FY 2011

The Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, P.L. 112-10, was passed by Congress on April 15, 2011. It provides funding for the Department of Education for the remainder of Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2011. The FY 2011 appropriation for the HBCU Program is $236,991,068, a reduction of $29,594,932 from the FY 2010 level. Please note that individual award sizes are not based solely on Congressional appropriations. Institutional data (also referred to as Phase I Data) are also used to calculate individual award sizes; variance in annual award size is attributed to both factors. In addition, mandatory funding of $85 million, appropriated by the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA), will support continuation awards in the mandatory HBCU Program in FY 2011. More information...

FY 2010

Discretionary funding:
Number of continuation awards: 96
Average continuation award: $2,767,000
Total continuation award funding: $265,624,000

Mandatory funding:
Number of new awards: 96
Average new award: $885,000
Total new award funding: $85,000,000
Number of continuation awards: 0
Average continuation award: 0
Total new continuation funding: 0

Total award funding: $350,624,000
Discretionary (Section 323): $265,624,000
Mandatory (Section 371): $85,000,000
Total number of awards: 192

FY 2009

Discretionary funding:
Number of continuation awards: 96
Average continuation award: $2,480,000
Total continuation award funding: $238,095,000

Mandatory funding:
Number of new awards: 0
Average new award: 0
Total new award funding: 0
Number of continuation awards: 96
Average continuation award: $885,000
Total continuation award funding: $85,000,000

Total award funding: $323,095,000
Discretionary (Section 323): $238,095,000
Mandatory (Section 371): $85,000,000
Total number of awards: 192

FY 2008

Discretionary funding:
Number of continuation awards: 96
Average continuation award: $2,480,000
Total continuation award funding: $238,095,000

Mandatory funding (CCRAA):
Number of new awards: 96
Average new award: $885,000
Total new award funding: $85,000,000
Number of continuation awards: 0
Average continuation award: 0
Total continuation award funding: 0

Total award funding: $323,095,000
Discretionary (Section 323): $238,095,000
Mandatory (Section 371): $85,000,000
Total number of awards: 192

FY 2007

Number of new awards: 97
Average new award: $2,455,000
Total new award funding: $238,095,000

Number of continuation awards: 0

FY 2006

Appropriation: $238,095,000
Number of new awards: 0
Number of continuation awards: 97 HBCUs; 18 HBGIs
Average continuation award: $2,454,587 for HBCUs; $3,217,500 for HBGIs
Range of continuation awards: $500,000–$5,000,000 for HBCUs; $1,000,000–$12,000,000 for HBGIs

FY 2005

Appropriation: $238,576,000
Average award: $2,459,546

FY 2004

Appropriation: $275,863,744

FY 2003

Appropriation: $214,015,000

FY 2002

Appropriation: $206,000,000

FY 2001

Appropriation: $185,000,000

Note: Funds are appropriated separately for Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Strengthening Historically Black Graduate Institutions. In FY 2006, HBCUs received $238,095,000 and HBGIs received $57,915,000.

Note: This is a noncompetitive discretionary grant program -- grants are distributed by formula to eligible institutions. The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice.

Title III, Part B of the Higher Education Act also includes the Strengthening Historically Black Graduate Institutions Program.

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