Closed · USDA-NIFA-SAECP-010339 · CFDA 10.226 · Discretionary
Secondary Education Two-Year Postsecondary Education and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants Program
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Institute of Food and Agriculture, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $50K-$150K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- March 8, 2024
- Close date
- 9
- Expected awards
The verdict
Secondary Education Two-Year Postsecondary Education and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants Program is a closed discretionary listing from National Institute of Food and Agriculture that offered $50,000 -- $150,000 across 9 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 837 other opportunities from National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
- $50K-$150K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 9
- expected awards
- 10.226
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Secondary Education Two-Year Postsecondary Ed… is closed (last close March 8, 2024). 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 8, 2024
Est. Total Funding
$900,000
Expected Awards
9
Instrument
Grant
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 and agriculture sciences in order to help ensure the existence of a workforce in the United States that's qualified to serve the food and agriculture sciences system; and (b) promote complementary and synergistic linkages among secondary, two-year postsecondary, and higher education programs in the food and agriculture sciences in order to advance excellence in education and encourage more young Americans to pursue and complete a baccalaureate or higher degree in the food and agriculture sciences
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · USDA-NIFA-SAECP-010339
Grants.gov marks Secondary Education Two-Year Postsecondary Ed… 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: 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.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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What to do next
Secondary Education Two-Year Postsecondary Ed… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
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