Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NIFA RIGP 006356
The Distance Education Grants Program for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas (often shortened to DEG) is a competitive grant opportunity administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA). Its central goal is to strengthen the ability of colleges and universities located in U.S. insular areas to deliver stronger instruction and academic programming in the food and agricultural sciences by using distance education technology. In practical terms, the program is meant to help eligible institutions expand or improve how they teach agriculture-related subjects to postsecondary students when face-to-face delivery is limited by geography, infrastructure, or resource constraints.
The program specifically targets improvements to resident instruction, curriculum, and teaching programs in the food and agricultural sciences. That emphasis signals that DEG is not only about buying equipment or standing up an online platform for its own sake; it is about improving educational outcomes in formal, credit-bearing agricultural sciences education at the postsecondary level. Projects funded under this opportunity generally align with upgrading distance-learning capacity so institutions can deliver higher-quality courses, develop or modernize curriculum that can be taught remotely or in hybrid formats, and strengthen teaching and learning systems that support students and faculty in insular area contexts.
This funding opportunity is categorized as a discretionary grant, meaning awards are made through a competitive review process rather than by formula. The funding activity category is agriculture, and the listing is associated with CFDA number 10.322. The opportunity is identified as "USDA NIFA RIGP 006356," which applicants would use to locate the announcement and any associated application instructions, required forms, and program-specific guidance.
In terms of scale and award parameters, the listed maximum award amount (award ceiling) is $175,000. The opportunity also indicates an expected total of about 200 awards, suggesting that USDA NIFA anticipated making a relatively large number of smaller-to-moderate grants, rather than a handful of large awards. The original closing date shown is June 16, 2023, and the record creation date is April 25, 2017. Those dates are useful for understanding when that specific posting was active; applicants typically need to confirm whether there is a current year solicitation, updated deadlines, or revised requirements, since NIFA programs are often reissued across multiple fiscal years with changes to priorities and administrative details.
Eligibility is summarized in the source data as "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," which is a reminder that the precise list of eligible applicants is defined in the full notice. While the title makes clear the focus is on Institutions of Higher Education in insular areas, applicants would need to rely on the official eligibility language in the full announcement to confirm which institutions qualify and whether any partners, consortia arrangements, or subawards are allowable.
Overall, DEG is best understood as a capacity-building education grant for insular area higher education institutions, aimed at strengthening agricultural sciences teaching through distance education. Its intent is to help these institutions overcome distance and resource barriers by investing in the tools, approaches, and instructional capacity needed to deliver stronger postsecondary agriculture education programs to their students.Apply for USDA NIFA RIGP 006356
- The Department of Agriculture, 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 Apr 25, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 16, 2023. (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 $175,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 200 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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