(FOA)-Higher
Education Challenge Grants Program (USDA-NIFA-CGP-006735); May 27,
2019
Agency
US
Department of Agriculture - National Institute of Food and Agriculture
(NIFA)
Description
The
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and
Agriculture (NIFA) announced the “Higher Education Challenge (HEC) Grants
Program” (USDA-NIFA-CGP-006735). HEC is a NIFA-administered competitive
grants program focused on improving formal, baccalaureate or master’s degree
level food, agricultural, natural resources, and human (FANH) sciences
education and first professional degree-level education in veterinary medicine
(DVM). HEC projects provide funding to eligible applicants to help ensure
a competent, qualified and diverse workforce will exist to serve the FANH
sciences system. At the same time, HEC-funded projects improve the economic
health and viability of communities through the development of degree programs
emphasizing new and emerging employment opportunities. Applications
submitted to this grants program must state how the funded project will address
the HEC Program Goals:
1.
To
enhance the quality of instruction for baccalaureate degrees, master’s degrees,
and first professional degrees in veterinary sciences, in order to help meet
current and future workforce needs in the food, agricultural, natural resources,
and human (FANH) sciences.
2.
To
increase the number and diversity of students who will pursue and complete a
postsecondary degree in the FANH sciences.
The
HEC projects are expected to:
(a)
produce
measurable impacts aligned with HEC program goals,
(b)
promote
innovative, educational practices within the FANH sciences that improve how
students learn, and
(c)
include a
rigorous evaluation component to assess that project outcomes are met.
Projects
should encourage academic institutions, in partnership with organizations and
employers, to work collectively to identify and address a state or regional
challenge or opportunity facing the FANH sciences education and workforce
community. Additionally, projects should encourage broad participation of
students traditionally underrepresented in the FANH sciences. An application
must convince a peer panel of a compelling educational challenge; clearly
indicate how the methodology is both unique and with merit; offer significant
promise of adoption by others; and include a plan for how the project impacts
will be sustained once grant funds end.
Announcement
Number
USDA-NIFA-CGP-006735
Closing
Date
May
27, 2019
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=314248
Contact
Information
Joyce
Parker
(202)
445 -5403