Assistance program
1890 Institution Capacity Building Grants
$180.6 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Agriculture, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 10.216
- What it does
- The Capacity Building Grants (CBG) Program is designed to build the institutional teaching, research, and extension capacities of the eligible institutions through cooperative programs with Federal and non-Federal entities. The CBG Program is designed to achieve three major goals: 1.) Advance the cultural diversity of the food and agricultural sciences scientific and professional workforce by attracting and educating more students from underrepresented groups; 2.) Strengthen linkages among the 1890 Institutions, other colleges and universities, USDA, other Federal agencies, and private industry; and 3.) Enhance and strengthen the quality of teaching/education, research, and extension programs at the 1890 Institutions to establish them as full partners in the U.S. food and agricultural sciences higher education system.
- Who benefits
- The seventeen 1890 land-grant institutions and Tuskegee University, non-1890 academic institutions, private industry, and the Department of Agriculture.
- Who applies
- The 1890 land-grant institutions and Tuskegee University. The 1890 land-Grant Institutions are: Alabama A&M University; Alcorn State University; University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff; Delaware State University; Florida A&M University; Fort Valley State University; Kentucky State University; Lincoln University (MO); Langston University; University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; North Carolina A&T State University; Prairie View A&M University; South Carolina State University; Southern University and A&M College; Tennessee State University; Virginia State University; and West Virginia State College.
- Authorized by
- 7 U.S.C. § 3152(b)(4)
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
Top recipients
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How to read these numbers
- Committed through this program
Money committed under this assistance listing (its CFDA program), counted in the year each action happened.
- How it's paid
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- Some recipients aren't itemized
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- Awards, counted once
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- The colored bars
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Direct payments