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 2025-2026 (MS Word)
Ag Ed Improvement Grant Guidelines for Application and Scoring 2025-2026 (PDF)
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DATE |
EVENT |
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April 20, 2026 |
Notify Agricultural Education programs of funding and open the program grant cycle |
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June 1, 2026 |
Close Program Grant Cycle – Applications due by 11:59 pm |
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June 2026 |
Convene selection committee to review applications |
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July 6, 2026 |
Notify program grant recipients |
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July 2026 |
Orientation meeting with recipients via Zoom |
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August - October 2026 |
Public check presentations with local school administrators and school boards |
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July 2026 - March 2027 |
Projects in progress |
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December 1, 2026 |
Biannual progress report due to North Carolina FFA |
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April 1, 2027 |
Final progress report due to North Carolina FFA |
