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Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture (NLGCA) Program
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.
(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.
Related Programs
Capacity Building for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture (NLGCA)
Department of Agriculture
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Office: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Estimated Funding: $4,000,000
Office: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Estimated Funding: $4,000,000
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Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture (NLGCA) Program
Additional Information of 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.
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 food and agricultural sciences, as defined in 7 U.S.C.
3103(9).
Full Opportunity Web Address:
http://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/capacity-building-grants-non-land-grant-colleges-agriculture-program-nlgca
Contact:
NIFA Help Desk Phone: 202-401-5048 Business hours are M-F, 7:00 am -5:00 pm ET, excluding Federal holidays
Agency Email Description:
If you have any questions related to preparing application content
Agency Email:
electronic@nifa.usda.gov
Date Posted:
2015-05-20
Application Due Date:
2015-07-20
Archive Date:
2015-07-26
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