Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture Program
ID: USDA-NIFA-NLGCA-010975 • Type: Posted
Overview
Category of Funding
Agriculture
Funding Instruments
Grant
Grant Program (CFDA)
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
On 9/20/24 the National Institute of Food and Agriculture posted grant opportunity USDA-NIFA-NLGCA-010975 for Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture Program with funding of $5.7 million.
The grant will be issued under grant program 10.326 Capacity Building for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture (NLGCA).
It is expected that 20 total grants will be made
worth between $150,000 and $750,000.
Timing
Posted Date
Sept. 20, 2024, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
Nov. 15, 2024, 12:00 a.m. EST Due in 31 Days
Last Updated
Sept. 20, 2024, 3:03 p.m. EDT
Version
1
Archive Date
Dec. 15, 2024
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Info
Eligibility Requirements
Applicants for the NLGCA must meet all the requirements discussed in this RFA. Failure to meet the eligibility criteria by the application deadline may result in exclusion from consideration or, preclude NIFA from making an award. For those new to Federal financial assistance, NIFA’s Grants Overview provides highly recommended information about grants and other resources to help understand the Federal awards process.
Applications may only be submitted by a Non-Land Grant College of Agriculture (NLGCA) certified as such by NIFA at the time of application. A current list of NLGCAs certified by NIFA can be found at the NLGCA List Resource webpage. Section 7102 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 removed the opt-in, opt-out language that had previously required Hispanic Serving Agricultural Colleges and Universities (HSACU) and McIntire-Stennis Colleges and Universities to relinquish that status if they wanted to pursue NLGCA designation. There are no longer any such limitations. Award recipients may subaward to organizations not eligible to apply to this grants program, providing such organizations are necessary for the conduct of the project. All institutions certified as NLGCA prior to December 21, 2018, must reapply for certification and meet the new criteria for NLGCA certification contained in the Federal Register Notice.
In order for an institution to qualify as a NLGCA, it must be a public college or university offering a baccalaureate or higher degree in the study of agricultural sciences, forestry, or both, which is any of the 32 specified Areas of Study: Agricultural and domestic animal services; Agricultural and extension education services; Agricultural and food products processing; Agricultural business and management; Agricultural communication or agricultural journalism; Agricultural economics; Agricultural engineering; Agricultural mechanization; Agricultural production operations; Agricultural public services; Agriculture; Animal sciences; Applied horticulture or horticulture operations; Aquaculture; Equestrian/Equine Studies; Floriculture or floristry operations and management; Food science; Forest sciences and biology; Forestry; Greenhouse operations and management; International agriculture; Natural resource economics; Natural resources management and policy; Natural resources or conservation; Ornamental horticulture; Plant nursery operations and management; Plant sciences; Range science and management; Soil science; Turf and turfgrass management; Urban forestry; and Wood science and wood products or pulp or paper technology. If you are not sure if you are eligible to request NLGCA designation, please consult the NLGCA Eligibility Flow Chart.
To request that NIFA provide certification of NLGCA status, an Authorized Representative must go to the Non-Land-Grant University designation webpage and submit an NLGCA Certification Memo indicating the institution meets the NLGCA qualifications. Within 30 days of submission, NIFA will provide the administrative point of contact specified on the request, with a certification of NLGCA designation or a response indicating why the request for certification is being denied.
For the purposes of this program, the individual branches of a college or university that are separately accredited as degree-granting institutions as indicated per the Official List of Certified Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture, are treated as separate institutions, and are therefore eligible to apply for NLGCA Program 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 and are therefore not eligible to apply. Accreditation must be conferred by an agency or association recognized by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.
Award Sizing
Ceiling
$750,000
Floor
$150,000
Estimated Program Funding
$5,700,000
Estimated Number of Grants
20
Contacts
Contact
Joseph Perez
Program Analyst
Contact Email
Email Description
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Contact Phone
(202) 445-5402
Additional Information
https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/funding-opportunities/capacity-building-grants-non-land-grant-colleges-agriculture-program
Additional Information Site