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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="color:#C00000">~~ Please disseminate this information with those researchers in your department who may find it noteworthy ~~<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A NextGen Program Overview Webinar will be held Sept. 7 at 2 pm Central</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> (Noon Pacific)<span style="color:black">.
You can register for it at the following <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgo.aplu.org%2FNjAzLVVSVy0xMjcAAAGGsvxuHqcV9jsdJ-88eW-whK11-eII__UXlVZZA5rvuiFOkfuY-vNj6wj1qE3waizDgvztwbc%3D&data=05%7C01%7C%7C977f40a0f01a4156608c08da90426464%7Ced5b36e701ee4ebc867ee03cfa0d4697%7C0%7C0%7C637980912070136889%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=LX05xv%2B382brMpAZwTTO6PCZs42wqQBT6Ly1nMky9U4%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">Closing Date: Extended to November 15, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Letter of Intent due by Friday, September 16th (Recommended but not required)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Expanded Eligibility: All HSIs are Eligible.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">The USDA NIFA's NextGen RFA is open now. This RFA will provide up to $250 million in funding for scholarship
support, experiential learning opportunities, and outreach and engagement programs to build awareness of agriculture-related career opportunities. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WEBINAR TOMORROW:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> A NextGen Program Overview Webinar will be held Sept. 7 at 2 pm Central. You can register for it at the
following <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgo.aplu.org%2FNjAzLVVSVy0xMjcAAAGGsvxuHqcV9jsdJ-88eW-whK11-eII__UXlVZZA5rvuiFOkfuY-vNj6wj1qE3waizDgvztwbc%3D&data=05%7C01%7C%7C977f40a0f01a4156608c08da90426464%7Ced5b36e701ee4ebc867ee03cfa0d4697%7C0%7C0%7C637980912070136889%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=LX05xv%2B382brMpAZwTTO6PCZs42wqQBT6Ly1nMky9U4%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Eligibility:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> All HSIs are eligible to pursue funding under this program, not just HSACUs. This expands the eligibility
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">DEADLINE:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> The deadline for submissions is now Nov. 15, and LOIs are now encouraged but not required.
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Letter of Intent:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> LOIs are still due on Sept. 16, 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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This new NIFA funding opportunity for <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgo.aplu.org%2FNjAzLVVSVy0xMjcAAAGGsvxuHv4NQnL46-_uRGD82uilb_93RUQEKoFo4yi7KexF2Ki9eMB1CDAIlr2f-nFDqP7MFSc%3D&data=05%7C01%7C%7C977f40a0f01a4156608c08da90426464%7Ced5b36e701ee4ebc867ee03cfa0d4697%7C0%7C0%7C637980912070136889%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=qePvNTPSIAIHA2P5nR8VMeZmpYZSsMnjfOwjH6QDmn4%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">
<span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals Program (NEXTGEN)</span></a>. USDA anticipates providing up to
<u>$250 million</u> for the <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgo.aplu.org%2FNjAzLVVSVy0xMjcAAAGGsvxuHr3Ig7rKlClA_5CXHy9qX6yNy2AwQAjA69Jdf5D-Q3fmhPeeVOFbGaQa8JN8syITXyI%3D&data=05%7C01%7C%7C977f40a0f01a4156608c08da90426464%7Ced5b36e701ee4ebc867ee03cfa0d4697%7C0%7C0%7C637980912070136889%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2FaHM%2FxIo%2F8Iqy%2B8%2BNGqPYHuV37AASDGK%2FGjJundBfP0%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">NEXTGEN
program.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The primary goal of NextGen is to build and sustain the next generation of the food,
agriculture, natural resources, and human sciences (FANH) workforce, including the future USDA workforce, primarily through providing student scholarship support, meaningful paid internships, fellowships, and job opportunity matching, and also facilitating
opportunities to learn the processes and pathways leading to training and employment in the federal sector.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Eligible applicants include the following:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Hispanic-Serving Institutions</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Hispanic-Serving Agricultural Colleges and Universities</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Insular area institutions of higher education located in the U.S. territories</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Alaska Native Serving Institutions and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6">
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Note that there is a proposal limit of three proposals per eligible institution as the lead institution. Funding is limited to $20,000,000 maximum per award. <br>
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<span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">contact Carlos Ortiz</span></a> at USDA NIFA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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