Title
Agriculture in the Classroom
Agencies
United States Department of Agriculture
Description
NIFA requests applications for the Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) program for fiscal year (FY) 2018 to increase agricultural literacy through K-12 education. The anticipated amount available for FY 2018 is approximately $500,000. This RFA is being released prior to the passage of an appropriations act for FY 2018. Enactment of additional continuing resolutions or an appropriations act may affect the availability or level of funding for this program.
This notice identifies the objectives for AITC projects, deadline dates, funding information, eligibility criteria for projects and applicants, and application forms and associated instructions needed to apply for an AITC cooperative agreement. The purpose of AITC is to award a cooperative agreement to: • ensure that future generations are agriculturally literate; • encourage K-12 educators to integrate information about the food and agricultural system across curricula to assist students in understanding the pivotal role of agriculture in the U.S. and world economies, to introduce students to environmental and social issues impacting food, agricultural, natural resources, and human (FANH) sciences, and to expose them to higher education and career opportunities in the FANH sciences; and • support a network of partners to carry out the program at the State and local levels, by fostering the development of active and effective AITC programs in each of the fifty States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands of the United States, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.
More Information
https://nifa.usda.gov/sites/default/files/rfa/FY2018-AITC-RFA.pdf
Submission Limits
Maximum number of Applications per Institution: 1
Maximum number of Awards per Institution (as Lead): 1
Deadlines
Internal Notice of Intent |
Mar 13, 2018 |
Notification of Internal Competition |
Mar 14, 2018 |
Internal Pre-proposal |
Mar 28, 2018 |
Results of Internal Competition |
Apr 4, 2018 |
Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
N/A |
Agency Proposal |
May 1, 2018
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