The NC Agricultural Foundation, Inc., NC Agricultural Education and NC FFA, with a grant from the North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission, will provide at least 20 grants to local agricultural education programs in North Carolina. The twenty $15,000 grants per program will fund transformational projects that will focus on growing leaders, building communities, and strengthening agriculture for high and middle school agricultural education programs across the state. Grants will be used to fund innovative, sustainable, and relevant projects that will assist local teachers and students in meeting the current needs of the agriculture industry in our state and in their specific community.
Ag Ed Improvement Grant Application 2023-2024 (MS Word) - the grant application window is currently closed.
Ag Ed Improvement Grant Guidelines for Application and Scoring 2023-2024 (PDF)
|
DATE |
EVENT |
|
November 30, 2023 |
Notify Agricultural Education programs of funding and open the program grant cycle |
|
January 12, 2024 |
Close Program Grant Cycle – Applications due by 11:59 pm |
|
January 2024 |
Convene selection committee to review applications |
|
January 31, 2024 |
Notify program grant recipients |
|
February 2024 |
Orientation meeting with recipients via Zoom |
|
February - May 2024 |
Public check presentations with local school administrators and school boards |
|
February 2024 - April 2025 |
Projects in progress |
|
May 31, 2024 |
Biannual report due to North Carolina FFA |
|
December 2, 2024 |
Biannual report due to North Carolina FFA |
|
April 1, 2025 |
Final progress report due to North Carolina FFA |
