Opportunity ID: 336428

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: USDA-NIFA-TCEG-008681
Funding Opportunity Title: Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants Program
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Agriculture
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Assistance Listings: 10.221 — Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 4
Posted Date: Nov 03, 2021
Last Updated Date: Mar 14, 2024
Original Closing Date for Applications: Feb 25, 2022
Current Closing Date for Applications: Mar 27, 2024
Archive Date: Apr 26, 2024
Estimated Total Program Funding: $4,500,000
Award Ceiling: $130,000
Award Floor: $0

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligibility RequirementsApplications submitted to the Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants (TCEG) program must meet all the requirements discussed in this RFA. Failure to meet the eligibility criteria by the application deadline may result in exclusion from consideration or, preclude NIFA from making an award. 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. 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 1994 institutions are listed below.Aaniiih Nakoda College Navajo Technical UniversityBay Mills Community College Nebraska Indian Community CollegeBlackfeet Community College Northwest Indian CollegeCankdeska Cikana Community College Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish CollegeChief Dull Knife College Oglala Lakota CollegeCollege of the Menominee Nation Red Lake Nation CollegeCollege of the Muscogee Nation Saginaw Chippewa Tribal CollegeDine’ College Salish Kootenai CollegeFond du Lac Tribal and Community College Sinte Gleska UniversityFort Peck Community College Sisseton Wahpeton CollegeHaskell Indian Nations University Sitting Bull CollegeIlisagvik College Southwestern Indian Polytechnic InstituteInstitute of American Indian Arts Stone Child CollegeKeweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College Tohono O’odham Community CollegeLac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College Turtle Mountain Community CollegeLeech Lake Tribal College United Tribes Technical CollegeLittle Big Horn College White Earth Tribal and Community CollegeLittle Priest Tribal College

Additional Information

Agency Name: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Description:

The Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants (TCEG) program is designed to help build Tribal education capacity in the food and agricultural sciences for Native Alaskan/American Indian students. This request for applications (RFA) will begin a new four-year continuation funding cycle. The six legislatively mandated priorities are:

·  Culturally relevant curricula design and materials development    

·  Culturally responsive 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

The TCEG program focuses on development of culturally responsive students and faculty who use students’ backgrounds and identities to create a dynamic and engaging learning environment. Preparing students for roles in Tribal leadership, traditional knowledge, and other qualities of one’s culture that are necessary to prepare students for agricultural and related careers in the private sector, for work with Tribal and non-Tribal government, and in academia. TCEG teaching applications must demonstrably incorporate a Tribal leadership development component to equip students with technical and leadership abilities upon graduation. 

Link to Additional Information:
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

NIFA Support

Key Information: Business hours: Monday thru Friday, 7a.m. – 5p.m. ET, except federal holidays
Email:grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov

Version History

Version Modification Description Updated Date
11/7/2023 Decision Memo Approved Justification Open Window Period Mar 14, 2024
Updated Close Date to Comply with UEI Updates Nov 03, 2021
Update Close Date to March 15, 2022. Nov 03, 2021
Nov 03, 2021

DISPLAYING: Synopsis 4

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: USDA-NIFA-TCEG-008681
Funding Opportunity Title: Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants Program
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Agriculture
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Assistance Listings: 10.221 — Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 4
Posted Date: Nov 03, 2021
Last Updated Date: Mar 14, 2024
Original Closing Date for Applications: Feb 25, 2022
Current Closing Date for Applications: Mar 27, 2024
Archive Date: Apr 26, 2024
Estimated Total Program Funding: $4,500,000
Award Ceiling: $130,000
Award Floor: $0

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligibility RequirementsApplications submitted to the Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants (TCEG) program must meet all the requirements discussed in this RFA. Failure to meet the eligibility criteria by the application deadline may result in exclusion from consideration or, preclude NIFA from making an award. 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. 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 1994 institutions are listed below.Aaniiih Nakoda College Navajo Technical UniversityBay Mills Community College Nebraska Indian Community CollegeBlackfeet Community College Northwest Indian CollegeCankdeska Cikana Community College Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish CollegeChief Dull Knife College Oglala Lakota CollegeCollege of the Menominee Nation Red Lake Nation CollegeCollege of the Muscogee Nation Saginaw Chippewa Tribal CollegeDine’ College Salish Kootenai CollegeFond du Lac Tribal and Community College Sinte Gleska UniversityFort Peck Community College Sisseton Wahpeton CollegeHaskell Indian Nations University Sitting Bull CollegeIlisagvik College Southwestern Indian Polytechnic InstituteInstitute of American Indian Arts Stone Child CollegeKeweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College Tohono O’odham Community CollegeLac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College Turtle Mountain Community CollegeLeech Lake Tribal College United Tribes Technical CollegeLittle Big Horn College White Earth Tribal and Community CollegeLittle Priest Tribal College

