Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NIFA CBGP 008602
The Agriculture Business Innovation Center at an HBCU Institution grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number: USDA NIFA CBGP 008602) is a discretionary grant offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under CFDA 10.231. It was created on October 18, 2021, with an original application deadline of January 13, 2022. The program anticipated making one award, with a maximum award amount (ceiling) of $2,000,000.
This opportunity funds the creation or support of an HBCU Agriculture Business Innovation Center, defined specifically as an administrative unit rather than a physical, brick-and-mortar building. In practical terms, the Center is meant to function as an organizing and coordinating hub inside an eligible Historically Black College or University (HBCU) environment, focused on connecting agriculture and business priorities. The intent is not to construct facilities, but to build a structured capability for leadership, coordination, and sustained management of programs and partnerships that sit at the intersection of agriculture and business innovation.
The Center concept emphasizes coordination across disciplines and institutions. Rather than supporting a single narrow project, the grant is designed to help an HBCU administer and manage a portfolio of multidisciplinary and multi-institutional efforts. Those efforts can include teaching, outreach, and integrated projects, meaning the Center is expected to serve academic goals (such as curriculum development or experiential learning), community and stakeholder engagement goals (such as extension-style outreach and technical assistance), and combined initiatives that intentionally link research, education, and outreach into cohesive programs.
A core purpose of the Agriculture Business Innovation Center is to operate as a focal point for needs assessment and priority setting in agriculture business. The Center is expected to scan and assess both regional and national needs related to agriculture business and then use those findings to set priorities for collaborative work. This implies a strong emphasis on building partnerships, aligning projects with real-world workforce and industry demands, and creating a pipeline of coordinated activities that can be evaluated, improved, and scaled over time. In short, the award supports an HBCU-led coordinating entity that can identify agriculture-business challenges and opportunities, bring the right partners together, and manage a connected set of educational and outreach-driven solutions.
Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others," with clarification expected in the official eligibility section of the full announcement. The funding instrument is a grant, and the funding activity category is agriculture, indicating USDA NIFA is supporting capacity and program coordination that advances agricultural-related innovation through business-oriented programming and collaboration anchored at an HBCU.Apply for USDA NIFA CBGP 008602
- The Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Agriculture Business Innovation Center at an HBCU Institution" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.231.
- This funding opportunity was created on Oct 18, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 13, 2022. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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