Smith-Lever Special Needs Competitive Grants Program (SLSNCGP)

Overview

Within the states and territories, the Cooperative Extension System (CES) has repeatedly served as the trusted community organization that has helped to enable families, communities, and small businesses to successfully prepare for, respond to and cope with disaster losses and critical incidents. The Smith-Lever Special Needs Competitive Grants Program (SLSNCGP) enables the CES to develop, implement, and support innovative, education-based approaches that address disaster preparedness and specific responses related to disasters or disaster threats.  

Through this grant program, NIFA funds projects that deliver applied Extension programs that serve public needs through a disaster context. The SLSNCGP has supported projects that develop educational programs, create resource materials, and hold demonstration activities in the areas for which CES is known: agriculture, natural resources, community and economic development, family and consumer sciences, and 4-H and youth development.

Current Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs)

There is currently one NOFO available. Access the links to grants.gov below for the full NOFOs. SLSNCGP is one of the first pilot programs in NIFA's Grants Modernization Initiative (GMI). Visit our webpage and resource center to learn more about GMI and get started in the new eRA grants management system. 

Eligibility

1862 Land-grant Institutions in the 50 States, American Samoa, Guam, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands are eligible to apply.  

There is a 100% matching requirement. Applicants must secure equal funding from non-Federal sources for every Federal dollar awarded.   

Previously Funded Projects