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Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants

Program Information

Popular name

Higher Education Native American Formula and/or Higher Education Native American Institutions

Program Number

10.221

Program objective

The Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants (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. 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

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    The grant program continued its third year of a four-year continuation cycle in 2016. Funds in the amount of $3,439,000 were distributed among the 34 schools at approximately $101,147 each.

    Continuations allow schools to compete for funding that provides an annual installment of money over a multi-year period. Equity continuations run for four years. In 2016, the awards represented the third year of a four-year continuation. The amount of $3,439,000 were distributed among the 34 schools at approximately $101,147 each.

    Continuations allow schools to compete for funding that provides an annual installment of money over a multi-year period. Equity continuations run for four (4) years. In 2016, the awards represented the third year of a four-year continuation.

  2. 2017

    The grant program continued its fourth and final year of a four-year continuation cycle in 2017. Funds in the amount of $3,439,000 were distributed among the 34 schools at approximately $101,147 each.

    Continuations allow the 34 qualifying schools to compete for funding that provides an annual installment of money over a multi-year period. Equity continuations run for four years. In 2017, the awards represented the fourth year of a four-year continuation.

  3. 2018

    A total of 34 proposals we submitted and 34 were recommended for funding in 2018. $3,439,000 was distributed to 35 institutions.

  4. 2019

    A total of 35 programs were funded. Red Lake Nation College was funded because it was added to the Farm Bill in 2018. This was the second year for a 4 year continuation award.

  5. 2020

    FY 2020 is projected to be the same as FY 2019.

  6. 2024

    The Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants Program is a four year award that started in 2022. There were 35 applications in 2022 for this program and 35 schools were awarded this funding through continuations for 2023 and 2024.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

NIFA works in partnership with grantees to ensure responsible stewardship of federal funds. Grantees and partners are required to comply with all relevant rules and regulations. The following resources are provided to NIFA’s partners and award recipients to support their adherence to federal regulations governing program performance: 1.) NIFA Federal Regulations page: https://nifa.usda.gov/federal-regulations 2.) NIFA Regulations and Guidelines webpage: https://nifa.usda.gov/regulations-and-guidelines 3.) NIFA Policy Guide: https://nifa.usda.gov/policy-guide 4.) NIFA Award Terms and Conditions page: https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/regulations-and-guidelines/terms-conditions 5.) NIFA Grant Application Guide: https://www.nifa.usda.gov/nifa-22-001-nifa-grants-application-guide 6.) NIFA Certifications and Representations page: https://nifa.usda.gov/certifications-and-representations 7.) NIFA Acknowledgment of USDA Support page: https://nifa.usda.gov/acknowledgment-usda-support-nifa 8.) NIFA Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Page: https://nifa.usda.gov/foia 9.) National Environmental Policy Act Policy and Guidance page https://nifa.usda.gov/nepa-policy-and-guidance 10.) NIFA Research Misconduct page: https://nifa.usda.gov/research-misconduct 11.) 7 CFR Chapter 34: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-7/subtitle-B/chapter-XXXIV 12.) Capacity Program Distribution Schedules: https://www.nifa.usda.gov/capacity-program-distribution-schedules 13.) NIFA’s Competitive Peer-Review Process: https://www.nifa.usda.gov/nifa-peer-review-process-competitive-grant-applications