Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture Education Challenge Grants

Posted by on October 29, 2004

USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service Office of Extramural Programs Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture Education Challenge Grants Program Grant
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Current Due Date for Applications:
Jan 13, 2005

Applications must be received by close of business on January 13, 2005 (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time). Applications received after this deadline will not be considered for funding.

Expected Number of Awards: Not Available.
Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,000,000.00
Award Ceiling: $50,000.00
Award Floor: $35,000.00
CFDA Number: 10.226 — Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture Education Challenge Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes
Eligible Applicants: See text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification
Additional Information on Eligibility: Public secondary schools or public or private nonprofit junior and community colleges.

Agency Name: Department of Agriculture, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Office of Extramural Programs
Description:
The Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service requests applications for the Secondary and Two-Year Post Secondary Agriculture Education Challenge Grants Program for fiscal year 2005 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.