(FOA)-Higher
Education Challenge Grants Program (USDA-NIFA-CGP-006950); March 23,
2020
Agency
US
Department of Agriculture - National Institute of Food and Agriculture
(NIFA)
Description
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.
Projects
supported by the Higher Education Challenge Grants Program will:
(1)
address
a state, regional, national, or international educational need;
(2)
involve
a creative or non-traditional approach toward addressing that need that can
serve as a model to others;
(3)
encourage
and facilitate better working relationships in the university science and
education community, as well as between universities and the private sector, to
enhance program quality and supplement available resources; and
(4)
result
in benefits that will likely transcend the project duration and USDA
support.
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-006950
Closing
Date:
March
23, 2020
Link
to Full Announcement
https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/higher-education-challenge-hec-grants-program
Contact
Information
Joyce
Parker
(202)
445 -5403