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Equipment Grants Program

ID: USDA-NIFA-OP-009864 • Type: Posted

Description

Description:The Equipment Grants Program (EGP) serves to increase access to shared-use special purpose equipment/instruments for fundamental and applied research for use in the food and agricultural sciences programs at institutions of higher education, including State Cooperative Extension Systems.

Background
The Equipment Grants Program (EGP) serves to increase access to shared-use special purpose equipment/instruments for fundamental and applied research for use in the food and agricultural sciences programs at institutions of higher education, including State Cooperative Extension Systems. The program seeks to strengthen the quality and expand the scope of fundamental and applied research at eligible institutions, by providing them with opportunities to acquire one shared-use piece of equipment/instrument that supports their research, research training, and extension goals and may be too costly and/or not appropriate for support through other NIFA grant programs.

Grant Details
The Equipment Grants Program (EGP) emphasizes shared-use instrumentation that will enhance the capabilities of researchers, educators, and extension specialists both within and outside the proposing organization. Proposals to the EGP must involve acquisition of a single, well-integrated piece of equipment/instrument. Well-integrated means that the ensemble of equipment that defines the instrument enables specific fundamental or applied research experiments in the food and agricultural sciences, including data science and data systems; separating or removing an element or component of such an integrated instrument would preclude that research from occurring or succeeding. EGP grants are not intended to replace requests for equipment in individual project applications.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligibility is limited to institutions such as colleges or universities, State Cooperative Institutions, State Agricultural Experiment Stations, Cooperative Extension Services, accredited schools or colleges of veterinary medicine, Hispanic-serving institutions, and eligible institutions in insular areas including insular areas such as Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, etc. Applicants must meet all eligibility criteria discussed in this RFA.

Period of Performance
The grant duration is 48 months.

Grant Value
The amount available for support of this program in FY 2023 is approximately $4,800,000.

Overview

Category of Funding
Agriculture
Funding Instruments
Grant
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
On 3/16/23 the National Institute of Food and Agriculture posted grant opportunity USDA-NIFA-OP-009864 for Equipment Grants Program with funding of $4.8 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 10.519 Equipment Grants Program (EGP).

Timing

Posted Date
March 16, 2023, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
May 3, 2023, 12:00 a.m. EDT Past Due
Last Updated
March 16, 2023, 3:10 p.m. EDT
Version
1
Archive Date
June 2, 2023

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Info
Eligibility Requirements 1. College or University a. In general. The terms "college" and "university" mean an educational institution in any State, the District of Columbia, and any insular area which, (i) admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate, (ii) is legally authorized within such State to provide a program of education beyond secondary education, (iii) provides an educational program for which a bachelor's degree or any other higher degree is awarded, (iv) is a public or other nonprofit institution, and (v) is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association. b. Inclusions. The terms "college" and "university" include a research foundation maintained by a college or university described in subparagraph (A). 2. State Cooperative Institution including: a. 1862 and 1890 land-grant institutions; b. State-certified Schools of Forestry as stipulated in accordance with 16 U.S.C. 582a et seq. (the McIntire-Stennis Act of 1962); c. State Agricultural Experiment Stations located in the 50 States, the District of Columbia and the Insular Areas in accordance with 7 U.S.C. 361a et seq. (the Hatch Act of 1887); d. "Cooperative extension services" meaning the organizations established at the land-grant colleges and universities under the Smith-Lever Act of May 8, 1914 (38 Stat. 372–374, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 341–349), and section 209(b) of the Act of October 26, 1974 (88 Stat. 1428, as amended; D.C. Code, sec. 31–1719(b)); e. Accredited schools or colleges of veterinary medicine or State agricultural experiment stations that conduct animal health and disease research in accordance with section 1433(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977; f. Hispanic-serving institutions as defined in section 1101(a) of Title 20; and g. Eligible institutions in insular areas including, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Guam; American Samoa; the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; the Federated States of Micronesia; the Republic of the Marshall Islands; the Republic of Palau; and the Virgin Islands of the United States.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$500,000
Floor
$25,001
Estimated Program Funding
$4,800,000
Estimated Number of Grants
Not Listed

Contacts

Contact
Joseph Perez Program Analyst
Email Description
If you have any questions related to preparing application content.
Contact Phone
(202) 445-5402
Additional Information
Equipment Grants Program

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