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USDA-NIFA-NLGCA-009505: Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture Program

Closed Closed December 1, 2022 Opportunity USDA-NIFA-NLGCA-009505 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land-Grant Colleges of Agriculture Program (USDA-NIFA-NLGCA-011938). Status: Closes November 10, 2026 (3 days left). It is in our archive of National Institute of Food and Agriculture notices from 2022.

• Award ceiling$750,000
• Award floor$30,000
• Total funding$4.8 million
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Eligibility Requirements Applicants for the NLGCA must meet all the requirements discussed in this RFA. Applications may only be submitted by a Non-Land Grant College of Agriculture (NLGCAs) certified as such by the NIFA at the time of application. A current list of NLGCA’s certified by NIFA can be found at the NLGCA List Resource webpage. Section 7102 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 removed the opt-in, opt-out language that had previously required Hispanic Serving Agricultural Colleges and Universities (HSACU) and McIntire-Stennis Colleges and Universities to relinquish that status if they wanted to pursue NLGCA designation. There are no longer any such limitations. Award recipients may subaward to organizations not eligible to apply to this grants program, providing such organizations are necessary for the conduct of the project. All institutions certified as NLGCA prior to December 21, 2018, must reapply for certification and meet the new criteria for NLGCA certification contained in the Federal Register Notice. If you are not sure if you are eligible to request NLGCA designation, please consult the NLGCA Eligibility Flow Chart.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Capacity Building for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture (NLGCA) awards averaged $294,348; this notice allows up to $750,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (92% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is designated as the lead Federal Agency that supports higher education in the food and agricultural sciences. In this context, NIFA has specific responsibility to initiate and support projects to strengthen higher education teaching programs in the food and agricultural sciences. The purpose of this program is to assist NLGCA Institutions in maintaining and expanding their capacity to conduct education, research, outreach/extension and integrated activities relating to agriculture, renewable resources, and other similar disciplines.

Category: Agriculture.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, USDA-NIFA-NLGCA-011938, which is open now.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.