The Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education (HSI) Program strengthens the ability of HSIs to carry out higher education programs to attract, retain, and graduate outstanding students capable of enhancing the nation's food, agriculture, natural resources, and human sciences work force. Read more on the fact sheet below.
Legislation
The HSI Program is administered under Section 1455 of (NARETPA) (7 U.S.C. 3241) pursuant to section 815 of Public Law 104-127 and Public Law 110-246 to encourage innovative teaching or education proposals with potential to impact and become models for other institutions that serve underrepresented students at the regional or national level.
Goals/Objectives
Strengthen institutional educational capacities to develop and enhance curriculum, faculty, instruction delivery systems and infrastructure including libraries and scientific instrumentation, in order to respond and serve the needs of underrepresented students in identified state, regional, national or international educational needs in the food and agricultural sciences; recruit, retain and support undergraduate and graduate students from underrepresented groups to prepare them for careers related to the food, agricultural and natural resource systems of the United States; and facilitate cooperative initiatives between two or more Hispanic-serving Institutions or between Hispanic-serving Institutions and public or the private sector, to maximize the development and use of resources and to improve the food and agricultural sciences teaching programs.
Eligibility
To be eligible for competitive consideration for an award under this program, a Hispanic-serving Institution must, at the time of application, certify that it has an enrollment of at least 25% Hispanic undergraduate full-time equivalent students.
Funding
$14 million
Strategies
Curricula Design, Materials Development and Library Resources, Faculty Preparation and Enhancement for Teaching, Instruction Delivery Systems, Scientific Instrumentation for Teaching and Research, Student Experiential Learning, Student Recruitment Retention, and Educational Equity.
Matching
Not required.
RFA
Posted: 2022;
Closing: Regular: January 25, 2023;
Collaboration: January 26, 2023; and Conference: January 27, 2023
Contact
National Program Leader: Dr. Irma Lawrence
Program Specialist: Dr. Kellyann Jones-Jamtgaard
Web Page
Request for Applications: Hispanic-serving Institutions Education Grants Program.