HSI Title V funding — defensible eligibility, cited to the statute.
See whether your institution holds standing for HSI grants before you commit a limited-submission slot — eligibility decided against Title V §502(a)(5), not a keyword guess.
A Hispanic-Serving Institution is a degree-granting institution defined by Title V §502(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act: at least 25% Hispanic full-time-equivalent undergraduate enrollment. That status unlocks the Title V grant family — DHSI, PPOHA, HSI-STEM, and NSF and USDA HSI programs. Strategic Pursuit scores each against that statutory test and shows the citation, source, and last-verified date.
Statutory proof
HSI per Title V §502(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act
The eligibility line isn’t our interpretation — it’s the statute. Title V §502(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act (20 U.S.C. §1101a) defines a Hispanic-Serving Institution as an eligible degree-granting institution with an enrollment of undergraduate full-time-equivalent students that is at least 25% Hispanic. Strategic Pursuit encodes that 25% test as a hard rule — fall below it and the program comes back ineligible, no matter how strong the project narrative. There’s also a procedural gate: the U.S. Department of Education requires an institution to apply for and receive the HSI eligibility designation before applying to most Title V programs, and the dossier flags that prerequisite rather than assuming it.
HSI · Title V §502(a)(5) HEA · 20 U.S.C. §1101a · ≥25% Hispanic FTE undergrad · Verified · last-updated 2026-05-28
Designation status can change.
Who qualifies for hsi funding — and who doesn't
You have standing if:
- Your undergraduate Hispanic FTE enrollment is at least 25% (the Title V §502(a)(5) test).
- You’re a degree-granting institution and hold — or can obtain — the ED HSI eligibility designation.
- For PPOHA specifically: you offer a postbaccalaureate certificate or degree program.
You do NOT have standing if:
- You fall below 25% Hispanic FTE — a hard eligibility rule no fit narrative overrides (an emerging-HSI is tracked separately, not as a Title V match).
- You haven’t secured the ED HSI eligibility designation a program requires before its deadline.
- You’re a non-degree-granting entity or a non-institution applicant — the Title V family is institution-only.
Knowing where you lack standing is what keeps a thin sponsored-programs office off the longshot that burns a limited-submission slot — the same discipline that rebuilds PI trust.
The programs Strategic Pursuit scores for hsi 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.
ED Title V-A Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program (DHSI) (ED)
$500K – $3MFive-year development grants to HSIs to expand educational opportunities for Hispanic students. Supports curriculum, faculty development, academic tutoring, counseling, articulation, endowment, and student services.
ED Title V-B Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA) (ED)
$500K – $2MFunds HSIs offering postbaccalaureate certificate or degree programs to expand opportunities for Hispanic Americans in graduate education. Supports curriculum, faculty development, scholarships and fellowships, and student support services.
ED Hispanic-Serving Institutions STEM and Articulation Program (HSI-STEM) (ED)
$400K – $2.5MFunds HSIs to increase the number of Hispanic and low-income students attaining degrees in STEM fields and to develop model transfer and articulation agreements between two-year and four-year institutions in STEM fields.
NSF Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program (HSI Program) (NSF)
$200K – $3MFunds undergraduate STEM education improvements at accredited Hispanic-Serving Institutions, with emphasis on broadening Hispanic student participation in STEM through curriculum, research experiences, transfer pathways, and faculty development.
USDA NIFA Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program (USDA NIFA)
$150K – $1MFunds HSIs to attract, retain, and graduate outstanding students who can enhance the nation's food, agricultural, natural resources, and human sciences professional and scientific workforce. Project types include collaborative regional center, regular project, and conference.
NEH Humanities Initiatives at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (NEH)
$50K – $175KFunds projects that strengthen the teaching and study of the humanities at HSIs through curriculum and program development, faculty development, and humanities-focused research that engages students.
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How the eligibility verdict is built
This is not raw AI output. The 25% Hispanic-FTE 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 profile, designations, HERD research expenditure, and federal awards by agency are pulled straight from official federal sources after the AI runs, so a PI sees real solicitation codes and real deadlines, not a hallucinated FOA. We use only publicly posted Federal Student Aid (FSA) totals — never student-level records. Where the institution data is still filling in, the panel says so. The promise is a method you can verify, not equal data on both sides — and it gets measurably truer as each source loads, week by week.
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Frequently asked questions about hsi funding
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