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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

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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

Eligible applicants

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Additional information

A. Eligible Applicants 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. Aaniiih Nakoda College Bay Mills Community College Blackfeet Community College Cankdeska Cikana Community College Chief Dull Knife College College of the Menominee Nation College of the Muscogee Nation Dine’ College Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College Fort Peck Community College Haskell Indian Nations University Ilisagvik College Institute of American Indian Arts Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College Leech Lake Tribal College Little Big Horn College Little Priest Tribal College Navajo Technical University Nebraska Indian Community College Northwest Indian College Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College Oglala Lakota College Red Lake Nation College Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College Salish Kootenai College Sinte Gleska University Sisseton Wahpeton College Sitting Bull College Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Stone Child College Tohono O’odham Community College Turtle Mountain Community College United Tribes Technical College White Earth Tribal and Community College

Grantor contact information

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Documents

File nameDescriptionLast updated
FY-2020-Tribal-Research-RFA-508.pdf
FY2020 Tribal Colloge Research RFA
Mar 23, 2020 05:08 PM UTC

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Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program

Archived: May 30, 2020

Application process

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Award

$3,800,000

Program Funding

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Expected awards

$60,000

Award Minimum

$500,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

USDA-NIFA-TCRGP-007272

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

No

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

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Category of Funding Activity:

Agriculture

Category Explanation:

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History

Version:

1

Posted date:

March 23, 2020

Archive date:

May 30, 2020

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