Description
The Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program is designed to assist 1994 Land-Grant Institutions in building institutional research capacity through applied projects that address student educational needs and meet community, reservation, or regional challenges. The program aims to enhance the institutional infrastructure and faculty expertise in planning and carrying out appropriate applied research projects, forge better institutional and faculty collaborations with other land-grant institutions, address the food, agricultural, natural resources, and human sciences concerns of reservation communities, and provide American Indian students with better prospects for employment and educational achievement. The program requires collaboration with at least one research partner from an approved list. Some key areas of focus include developing practical applications to increase understanding of leadership roles, connecting the academic classroom experience with daily leadership roles and organizational activities, providing opportunities for mentoring and shadowing, and organizing leadership academies, workshops, trainings, etc.
• The program has several research options, including Area of Expertise, New Discovery-Regular, Applied Faculty/Community Research, and Student Research.
• The program has a maximum award amount of $500,000 for the Area of Expertise option, $220,000 for the New Discovery-Regular option, $95,000 for the Applied Faculty/Community Research option, and $60,000 for the Student Research option.
• The program requires a student component and leadership skills development.
• The program encourages the incorporation of social sciences and enhancing impacts.
• The program supports social and behavioral science disciplines and encourages projects that integrate social and biological sciences to provide experiential learning opportunities for students in applied research and related community development programs.