Federal Formula Grant Award Summary

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded $11.18 million to the Republic of the Marshall Islands Ministry of Finance under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875) to provide additional education assistance to the education sector of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The award was obligated on October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2026. As a formula grant, this funding is distributed to an eligible freely associated state in accordance with the Compacts of Free Association framework and allocated through statutory formulas rather than competitive selection processes.

The Ministry of Finance, as the designated recipient and administrator of U.S. federal assistance to the Marshall Islands, will direct these funds to advance educational development across the nation's atolls and islands. Based on the Ministry's historical portfolio of education grants, such funding typically supports school construction and renovation projects, general educational assistance, special education services through the Department of Education's Special Education Grants to States program, and related capacity-building initiatives that strengthen the Marshall Islands' education infrastructure and service delivery.