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ED-GRANTS-030421-001: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Office of Indian Education (OIE): Indian Education Discretionary Grants Program: Professional Development Grants Program Assistance Listing Number 84.299B

Closed Closed May 3, 2021 Opportunity ED-GRANTS-030421-001 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of Department of Education notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$400,000
• Total funding$7.8 million
• Expected awards22
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to colleges and universities and tribes.

• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
• Private institutions of higher education
• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

1. Eligible Applicants:(a) An eligible applicant must be either--(1) An IHE or a TCU;(2) A State educational agency in consortium with an IHE or a TCU;(3) An LEA in consortium with an IHE or a TCU;(4) An Indian Tribe or Indian organization in consortium with an IHE or a TCU; or(5) A BIE-funded school in consortium with at least one IHE or TCU that meets the requirements in paragraph (b).(b) Eligibility of an applicant that is an IHE or a TCU, or an applicant requiring a consortium with an IHE or a TCU, requires that the IHE or TCU be accredited to provide the coursework and level of degree or Native American language certificate required by the project.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Indian Education -- Special Programs for Indian Children awards averaged $1.2 million; this notice allows up to $400,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (51% over five years) went to tribes.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

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. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. 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 February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/​content/​pkg/​FR-2019-02-13/​pdf/​2019-02206.pdf. Purpose of Program: The purposes of the Indian Education Professional Development Grants program that are relevant to this competition are to increase the number of qualified Indian individuals in professions that serve Indians, and to provide training to qualified Indian individuals to become teachers and administrators. Assistance Listing Number 84.299B.

Category: Education.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.

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