This $142,107.91 Formula Grant award, made on August 9, 2023 by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Tribal Colleges Endowment Program (CFDA 10.222), provides distribution of interest earned in 2022 from the 1994 Endowment Fund to Sinte Gleska University, a tribal university and 1994 Land Grant Institution located on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. The Tribal Colleges Endowment Program aims to enhance educational opportunities and strengthen teaching programs in food and agricultural sciences at the thirty-four designated tribal colleges and universities. This annual distribution of endowment interest supports Sinte Gleska University's provision of higher education, community services, and agricultural research and extension for Native American tribes in the region.