Opportunity ID: 363700
General Information
| Funding Opportunity Number | USDA-NIFA-TCEG-011837 |
| Funding Opportunity Title | Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants Program |
| Agency | Catherine Bohnert Grantor |
| Document Type | synopsis |
| Version | 1 |
| Opportunity Category | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation | Not specified |
| Funding Instrument Type | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity | Agriculture |
| Category Explanation | Not specified |
| Expected Number of Awards | 35 |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement | No |
| Posted Date | Aug 24, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Last Updated Date | Aug 24, 2026 03:05:48 PM EDT |
| Original Closing Date | Oct 07, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Original Closing Date Notes | Not specified |
| Current Closing Date | Oct 07, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Current Closing Date Notes | Not specified |
| Estimated Synopsis Date | Not specified |
| Estimated Application Due Date | Not specified |
| Estimated Award Date | Not specified |
| Estimated Project Start Date | Not specified |
| Archive Date | Nov 06, 2026 12:00:00 AM EST |
| Estimated Total Program Funding | 8,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling | 228,571 |
| Award Floor | 228,571 |
Assistance Listings
- 10.221 — Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants | Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) |
Applicants for the Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grant Program must meet all the requirements discussed in this NOFO. Failure to meet the eligibility criteria by the application deadline may result in exclusion from consideration or preclude NIFA from making an award. For those new to Federal financial assistance, NIFA’s About Grants provides highly recommended information about grants and other resources to help understand the Federal awards process.
Applications may only be submitted by Tribal Colleges or Universities designated as a 1994 Land-grant Institutions (1994 institution) under the Equity Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301note). 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 1994 institutions are listed below.
Table 3: Eligible 1994 Institutions
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
Description
The TCEG program (assistance listing 10.221) is designed to help build Tribal education capacity in the food and agricultural sciences for Native Alaskan/American Indian students. This NOFO will begin a new four-year continuation funding cycle. The six legislatively mandated priorities are:
• Curricula design and materials development.
• Faculty development and teacher preparation.
• Student experiential learning
• Equipment and instrumentation for teaching science, technology, engineering, arts and math.
• Student recruitment and retention.
• Instruction delivery systems and strategic partnerships.
Additional Information
| Contact | Catherine Bohnert Grantor |
| Contact Information | Business hours: Monday thru Friday, 8a.m. – 5p.m. CT, except federal holidays |
| grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov | |
| Email Description | grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov |
| Phone | 816-398-3349 |
Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants (TCEG) Program
Version History
| Id | 363700 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Opportunity number | USDA-NIFA-TCEG-011837 |
| Opportunity title | Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants Program |
| Owning agency code | USDA-NIFA |
| Opportunity category / Category | D |
| Opportunity category / Description | Discretionary |
| Synopsis / Opportunity id | 363700 |
| Synopsis / Version | 1 |
| Synopsis / Agency code | USDA-NIFA |
| Synopsis / Agency name | Catherine Bohnert Grantor |
| Synopsis / Agency phone | 816-398-3349 |
| Synopsis / Agency address desc | grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Code | NIFA |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Seed | USDA-NIFA |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Agency name | National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Agency code | USDA-NIFA |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Top agency code | USDA |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Code | USDA |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Seed | USDA |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Agency name | Department of Agriculture |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Agency code | USDA |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Top agency code | USDA |
| Synopsis / Agency contact phone | 816-398-3349 |
| Synopsis / Agency contact name | Catherine Bohnert Grantor |
| Synopsis / Agency contact desc | Business hours: Monday thru Friday, 8a.m. – 5p.m. CT, except federal holidays |
| Synopsis / Agency contact email | grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov |
| Synopsis / Agency contact email desc | grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov |
| Synopsis / Synopsis desc | The TCEG program (assistance listing 10.221) is designed to help build Tribal education capacity in the food and agricultural sciences for Native Alaskan/American Indian students. This NOFO will begin a new four-year continuation funding cycle. The six legislatively mandated priorities are: • Curricula design and materials development. • Faculty development and teacher preparation. • Student experiential learning • Equipment and instrumentation for teaching science, technology, engineering, arts and math. • Student recruitment and retention. • Instruction delivery systems and strategic partnerships. |
| Synopsis / Response date | Oct 07, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Synopsis / Response date desc | Not specified |
| Synopsis / Funding desc link url | https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/funding-opportunities/tribal-colleges-education-equity-grants-tceg-program |
| Synopsis / Funding desc link desc | Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants (TCEG) Program |
| Synopsis / Posting date | Aug 24, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Synopsis / Archive date | Nov 06, 2026 12:00:00 AM EST |
| Synopsis / Cost sharing | No |
| Synopsis / Number of awards | 35 |
| Synopsis / Estimated funding | 8000000 |
| Synopsis / Estimated funding formatted | 8,000,000 |
| Synopsis / Award ceiling | 228571 |
| Synopsis / Award ceiling formatted | 228,571 |
| Synopsis / Award floor | 228571 |
| Synopsis / Award floor formatted | 228,571 |
| Synopsis / Applicant eligibility desc | Applicants for the Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grant Program must meet all the requirements discussed in this NOFO. Failure to meet the eligibility criteria by the application deadline may result in exclusion from consideration or preclude NIFA from making an award. For those new to Federal financial assistance, NIFA’s About Grants provides highly recommended information about grants and other resources to help understand the Federal awards process.
