Harris-stowe state university future act initiatives is focused on the undergraduate students by funding projects in the area of student services, academic quality, fiscal and institutional management

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Harris-Stowe State University $1,344,671 on October 1, 2025, under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031). The award funds projects in student services, academic quality, and fiscal and institutional management serving the university's undergraduate students. Harris-Stowe State University is a historically Black college and university located in St. Louis, Missouri. The grant period runs through September 30, 2027, with place of performance in St. Louis, MO 63103. The Higher Education Institutional Aid program helps eligible colleges and universities strengthen their management and fiscal operations and plan, develop, or implement activities including endowment building to strengthen institutional academic quality. Under the program's Title III Part B track for HBCUs, institutions designated by the Secretary of Education as historically Black colleges and universities are eligible to receive grants based on statutory formula allocation rather than competitive review.