Tribal Colleges Extension Program Special Emphasis

Award ceiling
$50,000 – $200,000
Closes
Nov 2, 2026
Last verified
2026-09-04

Awards $50,000 – $200,000 per recipient for others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Nov 2, 2026.

Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agriculture

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Tribal Colleges Extension Program Special Emphasis awards $50,000 – $200,000 per recipient, open to others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Nov 2, 2026.

Record fields
Program pool (total)
$1,500,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project)
$200,000
Award floor
$50,000
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
Nov 2, 2026
Deadline type
Fixed date
Opens
Sep 2, 2026
Status
Open
Eligible entities
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Geography
Not stated
Matching funds
Not confirmed
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Application effort
Not confirmed
Use of funds
community-focused extension pilot projects · agricultural productivity · improving food systems · community vitality · workforce and economic development · public health and well-being · engaging Tribal youths · preparing the next generation of Tribal agriculture leaders
Currency
USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
$1,500,000
Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
$200,000

Who can apply?

level
Derived from the source that published this record
entity
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Source field: entity types
industry
Source field: industries
demographic
1994 Institutions
Source field: demographics
use
agricultural productivity, community vitality, community-focused extension pilot projects, engaging Tribal youths, improving food systems, preparing the next generation of Tribal agriculture leaders, public health and well-being, workforce and economic development
Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

Applicants for the TCEP-SE must meet all the requirements discussed in this NOFO. Failure to meet the eligibility criteria by the application deadline may result in exclusion from consideration or, preclude NIFA from making an award. For those new to Federal financial assistance, NIFA’s About Grants provides highly recommended information about grants and other resources to help understand the Federal awards process. Applications may only be submitted by colleges and universities designated as 1994 Institutions by legislation. The following colleges and universities are eligible for this program: Aaniiih Nakoda College, Bay Mills Community College, Blackfeet Community College, Cankdeska Cikana Community College, Chief Dull Knife College, College of the Menominee Nation, College of the Muscogee Nation, Diné College, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, Fort Peck Community College, Haskell Indian Nations University, Iḷisaġvik College, Institute of American Indian Arts, Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa University, Leech Lake Tribal College, Little Big Horn College, Little Priest Tribal College, Navajo Technical University, Nebraska Indian Community College, Northwest Indian College, Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College, Oglala Lakota College, Red Lake Nation College, Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College, Salish Kootenai College, Sinte Gleska University, Sisseton Wahpeton College, Sitting Bull College, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, Stone Child College, Tohono O’odham Community College, Turtle Mountain Community College, United Tribes Technical College, and White Earth Tribal and Community College. An eligible institution may submit a maximum of two applications per eligible institution. There is generally a limit of two awards to any one eligible institution in response to this NOFO (Refer to Part II, C of this NOFO for Project and Grant Types). USDA will not accept competitive applications for grant and cooperative agreements submitted for dangerous gain-of-function research, as defined in Section 8 of E.O. 14292. Duplicate or Multiple Submissions. Duplicate or multiple submissions are not allowed. NIFA will disqualify both applications if an applicant submits duplicate or multiple submissions.

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When does it close?

Nov 2, 202656 daysDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

8 categorys
The source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
community-focused extension pilot projectsagricultural productivityimproving food systemscommunity vitalityworkforce and economic developmentpublic health and well-beingengaging Tribal youthspreparing the next generation of Tribal agriculture leaders

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

What comparable notices state

70 records
Stated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Among open records stored under Agriculture, 70 of 86 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:

  • 25th percentile$308,125
  • Median$950,000
  • 75th percentile$2,091,313

A statistical estimate, not a prediction. It describes what a set of notices has published in this catalogue on the day you read it, and says nothing about what this programme will award. Records stating no ceiling are excluded rather than counted as zero, and the programme pool — what a funder has across every applicant — is a different column and is never mixed in.

Common questions

5 questions
Every answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.
How much can one applicant receive?
$50,000 – $200,000 per recipient.
How much funding is available in total?
$1,500,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
When is the application deadline?
Nov 2, 2026.
Who is eligible to apply?
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification).
What can the funding be used for?
community-focused extension pilot projects, agricultural productivity, improving food systems, community vitality, workforce and economic development, public health and well-being, engaging Tribal youths, preparing the next generation of Tribal agriculture leaders, as classified by the source.

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Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-09-04
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-09-03

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