Deadline: 11-Apr-22
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) requests applications for the Resident Instruction Grants Program for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas (RIIA) and the Agriculture and Food Sciences Facilities and Equipment (AGFEI) for land-grant colleges and universities in the Insular Areas for fiscal years (FY) 2022 and 2023 to strengthen the capacity to carry out resident instruction, curriculum, and teaching programs in the food and agricultural sciences as well as to upgrade agriculture and food science facilities, and equipment necessary to conduct tropical and subtropical agricultural research.
The purpose of these programs is to promote and strengthen the ability of eligible institutions in the Insular Areas to carry out education within the food and agricultural sciences.
Funding Information
- The anticipated amount available for Resident Instruction Grants for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas (RIIA) and Agriculture and Food Sciences Facilities and Equipment (AGFEI) grants in FY 2022 and FY 2023 is approximately $1,200,000.
- Award Ceiling: $200,000
- Award Floor: $30,000
Eligibility Criteria
- For the purposes of the RIIA program, an eligible institution is an institution of higher education of the Higher Education Act of 1995; is located at an Insular Area; and has a demonstrable capacity to carry out teaching and extension programs in the food and agricultural sciences. All public or non-profit 2-year and 4-year accredited institutions of higher education that offer certificate/degree programs in the food and agricultural sciences are eligible. For the purposes of the AGFEI program, only individual land-grant colleges and universities, and other institutions that have secured land-grant status through Federal legislation, and which are located at Insular Areas are eligible for awards under this RFA as individual applicants.
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The eight Insular Areas are:
- American Samoa,
- the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
- the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
- the Federated States of Micronesia,
- Guam,
- the Republic of the Marshall Islands,
- the Republic of Palau, and
- the United States Virgin Islands
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=337910