Deadline: 4-Apr-22
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is seeking applications for the Education Competitive Grants Program to recognize research, education, and extension efforts will have the greatest impacts when equity is grounded in the programs.
The purpose of this program is to promote and strengthen the ability of Alaska Native-Serving Institutions and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions to carry out education, applied research, and related community development programs. NIFA intends this program to address educational needs, as determined by each institution, within a broadly defined area of food and agricultural sciences.
Funding Information
The amount available for grant funding for the Alaska Native-Serving and Native HawaiianServing Institutions Education Competitive Grants Program (ANNH) in FY 2022 is approximately $3,000,000 and for FY 2023 approximately $3,000,000.
Eligible Activities
NIFA is soliciting applications for the ANNH Grants Program that support:
- Activities of collaborative membership of Alaska Native-Serving or Native HawaiianServing Institutions to enhance educational equity for underrepresented students;
- Strengthening institutional education capacities, including libraries, curriculum, faculty, scientific instrumentation, instruction delivery systems, and student recruitment and retention, to respond to identified state, regional, national, or international educational needs in the food and agriculture sciences;
- Undergraduate and graduate students from underrepresented groups to prepare them for careers related to the food, agricultural and natural resource systems and sciences and beginning with the mentoring of students from K-12, and continuing with the provision of financial support for students through their attainment of a doctoral degree; and
- Cooperative initiatives between at least two or more Alaska Native-Serving or Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions, which may work in cooperation with one or more other entities including units of State government and private sector organizations, to maximize the development and use of resources, such as faculty, facilities, and equipment, to improve food and agricultural science education programs.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants for the Alaska Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Education Competitive Grants Program (ANNH) must meet all the requirements discussed in this RFA.
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