The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service, International Climate Hub, is seeking applications to support the Technical Agricultural Assistance Program by issuing a new award to to design, plan, and implement the FAS Agricultural Export Market Challenge (“Challenge”) for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Donor Name: Foreign Agricultural Service
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Training or Mentorship | Awards and Prizes
Deadline: 09/13/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Launched as a pilot program in 2021, the Challenge is an immersive learning experience targeted to upper-level undergraduates attending a minority-serving educational institution. The Challenge is designed to increase student awareness around the work of FAS, pique student interest in a career in international trade and within the agency, and provide a rich learning experience, while fostering FAS’ relationships with participating institutions. In the Challenge, students simulate the work that FAS performs every day in global food and agricultural trade.
The Challenge has three primary objectives:
- Offer an experiential learning opportunity to students at minority-serving institutions (MSIs) that familiarizes them with the mission and daily work of FAS;
- Generate interest from MSI students in exploring careers in international trade, in general, and at FAS, in particular; and U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service
- Expand the network of relationships between FAS and academic leaders at MSIs in a way that complements the existing National Institute of Food an d Agriculture (NIFA) platform and USDA Liaison infrastructure.
Funding Information
Total Available Federal Funding: $250,000
Project Period
- Projected Period of Performance Start: September 29, 2024.
- Projected Period of Performance End: September 28, 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Applicants: Nonprofits (with or without 501(c)(3) status), other than institutions of higher education All applicants must have an active registration in the U.S. Government System for Award Management before the application submission deadline of the announcement; applicants with inactive, expired, pending, or excluded listings will be deemed ineligible.
- Exceptions, waivers, or extensions will not be considered. Please contact the program officer(s) listed in Federal Awarding Agency Contact, if you have questions about this requirement. Applicants with inactive, expired, pending, or excluded listings will be deemed ineligible. Exceptions, waivers, or extensions will not be considered.
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