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25 CFR § 41.45 - How does the Tribal college or university apply for programming grants?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s41.45"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 41.45 - How does the Tribal college or university apply for programming grants?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "41.45"
section_name: "How does the Tribal college or university apply for programming grants?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "EDUCATION"
part_number: "41"
part_name: "GRANTS TO TRIBAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND DINÉ COLLEGE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Public Law 95-471, Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1325; amended Public Law 98-192, Dec. 1, 1983, 97 Stat. 1335; Public Law 99-428, Sept. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 982; Public Law 105-244, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1619; Public Law 110-315, Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3460; 25 U.S.C. 1801  Public Law 98-192, Dec. 15, 1971, 85 Stat. 646; and Public Law 110-315, Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3468; 25 U.S.C. 640a"
regulatory_source: "81 FR 38587, June 14, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "41"
---

# 41.45 How does the Tribal college or university apply for programming grants?

(a) Tribes and Tribal entities may submit a written request to the BIE for a grant to conduct planning activities for the purpose of developing proposals for the establishment of Tribally controlled colleges and universities, or to determine the need and potential for the establishment of such colleges and universities. BIE will provide written notice to the Tribal college or university of its determination on the grant request within 30 days.

(b) Subject to the availability of appropriations, BIE may provide such grants to up to five Tribes and Tribal entities in the amount of $15,000 each.