AANAPISI funding — defensible eligibility, cited to the statute.
See whether your institution holds AANAPISI standing before you commit a limited-submission slot — eligibility decided against HEA §320(b)(1), not a keyword guess.
An Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution is a degree-granting institution with at least 10% AAPI undergraduate enrollment that also meets a needy-student criterion, defined by HEA §320(b)(1). That status unlocks the Department of Education’s AANAPISI program. Strategic Pursuit scores it against the statutory test and shows the citation, source, and last-verified date.
Statutory proof
AANAPISI per HEA §320(b)(1) (20 U.S.C. §1059g(b)(1))
The eligibility line isn’t our interpretation — it’s the statute. Section 320(b)(1) of the Higher Education Act (20 U.S.C. §1059g(b)(1)) defines an AANAPISI as a degree-granting institution with at least 10% Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander undergraduate enrollment plus a needy-student criterion. Strategic Pursuit encodes that test as a hard rule — fall short and the program comes back ineligible, instead of leaving it to an AI to guess. The program carries its statutory authority, Assistance Listing, source, and last-verified date.
AANAPISI · HEA §320(b)(1) · 20 U.S.C. §1059g(b)(1) · ≥10% AAPI undergrad · Verified · last-updated 2026-05-28
Designation status can change.
Who qualifies for aanapisi funding — and who doesn't
You have standing if:
- Your undergraduate AAPI enrollment is at least 10% and you meet the needy-student criterion (the HEA §320(b)(1) test).
- You’re a degree-granting institution applying as the institution itself.
- You can document the enrollment and needy-student figures the application requires.
You do NOT have standing if:
- You fall below the 10% AAPI enrollment threshold or miss the needy-student criterion — a hard rule no fit narrative overrides.
- You’re a non-degree-granting entity or a non-institution applicant — this is an institution-only program.
- Holding another MSI designation doesn’t substitute for the AANAPISI test.
Knowing whether you clear the AANAPISI test is what keeps a thin office off a longshot that would burn a limited-submission slot.
The programs Strategic Pursuit scores for aanapisi funding
These are the programs Strategic Pursuit scores against the test above. Each shows its statutory authority, Assistance Listing, current NOFO window, and last-verified date inside the dossier. Discontinued programs are never surfaced.
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How the eligibility verdict is built
This is not raw AI output. The AANAPISI test is a hard rule taken straight from the law — when it fails, the program comes back ineligible and the AI can’t override it. Your designations and enrollment-derived figures are pulled straight from official federal sources after the AI runs. We use only publicly posted aggregates — no student-level data. The promise is a method you can verify, not equal data on both sides.
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