Project Grant P031X220007

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $651,628 Cooperative Agreement to the First Nations Development Institute to develop the conservation leadership skills of 15 Native natural resource professionals in the Northern Great Plains region. The project, funded under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902), will provide training, mentoring, and capacity-building activities to enhance the capabilities of these professionals in...

The National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $250,000 cooperative agreement to Tennessee State University from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2023 under the Soil and Water Conservation federal grant program (CFDA 10.902). The purpose of this award is to help address underrepresentation in the NRCS engineering workforce by increasing the number of Black or African American students that qualify and compete for the agency's Pathways internship and recent graduate programs. As part of the...

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $427,744.44 Cooperative Agreement on October 15, 2023 to the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO) under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program. The project seeks to involve Native American scholars and leaders in documenting the history of U.S. attempts to deconstruct Native American societies after the Civil War, an underrepresented aspect of...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program provides $129,999 in funding to the Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology to facilitate a comprehensive network of cooperative study units. The goal is to enable cooperative research, technical assistance, education, and training to inform science-based management of the National Park System across...

The Defense Logistics Agency Headquarters awarded a $1.25 million cooperative agreement to The National Center For American Indian Enterprise Development from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. The award supports the Procurement Technical Assistance For Business Firms federal grant program (CFDA 12.002), which aims to build a strong and sustainable U.S. supply chain by providing procurement assistance to diverse businesses and fostering their participation in federal, state, and local...

The National Congress of American Indians Fund (NCAIF) received a $520,000 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative program. The award period is from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023. Under this cooperative agreement, NCAIF will implement a comprehensive project to provide technical assistance and training to federally recognized Indian tribes exercising Special Domestic Violence...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the New Beginning for Tribal Students program (CFDA 10.527) is aimed at evaluating the program's effectiveness in supporting Native American and Tribal students in higher education. The $500,000 award to Purdue University will fund a 5-year project to assess the program's impact on student recruitment, retention, and graduation rates for Tribal students...

This $305,558 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program (CFDA 11.620) will enable Texas Tech University System to develop a West Texas Cyber Workforce Development Consortium (WTCWDC). The primary objectives are to: 1) Train 150 participants, including K-12 students, undergraduates, graduate students, and industry professionals, on cyber-physical security applications for...

The National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers Inc. will receive $550,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service to support the Beyond Horizons geospatial application project. Funded under the National Park Service Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education program, the project will deploy staff over three years to host and populate a web-based geospatial tool originally developed by the National Park Service. The...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (CFDA 10.902 - Soil and Water Conservation) provides $265,000.00 to the Tri-County Agricultural Cooperative in Mississippi to teach underserved farmers and ranchers about sustainable and climate-resilient farming practices. The award period runs from September 15, 2024 to April 18, 2025. Tri-County Agricultural Cooperative, a small, minority-owned agricultural cooperative and...