Smith-Lever Special Needs Competitive Grants Program for Disaster Preparedness Education
Summary
USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced funding availability through the Smith-Lever Special Needs Competitive Grants Program (SLSNCGP), Assistance Listing 10.511, to support education-based approaches to disaster preparedness. Eligible 1862 Land-grant Institutions may apply for awards ranging from $20,000 to $115,000, with $459,564 total program funding available for 5 expected awards. Applications close June 1, 2026.
What changed
NIFA released funding opportunity USDA-NIFA-KMB-32361 for the Smith-Lever Special Needs Competitive Grants Program (SLSNCGP), Assistance Listing 10.511, to support innovative education-based approaches addressing disaster preparedness for natural, human-made, or technological disasters. The program has $459,564 in total funding for 5 expected awards ranging from $20,000 to $115,000. Eligible applicants are limited to 1862 Land-grant Institutions in the 50 states and U.S. territories.
Eligible institutions must submit complete applications by June 1, 2026. Applicants should review eligibility criteria carefully, as failure to meet requirements by the deadline may result in exclusion from consideration. Cost sharing or matching is required. Questions about application content may be directed to grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov.
What to do next
- Verify institutional eligibility as an 1862 Land-grant Institution before applying
- Prepare and submit application through grants.gov by June 1, 2026
- Ensure cost sharing or matching requirements are met
Source document (simplified)
Smith-Lever Special Needs Competitive Grants Program
Agency: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Assistance Listings: 10.511 -- Smith-Lever Extension Funding
Last Updated: April 1, 2026 View version history on Grants.gov
Description
The purpose of the Smith-Lever Special Needs Competitive Grants Program (SLSNCGP), Assistance Listing 10.511, is to support innovative, education-based approaches to address disaster preparedness and potential responses to natural, human-made, or technological disasters or disaster threats that pose risks to communities.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Miscellaneous
- Other
Additional information
Applications may only be submitted by 1862 Land-grant Institutions in the 50 states and the U.S. territories, American Samoa, Guam, Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.An eligible individual institution, independent branch campus, or branch institution of a State system may submit a grant application for project activities to be undertaken principally on behalf of its own students or faculty, and to be managed primarily by its own personnel. The applicant executes the project without the requirement of sharing grant funds with other project partners.Award recipients may subcontract to organizations not eligible to apply, provided such organizations are necessary for the conduct of the project. The 1862 Land-grant Institutions may partner with each other as well as with other Land-grant Institutions (e.g., 1890s and 1994s), non-Land-grant Institutions, and non-governmental organizations within their state or their region on joint proposals.Failure to meet an eligibility criterion by the application deadline may result in the application being excluded from consideration or, even though an application may be reviewed, will preclude NIFA from making an award.
Grantor contact information
Description
NIFA Support Email
grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov
If you have questions about preparing application content, contact grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov
grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov
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Link to additional information
Closing: June 1, 2026
Application process
This site is a work in progress. Go to www.grants.gov to apply, track application status, and subscribe to updates. View on Grants.gov
Award
$459,564
Program Funding
5
Expected awards
$20,000
Award Minimum
$115,000
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
USDA-NIFA-KMB-32361
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
Yes Funding instrument type:
Grant
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
-- Category of Funding Activity:
Agriculture
Category Explanation:
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History
Version:
1
Posted date:
April 1, 2026
Archive date:
July 6, 2026
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