This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program (CFDA 10.223) provides $399,999.00 to California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) to support experiential learning opportunities and career awareness initiatives for CSUF students. The primary goals are to engage 10 graduate and 15 undergraduate students per year in 140-hour per semester...
This $749,749 Project Grant award from the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.310 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative) will support a 9-week summer Research Experience for Underrepresented Students (REEU) program at California State University, Los Angeles over a 5-year period. The program aims to attract 9 motivated, diverse students each year to investigate urban natural resources and urban agricultural problems through a series of research...
This federal Project Grant award of $250,000 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) program supports Oxnard College, a Hispanic-Serving Institution, in developing a proposed Sustainable Agriculture Program. The objectives of the project are to: recruit experts to assist in curriculum development, establish an industry advisory committee, develop the academic program curriculum for approval, create partnerships for...
This $399,995 federal Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) under the Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program (CFDA 10.223). The grant supports a 4-year capacity building project at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) to develop sustainable food systems education and research initiatives. Key project activities include: 1) building faculty capacity in sustainable food systems through...
This federal Project Grant award, totaling $1,000,000.00 and awarded on September 15, 2023, is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) through the Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program (CFDA 10.223). The grant aims to develop and implement a program at three Hispanic-Serving Institutions in California - California State University, Los Angeles; San Diego State University; and California State University,...
The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $1.5 million Project Grant to the University of California Office of the President under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI, CFDA 10.310) federal grant program. The grant will develop multifaceted pathways to climate-smart agriculture in California through 2026 by assessing stakeholder needs, providing climate-smart agriculture training to technical service providers, hosting regional workshops...
This $299,997 project grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Capacity Building for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture (CFDA 10.326) program. The grant funds an integrated research, education, and outreach/extension project led by California State University-Bakersfield (CSUB) in partnership with the University of California Berkeley (UC Berkeley) and University of California Cooperative Extension Kern County. The key...
This Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.210 - Higher Education National Needs Graduate Fellowship Grants) provides $246,000.00 to San Diego State University Foundation to recruit and train Master's students in sustainable food science. The project aims to develop a pipeline of leaders with the knowledge and skills to address critical challenges in agriculture and food security. Students will engage in...
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $10 million Project Grant to the University of California, Merced under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive federal grant program (CFDA #10.310) for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2026. The grant will support the development of new water management strategies, decision-making tools, and institutional designs for agricultural regions and ecosystems in the Western U.S. facing climate change and...
This $274,965 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture supports a collaboration between California State University, Chico and California State University, San Bernardino under the Hispanic Serving Institutions Education Grants program. The grant aims to develop data analytics skills and promote careers at the intersection of food, agriculture, natural resources and human sciences (FANH) fields through curriculum development, experiential...