Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program

Agency: National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Assistance Listings

10.227 -- 1994 Institutions Research Program

Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

Important dates

Archived: February 12, 2021
Closed: January 13, 2021

Award details

Expected project funding: $3,800,000
Expected awards: Not specified

Award min.

Award max.

$500,000

Funding opportunity number:USDA-NIFA-TCRGP-007812
Cost sharing or matching requirement:No
Funding instrument type:
- Grant
Opportunity Category:Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:Not specified
Category of Funding Activity:
- Agriculture
Category Explanation:Not specified

History

Posted date: October 15, 2020
Archive date: February 12, 2021
Version: 1

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Summary

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This program was designed to assist 1994 Land-Grant Institutions (Tribal Colleges) in building institutional research capacity through applied projects that address student educational needs and meet community, reservation or regional challenges. Awards are to be made on the basis of a competitive review process. Collaboration with 1862 or 1890 Land-Grant Institutions, the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS), a Non-Land-Grant College of Agriculture (NLGCA), or at least one forestry school funded under the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research Program is a requirement. Eligible institutions may propose projects in any discipline of the food, agricultural or natural resource sciences.

Eligibility

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Additional information on eligibility

Applications may only be submitted by Tribal Colleges or Universities designated as 1994s under the Equity Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301, as amended). Award recipients may subcontract to organizations not eligible to apply provided such organizations are necessary for the conduct of the project. Failure to meet an eligibility criterion by the time of application deadline may result in the application being excluded from consideration. The eligible 1994s are listed below: (1) Aaniiih Nakoda College. (2) Bay Mills Community College. (3) Blackfeet Community College. (4) Cankdeska Cikana Community College. (5) Chief Dull Knife College. (6) College of Menominee Nation. (7) College of the Muscogee Nation. (8) Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College. (9) Dine College. 10) Haskell Indian Nations University. 11) Fort Peck Community College. (12) Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development. (13) Ilisagvik College. (14) Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College. (15) Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College. (16) Little Big Horn College. (17) Leech Lake Tribal College. (18) Navajo Technical University. 19) Little Priest Tribal College. (20) Northwest Indian College. (21) Nebraska Indian Community College. (22) Oglala Lakota College. (23) Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College. (24) Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College. (25) Red Lake Nation College. (26) Sinte Gleska University. (27) Salish Kootenai College. (28) Sitting Bull College. (29) Sisseton Wahpeton College. (30) Stone Child College. (31) Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute. (32) Turtle Mountain Community College. (33) Tohono O'odham Community College. (34) White Earth Tribal and Community College. (35) United Tribes Technical College.

Documents

File name	Description	Last updated
FY21-Tribal-RFA.pdf	FY2021-Tribal-Colleges-Research-Grants-Program-RFA	Oct 15, 2020 11:17 PM UTC

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