Federal grant programs / Department of Agriculture

Scientific Exchanges Program (10.620)

Also known as SEP

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$1.4 million
• Grant awards5
• Typical award$260,000
• Awarded in FY 2025$0
• Size rank1,796 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceOther financial assistance

Key findings

• It is the 1796th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• Awards went to recipients in 4 states and territories.

What the program funds

The Scientific Exchange Program promotes trade, trade policy, trade capacity building, and food security. The program aims to educate a new generation of agricultural scientists in emerging market countries, increase scientific knowledge and collaborative research, and extend knowledge to users and intermediaries in the international agricultural marketplace. The intention is to improve the scientific capacity in targeted emerging market countries in specific fields, such as fertilizer use, women in agriculture, or other topics in the agricultural sciences.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

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

What the money can and cannot pay for

Assistance may be used to support the participating fellows (i.e. travel and subsistence expenses), related supplies and materials, reasonable host institution fees, and related travel by faculty mentors. Generally, funds may not be used in any manner that is prohibited by applicable regulations, including 2 CFR Part 200 and 2 CFR Part 400. Capital expenses, such as the purchase of equipment, not entirely attributable to the award, must be pro-rated. Agreement funds and other support may not be used for matching contributions for other federal grants or cooperative agreements, lobbying, or intervention in federal regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings. Federal employees are prohibited from acting as an agent of the applicant in any capacity (paid or unpaid) on any application submitted under this program. Also, federal funds may not be used to sue the Federal Government or any other government entity. Compensation for personal services may be limited, as described in the Notice of Funding Opportunity. Non-monetizable fringe benefits, such as health insurance coverage, are not included in this limit.;

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

Individual awards may range from $50,000 to $500,000 to support particular tracks of interest. The funding range for each track will be identified in individual NOFOs. A single NOFO may have more than one track.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

Almost all of the money went to colleges and universities.

By state

No state received $1 million or 10 awards from this program, so it has no state pages.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.