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Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Higher Education Programs (HEP): Institutional Service - Alaska Native-Serving Institutions Program (Part A), Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.031N

ID: ED-GRANTS-071425-001 • Type: Posted
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Description

Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information.

For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on December 23, 2024 (89 FR 104528) and available at www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/23/2024-30488/common-instructions-for-applicants-to-department-of-education-discretionary-grant-programs.

Purpose of Program: The ANNH Program provides grants to eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs) to enable them to improve and expand their capacity to serve Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian students. Institutions may use these grants to plan, develop, or implement activities that strengthen the institution.

Assistance Listing Numbers: 84.031N (Alaska Native)

Background
The Alaska Native-Serving Institutions Program (Part A) is administered by the Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) under the Department of Education. The program aims to provide grants to eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs) to enhance their capacity to serve Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian students, thereby improving educational outcomes and institutional effectiveness.

Grant Details
Eligible institutions may use these grants to plan, develop, or implement activities that strengthen their capacity to serve Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian students. Specific tasks may include curriculum development, faculty training, student support services, and infrastructure improvements that directly benefit these populations.

Eligibility Requirements
To be eligible for this grant, institutions must be designated as Alaska Native-serving institutions. Additional eligibility criteria may be outlined in the official application notice published in the Federal Register.

Period of Performance
The period of performance for the grant will be specified in the official application notice but generally spans multiple years depending on the project scope.

Grant Value
The total value of the grant and potential individual awards will vary based on funding availability and specific project proposals submitted by eligible institutions.

Place of Performance
The grants will be performed at eligible institutions located in Alaska.

Overview

Category of Funding
Education
Funding Instruments
Grant
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
On 7/14/25 the Department of Education posted grant opportunity ED-GRANTS-071425-001 for Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Higher Education Programs (HEP): Institutional Service - Alaska Native-Serving Institutions Program (Part A), Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.031N with funding of $14.8 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 84.031 Higher Education Institutional Aid. It is expected that 13 total grants will be made.

Timing

Posted Date
July 14, 2025, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
Aug. 13, 2025, 12:00 a.m. EDT Past Due
Closing Date Explanation
Applications Available: July 14, 2025. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 13, 2025. Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 12, 2025. Note: For new potential grantees unfamiliar with grantmaking at the Department, please consult our “Getting Started with Discretionary Grant Applications” web page at https://www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/apply-grant/getting-started-discretionary-grant-applications.FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robyn Wood, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20202-4260. Telephone: (202) 987-1577. Email: Robyn.Wood@ed.gov.
Last Updated
July 14, 2025, 6:59 a.m. EDT
Version
1
Archive Date
Sept. 12, 2025

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Info
Eligible Applicants: This program is authorized by title III, part A, of the HEA. To qualify as an eligible institution under any title III, part A program, an institution must-- (i) Be accredited or preaccredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association that the Secretary has determined to be a reliable authority as to the quality of education or training offered; (ii) Be legally authorized by the State in which it is located to be a junior or community college or to provide an educational program for which it awards a bachelor’s degree; (iii) Demonstrate that it (1) has an enrollment of needy students as described in 34 CFR 607.3; and (2) has low average education and general expenditures per full-time equivalent (FTE) undergraduate student as described in 34 CFR 607.4. To qualify as an eligible institution under the ANNH Program at the time of submission of their applications, an institution also must— Certify that an Alaska Native-serving institution has an enrollment of undergraduate students that are at least 20 percent Alaska Native students or that a Native Hawaiian-serving institution has an enrollment of undergraduate students that is at least 10 percent Native Hawaiian students. An assurance form, which is included in the application materials for this competition, must be signed by an official for the applicant and submitted with this application. Note: The notice announcing the FY 2025 process for designation of eligible institutions and inviting applications for waiver of eligibility requirements was published in the Federal Register on March 6, 2025 (90 FR 11408). Only institutions that the Department determines as eligible, or which are granted a waiver under the process described in the notice, may apply for a grant in this program. An eligible IHE may only submit one Individual Development Grant application. However, an eligible IHE may submit one application for an Individual Development Grant and a Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant. Both may be awarded in the same fiscal year. A grantee with an Individual Development Grant or a Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant may be a partner in one or more Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants. The lead institution in a Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant must be an eligible institution. Partners are not required to be eligible institutions. Current program grantees who have an Individual Development Grant under ANNH, Part A may not apply for another Individual Development Grant in this competition unless their grant ends on September 30, 2025. b. Relationship between the Title III, Part A Programs and the Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program: A grantee under the HSI Program, which is authorized under title V of the HEA, may not receive a grant under any HEA, title III, part A program. 20 U.S.C. 1101d. The title III, part A programs are the Strengthening Institutions Program, the ANNH program, the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Program, the Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions Program, the Predominantly Black Institutions Program, and the Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions Program. Furthermore, a current title III, Part A or title V program grantee may not give up its grant to receive a grant under ANNH, as described in 34 CFR 607.2(g)(1). An eligible HSI that is not a current grantee under the above-cited programs may apply for a FY 2025 grant under all title III, part A programs for which it is eligible, as well as receive consideration for a grant under the HSI program. However, a successful applicant may receive only one grant, as described in 34 CFR 607.2(g)(1).

Award Sizing

Ceiling
Not Listed
Floor
Not Listed
Estimated Program Funding
$14,800,000
Estimated Number of Grants
13

Contacts

Contact
Holly Clark Management and Program Analyst
Contact Email
Email Description
Program Manager
Contact Phone
(202) 245-6408
Additional Information
Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Higher Education Programs (HEP): Institutional Service - Alaska Native-Serving Institutions Program (Part A), Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.031N Department of Education FY25 NIA

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