Tribal Colleges and Universities Program

*Organization Limit: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: -TCUP-Organizations eligible to submit TCUP proposals are Tribal Colleges and Universities, Alaska Native-serving institutions and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions as defined in Section IV of this solicitation. All TCUP-eligible institutions are eligible to propose under TCUP Pre-engineering Education Collaboratives (PEEC). Institutions of higher education in collaboration with TCUP-eligible institutions are eligible to propose under PEEC. Only those institutions that have received an Initiation award are eligible to propose under STEM Teachers of Excellence Education Projects (STEEP). I^3-Eligibility for Innovation through Institutional Integration (I^3) is limited to institutions of higher education (including two- and four-year colleges) accredited in, and with a campus located in the US. If the proposal is exclusively for I^3 STEM educational or related research, then all categories of proposers identified in the NSF Grant Proposal Guide are eligible to submit. *PI Limit: The TCUP Principal Investigator is expected to be the chief academic officer of the institution, or other senior academic officer responsible for oversight and management of curriculum and instructional policies for the institution. Proposers are strongly encouraged to identify lead faculty to help implement the project and serve as co-Principal Investigators. No eligibility limit applies to the PEEC Principal Investigator from partner colleges of engineering. The Principal Investigator for an Innovation through Institutional Integration (I^3) proposal must be the university provost or equivalent chief academic officer, unless the proposal is exclusively for I^3 STEM educational or related research.