Project Grant 80NSSC21K1561

The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) was awarded a $2,657,723 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program. The grant, titled "Growing IAIA RCCNA Indigenous Research Capacity - A 4 Year Strategic Plan Implementation Project," aims to support IAIA's efforts to preserve and advance Native American arts, culture, and education over a four-year period from November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2028. The...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $399,930 Project Grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to Montana State University (MSU) to support the "Honoring Indigenous Knowledge: Infusing Native Ways of Knowing into Engineering Education" project. This 3-year effort aims to incorporate indigenous perspectives and content, particularly focused on the use of traditional indigenous structures known as tipis, into engineering education curriculum and research. The...

This $1,277,419 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program aims to enhance indigenous community resilience to climate change impacts in New Mexico and Oklahoma. The primary goals are to establish sustainable land-water-air research and educational partnerships by braiding indigenous knowledge and western science. Key products and services include: Co-developing climate adaptation research and solutions with tribal...

The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) received a $350,000 Project Grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the 1994 Institutions Research Grants Program (CFDA 10.227). The 3-year grant, awarded on January 15, 2024, will fund the IAIA Tribal Apiculture & Pollinator Conservation Research Project. The project aims to develop a better understanding of plant-pollinator interactions in the Southwestern and Intermountain regions to support tribal education,...

This $450,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) supports an International Research Experience for Students (IRES) site focused on energy sovereignty for indigenous peoples. The University of North Dakota, in collaboration with Kansas State University, North Dakota State University, and the University of Adelaide in Australia, will engage a cohort of six U.S. students annually to conduct year-long...

The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) received a $126,443.03 Formula Grant award on August 9, 2023 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Tribal Colleges Endowment Program (CFDA 10.222). This grant provides funding for the distribution of interest earned in 2022 from the 1994 Endowment Fund to IAIA, a 1994 Land Grant Institution located in Santa Fe, New Mexico focused on Native American arts and culture. The grant supports...

This federal Project Grant award of $173,044 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will support a 2-week NEH K-12 Institute titled "Indigenous Histories of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands". The Institute, led by faculty from Northern Arizona University's (NAU) History Department in collaboration with the NAU Institute for Native-Serving Educators (INE), aims to expose secondary social studies...

This $135,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports collaborative research to study the impact of solar eclipses on the ionosphere, a critical region of Earth's atmosphere that affects radio communications and navigation. The lead awardee, the Regents of the University of Colorado (a U.S. state government entity and institution of higher learning), will coordinate multi-instrument observations of ionospheric parameters during...

This Cooperative Agreement award, made by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Indian Education Assistance to Schools program (CFDA 15.130), provides $7,500,000.00 in funding to the National Fund For Excellence In American Indian ED to support educational programs and services designed to address the unique and specialized needs of eligible American Indian and Alaska Native students. The two-year award, with a period of performance from December 9, 2024 to December...

The National Indian Youth Council, Inc. (NIYC), also known as Niyc, has received a $1,683,062 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Native American Employment and Training program (CFDA 17.265). This three-year grant, awarded on July 1, 2023, supports NIYC's provision of comprehensive employment and training services to unemployed, underemployed, and low-income American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians in New Mexico. Key...