Resident Instruction, Agriculture, and Food Science Facilities and Equipment Grants

Department Of Agriculture, National Institute Of Food And Agriculture

In General. -The Secretary of Agriculture shall make competitive grants to eligible institutions to- (1) strengthen institutional educational capacities, including libraries, curriculum, faculty, scientific instrumentation, instruction delivery systems, and student recruitment and retention, in order to respond to identified State, regional, national, or international education needs in the food and agricultural sciences; (2) attract and support undergraduate and graduate students in order to

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Helps colleges in U.S. territories improve their agricultural education and research facilities. Provides funds for building upgrades and new equipment for agricultural studies.

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Funding
$1,825,159.45 - $1,909,715
Deadline
Jun 15, 2026
Status
Rolling Intake
Category
STEM Research & Education
Organization
Department Of Agriculture, National Institute Of Food And Agriculture

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What Is This Program?

The purpose of this funding is to promote and strengthen the ability of eligible institutions in the Insular Areas to carry out education within the food, agricultural and natural resource sciences. Resident Instruction Grants for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas (RIIA) projects strengthen institutional educational capacities, including libraries, curriculum, faculty, scientific instrumentation, instruction delivery systems, and student recruitment and retention, in order to respond to education needs in the food and agricultural sciences. Agriculture and Food Sciences Facilities and Equipment (AGFEI) projects support activities to acquire or renovate facilities and relevant equipment necessary for conducting agricultural research to support tropical and subtropical agricultural research, including pest and disease research.

What Benefits Are Offered?

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Grants to promote and strengthen teaching, education, and curriculum development in food and agricultural sciences for insular area institutions (Resident Instruction Grants). Also supports activities to acquire or renovate facilities and relevant equipment for conducting agricultural research, particularly tropical and subtropical agriculture research (Agriculture and Food Sciences Facilities and Equipment Program). Funded projects address the national challenge of increasing the number of students entering agriculture-related STEM disciplines.

Who Is Eligible?

Industries: agriculture, food science, STEM education (agriculture-related), tropical agriculture research, subtropical agriculture research, natural resources, human sciences

Region: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau, Virgin Islands of the United States

Other Criteria: colleges and universities located in an Insular Area, must conduct teaching and extension programs in at least one discipline or area of food and agricultural sciences, public or state-funded non-Land-grant institutions must submit a letter signed by the institution's Authorized Representative certifying that it meets NOFO requirements, Land-grant institutions (including those with secured land-grant status through federal legislation) are automatically eligible, public or non-profit 2-year and 4-year accredited institutions of higher education that offer certificate/degree programs in FANH sciences, individual branches of a State university system or public system of higher education that are separately accredited as degree-granting institutions are eligible, independent branch campuses (geographically apart, permanent, offer credit/degrees, autonomous with own faculty/administration/budget/hiring authority) are eligible

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This program offers funding up to $1,909,715 (minimum $1,825,159.45).

The application deadline is June 15, 2026.

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