Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Education Grants Program
Purpose
The Hispanic-Serving
Institutions Education Grants Program promotes and
strengthens the ability of Hispanic-serving institutions
(HSIs) to carry out education programs that attract outstanding
students and produce graduates capable of enhancing the
nation's food and agricultural scientific and professional
work force. Projects may involve individual institutions,
consortia of HSIs, or cooperative initiatives between two
or more HSIs or with other colleges and universities, units
of government, or the private sector.
Eligibility
Only two-year and four-year, public or nonprofit Hispanic-serving
institutions accredited by a nationally recognized
accrediting body are eligible to apply for grants under
this program.
Targeted Areas of Support
Projects should focus on one or more of the following targeted
areas:
- Faculty preparation and enhancement for teaching
- Curricula design, materials development, or library resources
- Instruction delivery systems
- Scientific instrumentation for teaching
- Student experiential learning
- Student recruitment and retention (including financial
assistance)
Disciplines
An academic discipline is a branch of knowledge which is
formally taught, either at the academic institution or via
some other such method. Functionally, disciplines are usually
defined and recognized by the academic journals in which
research is published and the learned societies to which
their practitioners belong. Projects should address at least
one of the following:
- General Food and Agricultural Science
- Agribusiness Management and Marketing (including Agricultural
Economics)
- Agricultural/Biological Engineering
- Animal Sciences
- Aquaculture
- Conservation & Renewable Natural Resources (including
Forestry and Ecology/Wetlands)
- Entomology – Animal
- Entomology – Plant
- Environmental Sciences/Management
- Food Science/Technology and Manufacturing (including
Food Safety)
- Human Nutrition
- Human Sciences/Family and Consumer Sciences (excludes
Human Nutrition)
- International Education/Research (enhancement of U.S.
programs)
- Plant Sciences and Horticulture (including Turf Sciences)
- Related Biological Science (General Basic Biotechnology,
Biochemistry, & Microbiology)
- Soil Sciences
- Veterinary Medicine/Science
- Water Science/Water Resources (including Water Quality
and Watershed Management)
- Agricultural Social Sciences (including Agricultural
Education, Agricultural Communications, and Rural Sociology)
Awards
For the FY 2009 program, eligible institutions may submit Regular or Collaboration Project applications, as defined in this RFA, for project periods of 24 to 36 months duration. An applicant may request up to $250,000 (total, not per year) for a Regular Project. Collaboration proposals will be funded up to $450,000 (total, not per year) and would require the participation of three or more eligible institutions. An additional $50,000 may be requested by both Regular and Collaboration Project applications to support one underrepresented student. To date, approximately $47 million has been awarded to 80 institutions. Distributions of past funding are available by amount
of funding and by institution.
Proposal Solicitation
The request for applications will be announced in October 2008. The deadline for receiving proposals will be in February, 2009. Proposals will be reviewed by a peer panel in April 2009.
Funding
The estimated funding for fiscal year 2009 is $6 million.
Results and Impacts
This competitive grants program helps Hispanic-serving institutions
(HSIs) build institutional capacity, establish linkages with
business, conduct outreach to Hispanic/Latino communities,
develop new curricula, and meet local education needs; it
promotes and strengthens the ability of HSIs to carry out
higher education teaching programs in the food and agricultural
sciences.
See List
Contacts
Irma
Lawrence, National Program Leader, HSI Educational
Grant Program
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