Current National Funding Opportunities Available to Indian Country
Updated October 30, 2020, at 8:51 am EST.
The purpose of this page stemmed from a challenge discovered when attempting to provide streamlined resources to Indian Country during the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. There are many federal agencies and nonprofits posting various funding opportunities but are almost always scattered within websites, sometimes in news releases, and simply in social media posts. This page will be organized by the due date and a helpful bolded title. I hope to keep this updated as best as possible, and if you have a funding opportunity not listed, please reach out to me by email, or message me on the social media channel you see this posted on. Ahe’hee (Thank you) — Michael Woestehoff.
BIE Native American Language Immersion
Due Oct 30, 2020. The BIE is providing $4,000,000 for grants to BIE-funded schools to expand existing language immersion programs or create new programs that will lead to Native language oral proficiency. This opportunity is offered under the authority of the FY 2020 Interior Appropriations Bill, Congressionally Directed Capacity Building Grant for Native Language Immersion Programs, Public Law 115–31. grants.gov
DOT Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects Program
Due Nov 02, 2020. The FAST Act, Public Law 114–94, Section 1123, established the NSFLTP Program to fund nationally significant projects to construct, reconstruct, or rehabilitate transportation facilities within, adjacent to, or accessing Federal and Tribal lands. grants.gov
OPE Centers of Excellence for Veteran Student Success
Due Nov 04, 2020. The purpose of this program is to encourage institutions of higher education (IHEs) to develop model programs to support veteran student success in postsecondary education by coordinating services to address the academic, financial, physical, and social needs of veteran students. grants.gov
SBA Small Business Development Centers
Due Nov 16, 2020. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issues Funding Opportunity Announcement No. OSBDC-2022–01 (CY) to invite applications from existing SBDC recipient organizations currently funded under the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) program as authorized by Section 21(a) of the Small Business Act, (15 USC Section 648). The SBDC program is the SBA’s largest matching grant, funding a service delivery network to provide high-quality business and economic development assistance to small businesses and nascent entrepreneurs in order to promote growth, expansion, innovation, increased productivity and management improvement. grants.gov
NOAA Climate Program Office
Due Nov 30, 2020. Climate variability and change present society with significant economic, health, safety, and security challenges. As part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) climate portfolio within the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), the Climate Program Office (CPO) addresses these climate challenges by managing competitive research programs through which high-priority climate science, assessments, decision support research, outreach, education, and capacity-building activities are funded to advance our understanding of the Earth’s climate system, and to foster the application and use of this knowledge to improve the resilience of our Nation and its partners. grants.gov
Soliciting grant proposals to hire consultants to identify, evaluate, or assess the market for energy or mineral resources that a Tribe will process, use, or develop —BIA-IEED-DEMD
Due Dec 2, 2020. The Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development (IEED), through its Division of Energy and Mineral Development (DEMD), is soliciting grant proposals from Tribes and Tribal Energy Development Organizations for technical assistance funding to hire consultants to identify, evaluate or assess the market for energy or mineral resources that a Tribe will process, use, or develop. The DEMD expects to make 25 to 30 awards through the program ranging in value from $10,000 to $2.5 million. federalregister.gov
Strengthen and expand MSI (TCU) STEM capacity and research experience in NNSA/DOE
Due Dec 18, 2020. The Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program (MSIPP) is a vital program within the DOE/NNSA Management and Budget, Learning, and Career Management which awards grants to Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) to prepare NNSA’s next-generation technical workforce. The program’s primary mission is to create and foster a sustainable STEM-pipeline that prepares a diverse workforce of world-class talent through strategic partnerships between Minority Serving Institutions and the DOE/NNSA Enterprise. grants.gov
FY20 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities — DHS, FEMA
Due Jan 29, 2021. The guiding principles of the program are to: (1) support state and local governments, tribes, and territories through capability- and capacity-building to enable them to identify mitigation actions and implement projects that reduce risks posed by natural hazards; (2) encourage and enable innovation while allowing flexibility, consistency, and effectiveness; (3) promote partnerships and enable high-impact investments to reduce risk from natural hazards with a focus on critical services and facilities, public infrastructure, public safety, public health, and communities; (4) provide a significant opportunity to reduce future losses and minimize impacts on the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF); and (5) support the adoption and enforcement of building codes, standards, and policies that will protect the health, safety, and general welfare of the public, take into account future conditions , and have long-lasting impacts on community risk-reduction, including for critical services and facilities and for future disaster costs. grants.gov
