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Opportunity Summary:

The Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) Education Grants Program is a discretionary grant opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA). Its central purpose is to build and strengthen the capacity of eligible Hispanic Serving Institutions to deliver higher education programs that successfully attract, retain, and graduate high-achieving students who can contribute to the nation's professional and scientific workforce in food, agriculture, nutrition, natural resources, and related fields. In practical terms, the program is aimed at helping HSIs improve their ability to serve Hispanic students and increase the number of Hispanic graduates prepared to enter careers that support U.S. agriculture and natural resource systems.

The program is listed under CFDA 10.223 and supports activities that fall broadly within agriculture, education, environment, food and nutrition, and natural resources. Projects proposed under this opportunity are expected to directly strengthen an institution's HSI capacity and student success outcomes, particularly along the pipeline of recruitment, persistence, and graduation. While the announcement language emphasizes outcomes for Hispanic students, the broader workforce goal is to expand and improve the talent base entering food and agricultural sciences and professions, which includes academic preparation and institutional supports that help students complete degrees in these disciplines.

Funding is provided through grants, with an estimated total program funding level of $9.2 million for the opportunity cycle referenced in the announcement. Individual awards can be as high as $1.1 million, and the stated award floor is $0, indicating that award amounts may vary based on project scope and available funds. Importantly, the opportunity does not require cost sharing or matching funds, which lowers the barrier to participation for eligible institutions and allows applicants to focus resources on designing strong programmatic and educational improvements rather than assembling a matching budget.

Eligibility is limited to Hispanic Serving Institutions that are public or other nonprofit institutions of higher education. To qualify as an HSI for this program, the applicant must, at the time of application, enroll an undergraduate full-time equivalent (FTE) student body that is at least 25 percent Hispanic. The eligible applicant types listed include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education and other eligible entities as clarified in the full announcement, but the key constraint is the requirement that the institution be a qualifying public or nonprofit HSI meeting the enrollment threshold.

The solicitation distinguishes between at least two submission tracks or project groupings, reflected in separate closing dates. For this cycle, the closing date for Regular Projects was March 15, 2011, and the closing date for Collaboration Projects was March 31, 2011. The opportunity was posted on January 7, 2011, and later archived on May 1, 2011, which indicates this specific announcement is historical, though the program itself may reappear in future funding rounds under updated announcements. The funding opportunity number for this posting is USDA-NIFA-HSI-003398, and the title is "Hispanic Serving Institutions Education Grants Program."

For applicants needing assistance, the announcement directs technical access issues to the NIFA Help Desk at 202-401-5048 during business hours (Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, excluding federal holidays). The full notice also references support for questions related to preparing application content, typically handled through program contacts listed in the complete announcement.

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