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To address the complex challenges of the 21st Century, resources are needed to improve scientific and agricultural literacy; and to recruit and train a skilled workforce to implement the scientific practices and advance technologies needed to remain competitive in the global markets.  Therefore, NIFA’s education grant portfolio seeks to accomplish the following three goals: workforce development through grants for scholarships and fellowships; enhancing the research, teaching, and extension capacity at Minority Serving Institutions; and foster learning and engagement in the food and agricultural sciences through programs and opportunities at secondary and postsecondary institutions.

Capacity Building: NIFA broadens representation within the agricultural pipeline through its capacity building programs. These programs facilitate access to higher education and support research, teaching, and extension activities at minority-serving institutions and outside of the Land-Grant University System.

  • Hispanic-Serving Institution Education Grants Program (HSI)
  • 1890s Capacity Building Grants Programs
  • 1994 Education, Extension, and Research
  • Alaska Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Education Competitive Grants Program (ANNH)
  • Distance Education Grants for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas (DEG)
  • Resident Instruction Grants Program for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas (RIIA)
Learning & Engagement: NIFA aims to increase the recruitment and retention of FANH students through programs that promote learning and engagement. Many of these programs fund projects that develop curriculum and instructional materials and support teacher training that will ultimately strengthen students' critical thinking, communication, and leadership skills. NIFA also offers professional development opportunities to secondary school teachers so they may incorporate agricultural STEM education into their classrooms.
 
  • Agriculture and Food Research Initiative's Education and Workforce Development
    • Professional Development Opportunities for Secondary School Teachers (PD-STEP)
  • Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land-Grant Colleges of Agriculture (NLGCA)
  • Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants Program (SPECA)
  • Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Fields Program (WAMS)
  • Higher Education Challenge (HEC) Grants Program
Workforce Development: NIFA supports agricultural workforce development by offering fellowship and experiential learning opportunities that prepare students and researchers for a variety of careers in the STEM agricultural pipeline.
  • Agriculture and Food Research Initiative's Education and Workforce Development
    • Research and Extension Experiences for Undergraduates (REEU) Program
    • Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships
  • Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program (MSP)
  • National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship Program (NNF)

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