address priority concerns of national, regional, State, and local interest; (b) to disseminate information relating to priority concerns to interested members of the agriculture, renewable resources, and other relevant communities, the public, and any other interested entity; (c) to encourage members of the agriculture, renewable resources, and other relevant communities to participate in priority education, research, and outreach activities by providing matching funding to leverage grant funds; and (d) through: (1) the purchase or other acquisition of equipment and other infrastructure (not including alteration, repair, renovation, or construction of buildings); (2) the professional growth and development of the faculty of the NLGCA Institution; and (3) the development of graduate assistantships. |
| Version: |
Synopsis 1 |
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