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Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions (NASNTI) Program Assistance

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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 84.382
Sponsor
U.S. Department of Education
Deadlines
Jul 12, 2021
Contact

Don Crews
202.453.7920
Don.Crews@ed.gov

Purpose

This program provides grants for eligible institutions of higher education to enable them to improve and expand capacity to serve Native Americans and low-income individuals.

Priority will be given to applications that:

  • Address educational equity for rural students, students with disabilities, and students experiencing homelessness
  • Address the impact of COVID-19 on academic and mental health challenges for students from low-income backgrounds, students of color, English learners, students with disabilities, and students living in rural communities
Eligibility

Eligible applicants are Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions that have at least 10% Native American enrollment.

NASNTIs must be:

  • Accredited or pre-accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association
  • Legally authorized by the state in which it is located to be a junior or community college or to provide an educational program for which it awards a bachelors degree
  • Designated as an eligible institution by demonstrating that it has an enrollment of needy students and has low average educational and general expenditures per full-time equivalent (FTE) undergraduate student
Geographic coverage
Nationwide
Amount of funding

Award ceiling: $500,000 per year
Project period: 5 years
Estimated number of awards: 11
Estimated total program funding: $4,700,000

Application process

Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov.

Tagged as
American Indian or Alaska Native · COVID-19 · Housing and homelessness · Limited English proficient · Mental health · Minorities · People with disabilities · Poverty

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