This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) under the Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program (CFDA 10.223), will fund a $399,506 program over 4 years from September 15, 2023 to September 14, 2027. The program aims to train a new generation of young people for careers in food and agriculture-related fields through intensive community engagement. It will provide funding for 27 undergraduate...
Northern Arizona University was awarded a $487,118 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Hispanic Serving Institutions Education Grants program (CFDA 10.223). The grant will support the SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE BY NAVIGATING TO DEGREES IN YUMA: LEARNING, OPPORTUNITIES, ASSISTANCE, AND MENTORSHIP program from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2026. The objective of this program is to promote and strengthen the ability of...
The University of Arizona was awarded $249,272 under the Hispanic Serving Institutions Education Grants program by the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to adapt its existing Arizona's Science, Engineering, and Math Scholars program for undergraduates in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Arizona's Science, Engineering, and Math Scholars program will increase annual retention, sense of...
This federal Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Education Grants Program (CFDA 10.223) provides $400,000 to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona to develop culturally relevant experiential learning opportunities in undergraduate courses across the College of Agriculture and College of Engineering. The project aims to attract and support underrepresented...
This $1,200,000 Project Grant was awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Education Grants Program (CFDA 10.223). The grant aims to provide underrepresented undergraduate and graduate students from Hispanic-serving institutions a comprehensive, multidisciplinary experiential learning opportunity in areas such as economics, precision agriculture, remote sensing, soil science, and AI/big data. Key products and...
The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $999,979 Project Grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara under the Hispanic Serving Institutions Education Grants program (CFDA 10.223). The grant will support the Equitable Agriculture and Environmental Management program from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2026. The program aims to promote curriculum design, experiential learning opportunities, and student recruitment/retention in the...
The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded Adams State University $274,986 under the Hispanic Serving Institutions Education Grants program (CFDA 10.223) for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2025. Under this award, Adams State University will expand enrollments in three food and agriculture bachelor's degree programs—Business Administration with an agribusiness emphasis, General Agriculture with emphases in agricultural business or...
This $740,000 project grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Higher Education-Institution Challenge Grants Program (CFDA 10.217) will develop an experiential learning program called MODEXL to support underrepresented minority, first-generation, and limited-resource undergraduate students at Arizona State University, Texas Tech University, and the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez. Key activities include: Providing...
The University of Arizona, through a $995,620 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program (CFDA 10.223), will utilize its network of high schools and FFA programs to recruit underrepresented youth to apply to Arizona and New Mexico community colleges with aquaculture programs, as well as the University's own fisheries and aquaculture programs. The funding will provide scholarships at the community college, undergraduate,...
The Colorado State University-Pueblo was awarded a $268,955 project grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Hispanic Serving Institutions Education Grants program (CFDA 10.223) to bolster retention and graduation rates of underrepresented students in food and agricultural science disciplines. Specifically, the Professional Development in Agricultural Literacy program will provide high school students guidance toward research experiences,...