Applications may only be submitted by Tribal Colleges or Universities designated as a 1994 Land-grant Institutions (1994 institution) under the Equity Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301note). 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 1994 institutions are listed below. Table 3: Eligible 1994 Institutions |
| Synopsis / Create time stamp | Aug 24, 2026 03:15:57 PM EDT |
| Synopsis / Created date | Aug 24, 2026 03:05:48 PM EDT |
| Synopsis / Last updated date | Aug 24, 2026 03:05:48 PM EDT |
| Synopsis / Applicant types 1 / Id | 25 |
| Synopsis / Applicant types 1 / Description | Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) |
| Synopsis / Funding instruments 1 / Id | G |
| Synopsis / Funding instruments 1 / Description | Grant |
| Synopsis / Funding activity categories 1 / Id | AG |
| Synopsis / Funding activity categories 1 / Description | Agriculture |
| Synopsis / Response date str | 2026-10-07-00-00-00 |
| Synopsis / Posting date str | 2026-08-24-00-00-00 |
| Synopsis / Archive date str | 2026-11-06-00-00-00 |
| Synopsis / Create time stamp str | 2026-08-24-15-15-57 |
| Agency details / Code | NIFA |
| Agency details / Seed | USDA-NIFA |
| Agency details / Agency name | National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
| Agency details / Agency code | USDA-NIFA |
| Agency details / Top agency code | USDA |
| Top agency details / Code | USDA |
| Top agency details / Seed | USDA |
| Top agency details / Agency name | Department of Agriculture |
| Top agency details / Agency code | USDA |
| Top agency details / Top agency code | USDA |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Id | 81173 |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Opportunity id | 363700 |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Folder type | Full Announcement |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Folder name | FY26-TCEG-NOFO |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Zip lob size | 447839 |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Created date | Aug 24, 2026 03:12:41 PM EDT |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Last updated date | Aug 24, 2026 03:15:57 PM EDT |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Synopsis attachments 1 / Id | 354779 |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Synopsis attachments 1 / Opportunity id | 363700 |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Synopsis attachments 1 / Mime type | application/pdf |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Synopsis attachments 1 / File name | FY26-TCEG-NOFO-P.pdf |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Synopsis attachments 1 / File description | FY2026-Tribal-Colleges-Education-Equity-Grants-Program-NOFO |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Synopsis attachments 1 / File lob size | 469602 |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Synopsis attachments 1 / Created date | Aug 24, 2026 03:15:57 PM EDT |
| Synopsis attachment folders 1 / Synopsis attachments 1 / Synopsis att folder id | 81173 |
| Synopsis document urls | Not specified |
| Syn att change comments | Not specified |
| Cfdas 1 / Id | 435191 |
| Cfdas 1 / Opportunity id | 363700 |
| Cfdas 1 / Cfda number | 10.221 |
| Cfdas 1 / Program title | Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Id | 294048 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Topportunity id | 363700 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Family id | 14 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Dialect | XFDL2.2 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Opportunity number | USDA-NIFA-TCEG-011837 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Opportunity title | Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants Program |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Cfda number | 10.221 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Opening date | 2026-08-24 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Closing date | 2026-10-07 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Owning agency code | USDA-NIFA |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Code | NIFA |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Seed | USDA-NIFA |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Agency name | National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Agency code | USDA-NIFA |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Top agency code | USDA |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Code | USDA |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Seed | USDA |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Agency name | Department of Agriculture |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Agency code | USDA |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Top agency code | USDA |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Program title | Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Contact info | Business hours: Monday thru Friday, 8a.m. – 5p.m. CT, except federal holidays Email: grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Grace period | 30 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Electronic required | Y |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Expected application count | 35 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Open to applicant type | 1 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Is multi project | N |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Extension | |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Mimetype | application/pdf |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Last update | Aug 24, 2026 03:11:50 PM EDT |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Workspace compatible flag | Y |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Package id | PKG00294048 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Opening date str | 2026-08-24-00-00-00 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Closing date str | 2026-10-07-00-00-00 |
| Closed opportunity pkgs | Not specified |
| Original due date | Oct 07, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Original due date desc | Not specified |
| Synopsis modified fields | Not specified |
| Forecast modified fields | Not specified |
| Error messages | Not specified |
| Syn post date in past | Yes |
| Doc type | synopsis |
| Forecast hist count | 0 |
| Synopsis hist count | 0 |
| Assist compatible | No |
| Assist url | Not specified |
| Related opps | Not specified |
| Ost | POSTED |
Related Documents
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Business hours: Monday thru Friday, 8a.m. – 5p.m. CT, except federal holidays |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.221 | PKG00294048 | 2026-08-24 | 2026-10-07 | View |
