Summary: WSUV SSS Project Grant Award

Washington State University received a $272,364 Project Grant award dated September 25, 2025, from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the TRIO Student Support Services Program (CFDA 84.042). The award, with a performance period through September 24, 2026, funds comprehensive supportive services designed to enhance student success and completion rates for disadvantaged college students at WSU's Pullman, Washington campus. The Student Support Services program provides targeted interventions for low-income, first-generation, and students with disabilities, focusing on increasing retention and graduation rates while improving academic potential and financial literacy among enrolled postsecondary students.

The services delivered through this grant typically include academic advising, tutoring, financial literacy training, and other wraparound support services that enable disadvantaged students to successfully complete their degree programs and facilitate transfers from two-year to four-year institutions. As part of the Department of Education's broader TRIO initiative, this award represents one component of approximately $381.9 million in total annual funding distributed across roughly 1,159 grants to higher education institutions nationwide, with individual award amounts ranging from $148,181 to $1.66 million based on institutional need and program scope.