❖ Apply to our Native Language Immersion Grant for SY 25-26!
The National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education (The Fund) grant program is dedicated to improving academic outcomes, including through expanding access to Native Language instruction for students enrolled in BIE schools. To advance this mission, in partnership with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), the Fund is excited to announce the availability of $6,500,000 in grant funding for BIE-funded schools. The Fund will award between six to twelve grants to support the expansion of language immersion instruction. Click here to view the Grant Solicitation.
The Fund supports community-led efforts that foster students’ academic and life success.
Build & Sustain
We build and sustain long term funding through public and private partnerships to improve outcomes for Native American students.
Invest in Students
Investing in every student in the BIE gives students an opportunity to be academically successful and healthy.
Raise Awareness
We continue to raise national awareness of the needs of Native American students and commitment to Indigenous students' success.
Growing our community through partnership.
The Fund aims to help identify and support programs, initiatives, and partnerships that will significantly improve outcomes for Native American youth.
We are reimagining how to support Native students.
Part of our mission is to reimagine the current system and garner resources to recreate a learning ecosystem through an Indigenous lens to create environments that foster students’ Native language and lead to academic success, holistic wellbeing, and engaged tribal citizens.
