Closes in 7 daysALN 10.217
Higher Education Challenge Grants Program
National Institute of Food and Agriculture- Award range
- $150K – $750K
- Closes
- Oct 15, 2026
- Who can apply
- Others (see notice)
Assistance Listing 10.217
Higher Education - Institution Challenge Grants Program
Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Assistance Listing 10.217, “Higher Education - Institution Challenge Grants Program,” is a federal program administered by Department of Agriculture. It provides grant assistance. GrantsJunction currently tracks 1 open, 0 forecasted and 0 closed opportunities under this listing.
Program objective
The purpose of the Higher Education Challenge Grants Program, under assistance listing 10.217, is to strengthen institutional capacities, including curriculum, faculty, scientific instrumentation, instruction delivery systems, and student recruitment and retention, to respond to identified state, regional, national, or international educational needs in the food and agricultural sciences, or in rural economic, community, and business development.
As published in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing.
Current opportunities under 10.217
Eligible applicants (program level)
- Other
Applicants for the HEC must meet all the requirements discussed in this NOFO. Applications may be submitted by: 1. U.S. public or private nonprofit colleges and universities offering a baccalaureate or first professional degree in at least one discipline or area of the food and agricultural sciences; 2. land-grant colleges and universities, (including land grant institutions in the Insular Areas); 3. colleges and universities having significant minority enrollments and a demonstrable capacity to carry out the teaching of food and agricultural sciences; and 4. other colleges and universities having a demonstrable capacity to carry out the teaching of food and agricultural sciences.
Intended beneficiaries: University Higher Education.
Program-level eligibility from SAM.gov. Each funding notice sets its own requirements.
Reported obligations by fiscal year
Historical data · not a predictionRange and average of financial assistance (from the listing): If minimum or maximum amounts of funding per competitive and/or capacity project grant, or cooperative agreement are established, these amounts will be announced in the annual Competitive Request for Application (RFA). The most current RFA is available via: https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/higher-education-challenge-hec-grants-program
Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 10.217. Hatched bars are agency estimates. These totals do not indicate approval rates.Frequently asked questions
What is ALN 10.217?
10.217 is the Assistance Listing Number for “Higher Education - Institution Challenge Grants Program.” Assistance Listing Numbers (formerly CFDA numbers) identify federal assistance programs; individual grant opportunities reference the listing they are funded under.
Who can apply under ALN 10.217?
The SAM.gov listing names these applicant types: Other. Each funding notice under the program sets its own eligibility, so check the specific opportunity.