Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions (NASNTI) Program Assistance
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Don Crews
202.453.7920
Don.Crews@ed.gov
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
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
Award ceiling: $500,000 per year
Project period: 5 years
Estimated number of awards: 11
Estimated total program funding:
$4,700,000
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