Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NIFA CBGP 006696
The 1890 Institution Teaching, Research and Extension Capacity Building Grants (CBG) Program is a discretionary grant opportunity run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), designed to build and strengthen the institutional capacity of the 1890 Land-Grant Universities. The central purpose is to improve and expand teaching, research, and extension in the food and agricultural sciences at eligible 1890 institutions, specifically including schools such as Tuskegee University, West Virginia State University, and Central State University, as referenced under Section 7129 of Public Law 113-79. In practical terms, the program is meant to help these institutions develop stronger academic programs, produce more impactful research, and deliver better community-facing extension services by funding targeted capacity-building projects.
The program supports several major project types. On the teaching side, CBG funds efforts that strengthen academic instruction and student learning in agriculture and related sciences, with examples of eligible need areas including curriculum design, development of instructional materials, and faculty development. On the research and extension side, it supports projects that build the ability of 1890 institutions to conduct meaningful studies and experimentation, and to improve the systems and support structures that make extension programming possible, such as tools, methods, and program development frameworks. Beyond teaching-only or research/extension-only proposals, the program also allows integrated project grants, with the broader goal of encouraging projects that deliberately connect education, research, and extension into a unified approach that strengthens food and agricultural sciences across the institution.
A key requirement is that every application must align with at least one NIFA strategic goal area. For this opportunity, proposals must address at least one of the following priorities: sustainable bioenergy, food security, childhood obesity prevention, or food safety. This means applicants are expected to show a clear connection between their proposed capacity-building work and one or more of these national priority outcomes, rather than proposing general improvements without a strategic focus. Additional details and expectations are contained in the official Request for Applications (RFA).
Administrative details from the posted opportunity include the following: the funding opportunity number is USDA NIFA CBGP 006696, and it is categorized as a grant under the agriculture funding activity (CFDA 10.216). The award ceiling listed is $600,000, and the opportunity anticipated making about 55 awards. The posting indicates a creation date of February 14, 2019, with an original application closing date of April 18, 2019. Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others" with clarification provided in the additional eligibility text, but the stated intent of the program is specifically to support the 1890 Land-Grant Institutions.Apply for USDA NIFA CBGP 006696
- The Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "1890 Institution Teaching, Research and Extension Capacity Building Grants (CBG) Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.216.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 14, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 18, 2019. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $600,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 55 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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