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Resident Instruction Grants Program for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas

This funding record is inactive. Please see the program website or contact the program sponsor to determine if this program is currently accepting applications or will open again in the future.

 
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 10.308
Link
View Program Website
Sponsors
National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Deadlines
May 15, 2023
Contact

For programmatic or technical questions:
Irma Lawrence
816.926.1905
ilawrence@usda.gov

Purpose

Resident Instruction Grants Program for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas provides funding to strengthen the capacity to carry out resident instruction, curriculum, and teaching programs in the food and agricultural sciences as well as to upgrade agriculture and food science facilities and equipment necessary to conduct tropical and subtropical agricultural research.

Applications are expected to:

  • Improve formal, post secondary agricultural sciences education and instruction to ensure a competent and qualified workforce to meet current and future national food and agricultural science needs
  • Improve the economic health and viability of rural communities through the development of degree programs emphasizing new and emerging employment opportunities in food and agricultural sciences
  • Increase the number and diversity of students who will pursue and complete post secondary education in food and agricultural sciences or STEM disciplines

Incorporation of social and behavioral sciences is important for addressing many of the challenges facing agriculture and rural communities, such as increasing global demand for food production in the face of limited natural resources; improving health and reducing obesity by engaging in healthy lifestyles and consuming healthy diets; and alleviating poverty by fostering economic opportunity.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants are institutions of higher education, branch institutions of a state system, or independent branch campuses located in Insular Areas and that have the capacity to carry out teaching and extension programs in the food and agricultural sciences. Insular areas include:

  • American Samoa
  • The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
  • The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
  • The Federated States of Micronesia
  • Guam
  • The Republic of the Marshall Islands
  • The Republic of Palau
  • The Virgin Islands of the United States
Geographic coverage
Atlantic Territory and Commonwealth and the Pacific Territories, Commonwealth, and Freely Associated States
Amount of funding

Award ceiling: $200,000
Award floor: $30,000
Project period: 3-4 years
Estimated total program funding: $1,200,000

Application process

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

Tagged as
Capital funding · Community and economic development · Food security and nutrition · Health workforce education and training · Health workforce pipeline · Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander · Obesity and weight control · Poverty · Research methods and resources · American Samoa · Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands · Federated States of Micronesia · Guam · Puerto Rico · Republic of Palau · Republic of the Marshall Islands · U.S. Virgin Islands

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