Distance Education Grants for Insular Areas (DEG)
The summary for the Distance Education Grants for Insular Areas (DEG) grant is detailed below.
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Distance Education Grants for Insular Areas (DEG): The purpose of the DEG program is to promote and strengthen the ability of Insular Area Institutions to: (1) acquire the equipment, instrumentation, networking capability, hardware and software, digital network technology, and infrastructure necessary to teach students and teachers about technology in the classroom; (2) develop and provide educational services (including faculty development) to prepare students or faculty seeking a degree or certificate that is approved by the State or a regional accrediting body recognized by the Secretary of Education; (3) provide teacher education, library and media specialist training, and preschool and teacher aid certification to individuals who seek to acquire or enhance technology skills in order to use technology in the classroom or instructional process; (4) implement a joint project to provide education regarding technology in the classroom with a local educational agency, community-based organization, national nonprofit organization, or business; or (5) provide leadership development to administrators, board members, and faculty of eligible institutions with institutional responsibility for technology education.
Federal Grant Title: | Distance Education Grants for Insular Areas (DEG) |
Federal Agency Name: | National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
Grant Categories: | Agriculture Education |
Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
Funding Opportunity Number: | USDA-NIFA-RIGP-003396 |
Type of Funding: | Grant |
CFDA Numbers: | 10.322 |
CFDA Descriptions: | Distance Education Grants for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas |
Current Application Deadline: | Apr 08, 2011 |
Original Application Deadline: | Apr 08, 2011 |
Posted Date: | Dec 27, 2010 |
Creation Date: | Dec 27, 2010 |
Archive Date: | May 09, 2011 |
Total Program Funding: | $720,000 |
Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $720,000 |
Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $70,000 |
Expected Number of Awards: | |
Cost Sharing or Matching: | No |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- For the purposes of the DEG grants program, an eligible institution means an institution of higher education, as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1995 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)), that is located in an Insular Area and that has a demonstrable capacity to carry out teaching and extension programs in the food and agricultural sciences. Individual land-grant colleges and universities, and other institutions that have secured land-grant status through Federal legislation, and which are located in Insular Areas are automatically eligible for awards under the DEG grants program, either as direct applicants or as parties to a consortium agreement. The eight insular areas are the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the Virgin Islands of the United States.
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