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Tribal Colleges and Universities Program

Funds tribal colleges and Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions to build science and engineering capacity.

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TCUP is a capacity programme with a fixed set of applicants: federally recognised tribal colleges and universities, Alaska Native-serving institutions and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions. Nobody else may apply.

The science it covers is wide — the social and behavioural sciences, the natural sciences, computer science including artificial intelligence, quantum information science and cybersec…

Building science, technology, engineering and mathematics capacity at tribal colleges and universities, Alaska Native-serving institutions and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions — instructional capacity, targeted infusion projects, teacher support, enterprise advancement centres, cyberinfrastructure, implementation planning, and small research grants for individual faculty.

CycleiHow often this grant runs — e.g. annually, on a rolling basis, or a one-off call.Annual
Next deadlineiThe next date applications are due. Rolling means you can apply any time.1 Sept 2026
Decision timeiTypical time from the deadline to the funder's decision.26 weeks
Project durationiHow long the funded work is expected to run.—
Award typeiThe form of funding — grant, equity, loan, tax credit, etc.Grant
Match fundingiThe share of project costs you must cover yourself. 0% = fully funded.—
Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.$10.8M

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Last verified: 25 Aug 2026Funder reference: 21-595Source: www.grants.gov