Funding-USDA - Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants Program; April 3, 2014

Agency

National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Description

The Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants (SPECA) program seeks 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.

Announcement Number: USDA-NIFA-SAECP-004424

Closing Date: Apr 03, 2014

Link to Full Announcement

http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=250376

Contact Information

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