Applicant Information
CURRENT APPLICATION
- Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: July 29, 2020
- Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 28, 2020
- The notice inviting applications for the Native American Language (NAL@ED) Program Competition was published on July 14, 2020, may be found here: www.grants.gov.
- Applications must be submitted electronically through www.grants.gov
- The CFDA Number is: 84.415B
- Applicants will need to set up a Grants.gov account in order to access the 2020 NAL@ED grant application. The direct link to the application package on Grants.gov is located here: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html
- For printed applications contact: Email: NAL@ed.gov
All applications must be submitted by the closing date of August 28, 2020 and meet the submission requirements identified in the Notice Inviting Applications in order to be considered for FY 2020 funding.
Projects selected for funding should plan start dates of October 1, 2020.
Please carefully read the closing notice for the program in order to meet all eligibility and submission requirements. If you have questions, please contact OESE NAL@ED Program by e-mail at: NAL@ED.GOV.
See below for information regarding technical assistance virtual events.
FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES
- Notice Inviting Applications: Native American Language Program (Deadline: August 28, 2020)
- Notice of Final Priorities: Native American Language Program (Published July 14, 2020)
NOTICE OF INTENT TO APPLY
Instructions for Submitting Intent to Apply:
Prospective applicants are encouraged to notify the Department of their intent to apply for a grant under the NAL@ED program. We strongly encourage each potential applicant to notify us of the applicant’s intent to submit an application by emailing NAL@ed.gov with the subject line: Intent to Apply and include in the content of the email the following information: (1) the applicant organization’s and address, (2) absolute priority and/or any competitive preference priority the applicant is planning to address in the application, and (3) the Native language on which the project would focus.
Applicants that do not submit a notice of intent to apply may still apply for funding; applicants that do submit a notice of intent to apply are not bound to apply or bound by the information provided.
Notices of Intent to Apply as of 7/30/20
Note: This chart is subject to changes/updates, and does not represent all applicants. Though a potential applicant’s name may appear here, it does not mean that it will, in fact, apply for the grant.
| Notices of Intent to Apply as of 8/7/2020 | ||
| Note: This chart is subject to changes/updates, and does not represent all applicants. Though a potential applicant’s name may appear here, it does not mean that it will, in fact, apply for the grant. | ||
| Prospective Applicant | State | Proposed Native American Language of Instruction (self-reported) |
| Anchorage School District | AK | Yup’ik |
| Bering Strait School District | AK | Inupiaq |
| Doyon Foundation | AK | Benhti Kokhut’ana Kenaga’ (Lower Tanana) Deg Xinag Denaakk’e (Koyukon) Dihthaad Xt’een Iin Aanděeg’ (Tanacross) Dinak’i (Upper Kuskokwim) Dinjii Zhuh K’yaa (Gwich’in) Hän Holikachuk Inupiaq Nee’aanèegn’ (Upper Tanana) |
| Hooper Bay Charter School | AK | Yup’ik |
| Yukon-Koyukuk School District | AK | Athabascan (multiple dialects) |
| Jeehdeez’a Elementary school | AZ | Dine’ (Navajo) |
| Dine College | AZ | Navajo |
| Tonalea Day School | AZ | Dine (Navajo) |
| Navajo Language Renaissance | AZ | Navajo |
| Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community | AZ | Not provided |
| To’Hajiilee Community School | AZ | Dine |
| San Diego County Office of Education | CA | Kumeyaay |
| Yurok Tribe | CA | Yurok |
| Wiyot Tribe | CA | Wiyot (Sulótalak) |
| Kickapoo Nation School | KS | Kickapoo |
| Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School | MN | Ojibwe |
| Nevis School District 308 | MN | Not provided |
| New Kituwah Academy | NC | Cherokee |
| Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Nation | ND | Hidatsa |
| University of North Dakota | ND | Lakota |
| University of North Dakota, in consortium with the Four Winds High School (LEA), and with the Northeast Education Services Cooperative in Devils Lake | ND | Dakota |
| Omaha Public School (OPS) District | NE | Umonhon (Omaha) |
| Winnebago Public School | NE | Hochunk Language of the Winnebago Tribe of Alaska |
| Winnebago Tribe | NE | Ho-Chunk Language |
| Albuquerque Public Schools | NM | Navajo |
| Mescalero Apache Schools | NM | Apache |
| Kha’p’o Community School | NM | Tewa |
| Ohkay Owingeh Department of Education | NM | Tewa |
| Pueblo of Jemez Department of Education | NM | Jemez (Towa) Language |
| Pueblo of Isleta | NM | Tiwa |
| San Ildefonso Day School | NM | Tewa |
| Santo Domingo Pueblo | NM | Not provided |
| Santa Rosa Ranch School | NM | Tohono O’odham |
| Cleveland American Indian Movement | OH | Not provided |
| Cherokee Nation | OK | Cherokee |
| Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes | OK | Cheyenne and Arapaho |
| Glenpool Public Schools | OK | Muscogee (Creek) language |
| Grand View School | OK | Not provided |
| Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation | OR | Not provided |
| Marty Indian School | SD | Ihanktowan Dakota |
| Pine Ridge School | SD | Lakota |
| Rapid City Area Schools | SD | Not provided |
| Red Cloud Indian School | SD | Lakota |
| Sisseton Wahpeton College | SD | Dakota |
| Chief Leschi Schools | WA | Twulshootseed Puyallup Tribal language |
| Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation | WA | Nslxcin, titoqatimt, and nxamxcin |
| Lummi Nation | WA | Lummi |
| Quileute Tribal School District | WA | Quileute |
| Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe | WA | Sauk-Suiattle Lushootseed |
| Wa He Lut Indian School | WA | Salish; (Lushootseed is the umbrella language with an emphasis on the Southern Puget Sound Dialect, Quilshootseed.) |
| Oneida Nation High School | WI | TehatiwʌnakhwaɁ |
| Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa | WI | Ojibwe |
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE VIRTUAL EVENTS
90-minute technical assistance virtual events will be held on the following dates
Pre-Application Workshop: Tuesday, July 21, 2020, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Eastern Time “(Recording here)”
Pre-Application Workshop: Friday, July 31, 2020, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Eastern Time (repeat of July 21 workshop) “(Recording here)”
Technical Assistance Session: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned, Thursday, August 6, 2020, 4:00 – 5:30pm Eastern Time (“Recording here)”
Please send an email to NAL@ED.gov for participation details.
