Higher Education Challenge (HEC) Grants Program
USDA-NIFA-CGP-006950 
grants.gov  https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=320953
USDA-NIFA  https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/higher-education-challenge-hec...

Projects supported by the Higher Education Challenge Grants Program will:
(1) address a state, regional, national, or international educational need;
(2) involve a creative or non-traditional approach toward addressing that need that can serve as a model to others;
(3) encourage and facilitate better working relationships in the university science and education community, as well as between universities and the private sector, to enhance program quality and supplement available resources; and
(4) result in benefits that will likely transcend the project duration and USDA support.

(From the 2019 RFA)
Applications submitted to this grants program must state how the funded project will address the HEC Program Goals:
1. To enhance the quality of instruction for baccalaureate degrees, master’s degrees, and first professional degrees in veterinary sciences, in order to help meet current and future workforce needs in the food, agricultural, natural resources, and human (FANH) sciences.
2. To increase the number and diversity of students who will pursue and complete a postsecondary degree in the FANH sciences.