New Beginning for Tribal Students Program
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: May 19, 2026
Archive date: August 1, 2026
Close date: July 2, 2026
Opportunity ID: 362479
Opportunity number: USDA-NIFA-TGP-011836
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Agency code: USDA-NIFA
Award floor: $250,000
Award ceiling: $500,000
Cost sharing required: Yes
Funding Instrument Types
- Grant
Category of Funding Activity
- Agriculture
Eligible Applicants
- Others
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:usda_nifa
- category_of_funding_activity:agriculture
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:true
- eligible_applicants:others
- funding_instrument_type:grant
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
The purpose of the NBTS grant program, Assistance Listing 10.527, is to increase the retention and graduation rate of Tribal students attending 1994, 1862, and 1890 Land-grant Institutions. The primary goals and objectives of the program are for Land-grant Colleges or Universities to use NBTS funding to support Tribal students through all the following, but not limited to: recruiting; tuition and related fees; experiential learning; student services, including tutoring; counseling; academic advising; and other student services that would increase the retention and graduation rate of Tribal students enrolled at Land-grant Colleges or Universities.