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Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants Program

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The Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants Program, administered directly by the Department of Agriculture, provides competitive discretionary grants to improve agriscience and agribusiness education. The program focuses on enhancing curricula, increasing faculty teaching competencies, and encouraging students to pursue higher education and professional careers in food and agricultural sciences. It also supports the integration of agriscience into various instructional programs and funds agriculture in the classroom initiatives for grades K through 12. To maximize the use of facilities, equipment, and faculty, the program facilitates joint initiatives between secondary schools and institutions of higher education offering associate and bachelor's degrees. These efforts are designed to address local, state, regional, or national needs to promote excellence in agricultural education. The program is currently closed and pending its next funding cycle.

General Info

USDA grants improving K-12 and postsecondary agriscience education through curricula and joint initiatives.

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Department of Agriculture

NAICS

611710 - Educational Support Services

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PostedJan 1

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AgencyDepartment of Agriculture

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OfficeWY, USA

Organization / AgencyDepartment of Agriculture

Office AddressWY, USA

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Full Description

The purpose of the SPECA program is to award grants to enhance curricula in agricultural education, increase faculty teaching competencies, interest young people in pursuing higher education in order to prepare for scientific and professional careers in the food and agricultural sciences, promote the incorporation of agriscience and agribusiness subject matter into other instructional programs, facilitate joint initiatives by the grant recipient with other secondary schools, institutions of higher education that award an associate degree, and institutions of higher education that award a bachelor's degree to maximize the development and use of resources, such as faculty, facilities, and equipment, to improve agriscience and agribusiness education, support other initiatives designed to meet local, State, regional, or national needs related to promoting excellence in agriscience and agribusiness education; and support current agriculture in the classroom programs for grades K–12.
Program administrator: Direct federal
Program status: Closed: Pending next funding cycle
Financial instrument: Competitive/Discretionary Grant
Topics: Education, Food/Agriculture, Economic Development
Notice of funding opportunity: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/363109
Additional information: https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/funding-opportunities/secondary-education-two-year-postsecondary-education-agriculture-k-12

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