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Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Higher Education Programs (HEP): Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions (NASNTI) Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.031X

Federal funding opportunity ED-GRANTS-071425-004 from Department of Education.

Posted
July 14, 2025
Closed
August 13, 2025
Program funding
$4,000,000
Expected awards
8
Cost sharing
No
Instrument
Grant
Assistance listing
84.031
Category
Education
Archives
September 12, 2025

Program funding history

Awards made under Assistance Listing 84.031 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.

FY2025 obligated
$1.4B
FY2026 obligated
$706.5M
FY2027 (to date) obligated
$0
Awards in window
735

Top recipients: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Florida a & M University, Alamo Community College District, Texas Southern University, Prairie View A&m University

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →

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Synopsis

Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information.


For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on December 23, 2024 (89 FR 104528) and available at www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/23/2024-30488/common-instructions-for-applicants-to-department-of-education-discretionary-grant-programs.


Purpose of Program: The NASNTI Program provides grants to eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs) to enable them to improve and expand their capacity to serve Native Americans and low-income individuals. Institutions may use the grants to plan, develop, undertake, and carry out activities to improve and expand their capacity to serve Native American and low-income students.


Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.031X.

Who can apply

This program is authorized by title III, part A, of the HEA. At the time of submission of their applications, applicants must certify their total undergraduate headcount enrollment and that not less than 10 percent of the IHE’s enrollment is Native American. An official for the applicant must execute and submit an assurance form, which is included in the application materials for this competition. To qualify as an eligible institution under the NASNTI Program, an institution must--(i) Be accredited or preaccredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association that the Secretary has determined to be a reliable authority as to the quality of education or training offered;(ii) Be 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 bachelor's degree; and(iii) Be designated as an “eligible institution,” by demonstrating that it: (A) has an enrollment of needy students as described in 34 CFR 607.3; and (B) has low average education and general expenditures per full-time equivalent (FTE) undergraduate student as described in 34 CFR 607.4.Note: The notice announcing the FY 2025 process for designation of eligible institutions, and inviting applications for waiver of eligibility requirements, was published in the Federal Register on March 6, 2025 (90 FR 11408). Only institutions that the Department determines are eligible, or which are granted a waiver under the process described in that notice, may apply for a grant in this program. An eligible IHE that submits applications for an Individual Development Grant and a Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant in this competition may be awarded both in the same fiscal year. A grantee with an Individual Development Grant or a Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant may be a partner in one or more Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants. The lead institution in a Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant must…

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