Opportunity ID: 363720
General Information
| Funding Opportunity Number | USDA-NIFA-NLGCA-011938 |
| Funding Opportunity Title | Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land-Grant Colleges of Agriculture Program |
| Agency | Joseph Perez Lead Policy Analyst |
| Document Type | synopsis |
| Version | 1 |
| Opportunity Category | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation | Not specified |
| Funding Instrument Type | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity | Agriculture |
| Category Explanation | Not specified |
| Expected Number of Awards | Not specified |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement | No |
| Posted Date | Aug 26, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Last Updated Date | Aug 26, 2026 03:56:25 PM EDT |
| Original Closing Date | Nov 10, 2026 12:00:00 AM EST |
| Original Closing Date Notes | Not specified |
| Current Closing Date | Nov 10, 2026 12:00:00 AM EST |
| Current Closing Date Notes | Not specified |
| Estimated Synopsis Date | Not specified |
| Estimated Application Due Date | Not specified |
| Estimated Award Date | Not specified |
| Estimated Project Start Date | Not specified |
| Archive Date | Dec 10, 2026 12:00:00 AM EST |
| Estimated Total Program Funding | 5,700,000 |
| Award Ceiling | 750,000 |
| Award Floor | 30,000 |
Assistance Listings
- 10.326 — Capacity Building for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture (NLGCA)
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants | Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) |
Applicants for the NLGCA Program must meet all the requirements discussed in this NOFO. Failure to meet the eligibility criteria by the application deadline may result in exclusion from consideration or preclude NIFA from making an award. For those new to Federal financial assistance, NIFA’s About Grants provides highly recommended information about grants and other resources to help understand the Federal awards process.
Applications may only be submitted by an NLGCA certified as such by NIFA at the time of application. A current list of NLGCAs certified by NIFA can be found on the NLGCA Program webpage or the NLGCA List webpage. Section 7102 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 removed the opt-in, opt-out language that had previously required Hispanic-Serving Agricultural Colleges and Universities (HSACU) and McIntire-Stennis Colleges and Universities to relinquish that status if they wanted to pursue NLGCA designation (See Part I, A for legislative authority). There are no longer any such limitations, and HSACUs as well as McIntire-Stennis Colleges and Universities may request NLGCA designation. Non-land-grant colleges and universities may subcontract to organizations not eligible to apply, provided such organizations are necessary for the conduct of the project. All institutions certified as NLGCA prior to December 21, 2018, must reapply for certification and meet the new criteria for NLGCA certification contained in the Federal Register Notice.
In order for an institution to qualify as a NLGCA, it must be a public college or university offering a baccalaureate or higher degree in the study of agricultural sciences, forestry, or both, among the 32 specified Areas of Study: Agricultural and domestic animal services; agricultural and extension education services; agricultural and food products processing; agricultural business and management; agricultural communication or agricultural journalism; agricultural economics; agricultural engineering; agricultural mechanization; agricultural production operations; agricultural public services; agriculture; animal sciences; applied horticulture or horticulture operations; aquaculture; equestrian/equine studies; floriculture or floristry operations and management; food science; forest sciences and biology; forestry; greenhouse operations and management; international agriculture; natural resource economics; natural resources management and policy; natural resources or conservation; ornamental horticulture; plant nursery operations and management; plant sciences; range science and management; soil science; turf and turfgrass management; urban forestry; and wood science and wood products or pulp or paper technology. If you are not sure if you are eligible to request NLGCA designation, please consult the NLGCA Eligibility Flow Chart.
Description
The NLGCA Program, under assistance listing number 10.326, will assist NLGCA institutions in maintaining and expanding their capacity to conduct education, research, outreach, and integrated activities relating to agriculture, renewable resources, and other similar disciplines. NLGCA institutions may use the funds to maintain and expand capacity:
1. to successfully compete for funds from Federal grants and other sources to carry out educational, research, outreach, and integrated activities that address priority concerns of national, regional, State, and local interest;
2. to disseminate information relating to priority concerns to:
a. interested members of the agriculture, renewable resources, and other relevant communities;
b. the public; and
c. any other interested entity;
3. to encourage members of the agriculture, renewable resources, and other relevant communities to participate in priority education, research, outreach, and integrated activities by providing matching funds to leverage grant resources, and through:
a. the purchase or other acquisition of equipment and other infrastructure (not including alteration, repair, renovation, or construction of buildings);
b. the professional growth and development of the faculty of the NLGCA Institution; and
c. the development of graduate assistantships.
