Project Grant 2628430
- This $250,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to strengthen the cyber infrastructure for enhanced STEM education and research at Turtle Mountain Community College (TMCC), a tribal college in Belcourt, North Dakota. The project will upgrade STEM IT resources and improve the resiliency and security of STEM operations, data management, teaching, and research enterprises at TMCC. This aligns with the program's goal of...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Turtle Mountain College received a $1,173,662 Project Grant from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031) for the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. As a tribally controlled college serving the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians in Belcourt, North Dakota, the institution utilizes this funding under the Strengthening Tribally Controlled Colleges and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College (NHSC) received a $250,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Human Resource Development under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2026. The award funds the Cyber-infrastructure and Cybersecurity at Institutions (CHAI) project, which delivers critical cyberinfrastructure upgrades and cybersecurity improvements to support STEM instructional and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Turtle Mountain College received a $4.57 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. As a tribally controlled college serving the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians in Belcourt, North Dakota, the institution will utilize these funds for institutional strengthening and development...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Turtle Mountain Community College received a $5.5 million Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs School Operations under the Assistance to Tribally Controlled Community Colleges and Universities program (CFDA 15.027). The award, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, supports the college's core operational activities and institutional capabilities serving the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians in North...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), awarded a $6.5 million Project Grant to United Tribes Technical College (UTTC) effective June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2030. UTTC has established and will operate a STEM-focused hub designed to expand science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) instructional and research capacities across Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP)-eligible institutions....
- This federal Project Grant award of $1,922,389.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) will support the "Turtle Mountain Research Opportunity Center" at Turtle Mountain College, a tribal college serving the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians in Belcourt, North Dakota. The award, with a period of performance from November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2028, will enable the college to enhance its educational programs,...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Red Lake Nation College received a $250,000 Project Grant awarded July 1, 2026, through the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), Division of Undergraduate Education, to enhance cyberinfrastructure security and capacity at the institution. The award funds upgrades to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) information technology resources designed to improve the resiliency and security of STEM operations, data...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College (NHSC) received a $1.725M Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), awarded September 15, 2025, and extending through August 31, 2030. The award funds the establishment of a Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) Enterprise Advancement Centers (TEA Center) focused on research and workforce development related to the land base of the...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Aaniiih Nakoda College received a $199,066 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Human Resource Development under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027. This planning grant supports the development of a comprehensive STEM communication training initiative designed to enhance the ability of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) scholars at Tribal Colleges and Universities...
Turtle Mountain College received a $250,000 Project Grant award dated July 15, 2026, from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The grant supports the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) objective to strengthen science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) instructional and research capacities at institutions serving indigenous students. The funded project, titled "CHAI—Strengthening Cyber Infrastructure for Enhanced STEM Education and Research at TMC," delivers comprehensive cyberinfrastructure upgrades and cybersecurity enhancements to the college's physical network backbone through June 30, 2027. The deliverables include upgrades to TMC's digital infrastructure designed to improve network resiliency, data security, and operational capacity for STEM teaching and research activities. Specific products and services encompass enhanced cybersecurity measures to protect sensitive data, elimination of physical latency for data-intensive research workflows, safeguarding of laboratory experiment data integrity, and improved remote access capabilities. The infrastructure improvements enable expanded online resource availability and virtual course offerings, with particular support for STEM engagement activities in language and biological sciences. These cyberinfrastructure investments position the institution to implement future STEM curricular advances while contributing empirical data to the broader academic network design field.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $250.0k | 7/8/26 |