25 CFR § 1187.3 - Who is eligible to receive a grant under the IBIP?

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title: "25 CFR § 1187.3 - Who is eligible to receive a grant under the IBIP?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "1187.3"
section_name: "Who is eligible to receive a grant under the IBIP?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY, INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
part_number: "1187"
part_name: "INDIAN BUSINESS INCUBATORS PROGRAM"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "25 U.S.C. 2, 9; 25 U.S.C. 5801"
regulatory_source: "86 FR 50257, Sept. 8, 2021, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1187.3 Who is eligible to receive a grant under the IBIP?

To be eligible to receive a grant under the IBIP, an applicant must:

(a) Be able to provide the physical workspace, equipment, and connectivity necessary for Native businesses and Native entrepreneurs to collaborate and conduct business on a local, regional, national, and international level; and

(b) Be one of the following entities:

(1) An Indian Tribe;

(2) A Tribal college or university that will have been operational for not less than one year before receiving a grant under the IBIP;

(3) An institution of higher education that will have been operational for not less than one year before receiving a grant under the IBIP; or

(4) A Tribal or private nonprofit organization that provides business and financial technical assistance and:

(i) Will have been operational for not less than one year before receiving a grant under the IBIP; and

(ii) Commits to serving one or more reservation communities.