Funding-Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants; January 15, 2010 

 

Agency

 

CSREES

 

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-CSREES-SAECP-002584

 

Closing Date:  Jan 15, 2010   

 

Link to Full Announcement

 

http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/sec_challenge.html

 

Contact Information

 

CSREES Help Desk
Phone: 202-401-5048
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