Closed · USDA-NIFA-TCRGP-010673 · CFDA 10.227 · Discretionary

Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program

Federal grant opportunity posted by National Institute of Food and Agriculture, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$150K-$2.5M
Award range
Closed
Status
December 31, 2024
Close date
11
Expected awards

The verdict

Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program is a closed discretionary listing from National Institute of Food and Agriculture that offered $150,000 -- $2,500,000 across 11 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 837 other opportunities from National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

$150K-$2.5M
award range
Closed
application status
11
expected awards
10.227
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program is closed (last close December 31, 2024). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. National Institute of Food and Agriculture still indexes 837 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 December 31, 2024

Posted May 28 Closes Dec 31

Est. Total Funding

$7,200,000

Expected Awards

11

Instrument

Grant

Description

This program was designed to assist 1994 Land-Grant Institutions (Tribal Colleges) in building institutional research capacity through applied projects that address student educational needs and meet community, reservation or regional challenges. Awards are to be made on the basis of a competitive review process. Collaboration with 1862 or 1890 Land-Grant Institutions, the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS), a Non-Land-Grant College of Agriculture (NLGCA), or at least one forestry school funded under the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research Program is a requirement. Eligible institutions may propose projects in any discipline of the food, agricultural or natural resource sciences.The technical assistance webinar related to this FY 2024 funding opportunity will be scheduled soon. Please visit again for more information.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · USDA-NIFA-TCRGP-010673

Grants.gov marks Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program 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 Agriculture (AG). This eligibility-code string dominates the National Institute of Food and Agriculture book (699 peers, 83% of 838).

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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Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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