Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NIFA HSI 006206
The Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) Education Grants Program is a competitive federal grant opportunity run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) through the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Its core purpose is to build and strengthen the capacity of Hispanic-Serving Institutions to deliver high-quality higher education programs in the food and agricultural sciences. In practical terms, the program is designed to help HSIs enhance what they can offer students across agriculture-related disciplines, improve educational programming and training, and better prepare students for scientific and professional careers that support the nation s food and agriculture system.
A major emphasis of the program is workforce development. The opportunity highlights goals such as attracting strong students into food and agricultural science pathways and producing graduates who are well prepared to contribute to the national workforce in these fields. That typically includes strengthening curricula and instruction, expanding hands-on learning and experiential training, and improving the overall pipeline from enrollment to graduation into agriculture and food system careers. The program is positioned as a way for HSIs to expand the reach and impact of their academic programs so graduates can move into roles that support agriculture, food, natural resources, and related scientific and professional areas.
Eligibility is restricted to Hispanic-Serving Institutions. Applications may only be submitted by organizations that meet the HSI eligibility requirements, and the notice stresses that eligibility must be fully satisfied by the application deadline. If an applicant fails to meet any eligibility criterion by the deadline, the application can be excluded from consideration entirely, or even if it is reviewed, NIFA will be unable to make an award. In other words, being an HSI (and meeting any other stated eligibility conditions in the full announcement) is not a minor administrative detail; it is a strict threshold requirement that can disqualify an application regardless of its technical quality.
Administratively, the opportunity is listed as a discretionary grant program. The funding activity category is agriculture, and it is associated with CFDA number 10.223. The opportunity is identified by Funding Opportunity Number USDA NIFA HSI 006206. The federal agency administering the competition is NIFA. The opportunity record shows an original closing date of March 22, 2017, and a creation date of January 18, 2017. Details such as the award ceiling and the number of expected awards are not provided in the source data shown, which usually means applicants would need to rely on the full funding announcement for specific budget limits, project period information, and any program priorities or required elements.
Overall, this grant program is best understood as a targeted investment in the educational capacity of HSIs to train the next generation of food and agricultural science professionals. It supports institutional efforts to strengthen higher education programming in these fields while advancing a broader national goal: maintaining and improving the scientific and professional workforce that underpins the U.S. food and agriculture enterprise.Apply for USDA NIFA HSI 006206
- The National Institute of Food and Agriculture in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Hispanic Serving Institutions -- Education Grants Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.223.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2017-01-18.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-03-22. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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