Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCU) Research and Development Infrastructure Grants Program
Key Facts
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: May 21, 2026
Archive date: July 23, 2026
Close date: June 23, 2026
Opportunity ID: 362516
Opportunity number: ED-GRANT-26-033
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: Office of Postsecondary Education
Agency code: DOL-OPE
Award floor: $2,000,000
Award ceiling: $5,000,000
Cost sharing required: No
Funding Instrument Types
- Grant
Category of Funding Activity
- Education
Eligible Applicants
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Tools
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:dol_ope
- category_of_funding_activity:education
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
- eligible_applicants:native_american_tribal_governments_federally_recognized
- eligible_applicants:native_american_tribal_organizations_other_than_federally_recognized_tribal_governments
- eligible_applicants:private_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:public_and_state_controlled_institutions_of_higher_education
- funding_instrument_type:grant
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
Description
The RDI grant program is designed to provide HBCUs and TCCUs with funds to implement transformational investments in research infrastructure, including research productivity, faculty expertise, graduate programs, physical infrastructure, human capital development, and partnerships leading to increases in external and sustained funding.