This federal Formula Grant, awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), provides $206,155.08 to the Northwest Indian College Foundation on September 27, 2024. The award is made under CFDA Program 10.222, the Tribal Colleges Endowment Program, which aims to enhance educational opportunities at 34 designated Land Grant Institutions serving Native American communities by strengthening their teaching programs in the food and agricultural sciences. The funding is specifically designated for the "Distribution of Interest Earned in 2023 from the 1994 Endowment Fund to the Individual 1994 Institutions" as stipulated under Title V Part C of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994. As a nonprofit organization supporting Northwest Indian College, the foundation will utilize this Formula Grant award to support curriculum development, faculty preparation, and instructional delivery systems in targeted academic areas related to food and agricultural sciences at the tribal college.
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