Funding-Secondary
Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12
Classroom Challenge Grants; January 18,
2011
Agency
Name
USDA
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-003355
Due Date:
Jan 18, 2011
Link to Full
Announcement
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/sec_challenge.html
Contact
Information
NIFA Help Desk
Phone: 202-401-5048
Business hours are M-F, 7:00 am -5:00 pm ET,
excluding Federal holidays