Capacity Building Grants for Non Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture (NLGCA)

Funding Opportunity Number: USDA-NIFA-NLGCA-005637 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: AgricultureCFDA Number: 10.326Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: USDA-NIFAClosing Date: Apr 22, 2016Award Ceiling: $750,000Expected Number of Awards: Creation Date: Jan 27, 2016Funding Opportunity Description: NLGCA Institutions may use the funds: (a) to successfully compete for funds from Federal grants and other sources to carry out educational, research, and outreach activities that address priority concerns of national, regional, State, and local interest; (b) to disseminate information relating to priority concerns to interested members of the agriculture, renewable resources, and other relevant communities, the public, and any other interested entity; (c) to encourage members of the agriculture, renewable resources, and other relevant communities to participate in priority education, research, and outreach activities by providing matching funding to leverage grant funds; and (d) through: (1) the purchase or other acquisition of equipment and other infrastructure (not including alteration, repair, renovation, or construction of buildings); (2) the professional growth and development of the faculty of the NLGCA Institution; and (3) the development of graduate assistantships.
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Agriculture Source Type: funding