RFP Tutorial & Information Curriculum Funded Mini-Grant Projects UAF Clearinghouse 4-H Natural Resources                /Youth Development Contact Information Main College of Rural Alaska Cooperative Extension Services Copyright © 2004, College of Rural Alaska - Higher Education Project, all rights reserved. Designed by WebWeavers Technology Group		Program Summary Applications Accepted: Jan. 15, 2004 – March 15, 2004 Direct Grants to Educators is possible because of a partnership between the University of Alaska Fairbanks-College of Rural Alaska (CRA) and the Cooperative Extension Service (CES). Funds to support this partnership are part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Higher Education Program. USDA intends this program to address the preparation of rural students for higher education needs within a broadly defined arena of food and agricultural sciences related disciplines. Institutions participating in this program are given the latitude to define applicable "food and agricultural sciences" related disciplines appropriate for their state. In addition to the more commonly associated fields of agriculture, food and fiber, renewable natural resources, forestry, aqua-culture, veterinary medicine, family and consumer sciences, home economics, nutrition and dietetics, and other higher education activities and fields of study related to the production, processing, marketing, distribution, conservation, utilization, consumption and development of food and agriculturally related products and services, Alaska has expanded this list to include those "customary and traditional uses of fish and wildlife and other renewable resources for food, clothing, shelter and handicrafts." Using this definition of subsistence from Title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), CRA identifies "subsistence agriculture" as a term that is inclusive and relevant to encompass the traditional cultural, economic and social uses of natural resources in rural Alaska. Note - USDA does not provide funding for mining education, extraction of minerals, and/or exploration as it does not consider the extraction of minerals to be a "renewable resource." UAF College of Rural Alaska, PO Box 756180, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6180 Ph: 907.474.7246 Fx: 907.474.6971 The University of Alaska Fairbanks is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and educational institution. For claims of infringement pursuant to Section 512(c) of the Copyright Act contact the UA Claims Agent. "This material is based upon work supported by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under special project number 2001-38426-11488 and supported by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and College of Rural Alaska."