Additional Information
| Contact | Joseph Perez Lead Policy Analyst |
| Contact Information | Business hours: Monday thru Friday, 8a.m. – 5p.m. CT, except federal holidays |
| grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov | |
| Email Description | grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov |
| Phone | 202-445-5402 |
Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land-Grant Colleges of Agriculture Program
Version History
| Id | 363720 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Opportunity number | USDA-NIFA-NLGCA-011938 |
| Opportunity title | Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land-Grant Colleges of Agriculture Program |
| Owning agency code | USDA-NIFA |
| Opportunity category / Category | D |
| Opportunity category / Description | Discretionary |
| Synopsis / Opportunity id | 363720 |
| Synopsis / Version | 1 |
| Synopsis / Agency code | USDA-NIFA |
| Synopsis / Agency name | Joseph Perez Lead Policy Analyst |
| Synopsis / Agency phone | 202-445-5402 |
| Synopsis / Agency address desc | grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Code | NIFA |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Seed | USDA-NIFA |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Agency name | National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Agency code | USDA-NIFA |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Top agency code | USDA |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Code | USDA |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Seed | USDA |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Agency name | Department of Agriculture |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Agency code | USDA |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Top agency code | USDA |
| Synopsis / Agency contact phone | 202-445-5402 |
| Synopsis / Agency contact name | Joseph Perez Lead Policy Analyst |
| Synopsis / Agency contact desc | Business hours: Monday thru Friday, 8a.m. – 5p.m. CT, except federal holidays |
| Synopsis / Agency contact email | grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov |
| Synopsis / Agency contact email desc | grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov |
| Synopsis / Synopsis desc | The NLGCA Program, under assistance listing number 10.326, will assist NLGCA institutions in maintaining and expanding their capacity to conduct education, research, outreach, and integrated activities relating to agriculture, renewable resources, and other similar disciplines. NLGCA institutions may use the funds to maintain and expand capacity: 1. to successfully compete for funds from Federal grants and other sources to carry out educational, research, outreach, and integrated activities that address priority concerns of national, regional, State, and local interest; 2. to disseminate information relating to priority concerns to: a. interested members of the agriculture, renewable resources, and other relevant communities; b. the public; and c. any other interested entity; 3. to encourage members of the agriculture, renewable resources, and other relevant communities to participate in priority education, research, outreach, and integrated activities by providing matching funds to leverage grant resources, and through: a. the purchase or other acquisition of equipment and other infrastructure (not including alteration, repair, renovation, or construction of buildings); b. the professional growth and development of the faculty of the NLGCA Institution; and c. the development of graduate assistantships. |
| Synopsis / Response date | Nov 10, 2026 12:00:00 AM EST |
| Synopsis / Response date desc | Not specified |
| Synopsis / Funding desc link url | https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/funding-opportunities/capacity-building-grants-non-land-grant-colleges-agriculture-program |
| Synopsis / Funding desc link desc | Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land-Grant Colleges of Agriculture Program |
| Synopsis / Posting date | Aug 26, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Synopsis / Archive date | Dec 10, 2026 12:00:00 AM EST |
| Synopsis / Cost sharing | No |
| Synopsis / Estimated funding | 5700000 |
| Synopsis / Estimated funding formatted | 5,700,000 |
| Synopsis / Award ceiling | 750000 |
| Synopsis / Award ceiling formatted | 750,000 |
| Synopsis / Award floor | 30000 |
| Synopsis / Award floor formatted | 30,000 |
| Synopsis / Applicant eligibility desc | Applicants for the NLGCA Program must meet all the requirements discussed in this NOFO. Failure to meet the eligibility criteria by the application deadline may result in exclusion from consideration or preclude NIFA from making an award. For those new to Federal financial assistance, NIFA’s About Grants provides highly recommended information about grants and other resources to help understand the Federal awards process.
Applications may only be submitted by an NLGCA certified as such by NIFA at the time of application. A current list of NLGCAs certified by NIFA can be found on the NLGCA Program webpage or the NLGCA List webpage. Section 7102 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 removed the opt-in, opt-out language that had previously required Hispanic-Serving Agricultural Colleges and Universities (HSACU) and McIntire-Stennis Colleges and Universities to relinquish that status if they wanted to pursue NLGCA designation (See Part I, A for legislative authority). There are no longer any such limitations, and HSACUs as well as McIntire-Stennis Colleges and Universities may request NLGCA designation. Non-land-grant colleges and universities may subcontract to organizations not eligible to apply, provided such organizations are necessary for the conduct of the project. All institutions certified as NLGCA prior to December 21, 2018, must reapply for certification and meet the new criteria for NLGCA certification contained in the Federal Register Notice. In order for an institution to qualify as a NLGCA, it must be a public college or university offering a baccalaureate or higher degree in the study of agricultural sciences, forestry, or both, among the 32 specified Areas of Study: Agricultural and domestic animal services; agricultural and extension education services; agricultural and food products processing; agricultural business and management; agricultural communication or agricultural journalism; agricultural economics; agricultural engineering; agricultural mechanization; agricultural production operations; agricultural public services; agriculture; animal sciences; applied horticulture or horticulture operations; aquaculture; equestrian/equine studies; floriculture or floristry operations and management; food science; forest sciences and biology; forestry; greenhouse operations and management; international agriculture; natural resource economics; natural resources management and policy; natural resources or conservation; ornamental horticulture; plant nursery operations and management; plant sciences; range science and management; soil science; turf and turfgrass management; urban forestry; and wood science and wood products or pulp or paper technology. If you are not sure if you are eligible to request NLGCA designation, please consult the NLGCA Eligibility Flow Chart. |
