Closed · USDA-NIFA-SAECP-006187 · CFDA 10.226 · Discretionary

SAECP � Secondary Agriculture Education Challenge Grant Program

Federal grant opportunity posted by National Institute of Food and Agriculture, cataloged on Grants.gov.

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
March 10, 2017
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

SAECP � Secondary Agriculture Education Challenge Grant Program is a closed discretionary listing from National Institute of Food and Agriculture that offered Varies by applicant. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 837 other opportunities from National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

Varies
award range
Closed
application status
10.226
CFDA program
837
other opportunities from National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Archived opportunity record

SAECP � Secondary Agriculture Education Chall… is closed (last close March 10, 2017). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. National Institute of Food and Agriculture still indexes 837 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed March 10, 2017

Posted Jan 13 Closes Mar 10

Est. Total Funding

$858,500

Instrument

Grant

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

The Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants (SPECA) program seeks to: (a) promote and strengthen secondary education and two-year postsecondary education in the food, agriculture, natural resources and human (FANH) sciences in order to help ensure the existence in the United States of a qualified workforce to serve the FANH sciences system; and (b) promote complementary and synergistic linkages among secondary, two-year postsecondary, and higher education programs in the FANH sciences in order to advance excellence in education and encourage more young Americans to pursue and complete a baccalaureate or higher degree in the FANH sciences.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · USDA-NIFA-SAECP-006187

Grants.gov marks SAECP � Secondary Agriculture Education Chall… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Agriculture (AG). This eligibility-code string dominates the National Institute of Food and Agriculture book (699 peers, 83% of 838).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Agency Contact

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What to do next

SAECP � Secondary Agriculture Education Chall… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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