FederalClosing soonFixed dateNational Institute of Food and Agriculture

Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land-Grant Colleges of Agriculture Program

Award ceiling
$30,000 – $750,000
Closes
Nov 10, 2026
Last verified
2026-10-22

Awards $30,000 – $750,000 per recipient for others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Nov 10, 2026.

Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agriculture

In one sentence

Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land-Grant Colleges of Agriculture Program awards $30,000 – $750,000 per recipient, open to others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Nov 10, 2026.

Record fields
Program pool (total)
$5,700,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project)
$750,000
Award floor
$30,000
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
Nov 10, 2026
Deadline type
Fixed date
Opens
Aug 26, 2026
Status
Closing soon
Eligible entities
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Geography
Not stated
Matching funds
No
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Application effort
Not confirmed
Use of funds
maintain and expand capacity to successfully compete for funds from Federal grants and other sources to carry out educational, research, outreach, and integrated activities · disseminate information relating to priority concerns to interested members of the agriculture, renewable resources, and other relevant communities, the public, and any other interested entity · purchase or other acquisition of equipment and other infrastructure (not including alteration, repair, renovation, or construction of buildings) · professional growth and development of the faculty of the NLGCA Institution · development of graduate assistantships
Currency
USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
$5,700,000
Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
$750,000

Who can apply?

level
Derived from the source that published this record
entity
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Source field: entity types
industry
Source field: industries
use
development of graduate assistantships, disseminate information relating to priority concerns to interested members of the agriculture, renewable resources, and other relevant communities, the public, and any other interested entity, maintain and expand capacity to successfully compete for funds from Federal grants and other sources to carry out educational, research, outreach, and integrated activities, professional growth and development of the faculty of the NLGCA Institution, purchase or other acquisition of equipment and other infrastructure (not including alteration, repair, renovation, or construction of buildings)
Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

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.…

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When does it close?

Nov 10, 202619 daysDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

5 categorys
The source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
maintain and expand capacity to successfully compete for funds from Federal grants and other sources to carry out educational, research, outreach, and integrated activitiesdisseminate information relating to priority concerns to interested members of the agriculture, renewable resources, and other relevant communities, the public, and any other interested entitypurchase or other acquisition of equipment and other infrastructure (not including alteration, repair, renovation, or construction of buildings)professional growth and development of the faculty of the NLGCA Institutiondevelopment of graduate assistantships

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

1 field
Effort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.
Application effort
Not confirmed
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Matching funds
No

Who has received this funding?

130 awards
Awards on file for this programme, counted rather than modelled.

130 prior awards on file for this programme, largest first. Every row comes from the funder's own award listing; nothing here is estimated.

