Deadline: 31-Mar-23
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is pleased to announce the Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program to encourage innovative teaching or education proposals with potential to impact and become models for other institutions that serve underrepresented students at the regional or national level.
Goals
Projects supported by this program must include/address one or more of the following goals:
- Attract and support undergraduate and graduate students from underrepresented groups to prepare them for careers related to the food, agricultural natural resources, and human systems and sciences in the United States.
- Enhance the quality of postsecondary instruction within the above disciplines.
- Provide opportunities and access to food and agricultural careers in the public, non-profit and private sectors.
- Align the efforts of HSIs and other non-profit organizations to support academic development and career attainment of underrepresented groups.
Types of Grants
There are three grant types for the HSIs Education Grants Program:
- Regular grant. The Regular Grants support targeted, original, scientific Education/ Teaching Projects and Community Development Projects. Applicants are eligible HSI institutions (two or four-year institutions, independent branch campuses, or branch institutions of a State system) with project activities to be undertaken principally on behalf of and for the benefit of the lead HSI. Applicants may partner with other HSIs or non-HSIs without the requirement of sharing grant funds with other project partners. Grants will be funded up to approximately $400,000 total and must be for a period of four years. Regular project applicants may allocate up to $25,000 to provide financial assistance to one student only beyond their participation in the project.
- Collaboration Grant. Collaboration Grants for this program must be submitted by a group of two or more HSIs forming a linkage arrangement for the purpose of carrying out common objective(s) on the group’s behalf. The arrangement must be formed to promote and strengthen the institutional abilities to carry out higher education programs related to FANH . Collaboration grants must support Education/Teaching Projects. Collaboration grants for Community Development Projects will not be accepted. Collaboration Grants will be funded up to approximately $1,000,000 total, and must be for a project period of four years.
- Conference Grants. Conference Grants support scientific meetings that bring together educators to identify research, education/teaching, and/or extension needs, update information, or advance an area of education/teaching. Individual conference grants must not exceed $50,000 total for a project period of up to three years. Conference grants are not renewable. Indirect costs are not permitted on Conference Grant awards.
Funding Information
- The amount available for the HSI Education Grants Program in FY 2023 is approximately $16,000,000. USDA is not committed to fund any particular application or to make a specific number of awards.
- Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
- Award Floor: $25,000
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants for the HSI Education Grants Program must meet all the requirements discussed in this RFA. Applications may only be submitted by Hispanic-Serving Institutions. For the purpose of the HSI Education Grants Program, an HSI is an institution of higher education that is an eligible institution as defined in 20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)(2) and has a minimum of 25 percent undergraduate full-time Hispanic enrollment (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)(5)). Failure to meet an eligibility criterion by the application deadline may result in the application being excluded from consideration and, even though an application may be reviewed, will preclude NIFA from making an award.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.