Closed · USDA-NIFA-RHSE-011696 · CFDA 10.516 · Discretionary

Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Grants Program

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

$350K-$350K
Award range
Closed
Status
June 23, 2026
Close date
10
Expected awards

The verdict

Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Grants Program is a closed discretionary listing from National Institute of Food and Agriculture that offered $350,000 -- $350,000 across 10 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.

$350K-$350K
award range
Closed
application status
10
expected awards
10.516
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on June 23, 2026. CFDA 10.516 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was $350,000 -- $350,000.

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

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed June 23, 2026

Posted Apr 22 Closes Jun 23

Est. Total Funding

$3,000,000

Expected Awards

10

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Rural Health and Safety Education Program, under ALN 10.516, seeks to foster quality of life in rural communities by providing the essential knowledge necessary for successful programs of rural development; improving coordination among Federal agencies, other levels of government and institutions, and private organizations in rural areas; and developing and disseminating information about rural conditions. The RHSE program supports quality of life in rural communities across the United States by addressing the relationship between rural prosperity and rural health and safety in the context of food, agriculture, natural resources, and human sciences.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · USDA-NIFA-RHSE-011696

Grants.gov marks Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive… 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.

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Agency Contact

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What to do next

Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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