5/1/2024
St. Paul, Minn.— For many college students, food insecurity is a daily concern. In an effort to address this issue, the Hunger Free Campus grant program was established to help fight hunger on Minnesota college campuses. All Minnesota public postsecondary institutions, tribal colleges, and private non-profit degree granting institutions are eligible to apply for grant funding. The 2024 grant application is now live, and the Minnesota Office of Higher Education (OHE) invites all eligible colleges and universities to apply by May 23, 2024.
Established in 2021 as a part of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education Omnibus Bill, the total appropriation for the program in this grant round is $2,500,000.
There are three different grants available to applicants in this grant round:
Please Note: There is a 50 percent match requirement, in-kind or monetary, to receive funding for Sustaining and Pathways grants.
The timeline for the grant is as follows:
Hunger Free Campus Grants are administered in partnership with the Student Advisory Council. Members of the Student Advisory Council include students from LeadMN (Minnesota’s public 2-year institutions), Students United (Minnesota’s public 4-year institutions), The University of Minnesota, the Minnesota Private College Council student association, and tribal colleges.
For more information and forms needed to apply, see the Hunger Free Campus Request for Proposals.
For more information on this program, visit the Hunger Free Campus webpage.
If you are a student seeking resources to address food, housing, or other basic needs insecurities, see our Student Homelessness in Higher Education webpage.
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