| Synopsis / Create time stamp | Aug 26, 2026 04:02:45 PM EDT |
| Synopsis / Created date | Aug 26, 2026 03:56:25 PM EDT |
| Synopsis / Last updated date | Aug 26, 2026 03:56:25 PM EDT |
| Synopsis / Applicant types 1 / Id | 25 |
| Synopsis / Applicant types 1 / Description | Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) |
| Synopsis / Funding instruments 1 / Id | G |
| Synopsis / Funding instruments 1 / Description | Grant |
| Synopsis / Funding activity categories 1 / Id | AG |
| Synopsis / Funding activity categories 1 / Description | Agriculture |
| Synopsis / Response date str | 2026-11-10-00-00-00 |
| Synopsis / Posting date str | 2026-08-26-00-00-00 |
| Synopsis / Archive date str | 2026-12-10-00-00-00 |
| Synopsis / Create time stamp str | 2026-08-26-16-02-45 |
| Agency details / Code | NIFA |
| Agency details / Seed | USDA-NIFA |
| Agency details / Agency name | National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
| Agency details / Agency code | USDA-NIFA |
| Agency details / Top agency code | USDA |
| Top agency details / Code | USDA |
| Top agency details / Seed | USDA |
| Top agency details / Agency name | Department of Agriculture |
| Top agency details / Agency code | USDA |
| Top agency details / Top agency code | USDA |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Id | 81184 |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Opportunity id | 363720 |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Folder type | Full Announcement |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Folder name | FY26-NLGCA-NOFO |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Zip lob size | 445145 |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Created date | Aug 26, 2026 04:01:04 PM EDT |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Last updated date | Aug 26, 2026 04:02:45 PM EDT |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Synopsis attachments 1 / Id | 354807 |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Synopsis attachments 1 / Opportunity id | 363720 |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Synopsis attachments 1 / Mime type | application/pdf |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Synopsis attachments 1 / File name | FY26-NLGCA-NOFO-P.pdf |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Synopsis attachments 1 / File description | FY2026-Capacity-Building-Grants-for-Non-Land-Grant-Colleges-of-Agriculture-Program-NOFO |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Synopsis attachments 1 / File lob size | 469986 |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Synopsis attachments 1 / Created date | Aug 26, 2026 04:02:45 PM EDT |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Synopsis attachments 1 / Synopsis att folder id | 81184 |
| Synopsis document urls | Not specified |
| Syn att change comments | Not specified |
| Cfdas 1 / Id | 435215 |
| Cfdas 1 / Opportunity id | 363720 |
| Cfdas 1 / Cfda number | 10.326 |
| Cfdas 1 / Program title | Capacity Building for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture (NLGCA) |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Id | 294064 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Topportunity id | 363720 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Family id | 14 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Dialect | XFDL2.2 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Opportunity number | USDA-NIFA-NLGCA-011938 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Opportunity title | Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land-Grant Colleges of Agriculture Program |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Cfda number | 10.326 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Opening date | 2026-08-26 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Closing date | 2026-11-10 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Owning agency code | USDA-NIFA |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Code | NIFA |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Seed | USDA-NIFA |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Agency name | National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Agency code | USDA-NIFA |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Top agency code | USDA |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Code | USDA |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Seed | USDA |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Agency name | Department of Agriculture |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Agency code | USDA |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Top agency code | USDA |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Program title | Capacity Building for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture (NLGCA) |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Contact info | Business hours: Monday thru Friday, 8a.m. – 5p.m. CT, except federal holidays Email: grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Grace period | 30 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Electronic required | Y |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Expected application count | 55 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Open to applicant type | 1 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Is multi project | N |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Extension | |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Mimetype | application/pdf |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Last update | Aug 26, 2026 04:00:38 PM EDT |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Workspace compatible flag | Y |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Package id | PKG00294064 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Opening date str | 2026-08-26-00-00-00 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Closing date str | 2026-11-10-00-00-00 |
| Closed opportunity pkgs | Not specified |
| Original due date | Nov 10, 2026 12:00:00 AM EST |
| Original due date desc | Not specified |
| Synopsis modified fields | Not specified |
| Forecast modified fields | Not specified |
| Error messages | Not specified |
| Syn post date in past | Yes |
| Doc type | synopsis |
| Forecast hist count | 0 |
| Synopsis hist count | 0 |
| Assist compatible | No |
| Assist url | Not specified |
| Related opps | Not specified |
| Ost | POSTED |
Related Documents
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Business hours: Monday thru Friday, 8a.m. – 5p.m. CT, except federal holidays |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.326 | PKG00294064 | 2026-08-26 | 2026-11-10 | View |
