BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Education (ED) awarded a combined $11,226,221 to eighteen colleges and universities in North Dakota for ED’s first wave of Coronavirus (COVID—19) recovery funding.

Below is the listing of federal funding apportioned through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act:

 

  • North Dakota State University - $3,864,163
  • University of North Dakota - $2,745,776
  • University of Mary - $768,094
  • Minot State University - $637,891
  • Turtle Mountain Community College - $473,968
  • Bismarck State College - $457,033
  • University of Jamestown - $424,479
  • North Dakota State College of Science - $411,676
  • Dickinson State University - $320,047
  • Valley City State University - $226,471
  • Sitting Bull College - $187,524
  • United Tribes Technical College - $169,976
  • Williston State College - $169,405
  • Mayville State University - $156,360
  • Dakota College At Bottineau - $117,215
  • Cankdeska Cikana (Little Hoop) Community College - $108,484
  • Trinity Bible College And Graduate School - $102,196
  • Lake Region State College - $55,439

 

This ED investment comes as part of a $6.8 billion nation-wide federal funding allocation to respond to COVID-19. The total available amount for each recipient is based on funding appropriated under the CARES Act, a bill crafted in the Senate which Senator Cramer helped pass. This first wave of federal funding will be used to provide direct emergency cash grants to college students. The cash grants to students will be able to cover expenses such as course materials and technology as well as food, housing, health care, and childcare.

 

For more information, please visit Senator Cramer’s COVID-19 webpagehere.