Additional Information

Agency Name: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Description:

The Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants (TCEG) program is designed to help build Tribal education capacity in the food and agricultural sciences for Native Alaskan/American Indian students. This request for applications (RFA) will begin a new four-year continuation funding cycle. The six legislatively mandated priorities are:

·  Culturally relevant curricula design and materials development    

·  Culturally responsive 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

The TCEG program focuses on development of culturally responsive students and faculty who use students’ backgrounds and identities to create a dynamic and engaging learning environment. Preparing students for roles in Tribal leadership, traditional knowledge, and other qualities of one’s culture that are necessary to prepare students for agricultural and related careers in the private sector, for work with Tribal and non-Tribal government, and in academia. TCEG teaching applications must demonstrably incorporate a Tribal leadership development component to equip students with technical and leadership abilities upon graduation. 

Link to Additional Information:
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

NIFA Support

Key Information: Business hours: Monday thru Friday, 7a.m. – 5p.m. ET, except federal holidays
Email:grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov

DISPLAYING: Synopsis 3

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: USDA-NIFA-TCEG-008681
Funding Opportunity Title: Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants Program
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Agriculture
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Assistance Listings: 10.221 — Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 3
Posted Date: Nov 03, 2021
Last Updated Date: Apr 08, 2022
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Current Closing Date for Applications: Apr 14, 2022
Archive Date: May 14, 2022
Estimated Total Program Funding: $4,500,000
Award Ceiling: $130,000
Award Floor: $0

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligibility RequirementsApplications submitted to the Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants (TCEG) program must meet all the requirements discussed in this RFA. Failure to meet the eligibility criteria by the application deadline may result in exclusion from consideration or, preclude NIFA from making an award. 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. 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 1994 institutions are listed below.Aaniiih Nakoda College Navajo Technical UniversityBay Mills Community College Nebraska Indian Community CollegeBlackfeet Community College Northwest Indian CollegeCankdeska Cikana Community College Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish CollegeChief Dull Knife College Oglala Lakota CollegeCollege of the Menominee Nation Red Lake Nation CollegeCollege of the Muscogee Nation Saginaw Chippewa Tribal CollegeDine’ College Salish Kootenai CollegeFond du Lac Tribal and Community College Sinte Gleska UniversityFort Peck Community College Sisseton Wahpeton CollegeHaskell Indian Nations University Sitting Bull CollegeIlisagvik College Southwestern Indian Polytechnic InstituteInstitute of American Indian Arts Stone Child CollegeKeweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College Tohono O’odham Community CollegeLac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College Turtle Mountain Community CollegeLeech Lake Tribal College United Tribes Technical CollegeLittle Big Horn College White Earth Tribal and Community CollegeLittle Priest Tribal College

Additional Information

Agency Name: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Description:

The Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants (TCEG) program is designed to help build Tribal education capacity in the food and agricultural sciences for Native Alaskan/American Indian students. This request for applications (RFA) will begin a new four-year continuation funding cycle. The six legislatively mandated priorities are:

·  Culturally relevant curricula design and materials development    

·  Culturally responsive 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

The TCEG program focuses on development of culturally responsive students and faculty who use students’ backgrounds and identities to create a dynamic and engaging learning environment. Preparing students for roles in Tribal leadership, traditional knowledge, and other qualities of one’s culture that are necessary to prepare students for agricultural and related careers in the private sector, for work with Tribal and non-Tribal government, and in academia. TCEG teaching applications must demonstrably incorporate a Tribal leadership development component to equip students with technical and leadership abilities upon graduation. 

Link to Additional Information:
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

NIFA Support

Key Information: Business hours: Monday thru Friday, 7a.m. – 5p.m. ET, except federal holidays
Email:grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov

DISPLAYING: Synopsis 2

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: USDA-NIFA-TCEG-008681
Funding Opportunity Title: Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants Program
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Agriculture
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Assistance Listings: 10.221 — Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 2
Posted Date: Nov 03, 2021
Last Updated Date: Nov 03, 2021
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Current Closing Date for Applications: Mar 15, 2022
Archive Date: Mar 27, 2022
Estimated Total Program Funding: $4,500,000
Award Ceiling: $130,000
Award Floor: $0

