Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture Education Challenge Grants Program

The summary for the Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture 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:	Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture Education Challenge Grants Program
	CFDA Number:	10.226
	CFDA Description:	Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture 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-SAECP-000225
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Oct 19, 2006
	Creation Date:	Mar 22, 2007
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jan 11, 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:	$1,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$50,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$35,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Independent school districts Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility: Applications may be submitted by eligible public secondary schools and public or private, nonprofit junior or community colleges. IMPORTANT! See RFA for specific eligibility requirements.
Grant Description: The Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture Education Challenge Grants (SPEC) program seeks to: (a) promote and strengthen secondary education and two-year postsecondary education in agriscience and agribusiness in order to help ensure the existence in the United States of a qualified workforce to serve the food and agricultural sciences system; and (b) promote complementary and synergistic linkages among secondary, two-year postsecondary, and higher education programs in the food and agricultural sciences in order to advance excellence in education and encourage more young Americans to pursue and complete a baccalaureate or higher degree in the food and agricultural sciences.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture Education Challenge Grants Program
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/sec_challenge.html
Grant Announcement Contact: P. Gregory Smith
National Program Leader
Phone 202-720-1973 gsmith@csrees.usda.gov For questions regarding this RFA.
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