Starting October 3rd! NEXTGEN Grant Support Introduction and Partnership Opportunities

October 3rd, 2022, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM Eastern Time
October 4th, 2022, 8:30 PM – 10:00 PM Eastern Time
October 5th, 2022, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Eastern Time
October 6th, 2022, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM Eastern Time

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The Extension Foundation was selected by USDA-NIFA to serve as the technical service provider for NEXTGEN to raise awareness of the program and provide technical assistance for eligible institutions to develop teams, partners, program strategies and to connect with USDA and other career opportunities.

This webinar will provide an overview of grant support resources available immediately to streamline the application process, create compelling applications, and help with potential partnerships for the NEXTGEN grant. You are welcome to attend as many of these as you would like. You do not need to attend all of the webinar dates and times available, please choose one(s) that are most convenient for you. Visit our website at nextgen.extension.org.

About NEXTGEN

The primary goal of the From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals Program (NEXTGEN) is to enable 1890 Land-grant institutions, 1994 Land-grant institutions, Alaska Native-serving institutions and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions, Hispanic-serving institutions, and insular area institutions of higher education located in the U.S. territories to engage, recruit, retain, train, and support students to help build and sustain the next generation of the food, agriculture, natural resources, and human sciences (FANH) workforce including the future USDA workforce. NEXTGEN-supported projects should enable student scholarship support, meaningful paid internships, fellowships, and job opportunity matching, and also facilitate opportunities to learn the processes and pathways leading to training and employment in the federal sector.

About the Extension Foundation

The Extension Foundation was formed in 2006 by Extension Directors and Administrators. The Foundation partners with Cooperative Extension through liaison roles and a formal plan of work with the Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP) to increase system capacity while providing programmatic services, and helping Extension programs scale and investigate new methods and models for implementing programs. The Foundation provides professional development to Cooperative Extension professionals and offers exclusive services to its members.

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NEXTGEN Program Overview Webinar, September 7th, 2022

Hosted by USDA-NIFA

Learn about program goals, eligibility, other requirements, and resources available for USDA’s From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals Program (NEXTGEN).

The goal of the NEXTGEN program is to enable institutions eligible under Section 1006 of the American Rescue Plan, as amended by Section. 22007 of the Inflation Reduction Act (Pub.L 117-169) to engage, recruit, retain, train, and support students in order to help build and sustain the next generation of the food, agriculture, natural resources, and human sciences workforce including the future USDA and federal government workforce.

For more information about this program, please see the From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals (NEXTGEN) Funding Opportunity 

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Program Contacts

If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this meeting, please contact David Wagner, Program Specialist, at david.wagner2@usda.gov no later than September 5th, 2022. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to limited English proficient individuals upon request.

 

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NEXTGEN Request for Application Resources

In order to facilitate the expedited review process of applications, a Notice of Intent (NOI) submission is highly encouraged, but not required, and must be submitted by an eligible institution. Failure to submit an NOI does not disqualify an eligible institution from applying to this program within the program proposal due date listed in the Request for Applications (RFA). Information contained in a NOI is not factored into the review process of a subsequent application, but its goal is to allow program staff to estimate the potential review workload and design a plan responsive to the same.

Visit https://www.nifa.usda.gov/nextgen-request-application-resources to access the NEXTGEN Notice of Intent Instructions, 2022.

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Funding Opportunity: From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals (NEXTGEN)

The primary goal of the From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals Program (NEXTGEN) is to enable 1890 institutions, 1994 institutions, Alaska Native-serving institutions and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions, Hispanic-serving institutions (specifically, the certified Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities (HSACUs)), and insular area institutions of higher education located in the U.S. territories 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.

For questions concerning the NEXTGEN program, contact: NIFA.Workforce@usda.gov

View the full RFA and Grant Application at https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/funding-opportunities/learning-leading-cultivating-next-generation-diverse-food-agriculture

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Your success is our success. This website and related materials and support have been developed by the Extension Foundation for the benefit of all eligible institutions in their development, preparation, and application of their proposal for “From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals Program (NEXTGEN)” USDA-NIFA-ARPAED-009362 funding opportunity.

This work is supported through a cooperative agreement between the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and the Extension Foundation who is providing technical assistance for “From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals (NEXTGEN).” Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication/website and consultative support are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or the Extension Foundation.