Closed · BIE-NALI-2020 · CFDA 15.151 · Discretionary

Bureau of Indian Education: Native American Language Immersion

Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau of Indian Affairs, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$50K-$500K
Award range
Closed
Status
October 30, 2020
Close date
20
Expected awards

The verdict

Bureau of Indian Education: Native American Language Immersion is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of Indian Affairs that offered $50,000 -- $500,000 across 20 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 145 other opportunities from Bureau of Indian Affairs.

$50K-$500K
award range
Closed
application status
20
expected awards
15.151
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Bureau of Indian Education: Native American L… is closed (last close October 30, 2020). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Bureau of Indian Affairs still indexes 145 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed October 30, 2020

Posted Sep 14 Closes Oct 30

Est. Total Funding

$4,000,000

Expected Awards

20

Instrument

Grant

Description

IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR THIS GRANT, YOU MUST GO TO THE RELATED DOCUMENTS TAB TO RETRIEVE THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT PACKAGE. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY AND IT CONTAINS INFORMATION HOW TO APPLY.The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) supports efforts to revitalize and maintain Native languages and expand the use of language immersion programs in its schools. The BIE is providing $4,000,000 for grants to BIE-funded schools to expand existing language immersion programs or create new programs that will lead to Native language oral proficiency. This opportunity is offered under the authority of the FY 2020 Interior Appropriations Bill, Congressionally Directed Capacity Building Grant for Native Language Immersion Programs, Public Law 115-31.As stated in Title 25 CFR Part 32.3, BIE’s mission is to provide quality education opportunities from early childhood through life in accordance with a tribe’s needs for cultural and economic well-being, in keeping with the wide diversity of Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages as distinct cultural and governmental entities. Further, the BIE is to manifest consideration of the whole person by taking into account the spiritual, mental, physical, and cultural aspects of the individual within his or her family and tribal or village context..

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · BIE-NALI-2020

Grants.gov marks Bureau of Indian Education: Native American L… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Education (ED). 18 other Bureau of Indian Affairs listings share this eligibility-code string (12% of 146).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Agency Contact

Mr. Spike BighornOffice of Sovereignty in Indian Education (SIE) Bureau of Indian Education 200 NW 4th Street, Suite 4049 Oklahoma City, OK 73102 Cell Phone: 202-499-0482

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