Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NIFA RIGP 008922
The Distance Education Grants Program for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas (DEG) is a competitive grant program run by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to strengthen colleges and universities in U.S. insular areas by expanding and improving distance education in the food and agricultural sciences. The central goal is to build institutional capacity to deliver stronger resident instruction, curriculum, and teaching programs by using distance education technology, ultimately improving formal postsecondary education in agriculture and related fields such as natural resources and human sciences. In practice, the program is aimed at helping eligible institutions modernize and broaden access to agricultural science education when geography, infrastructure, or limited local resources make traditional delivery harder.
Eligibility is limited to institutions of higher education that meet the federal definition in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act and that are located in one of the eight designated insular areas: American Samoa; the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; the Federated States of Micronesia; Guam; the Republic of the Marshall Islands; the Republic of Palau; and the U.S. Virgin Islands. To qualify, an institution must also have a demonstrable capacity to carry out teaching and extension programs in food, agriculture, natural resources, and human sciences. Both public and nonprofit, accredited 2-year and 4-year institutions are eligible as long as they offer certificate or degree programs in the food and agricultural sciences. Land-grant institutions in these insular areas, including those granted land-grant status through federal legislation, are automatically eligible to apply as direct applicants.
The opportunity also clarifies how eligibility works for multi-campus systems. A separately accredited branch of a state university system or public higher education system can apply as its own eligible institution, as long as it meets the same core definition of an eligible institution. Independent branch campuses can also apply if they meet the program requirements and fit the definition of an independent branch campus: a permanent unit located geographically apart from the main campus that offers for-credit coursework and degree programs (associate or bachelor’s), and that has meaningful autonomy, including its own faculty and administrative structure as well as independent budgetary and hiring authority.
Applicants are expected to meet all requirements laid out in the Request for Applications (RFA) by the deadline; missing eligibility elements can lead to exclusion from review or prevent an award from being made. The program notes that institutions that receive a DEG award may apply again in later years, and receiving other federal assistance does not disqualify an institution from DEG eligibility. In addition, any faculty member receiving support for developmental activities under the grant must qualify as an "eligible participant" under the program’s administrative rules (referenced at 7 CFR 3430), which govern NIFA competitive and noncompetitive assistance programs.
A key administrative requirement is certification of eligibility at the time of application. Non-land-grant institutions must provide a letter signed by the institution’s Authorized Representative certifying that the institution meets the RFA definition of an eligible institution. The Authorized Representative must also certify specific baseline conditions, including that the institution admits as regular students only individuals with a secondary school diploma (or recognized equivalent), and that the institution is legally authorized by the relevant insular area authority (the provided text indicates this requirement but is truncated).
From the opportunity listing details, DEG is a discretionary grant (funding instrument type: grant) in the agriculture funding activity category, listed under CFDA number 10.322. The funding opportunity number is USDA NIFA RIGP 008922. The posting indicates an award ceiling of $200,000, with the original closing date shown as March 28, 2022, and a creation date of February 8, 2022.Apply for USDA NIFA RIGP 008922
- The National Institute of Food and Agriculture in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Distance Education Grants Program for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.322.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2022-02-08.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2022-03-28. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $200,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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