RecipientStateAmountFiscal year
CAL POLY CORPORATIONNot stated$750,0002022
CHICO STATE ENTERPRISESNot stated$750,0002023
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$750,0002022
MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$750,0002023
SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$750,0002024
TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$750,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$750,0002024
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEMNot stated$749,9992023
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$749,9992023
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO FOUNDATIONNot stated$749,9972022
TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$749,9232022
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$749,8152022
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITYNot stated$749,7242022
EAST TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITYNot stated$748,4552023
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEMNot stated$746,6742021
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$745,0002024
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEMNot stated$701,6912017
MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$686,2412021
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITYNot stated$660,6412018
ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$636,0132018
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$623,1422018
SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$600,2672018
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURINot stated$568,8592018
BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKANot stated$500,0002020
TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$350,5962020
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITYNot stated$300,0002024
CAL STATE LA UNIVERSITY AUXILIARY SERVICES INCNot stated$300,0002024
MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$300,0002024
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEYNot stated$300,0002024
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$299,9992017
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, BAKERSFIELD AUXILIARY FOR SPONSORED PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATIONNot stated$299,9972023
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEMNot stated$299,9962022
CAL POLY CORPORATIONNot stated$299,9952021
MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$299,9752023
EAST TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITYNot stated$299,9582022
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$299,9322022
MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$299,8792023
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEMNot stated$299,7092022
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$299,3352023
UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMANot stated$298,7022018
ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$298,6592018
CAL POLY HUMBOLDT SPONSORED PROGRAMS FOUNDATIONNot stated$298,5702021
ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$297,9502022
OHIO UNIVERSITYNot stated$297,1872022
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION AT MONTEREY BAYNot stated$296,5652021
UW RIVER FALLSNot stated$294,5712018
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$293,8492021
TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$284,8522018
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$280,4352017
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$279,0422018
CHICO STATE ENTERPRISESNot stated$278,9472021
UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMANot stated$274,2862023
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEMNot stated$272,5092020
EAST TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITYNot stated$270,8982021
MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$267,8602020
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEMNot stated$266,2252020
CHICO STATE ENTERPRISESNot stated$264,9622023
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$263,7062020
WESTERN COLORADO UNIVERSITYNot stated$261,9622023
TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$261,1512020
NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITYNot stated$252,4372021
MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$247,8212020
MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$246,8402020
TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$244,6042018
ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$238,2602020
UW RIVER FALLSNot stated$231,5632018
CAL POLY CORPORATIONNot stated$220,3362020
TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$218,0772020
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$214,2782018
SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$211,3622020
MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$198,3792020
ABRAHAM BALDWIN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGENot stated$150,0002024
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITYNot stated$150,0002024
CAL POLY CORPORATIONNot stated$150,0002024
CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INCNot stated$150,0002021
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$150,0002023
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$150,0002024
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$150,0002024
MARSHALL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATIONNot stated$150,0002024
SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$150,0002024
TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$150,0002024
TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$150,0002024
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEMNot stated$150,0002024
CHICO STATE ENTERPRISESNot stated$149,9992021
TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$149,9992023
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITYNot stated$149,9982023
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITYNot stated$149,9932023
CAL POLY CORPORATIONNot stated$149,9402023
TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$149,9372023
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITYNot stated$149,9322022
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$149,8952023
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$149,8392018
SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$149,8012022
UW RIVER FALLSNot stated$149,6662018
CAL POLY CORPORATIONNot stated$149,4412020
TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$149,1942021
ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$149,1012018
CHICO STATE ENTERPRISESNot stated$149,0722020
VERMONT STATE COLLEGESNot stated$149,0062023
ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$148,7232018

Recipient names as published by the California Grants Portal.

What comparable notices state

62 records
Stated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Among open records stored under Agriculture, 62 of 76 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:

  • 25th percentile$300,000
  • Median$1,000,000
  • 75th percentile$2,000,000

A statistical estimate, not a prediction. It describes what a set of notices has published in this catalogue on the day you read it, and says nothing about what this programme will award. Records stating no ceiling are excluded rather than counted as zero, and the programme pool — what a funder has across every applicant — is a different column and is never mixed in.

Who has won this programme before?

130 awards
Awards under the same assistance listing, not under this notice.

130 federal awards on file under assistance listing 10.326, the programme this notice is published under. These are not awards made under this notice — a listing covers every year the programme runs, and awards under an open notice do not exist yet.

Every award under this programme

Common questions

7 questions
Every answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.
How much can one applicant receive?
$30,000 – $750,000 per recipient.
How much funding is available in total?
$5,700,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
When is the application deadline?
Nov 10, 2026.
Who is eligible to apply?
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification).
What can the funding be used for?
maintain and expand capacity to successfully compete for funds from Federal grants and other sources to carry out educational, research, outreach, and integrated activities, disseminate information relating to priority concerns to interested members of the agriculture, renewable resources, and other relevant communities, the public, and any other interested entity, purchase or other acquisition of equipment and other infrastructure (not including alteration, repair, renovation, or construction of buildings), professional growth and development of the faculty of the NLGCA Institution, development of graduate assistantships, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?
No. The source states that no matching funds are required.
Has this programme funded anyone before?
130 prior awards are on file for this programme, made by National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Recipients, amounts and fiscal years are listed on this page.

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Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-10-22
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-09-02
Assistance listing10.326

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