Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NIFA TCRGP 007812
The Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program (TCRGP) is a competitive grant opportunity run by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to strengthen the research capacity of 1994 Land-Grant Institutions, commonly referred to as Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs). The program focuses on applied research projects that both support student learning and help address practical challenges faced by Tribal communities, reservations, and surrounding regions. In other words, the intent is not just to fund research in the abstract, but to build lasting institutional capability at TCUs while producing results that are relevant to local needs.
A core feature of this opportunity is that collaboration is required. Applicants must partner with at least one of the following: an 1862 Land-Grant Institution, an 1890 Land-Grant Institution, the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS), a Non-Land-Grant College of Agriculture (NLGCA), or at least one forestry school supported through the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research Program. This requirement is meant to connect Tribal Colleges to broader research networks, facilities, and expertise, while still keeping the TCU as the lead applicant and primary capacity-builder.
Projects may be proposed in any discipline within the food, agricultural, or natural resource sciences, giving institutions flexibility to pursue topics that match their community priorities and academic strengths. Because the program is designed to support institutional research development, proposals typically align applied research with workforce development and student training, such as involving students directly in fieldwork, lab work, data collection, or community-based research activities tied to agriculture, food systems, environmental stewardship, or related natural resource issues.
Eligibility is limited strictly to institutions officially designated as 1994 Land-Grant Institutions under the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301, as amended). Only those TCUs may submit applications as the lead applicant. However, award recipients are allowed to subcontract with other organizations that are not eligible to apply, as long as those partners are necessary to carry out the work. The notice also makes clear that if an applicant does not meet eligibility requirements by the application deadline, the application may be excluded from review, so institutions need to verify their status and compliance before submission.
From the funding details provided, the opportunity is a discretionary grant program (CFDA 10.227) with an award ceiling of up to $500,000 per award. The funding opportunity number is USDA NIFA TCRGP 007812. The listed original closing date for applications was January 13, 2021, and the opportunity record was created on October 15, 2020. Awards are made through a competitive review process, meaning proposals are evaluated against established criteria and funded based on merit and alignment with program goals rather than formula allocation.
The eligible applicants include the full set of 1994 Tribal Colleges and Universities named in the notice: Aaniiih Nakoda College; Bay Mills Community College; Blackfeet Community College; Cankdeska Cikana Community College; Chief Dull Knife College; College of Menominee Nation; College of the Muscogee Nation; Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College; Dine College; Haskell Indian Nations University; Fort Peck Community College; Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development; Ilisagvik College; Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College; Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College; Little Big Horn College; Leech Lake Tribal College; Navajo Technical University; Little Priest Tribal College; Northwest Indian College; Nebraska Indian Community College; Oglala Lakota College; Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College; Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College; Red Lake Nation College; Sinte Gleska University; Salish Kootenai College; Sitting Bull College; Sisseton Wahpeton College; Stone Child College; Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute; Turtle Mountain Community College; Tohono Oodham Community College (spelled in the notice as "Tohono Oaposodham"); White Earth Tribal and Community College; and United Tribes Technical College.Apply for USDA NIFA TCRGP 007812
- The National Institute of Food and Agriculture in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.227.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2020-10-15.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2021-01-13. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $500,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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