Capacity Building Grants for Non Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture 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.

Deleted 06/29/2013 (Archived.) USDA-NIFA-NLGCA-004248 Agency: Department of Agriculture
Office: National Institute of Food and Agriculture Grant Applications may only be submitted by a non-land-grant college of agriculture (NLGCA), as defined in this RFA. Please see RFA for further details. 05/30/2013 This program does not have cost sharing or matching requirements. NIFA Help Desk
Phone: 202-401-5048
Business hours are M-F, 7:00 am -5:00 pm ET, excluding Federal holidays http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/rfas/non_land_grant_capacity.html electronic@nifa.usda.gov $4,000,000.00 Awards up to $750,000.00