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Scholarships for Students at 1890 Institutions (1890 Scholarships)

National Institute of Food and Agriculture · Opportunity USDA-NIFA-1890SS-011978

Deadline September 10, 2026 1 day left
Award range $1.1M – $5.6M
Total program funding $67.2M

≈ 19 awards expected

PostedAugust 10, 2026

Who can apply

Eligibility Requirements Applications to the 1890 Scholarships Program may only be submitted by the nineteen 1890 Land-grant institutions (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), including Tuskegee University. Awards will only be provided to 1890 Land-grant institutions that have a competitive scholarships awards process in place (see Part IV, B of this NOFO, Field 8, b.).

About this opportunity

The purpose of the 1890 Scholarships Program, under Assistance Listing Number 10.524, is to provide scholarships to support recruiting, engaging, retaining, mentoring, and training of undergraduate and graduate students at the 1890 Land-grant institutions. These scholarships are intended to encourage outstanding students at 1890 institutions to pursue and complete baccalaureate and graduate (i.e., master’s and doctoral) degrees in the food and agricultural sciences (see Appendix III for definition) that would lead to a highly skilled food and agricultural systems workforce.

Award history — Scholarships for Students at 1890 Institutions (Assistance Listing 10.524)

This program made 20 new awards in FY2025.

New awards by fiscal year ’21: 38 · ’22: 38 · ’23: 37 · ’24: 38 · ’25: 20
Award size (min / median / max) $498k / $505k / $1.9M

Across the 171 most recent awards. Total obligations, not per-year.

Repeat winners 20 of 20 recipients won more than once

New awards recorded on USAspending.gov under the federal program that funds this opportunity. FY2025 figures may still be incomplete. Per-solicitation applicant counts are not published, so a true success rate for this specific opportunity cannot be computed. USDA NIFA publishes AFRI application and award counts in its annual review — source.

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