ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS · GRANT
Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land-Grant Colleges of Agriculture Program
- Deadline
- Nov 10, 2026 (17 days left)
- Who can apply
- Others
- Award range
- $30,000 to $750,000
- Expected awards
- Not stated
- Total program funding
- $5.7 million
- Your own money required
- No cost sharing or matching required
- Opportunity number
- USDA-NIFA-NLGCA-011938
- Posted
- Aug 26, 2026
- Assistance listing
- 10.326
More on who can apply
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 Prog
What it funds
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; andc. 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; andc. the development of graduate assistantships.
Open the official notice on Grants.gov ↗What to do next
- Open the official notice on Grants.gov and download the full announcement (the NOFO) and any attachments.
- Check you can apply: the eligible applicants above, and any detail in the notice's eligibility section.
- Register your organization in SAM.gov (choose "all awards") and create a Grants.gov account; allow several weeks the first time.
- Apply through Grants.gov exactly as the notice says, before Nov 10, 2026. Late applications are usually not accepted.
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From Grants.gov's official daily extract of Oct 25, 2026. The notice on Grants.gov and its attachments are what count. UX Contract is independent and not a government website.