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligibility RequirementsApplications submitted to the Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants (TCEG) program must meet all the requirements discussed in this RFA. Failure to meet the eligibility criteria by the application deadline may result in exclusion from consideration or, preclude NIFA from making an award. 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. 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 1994 institutions are listed below.Aaniiih Nakoda College Navajo Technical UniversityBay Mills Community College Nebraska Indian Community CollegeBlackfeet Community College Northwest Indian CollegeCankdeska Cikana Community College Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish CollegeChief Dull Knife College Oglala Lakota CollegeCollege of the Menominee Nation Red Lake Nation CollegeCollege of the Muscogee Nation Saginaw Chippewa Tribal CollegeDine’ College Salish Kootenai CollegeFond du Lac Tribal and Community College Sinte Gleska UniversityFort Peck Community College Sisseton Wahpeton CollegeHaskell Indian Nations University Sitting Bull CollegeIlisagvik College Southwestern Indian Polytechnic InstituteInstitute of American Indian Arts Stone Child CollegeKeweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College Tohono O’odham Community CollegeLac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College Turtle Mountain Community CollegeLeech Lake Tribal College United Tribes Technical CollegeLittle Big Horn College White Earth Tribal and Community CollegeLittle Priest Tribal College

Additional Information

Agency Name: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Description:

The Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants (TCEG) program is designed to help build Tribal education capacity in the food and agricultural sciences for Native Alaskan/American Indian students. This request for applications (RFA) will begin a new four-year continuation funding cycle. The six legislatively mandated priorities are:

·  Culturally relevant curricula design and materials development    

·  Culturally responsive 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

The TCEG program focuses on development of culturally responsive students and faculty who use students’ backgrounds and identities to create a dynamic and engaging learning environment. Preparing students for roles in Tribal leadership, traditional knowledge, and other qualities of one’s culture that are necessary to prepare students for agricultural and related careers in the private sector, for work with Tribal and non-Tribal government, and in academia. TCEG teaching applications must demonstrably incorporate a Tribal leadership development component to equip students with technical and leadership abilities upon graduation. 

Link to Additional Information:
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

NIFA Support

Key Information: Business hours: Monday thru Friday, 7a.m. – 5p.m. ET, except federal holidays
Email:grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov

DISPLAYING: Synopsis 1

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: USDA-NIFA-TCEG-008681
Funding Opportunity Title: Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants Program
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Agriculture
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Assistance Listings: 10.221 — Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 1
Posted Date: Nov 03, 2021
Last Updated Date: Nov 03, 2021
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Current Closing Date for Applications: Feb 25, 2022
Archive Date: Mar 27, 2022
Estimated Total Program Funding: $4,500,000
Award Ceiling: $130,000
Award Floor: $0

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligibility Requirements
Applications submitted to the Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants (TCEG) program must meet all the requirements discussed in this RFA. Failure to meet the eligibility criteria by the application deadline may result in exclusion from consideration or, preclude NIFA from making an award.
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. 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 1994 institutions are listed below.

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

Additional Information

Agency Name: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Description:

The Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants (TCEG) program is designed to help build Tribal education capacity in the food and agricultural sciences for Native Alaskan/American Indian students. This request for applications (RFA) will begin a new four-year continuation funding cycle. The six legislatively mandated priorities are:

·  Culturally relevant curricula design and materials development    

·  Culturally responsive 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

The TCEG program focuses on development of culturally responsive students and faculty who use students’ backgrounds and identities to create a dynamic and engaging learning environment. Preparing students for roles in Tribal leadership, traditional knowledge, and other qualities of one’s culture that are necessary to prepare students for agricultural and related careers in the private sector, for work with Tribal and non-Tribal government, and in academia. TCEG teaching applications must demonstrably incorporate a Tribal leadership development component to equip students with technical and leadership abilities upon graduation. 

Link to Additional Information:
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

NIFA Support

Key Information: Business hours: Monday thru Friday, 7a.m. – 5p.m. ET, except federal holidays
Email:grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov

Folder 336428 Full Announcement-FY22-TCEG-RFA -> FY22-TCEEGP-RFA-508.pdf

Packages

Agency Contact Information: NIFA Support
Key Information: Business hours: Monday thru Friday, 7a.m. – 5p.m. ET, except federal holidays
Email: grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov
Who Can Apply: Organization Applicants

Assistance Listing Number Competition ID Competition Title Opportunity Package ID Opening Date Closing Date Actions
10.221 PKG00270007 Nov 03, 2021 Mar 27, 2024 View

Package 1

Mandatory forms

336428 RR_SF424_5_0-5.0.pdf

336428 NIFA_Supplemental_Info_1_2-1.2.pdf

336428 PerformanceSite_4_0-4.0.pdf

336428 RR_Budget_3_0-3.0.pdf

336428 RR_PersonalData_1_2-1.2.pdf

336428 RR_OtherProjectInfo_1_4-1.4.pdf

336428 RR_KeyPersonExpanded_4_0-4.0.pdf

Optional forms

336428 RR_SubawardBudget30_3_0-3.0.pdf

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