Resident Instruction Grants for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas Agriculture and Food Science Facilities and Equipment Program for Insular Areas

Key facts

Summary from the notice

Who can apply

The official notice lists these applicant types as eligible:

• Others named in the notice (see the eligibility text)

Eligibility details from the notice

Eligibility Requirements a. Individual Institutions 1. For the purposes of the RIIA program, an eligible institution is an institution of higher education, as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1995 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)); is located in an insular area; and has a demonstrable capacity to carry out teaching and Extension/outreach programs in the food and agricultural sciences. All public or nonprofit 2-year and 4-year accredited institutions of higher education that offer certificate/degree programs in the food and agricultural sciences are eligible. 2. For the purposes of the AGFEI program, only individual Land-grant Colleges and Universities, and other institutions that have secured Land-grant status through Federal legislation, and which are located in insular areas, are eligible for awards under this NOFO as individual applicants. The eight insular areas are: 1. American Samoa 2. The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 3. The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 4. The Federated States of Micronesia 5. Guam 6. The Republic of the Marshall Islands 7. The Republic of Palau 8. The United States Virgin Islands b. Branch Institutions of a Territory University System —For the purposes of the RIIA and AGFEI programs, the individual branches of a territory university system that are separately accredited as degree-granting institutions are treated as separate, individual institutions eligible to apply for and rec...

Registrations you will likely need

Most applications submitted through Grants.gov need the following. Registration can take several weeks, so start early. The notice lists the exact requirements.

• SAM.gov registration for your organization, which also gives you a Unique Entity ID (UEI). Registration is free.
• A Login.gov account, which Grants.gov uses for sign-in.
• A Grants.gov applicant registration linked to your organization's UEI.

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