DoD Virtual Lab School
Active
- Assistance listing
- 10.337
- Agency
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
- Grant awards
- Not on record
Program facts
- Treasury account
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- 12-0502-0-1-352
Program details come from SAM.gov Assistance Listings. Updated .
About this program
The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) administers the Virtual Lab School program (CFDA 10.337) to fund maintenance, support, and ongoing development of a virtual learning platform delivering professional development to child development program staff, particularly on military installations. No current grant opportunities or recent awards are documented in the source.
The program supports a defined set of activities: maintaining the Virtual Lab School web presence, developing competencies for providers, trainers, and managers in child, youth, and family care environments, piloting competencies on military installations as they are developed, delivering training to installation-level personnel, and collecting user feedback to drive system improvements and content enhancement. Funding is restricted to these authorized purposes; indirect costs are capped at 30 percent of total federal funds awarded under the grant.
The program is open to state agricultural experiment stations, state cooperative extension services, colleges and universities, research and extension institutions, federal agencies, private organizations and corporations, and individuals. Applicants must satisfy all requirements specified in the Notice of Funding Opportunity; failure to meet eligibility criteria by the application deadline results in exclusion from consideration.
Grant funds must be obligated by September 30 of the federal fiscal year in which the project is approved, and recipients must maintain separate grant records for at least three years, subject to inspection throughout the grant period and retained longer if litigation or unresolved audit findings exist. Details regarding renewal terms and conditions appear in the NOFO.
The source provides no portfolio data on award volume, recent grant awards, award magnitudes, assistance-type distribution, or open solicitation timelines. No recent funding activity or pending grant opportunities are visible in the documentation provided.
Objective and description
- Objective
NIFA/USDA requests applications for the Virtual Lab School (aka Virtual Laboratory School) (VLS) program to provide all maintenance and support necessary to maintain the Virtual Lab School, a virtual learning platform which houses all statutorily man
- Description
The overall objective of this project is: - to continue the work of the Virtual Lab School in providing innovative and cost effective, virtual professional development for child development program staff. This objective should be accomplished through the following activities and product development: - maintenance and support necessary to maintain the Virtual Lab School web presence. - further development of competencies for providers, trainers, and managers within the child, youth, and family care environments. - further piloting of competencies on military installations as they are developed. - training opportunities to installation-level personnel. - collection of ongoing feedback from users to enhance content and incorporate system improvements.
Eligibility
- Applicant eligibility
State agricultural experiment stations, State cooperative extension services, all colleges and universities, other research and extension institutions and organizations, Federal agencies, private organizations or corporations, and individuals to facilitate or expand promising breakthroughs in areas of the food and agricultural sciences of importance to the United States. Applicants for the DoD Virtual Lab School grant must meet all the requirements discussed in the NOFO. Failure to meet the eligibility criteria by the application deadline may result in exclusion from consideration or, preclude NIFA from making an award.
- Uses of assistance
Funds may be used only for the purpose for which they are granted in accordance with the approved application and budget, regulations, terms and conditions of the award, applicable federal cost principles, USDA assistance regulations, and NIFA General Awards Administration Provisions, 7 CFR Part 3430, subparts A through E.
- Use restrictions
Use Restrictions will be identified in the NOFO. Funds may not be used for any purposes other than those approved in the grant award documents. 7 U.S.C. 3310(a) limits indirect costs for the overall award to 30 percent of Total Federal Funds Awarded (TFFA) under a research, education, or extension grant.
How to apply
- Criteria for selecting proposals
NIFA will evaluate applications using the evaluation criteria described in the Notice of Funding Opportunity.
- Award procedure
Within the limit of funds authorized, the NIFA awarding official will make grants to responsible and eligible applicants whose applications are judged most meritorious under the procedures set forth in the Notice of Funding Opportunity. The date specified by the NIFA awarding official as the effective date of the grant must be no later than September 30 of the federal fiscal year in which the project is approved for support and funds are appropriated for such purpose, unless otherwise permitted by law.
- Renewals
Details regarding renewals will be provided in the NOFO.
Quick answers
What is Assistance Listing 10.337?
Assistance Listing 10.337 is DoD Virtual Lab School, a federal grant program run by National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Department of Agriculture).
What is the CFDA number for DoD Virtual Lab School?
Its CFDA number is 10.337: Assistance Listing numbers were called CFDA numbers before 2018.
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