Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Education Grants Program

 

This competitive grants program is intended to promote and strengthen the ability of Hispanic-Serving Institutions to carry out higher education programs in the food and agricultural sciences. Programs aim to attract outstanding students and produce graduates capable of enhancing the Nation's food and agricultural scientific and professional work force.

Deleted 04/12/2014 (Archived.) USDA-NIFA-HSI-004449 Agency: Department of Agriculture
Office: National Institute of Food and Agriculture Grant Awards may only be made to public or other non-profit Hispanic-Serving Institutions as defined in the definitions section of this RFA. To be eligible for competitive consideration for an award under this program, a Hispanic-Serving Institution must at the time of application certify that it has an enrollment of undergraduate full-time equivalent students that is at least 25 percent Hispanic students. By submitting an application, the applicant organization certifies that it is eligible to receive funding under this program. All Regular Project applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on March 12, 2014. All Science, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture and Mathematics (STEAM) Project applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on March 13, 2014 03/13/2014 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/hispanic.html electronic@nifa.usda.gov $9,200,000.00 Awards up to $300,000.00