This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------85AB35F8F7D22CEDCD153348 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------CB4DE92655C1D30587A66C00" --------------CB4DE92655C1D30587A66C00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "Mayeaux, Max - CSREES/PAS" wrote: > > > Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture Education Challenge > Grants Program (SPEC) > CSREES solicits applications for an estimated $960,000 in grants for > the Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture Education > Challenge Grants Program (SPEC). Applications must be received by > close of business January 15, 2003 (5:00 p.m., Eastern Time). > The SPEC program seeks to: (a) promote and strengthen secondary > education and two-year postsecondary education in agriscience and > agribusiness in order to help ensure the existence in the United > States of a qualified workforce to serve the food and agricultural > sciences system; and (b) promote complementary and synergistic > linkages among secondary, two-year postsecondary, and higher education > programs in the food and agricultural sciences in order to advance > excellence in education and encourage more young Americans to pursue > and complete a baccalaureate or higher degree in the food and > agricultural sciences. > > Applications may be submitted by eligible public secondary schools > (the category supported in FY 2003 is limited to grade levels 9-12) > and public or private, nonprofit junior or community colleges. > Applications will be evaluated by a peer review panel and awards will > be made competitively based upon evaluation criteria contained in the > Request for Applications. > > Helpful application preparation information is available by clicking > the "SPEC FAQs" link to the left. For the entire Request for > Applications document, including mailing addresses and contact > information, click on the link below. A complete set of required forms > must be submitted with the application. The required forms are also > available below. > > For questions, please contact: > Mr. P. Gregory Smith > National Program Leader > CSREES/Higher Education Programs > U.S. Department of Agriculture > STOP 2251 > 1400 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20250-2251 > Phone: (202) 720-1973 > Fax: (202) 720-2030 > E-mail: gsmith@reeusda.gov > Request for Applications - SPEC Program MSWord or PDF > Application Forms Package > > ************************************************* > Maxwell H. Mayeaux, Ph.D. > Aquaculture Program Specialist > USDA/CSREES/PAS > Waterfront Centre, Room 3155 > 800 9th St., SW > Washington, DC 20024 > (202) 401-3352 > (202) 401-6156 FAX > ************************************************* > > Feeding the Hungry Leads to World Peace > --- > You are currently subscribed to aquacontacts as: semac@mma.mass.edu > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > leave-aquacontacts-8629R@lyris.reeusda.gov --------------CB4DE92655C1D30587A66C00 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> "Mayeaux, Max - CSREES/PAS" wrote:Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture Education Challenge Grants Program (SPEC)
CSREES solicits applications for an estimated $960,000 in grants for the Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture Education Challenge Grants Program (SPEC). Applications must be received by close of business January 15, 2003 (5:00 p.m., Eastern Time).
The SPEC program seeks to: (a) promote and strengthen secondary education and two-year postsecondary education in agriscience and agribusiness in order to help ensure the existence in the United States of a qualified workforce to serve the food and agricultural sciences system; and (b) promote complementary and synergistic linkages among secondary, two-year postsecondary, and higher education programs in the food and agricultural sciences in order to advance excellence in education and encourage more young Americans to pursue and complete a baccalaureate or higher degree in the food and agricultural sciences.Applications may be submitted by eligible public secondary schools (the category supported in FY 2003 is limited to grade levels 9-12) and public or private, nonprofit junior or community colleges. Applications will be evaluated by a peer review panel and awards will be made competitively based upon evaluation criteria contained in the Request for Applications.
Helpful application preparation information is available by clicking the "SPEC FAQs" link to the left. For the entire Request for Applications document, including mailing addresses and contact information, click on the link below. A complete set of required forms must be submitted with the application. The required forms are also available below.
For questions, please contact:
Mr. P. Gregory Smith
National Program Leader
CSREES/Higher Education Programs
U.S. Department of Agriculture
STOP 2251
1400 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20250-2251
Phone: (202) 720-1973
Fax: (202) 720-2030
E-mail: gsmith@reeusda.gov
Request for Applications - SPEC Program MSWord or PDF
Application Forms Package*************************************************
Maxwell H. Mayeaux, Ph.D.
Aquaculture Program Specialist
USDA/CSREES/PAS
Waterfront Centre, Room 3155
800 9th St., SW
Washington, DC 20024
(202) 401-3352
(202) 401-6156 FAX
*************************************************Feeding the Hungry Leads to World Peace
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