Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NIFA CBGP 010814
The 1890 Institution Teaching, Research, and Extension Capacity Building Grants Program (often called the 1890 CBG) is a competitive grant opportunity run by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) designed to strengthen the long-term capacity of the 1890 Land-Grant Universities. The main purpose is to build and expand institutional strength in the food and agricultural sciences by supporting improvements in teaching, research, and extension, with an emphasis on projects that make these programs more effective, more modern, and better integrated. In practice, the program is meant to help 1890 institutions develop stronger academic offerings, generate useful research, and deliver community-facing extension work that addresses priority agricultural and food system challenges.
The program supports several major project types. On the teaching side, it funds efforts that enhance instruction and student learning in food and agricultural sciences, including curriculum design, course and instructional materials development, and faculty development, among other capacity-building needs. On the research side, it supports studies and experimentation that strengthen an institution's ability to conduct meaningful agricultural research, including building or improving research programs and the systems needed to sustain them. On the extension side, it supports extension program development and the support systems that help institutions translate research into practical outreach, education, and services for producers, families, communities, and other stakeholders. The program also explicitly allows and encourages integrated projects that combine education, research, and extension into a single coordinated effort, reflecting NIFA's broader goal of connecting these three functions so institutions can produce results that move from classroom to lab to real-world impact.
A key requirement is that proposals must align with at least one of NIFA's stated strategic goals: sustainable bioenergy, food security, childhood obesity prevention, or food safety. That means an application should clearly connect its activities and outcomes to one or more of these areas, whether the project is primarily teaching-focused (for example, training students in food safety or food systems), research-focused (for example, studies that improve food security or develop bioenergy solutions), extension-focused (for example, community programs addressing nutrition and obesity prevention), or fully integrated across all three.
This opportunity is a discretionary grant program (CFDA 10.216). The funding opportunity number is USDA NIFA CBGP 010814. The listed award ceiling is $750,000, and the opportunity anticipates making about 60 awards. The original application closing date provided is August 6, 2024, and the opportunity was created on June 6, 2024. As with most federal competitions, the full Request for Applications (RFA) contains the detailed requirements around allowable costs, project periods, matching (if any), evaluation expectations, and application formatting, so applicants typically need to follow the RFA closely to stay compliant.
Eligibility is limited and specific: only designated 1890 Land-Grant Institutions may apply, as authorized under Section 7129 of Public Law 113-79 and 7 U.S.C. 3152(d)(2). The eligible institutions listed are Alabama A&M University; Alcorn State University; Central State University; Delaware State University; Florida A&M University; Fort Valley State University; Kentucky State University; Langston University; Lincoln University (MO); North Carolina A&T State University; Prairie View A&M University; South Carolina State University; Southern University and A&M College; Tennessee State University; Tuskegee University; University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff; University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Virginia State University; and West Virginia State University. In other words, this is not an open competition to all universities or nonprofits; it is intentionally targeted to the 1890 institutions to help expand their capacity, competitiveness, and sustained impact in teaching, research, and extension related to food and agriculture.Apply for USDA NIFA CBGP 010814
- The National Institute of Food and Agriculture in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "1890 Institution Teaching, Research, and Extension Capacity Building Grants Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.216.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-06-06.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-08-06. (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 $750,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 60 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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