To
enhance educational opportunities at the 30 Tribal colleges designated
as the 1994 Land-Grant Institutions by strengthening their teaching
programs in the food and agricultural sciences in targeted need
areas.
TYPES
OF ASSISTANCE:
Formula Grants. Place Cursor Here for Definition
USES
AND USE RESTRICTIONS:
Public
Law 103-382 established an endowment fund corpus, the interest of
which was to be used to benefit the 1994 Land-Grant Institutions.
Funds may be used to support teaching programs in the food and agricultural
sciences in the targeted need areas of: 1) Curricula design and
instructional materials development; 2) faculty development and
preparation for teaching; 3) instruction delivery systems; 4) student
experiential learning; 5) equipment and instrumentation for teaching;
and, 6) student recruitment and retention.
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS:
Applicant
Eligibility: Bay Mills Community College, Black
feet Community College, Cankdeska Cikana Community College, Cheyenne
River Community College, Dine Community College, D-Q University,
Dull knife Memorial College, Fond Du Lac Community College, Fort
Belknap Community College, Fort Berthold Community College, Fort
Peck Community College, LacCourte Orielles Ojibwa Community College,
Little Big Horn Community College, Nebraska Indian Community College,
Northwest Indian College, Oglala Lakota College, Salish Kootenai
College, Sinte Gleska University, Sisseton Wahpeton Community College,
Sitting Bull College, Stone child Community College, Turtle Mountain
Community College, United Tribes Technical College, Southwest Indian
Polytechnic Institute, Institute of American Indian Arts, Crown
point Institute of Technology, Haskell Indian Nations University,
Leech Lake Tribal College, College of the Menominee Nation; and
Little Priest College.
Beneficiary
Eligibility: The 1994 Institutions--Bay Mills
Community College, Black feet Community College, Cankdeska Cikana
Community College, Cheyenne River Community College, Dine Community
College, D-Q University, Dull knife Memorial College, Fond Du
Lac Community College, Fort Belknap Community College, Fort Berthold
Community College, Fort Peck Community College, LacCourte Orielles
Ojibwa Community College, Little Big Horn Community College, Nebraska
Indian Community College, Northwest Indian College, Oglala Lakota
College, Salish Kootenai College, Sinte Gleska University, Sisseton
Wahpeton Community College, Sitting Bull College, Stone child
Community College, Turtle Mountain Community College, United Tribes
Technical College, Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute, Institute
of American Indian Arts, Crown point Institute of Technology,
Haskell Indian Nations University, Leech Lake Tribal College,
and College of the Menominee Nation; and Little Priest College.
Credentials/Documentation:
Guidelines include: 7 CFR Part 1, Subpart A; 7 CFR Part 3; 7 CFR
Part 15, Subpart A; 7 CFR Part 3015; 7 CFR Part 3017; 7 CFR Part
3018; 7 CFR Part 3019; 7 CFR Part 3052; 29 U.S.C. 794, Section
504 and 7 CFR Part 15b; 35 U.S.C. 200 et seq., and 37 CFR Part
401.
Pre-application
Coordination: None. This program is excluded
from coverage under E.O. 12372.
Application
Procedure: None.
Award
Procedure: The Indian student count for the
1994 institutions (as defined in Section 390(3) of the Carl D.
Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act) will
be furnished to the agency by the American Indian Higher Education
Consortium. Using the formula specified, grant payments will be
made through the office of Extramural Programs to each of the
institutions by the electronic transfer system or by Treasury
check.
Deadlines:
The information for the Indian student count is to be received
by August 1. Interest will be disbursed within 45 days from termination
of the fiscal year and notification of availability of interest
funds.
Range
of Approval/Disapproval Time: Not applicable.
Appeals:
Not applicable.
Renewals:
Not applicable.
ASSISTANCE
CONSIDERATIONS:
Formula
and Matching Requirements: The interest from
the Endowment Fund Corpus will be distributed, after adjustment
for administrative cost, as follows: 1) 60 percent distributed on
a pro rata basis based upon the Indian student count for each institution
for the prior fiscal year; and, 2) 40 percent distributed in equal
shares to the 1994 Institutions. There are no matching requirements.
Length
and Time Phasing of Assistance: The grant
will be awarded for a 12-month period of assistance.
POST
ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Reports:
Annual technical and financial report will be due by December 31
of the year following that in which funds were received.
Audits:
In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A- 133 (Revised,
June 24, 1997), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Nonprofit
Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance
of $300,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a
program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities
that expend less than $300,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt
from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted
in Circular No. A-133.
Records:
Grantees are expected to maintain records three years beyond the
life of the grant or longer if there are any pending litigation
or unresolved audit findings. Separate records for each grant
must be maintained. Records are subject to inspection during the
life of the grant and for three years thereafter.
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION:
Account
Identification: 12-1500-0-1-352.
Obligations:
(Grant) FY 01 $1,144,338; FY 02 est $1,427,450; and FY 03 est
$1,427,450.
Range
and Average of Financial Assistance:
$7,932 to $40,191. Average: $14,943.
The funds derived from the interest on the Endowment Fund will be
used to support grants for teaching programs in the food and agricultural
sciences.
REGULATIONS,
GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE:
7 CFR 301 note; 7 CFR Part 1.1, USDA implementation of Freedom of
Information Act; 7 CFR Part 3, USDA implementation of OMB Circular
No. A-129 regarding debt collection; 7 CFR Part 15, Subpart A, USDA
implementation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended;
7 CFR Part 3015, USDA Uniform Federal Assistance Regulations; 7
CFR Part 3017, Government wide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement)
and Government wide Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace (Grants);
7 CFR Part 3018, Restrictions on Lobbying; 7 CFR Part 3019, USDA
implementation of OMB Circular No. A-110, Uniform Administrative
Requirements for Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher
Education, Hospital, and Other Nonprofit Organizations; 7 CFR Part
3407, Agency Procedures to Implement the National Environmental
Policy Act; 7 CFR Part 3052, Audits of States, Local Governments,
and Nonprofit Organizations; 29 U.S.C. 794, Section 504, Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, and 7 CFR Part 15b (USDA implementation of statute),
prohibiting discrimination based upon physical or mental handicap
in Federally assisted programs; and 35 U.S.C. 200 et seq., Bayh-Dole
Act, controlling allocation of rights to inventions made by employees
of small business firms and domestic nonprofit organizations, including
universities, in Federally assisted programs (implementing regulations
are contained in 37 CFR Part 401).
INFORMATION
CONTACTS:
Regional
or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters
Office: Higher Education Programs, Science
and Education Resources Development, CSREES, USDA, Room 3912-S,
Washington DC 20250-2251. Telephone: (202) 720-7854.
