Federal Programs Related to HBCUs

Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find and apply for more than $400 billion in Federal grants. Grants.gov is THE single access point for over 1000 grant programs offered by all Federal grant-making agencies. The US Department of Health and Human Services is proud to be the managing partner for Grants.gov, an initiative that is having an unparalleled impact on the grant community.

The USDA Food and Nutrition Summer Institute, FNSI, is an example of action research to develop methods for the design, implementation, evaluation and improvement of community-based interventions through partnerships with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and others. FNSI was created to help nutrition programs at HBCUs to meet research, education and workforce challenges of the 21st century and, ultimately, enhance the public health and general well-being within the community.

The DTIC® HBCU/MI program provides access to scientific and technical information products and services to faculty, staff, and students of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU) and other Minority Institutions (MI) . The products and services provided are to assist institutions with developing and improving their scientific and technical curriculum and research programs and to strengthen their abilities to compete for federal grants and contracts.

This program (1) authorizes the Department to select a private for-profit Designated Bonding Authority (DBA), which will issue up to $375 million in bonds and use the corpus to make loans to creditworthy historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) for capital projects related to instruction, research, or housing of students, faculty or staff; (2) Provides financial insurance to guarantee up to $375 million in loans to qualifying HBCUs; and (3) Establishes the HBCU Capital Financing Advisory Board to advise the secretary and the DBA on the most efficient ways to implement construction, renovation, or maintenance financing.

From its inception, one of the primary missions of the Title III programs has been to support the nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The Title III programs have been expanded to support American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities, and Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions. The Title III program also includes the Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program.

The program provides grants to effect long-range improvement in science education at predominantly minority institutions and to increase the flow of underrepresented ethnic minorities, particularly minority women, into science and engineering careers.

The Strengthening Historically Black Graduate Institutions Program provides grants to the institutions listed under Eligibility to assist these institutions in establishing and strengthening their endowment funds, academic resources and student services so that they may continue to participate in fulfilling the goal of equality of educational opportunity in graduate education.

The environment of academia in collaboration with industry is well suited to undertake innovative research and development of advanced concepts related to fossil energy utilization and conversion. Through this effort, HBCU/OMI are encouraged to expand their involvement over the full spectrum of DOE/FE supported fossil energy R&D programs (i.e., oil, coal, gas, the environment, and other related technical and business areas) and build bridges between traditional U.S. industry interests and HBCU/OMI objectives and capabilities.

• Homes and Communities
  
  The HBCU Program helps HBCUs expand their role and effectiveness in helping their communities with neighborhood revitalization, housing, and economic development. HUD views HBCUs as key partners in rebuilding America's neighborhoods, and annually invites HBCUs to compete for funds to assist in revitalization efforts.
  
  
• Offfice of University Partnerships
  

In 1994 HUD established the Office of University Partnerships (OUP) in an effort to encourage and expand the growing number of partnerships formed between colleges and universities and their communities.

The mission of the Environmental Health Information Outreach Program (EnHIOP) is to enhance the capacity of minority serving academic institutions to reduce health disparities through the access, use and delivery of environmental health information on their campuses and in their communities.

To help train the next generation of NASA's minority scientists and engineers, NASA created the Minority University-SPace Interdisciplinary Network (MU-SPIN). MU-SPIN was started in 1990 by the Office of Equal Opportunity Programs and has remained a highly effective tool as it has continually grown and evolved over the past decade. The program serves America's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) and Tribal Colleges.

This program provides awards to build the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and research capacity at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as a means to broaden participation in the Nation's STEM workforce. Support is available for Implementation Projects, Planning Grants, Education Research Projects, and Targeted Infusion Projects.

Please note the QEM/HBCU-UP Technical Assistance Project affiliated with this program

The U. S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) is committed to maximizing partnerships with minority institutions, which include Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic serving Institutions, and Tribal Colleges & Universities (TCUs). These partnerships will serve our vital needs and help achieve our common goals. AMC developed this website as a tool for making the connections that may lead to those partnerships.

The objective of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory's (ARL's) Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI's) program is to address the projected shortfall of scientists and engineers among the diverse populations of the 21st century, to leverage HBCU/MI technical capabilities to fulfill ARL requirements, and to expand the involvement of HBCU/MI's in ongoing research at ARL. ARL presently has Education Partnerships with six HBCU/MI.

Last updated: 04/17/2008 11:17 PM