1. NIFA - NC A&T Grantsmanship Workshop Partnerships with MSIs December 11, 2012

2. Office of the Director Institute of Youth, Family & Community
Division of Youth and 4-H
Lauxman
Division of Family and Consumer Sciences
Crocoll
Division of Community and Education
Vacant
Institute of Youth, Family & Community
Assistant Director: Muquarrab Qureshi
IFYC’s three divisions, the Division of Youth and 4-H, the Division of Community and Education, and the Division of Family and Consumer Sciences, promote the human dimensions of NIFA’s food and agricultural sciences through research, education, and extension programs. The IFYC’s portfolio also includes long-standing and emerging partnerships with the Department of Defense and Military Service Components to support military children, youth, and family on military installations around the world, as well as the families of National Guard, Reserves, and Veterans living in communities far removed from military installations.

3. Division of Community and Education (DOCE)
Areas of Focus:
Developing Human Capital & Expertise in Food and Agriculture
Increasing Capacity of Minority-Serving Institutions
Developing Human Capital & Expertise in Food and Agriculture
Supports Science, Math, Engineering and Technology Education and Workforce Development Programs that serve K-20 students
Increasing Capacity of Minority-Serving Institutions
1890 and 1994 land grant institutions, as non-land grants serving Alaska Native, Hawaiian Native and Hispanic Serving Institutions
Strategic Partnership is a key component to building capacity at out MSI
DOCE houses 23 Congressionally authorized programs
Goals of Programs:
to (1) increase the number, quality, and diversity of the next generation of food and agriculture scientists, leaders, and workers;
(2) develop a workforce that can address local and global needs; and
(3) contribute to the development of an agriculture-literate citizenry.

4. DOCE MSI Programs
1890 Teaching, Research and Extension Capacity Building Grants Program (CBG)
Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program (1994s)
HSI Educational Grant Program
Alaska Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program (ANNH)
Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Grants
provide scholarships to outstanding students from groups that are traditionally underrepresented and underserved. Special emphasis is placed on training that will develop skills in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and social sciences.
National Needs Graduate Fellowship
support fellowship programs that engage outstanding students in their master’s and doctoral degrees in expertise shortage areas
NIFA Fellowship Grants
train and develop the next generation of agricultural, forestry, and food scientists needed to meet the nation’s agriculture and food system challenges. (pre and post doctoral students)
Higher Education Challenge Grants
help colleges and universities provide the quality education necessary to produce graduates for the nation’s food and agricultural scientific and professional workforce.

5. 1890 CBG Goals
1. To advance cultural diversity of the food and agricultural scientific work force…
2. To strengthen linkages among the 1890 institutions, other colleges and universities, USDA, other federal agencies, and private industry; and
3. To enhance and strengthen the quality of Teaching, Research and Extension programs at the 1890 institutions…

6. 1890 CBG Partnership
Teaching – Experiential Learning, Instructional Delivery, Recruitment and Retention
Research – joint projects (universities and Federal)
Extension – collaboration with 1862s and community-based partners

7. Maximum Project Budget
Project Type
Teaching
Research
Extension
Maximum Project Budget
Maximum Project
Budget
Single Institution Applications1
$150,000
$300,000
$250,000
Joint Project Proposals2
$500,000
$350,000
Integrated Project Applications3
$600,000

8. Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program
The first goal/priority of the program is to build scientific capacity at 1994 Institutions through collaborative research with 1890 and 1862 Land Grants.

9. Three Program Options New Discovery Research
Capacity Building Research
Student Research Experience
Visiting Scholar Option: allows the 1994s to invite a faculty member or graduate student from an 1862 or 1890 to provide courses or guide research project

10. Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program
Intended to promote and strengthen the ability of Hispanic-Serving Institutions to carry out higher education programs in the food and agricultural sciences.

11. HSI Partnering Opportunities
Projects may involve:
Individual institutions,
Consortia of HSIs,
Cooperative initiatives between two or more HSIs or with other colleges and universities, units of government, or the private sector.

12. HSI Partnering Example
Recruitment and Retention – Articulation agreements between HSI (2 year programs) and 1862 or 1890.
Experiential Learning – internships with USDA agencies or private sector

13. ANNH Grants Program
Intended to promote and strengthen the ability of Alaska Native-Serving Institutions and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions to carry out education, applied research, and related community development programs.

14. ANNH Goal #4
To facilitate cooperative initiatives between at least two or more Alaska Native-Serving or Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions, which may work in cooperation with one or more other entities including units of State government, private sector organizations and other colleges and universities…

15. MSI Partnerships Guidelines
Targeted MSI must apply
Targeted MSI serves as PD
Cap on the amount of funds for partnering entities

17. Contact Information
Edwin Lewis, Ph.D.
National Program Leader
1890 Capacity Building Grants Program
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