Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Higher Education Programs (HEP): Institutional Service: Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNH) Program (Part A), Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.031W | ED GRANTS 071425 002

Opportunity Information: Apply for ED GRANTS 071425 002

The Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) is offering a discretionary grant competition under the Higher Education Programs (HEP) umbrella called the Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNH) Program, Part A, with Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.031W (Native Hawaiian). The overall goal of the ANNH Program is capacity-building: it funds eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs) so they can improve and expand their ability to serve Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian students. In practical terms, the program is meant to help institutions plan, develop, or implement institutional strengthening activities that support student success and strengthen the school itself.

Eligibility is tied to the Higher Education Act (HEA), title III, part A, and applicants have to meet the standard title III, part A institutional eligibility framework. That means the institution must be accredited or preaccredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency that the U.S. Department of Education recognizes as a reliable authority on educational quality. The institution also must be legally authorized by its state either to operate as a junior or community college or to provide educational programs leading to a bachelors degree. In addition, the institution must demonstrate both (1) an enrollment of needy students (as defined in 34 CFR 607.3) and (2) low average educational and general expenditures per full-time equivalent (FTE) undergraduate student (as defined in 34 CFR 607.4). Beyond those baseline requirements, ANNH applicants must also certify their student enrollment threshold: at least 20 percent undergraduate Alaska Native enrollment for an Alaska Native-serving institution, or at least 10 percent undergraduate Native Hawaiian enrollment for a Native Hawaiian-serving institution. This certification is not informal; the required assurance form included in the application package must be signed by an authorized institutional official and submitted with the application.

A key procedural point is that institutions cannot simply self-declare eligibility at application time. The Department runs a formal designation process for eligible institutions, and only institutions that the Department determines to be eligible (or that receive a waiver through the established waiver process) may apply. For FY 2025, the designation and waiver process was announced in the Federal Register on March 6, 2025 (90 FR 11408). Applicants are expected to rely on the official Federal Register application notice for the complete rules, required forms, priorities, performance measures, and submission requirements, and to follow the Department of Education Common Instructions for discretionary grant programs (published December 23, 2024, 89 FR 104528) for application logistics, including where and how to submit.

The competition structure also limits how many applications an institution can submit and how awards can be combined. An eligible IHE may submit only one Individual Development Grant application. However, the same eligible IHE may also submit a separate application for a Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant, and it is possible for both types of grants to be awarded to the same institution in the same fiscal year. Institutions that already hold an Individual Development Grant or Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant can still participate in additional cooperative projects as partners. For cooperative arrangement projects specifically, the lead applicant must be an eligible institution, but partner organizations do not have to be eligible institutions. There is also an important restriction on repeat funding: current ANNH Part A Individual Development Grant grantees generally may not apply for another Individual Development Grant in this competition unless their current grant ends on September 30, 2025.

The notice also emphasizes how ANNH funding interacts with other federal institutional-strengthening programs, especially the Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program under title V of the HEA. If an institution is already an HSI Program grantee, it may not simultaneously receive a grant under any HEA title III, part A program, including ANNH (this restriction is rooted in 20 U.S.C. 1101d). The Department also notes that a current title III, part A or title V grantee cannot give up an existing grant just to receive ANNH funding (referenced in 34 CFR 607.2(g)(1)). If an institution is an eligible HSI but is not currently funded under title III, part A or title V, it may apply to the programs it qualifies for and also be considered for HSI, but even then, if selected it may ultimately receive only one grant under the one-grant-at-a-time rule described in the same regulation.

From the competition snapshot provided, this opportunity is run by the U.S. Department of Education as a discretionary grant (Funding Opportunity Number: ED GRANTS 071425 002). The opportunity was posted on July 14, 2025, and the original closing date is August 13, 2025. The listing indicates an expectation of 13 awards, and it is associated with ALN/CFDA 84.031 (with the Native Hawaiian-serving competition identified as 84.031W). The award ceiling is not specified in the provided excerpt, so applicants would need to consult the official Federal Register notice for maximum award amounts, project periods, required match (if any), and the detailed selection criteria that will drive scoring and award decisions.

• The Department of Education in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Higher Education Programs (HEP): Institutional Service: Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNH) Program (Part A), Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.031W" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 84.031.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-07-14.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-08-13. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 13 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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