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USDA NIFA Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants Program (TCEG) Solicitation

The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is soliciting applications for the Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants (TCEG) Program to strengthen Tribal education in food and agricultural sciences. - Government Buyer: - United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) - Eligible Applicants: - Only 1994 Land-grant Tribal Colleges and Universities are eligible - Program Focus Areas: - Curricula design and educational materials development - Faculty development and teacher preparation - Student experiential learning opportunities - Equipment and instrumentation for teaching STEM subjects - Student recruitment and retention initiatives - Instruction delivery systems and strategic partnerships - Projects must include Tribal leadership development and may incorporate innovative agricultural technologies such as artificial intelligence and data science - Funding Details: - Approximately $8 million in total funding - Up to 35 grants anticipated - Each grant is a fixed amount of $228,571 - Grant period is four years (48 months), with a one-time no-cost extension possible - No specific OEMs or commercial vendors are named; the opportunity is for education projects and related services, not for procurement of specific products

Description

The Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants (TCEG) program aims to build Tribal education capacity in food and agricultural sciences for Native Alaskan/American Indian students. This funding opportunity initiates a new four-year continuation cycle focusing on six legislatively mandated priorities including curricula design, faculty development, student experiential learning, equipment for STEM teaching, student recruitment and retention, and instruction delivery systems. Eligible applicants are Tribal Colleges or Universities designated as 1994 Land-grant Institutions. The program anticipates awarding 35 grants, each with a fixed amount of $228,571, totaling approximately $8 million in funding.

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