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1890 2008 Recipients
1890 Land Grant Colleges and Universities Initiative
Do you live near an 1890 Institution?
Does your community need economic development assistance?
This USDA initiative may be just what your area needs.
USDA Rural Development and the 1890 Land-Grant Universities are working together on a new approach
to support the development of businesses that create quality jobs. This partnership helps the 1890
Institutions provide businesses with the assistance needed to organize and operate efficiently and profitably.
The 1890 Institutions have some of the best agricultural science and business education programs in the nation. USDA is building
on the strength of these programs to ensure that quality education related to small business development
is also available in these communities.
Program Goals
Develop income-producing projects for under-developed rural communities; Create self-sustaining,
long-term economic development in targeted areas of high unemployment through partnerships with the
Universities and community-based organizations; Assist and guide these communities in becoming self-sustainable.
Program Activities
How Does the Initiative Work?
Through
cooperative agreements, 1890 institutions are able to receive USDA Rural
Development funding to establish economic development programs for their
neighboring communities.
Types of Assistance
Rural Development 1890 institutions can:
- Sponsor business conferences and workshops;
- Finance rural businesses;
- Provide technical assistance to new and existing businesses, including cooperatives;
- Assist communities in leveraging other resources via state, local,
private, and/or public funding;
- Assist businesses through the application process;
- Offer courses in business development;
- Provide computer labs where community members can have access to other
rural economic development sources on the Internet;
- Establish business incubator services.
Rural Development Assistance
In
addition to providing funding, USDA Rural Development works with 1890
institutions to assist in developing business plans and loan packages.
USDA Rural Development also provides community leaders with counseling
and direction on how to develop economic stimulus programs for their
communities.
Application
All required forms may be
downloaded by clicking on the following: (Note that the forms are in pdf
format which requires Adobe Acrobat to read them.)
Application
For Federal Assistance:
- SF-424
Application For Federal Assistance
- SF-424A
Budget Information - Non-Construction Programs
- SF-424B
Assurances - Non-Construction Programs
- AD-1047
Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, and Other
Responsibility Matters- Primary Covered Transactions
- AD-1049
Certification Regarding Drug-Free Workplace Requirements (Grants)
Alternative 1 - For Grantees Other Than Individuals
- SF-LLL
Disclosure Of Lobbying Activities
- RD-400-1 Equal Opportunity Agreement (PDF)
- RD-400-4 Assurance Agreement (PDF)
2008 Recipients List
2007 Recipients List
2006 Recipients List
2005 Recipients List
Rural Business Entrepreneurship Development
Initiative
The Rural Business Entrepreneurship Development
Initiative is designed to encourage 1890 institutions to establish and promote business
entrepreneurship as a viable occupational alternative for students in
all academic disciplines. It is also designed to promote entrepreneurial
practices with cooperatives and other businesses located in underserved communities
through use of creative thinking, technical assistance, information and technology,
strategic alliances, research and development planning, and
expanding global and international market relationships.
BISNet
The Business Information
System Network (BISNet) is an electronic telecommunications initiative
that gives rural areas access to the Internet. Jointly sponsored by
Rural Development and Southern University, BISNet allows community
leaders to share successful business development concepts. It also links
leaders to a network of corporate, government and private entities. You
can visit BISNet's home page at http://bisnet.sus.edu
1890 Activities
2008 1890 Program
2008 1890 WorkShop Program
Sucess Stories
1890 National Scholars Program
USDA
Rural Development awards scholarships to students to attend one of the
1890 land-grant universities and study agriculture, food
science, or natural resource sciences. The purpose of the initiative is
to:
- Strengthen the long-term partnership between USDA Rural
Development and the 1890 institutions;
- Increase the number of students studying agricultural, food
science, and natural resource sciences;
- Offer career opportunities to scholarship recipients at the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
History of the Institutions
The
historically black land-grant universities were created by
the second Morrill Act, in 1890, following the signing of the first
Morrill Act by President Lincoln in 1862. The 1862 Act established
public education for the masses under the basic concept of the
land-grant system. This first Morrill Act made no reference to color,
which allowed southern states to deny access to minorities.
To
address this inequity, the 1890 Act provided that in certain states a
land-grant institution be established to train sons and daughters of
farmers and working people. These institutions, which became known as
the "1890 institutions," include 17 land-grants institutions plus
Tuskegee University. For more than 100 years, they have provided
educational opportunities for minority students and those to whom the
doors to education were not open.
Rural Development 1890 Partnership Institutions
Alabama A&M University
Alcorn State University
Delaware State University
Florida A&M University
Fort Valley State University
Kentucky State University
Langston University
Lincoln University
North Carolina A&T State University
Prairie View A&M University
South Carolina State University
Southern University and A&M College
Tennessee State University
Tuskegee University
University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Virginia State University
West Virginia State University
For More Information
For more
information, contact the USDA Rural Development State Office located
nearest your 1890 Land-Grant Institution. Or you may call USDA Rural
Development at (202) 690-4730. You may also visit our home page on the internet:
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits
discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race,
color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political
beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or familial status. (Not all
prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who
require alternative means for communication of program information
(Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET
Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
To file a complaint of
discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room
326-W, Whitten Building, 14th and Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C.
20250-9410, or call (202) 720-5964 (voice or TDD). USDA is an equal
opportunity provider and employer. |
