CFDA#
84.031P and 84.382A
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Funder Type
Federal Government
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IT Classification
B - Readily funds technology as part of an award
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Authority
Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE)
Summary
The purpose of the Predominantly Black Institutions Competitive Grant Program is to support Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs) to establish or strengthen programs in the following areas:
- Science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM)
- Health education
- Internationalization or globalization
- Teacher preparation; or
- Improving educational outcomes of African-American males
This notice contains one absolute priority, one competitive preference priority, and one invitational priority.
Absolute Priority:
- Improving Educational Outcomes of African American Males: Projects that propose to improve the educational outcomes of African American males.
Competitive Preference Priority:
- Building Capacity for Remote Learning: Under this priority, an applicant must propose a project that is designed to provide personalized and job-embedded professional learning to build the capacity of educators to create remote learning experiences that advance student engagement and learning through effective use of technology (e.g., synchronous and asynchronous professional learning, professional learning networks or communities, and coaching).
Invitational Priority:
- Addressing the Impact of COVID–19 on Black or African American Students and Supporting Student Retention and Reengagement: Projects proposing to provide integrated student support services (also known as wrap-around services) for Black or African American students to address mental health and academic support due to the COVID–19 pandemic.
History of Funding
A listing of recent grant awards and project abstracts for this programs is available on their individual websites.
- PBI Formula Grants: https://www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/formula-grants/formula-grants-special-populations/predominantly-black-institutions-program--formula-grants#Past-Awards
- PBI Competitive Grants: https://www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/grants-higher-education/grants-hbcus/predominantly-black-institutions-undergraduate-program#Awarding-&-Legislation
Additional Information
There are two Predominantly Black Institutions (PBI) Programs: Formula and Competitive.
The purpose of the PBI Formula Program is to strengthen eligible institutions to plan, develop, undertake and implement programs to enhance the institution's capacity to serve more low- and middle-income Black American students; to expand higher education opportunities for eligible students by encouraging college preparation and student persistence in secondary school and postsecondary education; and to strengthen the financial ability of the institution to serve the academic needs of these students.
Institutions may use federal funds for activities that include:
- Academic instruction in disciplines in which Black Americans are underrepresented;
- Establishing or enhancing a program of teacher education designed to qualify students to teach in a public elementary school or secondary school in the state that shall include, as part of such program, preparation for teacher certification or licensure;
- Establishing community outreach programs that will encourage elementary school and secondary school students to develop the academic skills and the interest to pursue postsecondary education;
- Purchase, rental, or lease of scientific or laboratory equipment for educational purposes, including instructional and research purposes;
- Construction, maintenance, renovation, and improvement in classrooms, libraries, laboratories, and other instructional facilities, including the integration of computer technology into institutional facilities to create smart buildings;
- Support of faculty exchanges, faculty development, and faculty fellowships to assist in attaining advanced degrees in the field of instruction of the faculty;
- Development and improvement of academic programs;
- Purchase of library books, periodicals, and other educational materials, including telecommunications program material;
- Tutoring, counseling, and student service programs designed to improve academic success, including innovative, customized, instruction courses designed to help retain students and move the students rapidly into core courses and through program completion, which may include remedial education and English language instruction;
- Education or counseling services designed to improve the financial literacy and economic literacy of students or the students' families;
- Funds management, administrative management, and acquisition of equipment for use in strengthening funds management;
- Joint use of facilities, such as laboratories and libraries;
- Establishing or improving an endowment fund; and
- Creating or improving facilities for Internet or other distance learning technologies, including purchase or rental of telecommunications technology equipment or services.
The purpose of the PBI Competitive Grant Program is to support PBIs in establishing or strengthening programs in the following areas:
- Science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM)
- Health education
- Internationalization or globalization
- Teacher preparation; or
- Improving educational outcomes of African-American males
Eligibility Details
Institutions must be designated eligible for the Title V Part A and the Title III, Part F programs, meaning that the institution of higher education's average educational and general expenditures” (E&G) per full-time equivalent (FTE) undergraduate student is less than the average E&G expenditures per FTE undergraduate student of institutions that offer similar instruction in that year.
Upon general HEA Title III and V funding eligibility confirmation, the PBI program further requires that an institution:
- Have an enrollment of undergraduate students—
- that is at least 40 percent Black American students;
- that is at least 1,000 undergraduate students;
- of which not less than 50 percent of the undergraduate students enrolled at the institution are low-income individuals or first-generation college students (as that term is defined in Section 402A(g)); and
- of which not less than 50 percent of the undergraduate students are enrolled in an educational program leading to a bachelor's or associate's degree that the institution is licensed to award by the State in which the institution is located;
- Is not receiving assistance under Part B of Title III.
There is an application process to determine eligibility. Please refer to the most recent Application for Designation as an Eligible Institution, found here: https://www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/grants-higher-education/eligibility-designations-higher-education-programs
Deadline Details
While the PBI competitions typically occur on a quadrennial cycle, the Title III and V eligibility window is annual.
For PBI Formula Grants: There are two phases to the PBI Formula Grants program application.
- Phase I applications were to be submitted by March 2, 2016.
- Phase II applications were to be submitted by April 1, 2016.
For PBI Competitive Grants: The deadline to submit was June 28, 2021.
Previously this had been a biennial program, however, now a similar deadline is anticipated quadrennially or quinquennially. See https://www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/apply-grant/available-grants for the forecast of when the PBI program is expected to open.
Award Details
For the Formula Grants Program, approximately $22,412,000 was available in total funding for FY24. Awards would be at least $250,000 and determined on a formula basis. The project period was set at 60 months.
For the Competitive Grants Program, approximately $14,115,000 is available in total funding for FY24. The estimated Range of Awards is from $400,000–$600,000. The estimated average size of awards is $564,600. and 25 awards were expected to be made. The project period was set at 60 months.
Regardless of program applying to, please note:
- A PBI may use not more than 20 percent of the grant funds to establish or increase an endowment fund at the institution. In order to be eligible to use grant funds to establish or increase an endowment, a PBI must provide matching funds from non-Federal sources, in an amount equal to or greater than the Federal funds used for the establishment or increase of the endowment fund. The provisions of part C of Title III apply to the establishment or increase of an endowment fund under the PBI program.
- Not more than 50 percent of the grant funds provided to a PBI under this program may be used for constructing or maintaining a classroom, library, laboratory, or other instructional facility.
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