1890 Facilities Grants Program | USDA NIFA EF47 006205

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The 1890 Facilities Grants Program is a discretionary grant opportunity run by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) designed to strengthen the physical infrastructure that supports teaching, research, and extension in agricultural and food sciences at the 1890 land-grant universities. The core purpose is straightforward: fund the acquisition, renovation, improvement, or modernization of facilities and equipment used for food and agricultural science programs, including upgrades to libraries and library-related resources. By improving these facilities, the program aims to help these institutions participate fully in building the nations human capital pipeline in the food and agricultural sciences, meaning better spaces and tools for educating students, training future professionals, and supporting faculty work.

Only a specific set of institutions can apply. Eligibility is limited to the 1890 Land-Grant Institutions identified in federal law (Section 1447 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, 7 U.S.C. 3222b, as amended by Section 7129 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, Pub. L. 113-79). The eligible applicants list includes Alabama A and M University, Tuskegee University, University of Arkansas Pine Bluff, Delaware State University, Florida A and M University, Fort Valley State University, Kentucky State University, Southern University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Lincoln University, Alcorn State University, North Carolina A and T State University, Central State University, Langston University, South Carolina State University, Tennessee State University, Prairie View A and M University, Virginia State University, and West Virginia State University. The opportunity materials highlight that applications may only be submitted by these eligible 1890 institutions, explicitly naming Tuskegee University, West Virginia State University, and Central State University as examples.

From the posted opportunity data, this funding announcement is titled "1890 Facilities Grants Program" with opportunity number USDA NIFA EF47 006205. It is categorized as a grant (funding instrument type: Grant) under the Agriculture funding activity category and is associated with CFDA number 10.500. The agency is NIFA within USDA. The record shows a creation date of 2017-01-18 and an original closing date of 2017-03-21, indicating this particular announcement cycle was time-limited to that application window. The listing also notes an expectation of 19 awards, which suggests the program intended to distribute multiple grants across the eligible institutions during that cycle. An award ceiling is not specified in the provided source data, so the maximum possible award amount is not stated here.

In practical terms, the program is about capacity building through facilities. That can include constructing, renovating, or improving buildings and specialized spaces used for agriculture and food science work, along with purchasing or upgrading equipment that supports laboratories, instruction, applied research, and extension-related activities. The inclusion of libraries signals that the program can also support the learning and information infrastructure students and faculty rely on, which can be especially important for modern agricultural science programs that depend on up-to-date scientific literature, data access, and technology-enabled learning resources. Overall, the grant is structured to help 1890 institutions modernize and maintain the facilities backbone needed to compete and contribute in the food and agricultural sciences workforce pipeline.

• The National Institute of Food and Agriculture in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "1890 Facilities Grants Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.500.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2017-01-18.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-03-21. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 19 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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