Cooperative Agreement 80NSSC17M0044
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- This is a $133,785.40 cooperative agreement awarded by NASA to the Northwest Indian College Foundation, a nonprofit organization supporting a tribal college serving Indigenous students in the Pacific Northwest. The contract is part of the NASA INSPIRES NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS (NINAS) program, which aims to expand a previous robotics education effort to enhance programming skills of Native American students and share this knowledge with educators and families. The agreement will fund the...
- Navajo Technical University, a minority-serving and tribally controlled university in New Mexico, has been awarded a $374,768.58 cooperative agreement by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a Robotics Academy. The goal is to encourage enrollment and retention of Native American students in NASA-related fields by providing high school students from reservation areas with advanced coursework in aerospace manufacturing, unmanned aircraft systems, conceptual design,...
- This is a $243,822 cooperative agreement awarded by NASA to Sinte Gleska University, a tribal college located on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. The contract, which is not a set-aside, is focused on enhancing research in additive manufacturing processes for lunar and planetary applications, with a specific emphasis on tribal housing development. Sinte Gleska University is a minority-owned, non-profit educational institution classified as a 1994 Land Grant College and Tribal...
- The Board of Regents Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) was awarded a $1 million purchase order by the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Education (DOI-BIA) to provide development office services for SIPI. The firm fixed price contract runs from March 2021 through September 2025 and will be performed in Albuquerque, New Mexico. No additional details were provided on the original solicitation, but the contract is presumed to cover general...
- This is a $272,000.00 cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Northwest Indian College Foundation to implement the "Future Indigenous Scientists and Engineers in the Northwest (FISE-NW) Program". The program aims to expand STEM offerings at Northwest Indian College (NWIC) and increase the number of Native American students pursuing postsecondary education as future scientists and engineers. The agreement does not have a set-aside...
- This contract award to Navajo Technical University (NTU), a tribal university chartered by the Navajo Nation, is a $1,179,882.24 Cooperative Agreement from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to address two interrelated challenges in broadening participation in the engineering field. As a 1994 Land Grant College and minority-serving institution, NTU offers STEM-focused programs and has previously collaborated with NASA on educational initiatives integrating Western STEM...
- This federal contract award was issued by the Albuquerque Acquisition Office of the U.S. Department of the Interior to the University of New Mexico (UNM) for educational services at the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) for the Fall 2016 term. The $297,289.17 firm fixed-price delivery order contract did not have a set-aside designation. UNM, a Hispanic-Serving Institution and state-controlled university, has been awarded numerous federal contracts and grants to provide specialized...
- This federal contract award is for a Delivery Order with a Firm Fixed Price contract type, valued at $777,915.55, awarded by the Bureau of Indian Education to the University of New Mexico (UNM) Office of Sponsored Projects Division. The contract is to provide adjunct instructor services for the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) during the Fall 2023 semester. UNM, a Hispanic-Serving Institution and state-controlled university, leverages its educational expertise to support the...
- The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Education awarded a firm-fixed-price delivery order contract to the University of New Mexico (UNM) for $768,310.10 to provide adjunct instructor services to support the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) during the summer of 2022. This contract is part of a larger indefinite delivery contract vehicle between UNM and the Bureau of Indian Education to provide part-time adjunct instructor services for SIPI,...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration awarded a $755,492 grant to Blue Marble Space Institute of Science of Clayton, Delaware. The grant funds a five-year collaborative project with the Navajo Nation to enhance STEM education through a dual-learning approach integrating Western science and Navajo cultural knowledge. Activities over the period of performance from August 2016 to June 2024 include continuing and developing curriculum for annual summer camps for middle school students...
This is a $761,940.00 cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Board of Regents of the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI). The purpose of the contract is to expand and proliferate the facilities and curricula developed under SIPI's previous NASA Tribal Colleges and Universities Experiential Learning Opportunity (TCU-ELO) grant from 2014-2017. The contract supports a year-round robotics-centered IT immersion program that aims to promote the advancement of Native American students in IT and STEM careers. The program has demonstrated the ability to increase enrollment and completion of STEM courses, as well as SIPI graduation rates with an Associate's degree in Pre-Engineering, followed by continuation of studies at the university level. The contract does not have a set-aside designation.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| P00005 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 1/15/21 | |
| Not listed | $0 | 1/15/21 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 8/28/20 | ||
| P00004 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 8/28/20 | |
| P00003 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 9/6/19 |