Higher Education Challenge Grants Program

The summary for the Higher Education Challenge Grants Program Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	Higher Education Challenge Grants Program
	CFDA Number:	10.217
	CFDA Description:	Higher Education Challenge Grants
	Federal Agency Name:	CSREES
	Category of Funding Activity:	Education
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	USDA-CSREES-CGP-000241
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Oct 30, 2006
	Creation Date:	Mar 22, 2007
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Feb 01, 2007
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Mar 22, 2007
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$5,500,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$500,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$150,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Private institutions of higher education Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility: a) U.S. public or private, nonprofit colleges/universities offering baccalaureate or 1st professional degree in at least one discipline/area of food & agricultural sciences; b) land-grant colleges/universities (including those in Insular Areas); c) colleges/universities having significant minority enrollments & demonstrable capacity to teach food & agricultural sciences; & d) colleges/universities having demonstrable capacity to teach food & agricultural sciences.
Grant Description: Projects supported by the Higher Education Challenge Grants Program will: (1) address a State, regional, national, or international educational need; (2) involve a creative or non-traditional approach toward addressing that need that can serve as a model to others; (3) encourage and facilitate better working relationships in the university science and education community, as well as between universities and the private sector, to enhance program quality and supplement available resources; and (4) result in benefits that will likely transcend the project duration and USDA support.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Higher Education Challenge Grants Program
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/hep_challenge.html
Grant Announcement Contact: P. Gregory Smith
National Program Leader, Higher Education Programs
Phone 202-720-2067 HEC@csrees.usda.gov For questions regarding this RFA.
Similar Government Grants: • Higher Education Challenge (HEC) Grants Program; • Higher Education Challenge Grant