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SPECA Grants Program
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The Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants (SPECA) program seeks to: (a) promote and strengthen secondary education and two-year postsecondary education in the food and agriculture sciences in order to help ensure the existence of a workforce in the United States that's qualified to serve the food and agriculture sciences system; and (b) promote complementary and synergistic linkages among secondary, two-year postsecondary, and higher education programs in the food and agriculture sciences in order to advance excellence in education and encourage more young Americans to pursue and complete a baccalaureate or higher degree in the food and agriculture sciences.
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.
For more information on each of these data sources, please see the
About the data page.
For the FY 2016 award cycle, a total of $858,500 was available for project grant awards, after legislatively authorized set-asides were deducted.
A total of 74 applications were accepted for review. In July 2016, a 27 member peer review panel will evaluate these applications. The peer panel includes faculty members from secondary schools, two-year postsecondary, land grant and non-land grant colleges and universities, and practitioners from the food and agricultural sciences community.
Funds were available to support a total of approximately 10 awards in the following Project Types:
Conference/Planning projects;
Regular projects; Joint projects; and
2 Large-scale Comprehensive Initiatives.
The anticipated funding ratio for this program in FY 2016 is 13.5 percent.
The initial Appropriation was $852,300. After legislatively mandated set-asides, the amount available to fund projects was $841,730.
In FY 2016, 73 proposals were accepted for review. A total of 12 awards are recommended for funding.
The composition of awards follows: five (5) regular, three (3) planning, and four (4) joint projects.
The funding rate is 16.4%.
The initial Appropriation is $847,125. After legislatively mandated set-asides, the amount available to fund projects is $845,250.
In FY 2017, 66 proposals were accepted for review. A total of ten (10) awards are recommended for funding. The composition of awards follows: four (4) regular, three (3) planning, two (2) collaborative type 1, and one (1) collaborative type 2.
The funding rate is 15%.
For Fiscal Year (FY) 2018:
The initial appropriation was $900,000. The amount available to fund projects was $856,137. In FY 2018, 50 proposals were accepted for review. A total of six awards have been recommend for funding. The FY ‘18 SPECA funding rate is 12%.
For Fiscal Year (FY) 2019:
The initial appropriation was $900,000. The amount available to fund projects was $857,250. In FY 2019, 54 proposals were accepted for review. A total of seven awards have been recommend for funding. The FY ‘19 SPECA funding rate is 13%.
For Fiscal Year (FY) 2020:
Information is not yet available. Pertinent data to be provided by Program at a future date.
FY2023: Number of Applications Received: 46 Number of Awards Made:11
FY2024: Number of Applications Received: 46 Number of Awards Made: 8
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
