Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NIFA RIGP 010335
The Resident Instruction Grants for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas (RIIA) and the Agriculture and Food Sciences Facilities and Equipment Program for Insular Areas (AGFEI) are competitive grant programs run by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to build stronger education capacity in food, agriculture, and natural resource sciences across the U.S. Insular Areas. The main goal is to help eligible colleges and universities in these locations improve what they can offer students and communities in agriculture-related fields, including the kinds of academic and workforce training that support local food systems, environmental stewardship, and economic development. In practical terms, the programs are designed to help institutions upgrade the people, tools, and systems needed to deliver higher-quality teaching and learning in these disciplines.
RIIA focuses on strengthening institutional capacity for resident instruction and related educational functions. Supported projects can include improvements to core academic infrastructure and educational quality such as expanding or modernizing libraries and learning resources, developing and updating curriculum, enhancing faculty capabilities, purchasing or upgrading scientific instrumentation used for instruction, improving instruction delivery systems (for example, distance learning technology or classroom modernization), and efforts that directly support student recruitment and retention in food and agricultural science programs. The emphasis is on helping institutions respond to local and regional education needs in agriculture and related sciences, especially where geographic isolation and resource constraints can make it difficult to maintain up-to-date programs and facilities.
AGFEI is more narrowly targeted to facilities and equipment needs that support agriculture and food science education, with eligibility limited to land-grant colleges and universities in the Insular Areas (or institutions that have obtained land-grant status through federal legislation). While the provided description highlights the shared purpose of strengthening education capacity, AGFEI is distinguished by its focus on physical and capital improvements, meaning it is typically the better fit when an institution needs to invest in major equipment, instructional laboratories, or facility upgrades that directly support teaching and training in agricultural and food sciences.
Eligibility depends on which of the two programs an applicant is pursuing. For RIIA, eligible applicants include public or nonprofit accredited 2-year and 4-year institutions of higher education located in an Insular Area that offer certificates or degrees in food and agricultural sciences and can demonstrate capacity to conduct teaching and extension programs in these fields. For AGFEI, only individual land-grant institutions (or those with land-grant status via federal legislation) located in an Insular Area may apply as individual applicants. The eight Insular Areas recognized for this opportunity are American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the United States Virgin Islands.
The opportunity also clarifies how multi-campus systems are treated. Branch institutions within a territory university system may apply as separate entities if they are separately accredited as degree-granting institutions and otherwise meet the definition of an eligible institution. Likewise, independent branch campuses of eligible institutions may apply and receive awards as long as they meet the same eligibility definition. This matters for larger systems where different campuses have distinct accreditation or program structures and want to pursue funding tailored to their specific needs.
Applicants must be able to certify eligibility at the time of application, and non-land-grant institutions have an extra documentation step. Specifically, a non-land-grant applicant must submit a letter signed by its Authorized Representative certifying that it meets the RFA definition of an eligible institution. The certification includes confirming that the institution admits only students with a high school diploma or equivalent, is legally authorized in its territory to provide education beyond secondary school, offers a bachelors degree or at least a 2-year program that is fully creditable toward a bachelors degree, and is a public or nonprofit institution that is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting body (or holds recognized pre-accreditation status with reasonable assurance of meeting standards within a reasonable timeframe).
From the funding notice details, this is a discretionary grant opportunity administered by NIFA under CFDA 10.308. The funding opportunity number is USDA NIFA RIGP 010335. The listed award ceiling is $200,000, with an expectation of about 8 awards. The original closing date provided is February 28, 2024.Apply for USDA NIFA RIGP 010335
- The National Institute of Food and Agriculture in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Resident Instruction Grants for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas Agriculture and Food Science Facilities and Equipment Program for Insular Areas" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.308.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2023-12-07.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-02-28. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $200,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 8 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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