Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants Program

The Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants Program aims to enhance curricula in agricultural education, increase faculty teaching competencies, and interest young people in pursuing higher education in the food and agricultural sciences. The program will award grants to support projects that promote the incorporation of agriscience and agribusiness subject matter into other instructional programs, facilitate joint initiatives between grant recipients and other institutions, and support other initiatives designed to meet local, state, regional, or national needs related to promoting excellence in agriscience and agribusiness education. Key aspects of the program include: • Enhancing curricula in agricultural education • Increasing faculty teaching competencies • Promoting the incorporation of agriscience and agribusiness subject matter into other instructional programs • Facilitating joint initiatives between grant recipients and other institutions • Supporting other initiatives designed to meet local, state, regional, or national needs related to promoting excellence in agriscience and agribusiness education • Supporting current agriculture in the classroom programs for grades K-12