Resident Instruction, Agriculture, and Food Science Facilities and Equipment Grants

RIIA: Support educational opportunities in the food and agriculture sciences by (1) strengthening institutional educational capacities, including libraries, curriculum, faculty, scientific instrumentation, instruction delivery systems, and student recruitment and retention, in order to respond to identified State, regional, national, or international education needs in the food and agricultural sciences; (2) attracting and supporting undergraduate and graduate students in order to educate them in identified areas of national need in the food and agriculture sciences; (3) facilitating cooperative initiatives between two or more insular area eligible institutions, or between those institutions and units of State Government or organizations in the private sector, to maximize the development and use of resources such as faculty, facilities, and equipment to improve food and agricultural sciences teaching programs; and (4) conducting undergraduate scholarship programs to assist in meeting national needs for training food and agricultural scientists. AGFEI: The Facilities and Equipment Projects will focus on the acquisition, repair and remodeling of facilities, laboratories, and other capital facilities (including fixtures and equipment) necessary to conduct activities in tropical and subtropical agricultural research, including pest and disease research.