Closed · USDA-FAS-MCGOVERN-DOLE-18 · CFDA 10.608 · Discretionary

McGovern-Dole International Food For Education and Child Nutrition Program

Federal grant opportunity posted by Foreign Agricultural Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
March 30, 2018
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

McGovern-Dole International Food For Education and Child Nutrition Program is a closed discretionary listing from Foreign Agricultural Service that offered Varies by applicant. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 138 other opportunities from Foreign Agricultural Service.

Varies
award range
Closed
application status
10.608
CFDA program
138
other opportunities from Foreign Agricultural Service

Archived opportunity record

McGovern-Dole International Food For Educatio… is closed (last close March 30, 2018). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Foreign Agricultural Service still indexes 138 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 30, 2018

Posted Jan 16 Closes Mar 30

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition (McGovern-Dole) program supports feeding of school-aged children, reduces hunger, promotes literacy (especially for girls), promotes food security and enhances nutrition for mothers and their children in low-income, food-deficit countries committed to education and school meals. The program provides U.S. commodities and financial and technical assistance to achieve these goals. While McGovern-Dole projects are typically funded for five years, all projects in this announcement will be funded subject to availability of a fiscal year 2018 budget for McGovern-Dole.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · USDA-FAS-MCGOVERN-DOLE-18

Grants.gov marks McGovern-Dole International Food For Educatio… 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. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity codes span Agriculture · Education · Food and Nutrition (AG;ED;FN). This eligibility-code string dominates the Foreign Agricultural Service book (104 peers, 75% of 139).

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.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Agency Contact

If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact Ingrid Ardjosoediro, Branch Chief, 202-720-2737

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What to do next

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