Sun Grant Program
The summary for the Sun Grant Program grant is detailed below.
This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants.
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Sun Grant Program: The purpose of the Sun Grant Program (SGP) is to enhance national energy security through the development, distribution, and implementation of biobased energy technologies; to promote diversification in, and the environmental sustainability of, agricultural production in the United States through biobased energy and product technologies; to promote economic diversification in rural areas of the United States through biobased energy and product technologies; and to enhance the efficiency of bioenergy and biomass research and development programs through improved coordination and collaboration among the Department of Agriculture; other appropriate Federal agencies (as determined by the Secretary); and Land Grant Institutions. The program provides a consortium of universities made up of a university from each of the sun grant regions and subcenter region (see Part III, A for regions) with a grant to support a North-Central, Southeastern, South-Central, Western, and Northeastern Sun Grant Center and a Western Insular Pacific Subcenter. A Sun Grant Center or Subcenter will use 75 percent of grant funds to provide competitive grants within each region that are multi-institutional and integrated, multistate research, extension, and education programs on technology development and technology implementation and address bioenergy, biomass, or bioproducts research priorities.
| Federal Grant Title: | Sun Grant Program |
| Federal Agency Name: | National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) |
| Grant Categories: | Agriculture |
| Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | USDA-NIFA-SGP-006775 |
| Type of Funding: | Grant |
| CFDA Numbers: | 10.320 |
| CFDA Descriptions: | Information not provided |
| Current Application Deadline: | June 27th, 2019 |
| Original Application Deadline: | June 27th, 2019 |
| Posted Date: | May 23rd, 2019 |
| Creation Date: | May 23rd, 2019 |
| Archive Date: | July 27th, 2019 |
| Total Program Funding: | $2,700,000 |
| Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $2,700,000 |
| Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $2,700,000 |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Cost Sharing or Matching: | Yes |
| Last Updated: | May 23rd, 2019 |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification.)
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- Eligible applicants must represent a consortium of 1862, 1890 and 1994 land-grant universities made up of one university from each of the sun grant regions and sub-region as described in Table 1 of the RFA.
- Link to Full Grant Announcement
- FY 2019 Sun Grant RFA
- Grant Announcement Contact
- NIFA Help Desk
Phone: 202-401-5048
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