Resident Instruction, Agriculture, and Food Science Facilities and Equipment Grants (10.308)
Resident Instruction, Agriculture, and Food Science Facilities and Equipment Grants (Assistance Listing 10.308) is run by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, part of the Department of Agriculture. It awarded $6.8 million in 40 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $170,461 per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $199,912. Half of the 40 awards fell between $150,000 and $200,000, and they ranged from $863 to $475,001.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$6.8 million
- Grant awards40
- Typical award$199,912
- Awarded in FY 2025-$122,567
- Size rank1,572 of 1,823
- Type of assistanceProject grants
Key findings
- It is the 1572nd largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 13 largest recipients received 101% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 8 states and territories.
What the program funds
RIIA: Support educational opportunities in the food and agriculture sciences by (1) strengthening institutional educational capacities, including libraries, curriculum, faculty, scientific instrumentation, instruction delivery systems, and student recruitment and retention, in order to respond to identified State, regional, national, or international education needs in the food and agricultural sciences; (2) attracting and supporting undergraduate and graduate students in order to educate them in identified areas of national need in the food and agriculture sciences; (3) facilitating cooperative initiatives between two or more insular area eligible institutions, or between those institutions and units of State Government or organizations in the private sector, to maximize the development and use of resources such as faculty, facilities, and equipment to improve food and agricultural sciences teaching programs; and (4) conducting undergraduate scholarship programs to assist in meeting national needs for training food and agricultural scientists. AGFEI: The Facilities and Equipment Projects will focus on the acquisition, repair and remodeling of facilities, laboratories, and other capital facilities (including fixtures and equipment) necessary to conduct activities in tropical and subtropical agricultural research, including pest and disease research.
Open opportunities
No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.
Rules from the program listing
Who can apply
The Secretary of Agriculture shall ensure that each eligible institution, prior to receiving grant funds under subsection (a), shall have a significant demonstrable commitment to higher education programs in the food and agricultural sciences and to each specific subject area for which grant funds under this section are to be used.
What the money can and cannot pay for
The purpose of the Resident Instruction Grants Program for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas (RIIA) is to promote and strengthen the ability of Insular Area Institutions to carry out teaching and education programs within the broadly defined food and agricultural sciences-related disciplines. Food and agricultural sciences include programs in agriculture, food and fiber, renewable energy and natural resources, forestry, aquaculture, veterinary medicine, family and consumer sciences, home economics, nutrition and dietetics, rural human ecology, rural economic and community development, and other higher education activities and fields of study related to the production, processing, marketing, distribution, conservation, utilization, consumption, research, and development of food and agriculturally-related products and services. Grant funds must be used for allowable costs necessary to conduct approved fundamental and applied research, extension and education objectives to address food and agricultural sciences. Funds may not be used for any purposes other than those approved in the grant award documents. The Facilities and Equipment Projects will focus on the acquisition, repair and remodeling of facilities, laboratories, and other capital facilities (including fixtures and equipment) necessary to conduct activities in tropical and subtropical agricultural research, including pest and disease research. Grant funds may not be used for endowment investing.
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Award range and average, in the agency's words
If minimum or maximum amounts of funding per competitive and/or capacity project grant, or cooperative agreement are established, these amounts will be announced in the annual Competitive Request for Application (RFA). The most current RFA is available via: https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/resident-instruction-grants-program-institutions-higher-education-insular-areas
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Resident Instruction, Agriculture, and Food Science Facilities and Equipment Grants (10.308) awarded $6.8 million across 40 grant awards, an average of $170,461 per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Guam | Guam | 9 | $2.0 million |
| University of Puerto Rico, Estacion Experimental Agricola | Puerto Rico | 10 | $1.5 million |
| American Samoa Community College | American Samoa | 4 | $712,141 |
| Agricultural Extension Service | Puerto Rico | 2 | $674,999 |
| Palau Community College | Palau | 3 | $404,231 |
| Northern Marianas College | Northern Mariana Islands | 2 | $348,701 |
| College of the Marshall Islands | Marshall Islands | 3 | $315,485 |
| College of Micronesia-FSM | Federated States of Micronesia | 2 | $286,787 |
| University of Puerto Rico at Carolina | Puerto Rico | 1 | $199,951 |
| University of Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | 1 | $198,806 |
| University of the Virgin Islands | U.S. Virgin Islands | 1 | $143,415 |
| Dewey University Inc | Puerto Rico | 1 | $100,365 |
| University of Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | 1 | $74,783 |
Who usually wins
Colleges and universities received 93% of the money, state and local governments 7.2%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colleges and universities | 37 | $6.3 million | 93% |
| State and local governments | 3 | $493,967 | 7.2% |
By state
2 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards. They are Puerto Rico and Guam.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Puerto Rico | 16 | $2.7 million |
| Guam | 9 | $2.0 million |
| American Samoa | 4 | $712,141 |
| Palau | 3 | $404,231 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 2 | $348,701 |
| Marshall Islands | 3 | $315,485 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 2 | $286,787 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 1 | $143,415 |