Closed · USDA-NIFA-CSPECA-32938 · 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-eRA, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$10K-$150K
Award range
Closed
Status
July 27, 2026
Close date
10
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-eRA that offered $10,000 -- $150,000 across 10 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 13 other opportunities from National Institute of Food and Agriculture-eRA.

$10K-$150K
award range
Closed
application status
10
expected awards
10.226
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on July 27, 2026. CFDA 10.226 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was $10,000 -- $150,000.

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

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed July 27, 2026

Posted Jul 8 Closes Jul 27

Est. Total Funding

$750,000

Expected Awards

10

Instrument

Grant

Description

The purpose of the SPECA program is to award grants to; enhance curricula in agricultural education, increase faculty teaching competencies, interest young people in pursuing higher education in order to prepare for scientific and professional careers in the food and agricultural sciences, promote the incorporation of agriscience and agribusiness subject matter into other instructional programs, particularly classes in science, business, and consumer education, facilitate joint initiatives by the grant recipient with other secondary schools, institutions of higher education that award an associate degree, and institutions of higher education that award a bachelor's degree to maximize the development and use of resources, such as faculty, facilities, and equipment, to improve agriscience and agribusiness education, support other initiatives designed to meet local, State, regional, or national needs related to promoting excellence in agriscience and agribusiness education; and support current agriculture in the classroom programs for grades K–12.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · USDA-NIFA-CSPECA-32938

Grants.gov marks Secondary Education 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-eRA book (13 peers, 93% of 14).

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

Secondary Education is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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