Project Grant 201038501218762

The Department of Cooperative Research and Extension at the College of Micronesia-FSM received a $199,975 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the Resident Instruction Grants for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas (CFDA 10.308) program. The grant aims to improve agriculture and natural resources programs and enhance the educational capacity of instructors and extension staff through opportunities for distance learning. Key objectives include...

The University of Puerto Rico's Agricultural Experiment Station (Estacion Experimental Agricola) received a $190,595 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.322 - Distance Education Grants for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas). This 4-year grant will support the creation of five agribusiness case studies focused on themes such as technology adoption, conservation, sustainability, agricultural finance, marketing,...

The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded $200,000 to Palau Community College through its Resident Instruction, Agriculture, and Food Science Facilities and Equipment Grants program (CFDA 10.308) for the period of September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2026. The award will support Palau Community College's project to build capacity and strengthen resident instruction quality by upgrading science laboratory facilities. Specifically, the college will use...

The University of Guam received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Resident Instruction Grants for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas program (CFDA 10.308). The grant will fund a 3-year project focused on enhancing the university's Human Nutrition and Food Science and Child and Family Life Science programs to better serve Pacific Islander, at-risk, and minority students. Key...

The University of Hawai'i at Manoa will use a $1 million Project Grant awarded by the Department of Education on September 1, 2022 to launch the Indo-Pacific Affairs Initiative. The three-year grant is funded through the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program. FIPSE aims to support innovative postsecondary education strategies and institutional reforms. For this award specifically, the University of Hawai'i will directly implement activities and services under the...

The University of Puerto Rico, Estacion Experimental Agricola (Agricultural Experiment Station Division) was awarded a $198,303 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Resident Instruction Grants for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas program (CFDA 10.308). The grant will be used to add agricultural economics courses to the university's new doctoral program in tropical agriculture, which is set to...

This $1,500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program will fund research, education, and extension activities at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The project aims to address the lack of nutritional data and information on Pacific Islander populations by combining data from the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) and the...

This federal Project Grant award of $200,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Resident Instruction Grants for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas (CFDA 10.308) program aims to address the critical decline in student enrollment in agricultural sciences at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (UPRM). The funding will support a comprehensive set of initiatives, including a training academy for school...

The University of Guam (UOG) was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Resident Instruction Grants for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas (CFDA 10.308) program. The grant will fund a 3-year project (September 1, 2024 - August 31, 2027) to assess and revise the university's Agriculture and Life Sciences (ALS) degree curriculum, develop a 2+2 program in partnership with regional...

This federal Project Grant award, worth $199,872, was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Resident Instruction Grants for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas program (CFDA 10.308). The award will fund a 3-year initiative at the University of Puerto Rico's Agricultural Experiment Station to develop and strengthen research and extension capabilities for animal science, pre-veterinary, and computer science...