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Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program | U.S. Department of Education Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) Applicant Info and Eligibility The Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP) assists predominantly minority institutions in effecting long-range improvement in science and engineering education programs and increasing the flow of underrepresented ethnic minorities, particularly minority women, into science and engineering careers.
The program funds are generally used to implement institutional projects, special projects, cooperative projects, and design projects for a broad range of activities that address specific barriers that eliminate or reduce the entry of minorities into science and technology fields.
Institutional project grants are grants that support the implementation of a comprehensive science improvement plan, which may include any combination of activities for improving the preparation of minority students, particularly minority women, for careers in science. There are two types of special project grants. First, there are special project grants for which only minority institutions are eligible.
These special project grants support activities that improve quality training in science and engineering at minority institutions or enhance the minority institutions' general scientific research capabilities. There also are special project grants for which all applicants are eligible.
These special project grants support activities that provide a needed service to a group of eligible minority institutions or provide in-service training for project directors, scientists, and engineers from eligible minority institutions. Cooperative project grants assist groups of nonprofit accredited colleges and universities to work together to conduct a science improvement project.
Design project grants assist minority institutions that do not have their own appropriate resources or personnel to plan and develop long-range science improvement programs. Sample map of participating institutions — This map samples of institutions that have applied for and been awarded grants under this program by the Institutional Service (IS), U.S. Department of Education.
Year Appropriation FY 2024 $16,370,000 FY 2023 $16,370,000 FY 2022 $14,539,000 FY 2021 $13,394,000 FY 2020 $12,635,000 FY 2019 $11,135,000 FY 2018 $11,025,000 FY 2017 $9,466,000 FY 2016 $9,648,000 FY 2015 $8,971,000 FY 2014 $8,971,000 FY 2013 $8,971,000 FY 2012 $9,466,000 FY 2011 $9,483,994 FY 2010 $9,503,000 Legislation Title III, Part E, Subpart 1, Secs.
350-365 of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99 The most recent competition for the MSEIP was held in FY 2023. View the FY 2023 MSEIP Notice Inviting Applications , published March 30, 2023. Frequently Asked Questions: Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (84.
120A) Eligible applicants include public and private, nonprofit accredited institutions of higher education (IHEs) with minority enrollments that exceed 50 percent of the total enrollment; professional scientific societies; nonprofit science-oriented organizations; and nonprofit four-year accredited colleges and universities that provide needed services to a group of eligible minority institutions or that provide special training for project directors, scientists, and engineers from eligible minority institutions.
Additionally, eligible applicants include two-year public or private non-profit IHEs that award associate degrees and are minority institutions that have curricula that include science and engineering subjects and enter into a partnership with a four-year minority IHE. A minority institution is defined in the regulations at 34 CFR 637. 4(b) .
This program does not support scholarships for students. The Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP) assists predominantly minority institutions in effecting long-range improvement in science and engineering education programs and increasing the flow of underrepresented ethnic minorities, particularly minority women, into science and engineering careers.
The program funds are generally used to implement institutional projects, special projects, cooperative projects, and design projects for a broad range of activities that address specific barriers that eliminate or reduce the entry of minorities into science and technology fields.
Institutional project grants are grants that support the implementation of a comprehensive science improvement plan, which may include any combination of activities for improving the preparation of minority students, particularly minority women, for careers in science. There are two types of special project grants. First, there are special project grants for which only minority institutions are eligible.
These special project grants support activities that improve quality training in science and engineering at minority institutions or enhance the minority institutions' general scientific research capabilities. There also are special project grants for which all applicants are eligible.
These special project grants support activities that provide a needed service to a group of eligible minority institutions or provide in-service training for project directors, scientists, and engineers from eligible minority institutions. Cooperative project grants assist groups of nonprofit accredited colleges and universities to work together to conduct a science improvement project.
Design project grants assist minority institutions that do not have their own appropriate resources or personnel to plan and develop long-range science improvement programs. Sample map of participating institutions — This map samples of institutions that have applied for and been awarded grants under this program by the Institutional Service (IS), U.S. Department of Education.
Year Appropriation FY 2024 $16,370,000 FY 2023 $16,370,000 FY 2022 $14,539,000 FY 2021 $13,394,000 FY 2020 $12,635,000 FY 2019 $11,135,000 FY 2018 $11,025,000 FY 2017 $9,466,000 FY 2016 $9,648,000 FY 2015 $8,971,000 FY 2014 $8,971,000 FY 2013 $8,971,000 FY 2012 $9,466,000 FY 2011 $9,483,994 FY 2010 $9,503,000 Legislation Title III, Part E, Subpart 1, Secs.
350-365 of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99 Applicant Info and Eligibility The most recent competition for the MSEIP was held in FY 2023. View the FY 2023 MSEIP Notice Inviting Applications , published March 30, 2023.
Frequently Asked Questions: Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (84.
120A) Eligible applicants include public and private, nonprofit accredited institutions of higher education (IHEs) with minority enrollments that exceed 50 percent of the total enrollment; professional scientific societies; nonprofit science-oriented organizations; and nonprofit four-year accredited colleges and universities that provide needed services to a group of eligible minority institutions or that provide special training for project directors, scientists, and engineers from eligible minority institutions.
Additionally, eligible applicants include two-year public or private non-profit IHEs that award associate degrees and are minority institutions that have curricula that include science and engineering subjects and enter into a partnership with a four-year minority IHE. A minority institution is defined in the regulations at 34 CFR 637. 4(b) .
This program does not support scholarships for students. Grant Applicants / Grantees Higher Education Institutions Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) Page Last Reviewed: August 19, 2026
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