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Higher Education Challenge Grants Program

Open now · Grant · USDA-NIFA-CGP-011315

Next cut-off
15 Oct '26
in 39 days
Per grant
$158K
the call's own average
Grants expected
36
projects that will be funded
Funding rate
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not published, read the conditions

In context of US Department of Agriculture

This grant$158K
The track runs to the largest grant in US Department of Agriculture ($20M). The median across the 32 calls we publish is $542K, this one is below it.

What this call funds

The purpose of HEC, under assistance listing 10.217, is to strengthen institutional capacities, including curriculum, faculty, scientific instrumentation, and student recruitment and retention. The HEC program is focused on developing and improving formal master’s or doctorate degree-level food and agricultural sciences education and first professional degree-level education in veterinary medicine, such as a doctorate in veterinary medicine (DVM).

What applying costs you

ItemEstimateNote
Drafting effort3–4 weekssingle submission
Time to first payment6–9 monthscut-off → evaluation → grant agreement

These are Bemzu's estimates from the call's structure (the number of stages and whether a consortium is required) not figures published by the Commission. Only the co-financing share is read from the call itself.

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