NY S04082

Removes the two-year application deadline after college graduation and replaces it with a requirement that applicants have produced an "agricultural product" for no more than ten consecutive years.

Increases the maximum number of annual awards from ten to twenty-five awards per year.

Increases the maximum annual award amount from ten thousand dollars to twenty thousand dollars per applicant.

Increases the total maximum award over a five-year period from fifty thousand dollars to one hundred thousand dollars per applicant.

Modifies priority criteria to give second priority to applicants who can demonstrate economic need and did not receive an award during a previous application period, instead of specifically referencing the first year of program operation.