Project Grant P047A221535

The Greater Hartford Consortium for Higher Education, Inc., doing business as Career Beginnings, received a $287,537 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the TRIO Upward Bound federal grant program (CFDA 84.047). The grant period runs from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2023. Under this award, Career Beginnings will deliver TRIO Upward Bound services in Hartford, Connecticut focused on generating the skills and motivation...

The College of the Siskiyous received a $401,119 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the TRIO Upward Bound program (CFDA 84.047). The grant funds will support the College's Upward Bound program, which provides academic instruction, enrichment, and support services to 74 low-income and potential first-generation college students at 10 target high schools in rural Siskiyou County, California. The program aims to generate the skills...

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Greenfield Community College a $374,857.94 Project Grant under the TRIO Upward Bound federal grant program (CFDA 84.047) for the period of August 2, 2021 through May 31, 2022. The grant aims to deliver academic skills development and college preparatory support services to low-income and potential first-generation college students through Greenfield Community College's TRIO Upward Bound program. Specifically, the program...

This $299,038 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the TRIO Upward Bound program (CFDA 84.047) will provide academic instruction, tutoring, counseling, mentoring, and other support services to help low-income and potential first-generation college students in Middletown, Connecticut develop the skills and motivation necessary to succeed in postsecondary education. The grant, awarded to Wesleyan University's Finance and Administration...

This federal Project Grant award of $511,434.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the TRIO Upward Bound program (CFDA 84.047) supports Utah State University - College Of Eastern Utah (Blanding) in delivering comprehensive academic instruction, tutoring, counseling, mentoring, and other services to low-income and potential first-generation college students, including veterans, in the Blanding, UT area. The goal is to help develop the academic skills...

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College a $1,120,582 Project Grant under the Higher Education Institutional Aid federal grant program (CFDA 84.031). The grant will support Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College's efforts to strengthen its management and fiscal operations from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. Specifically, the college will use the funding to plan, develop, and implement activities to strengthen its...

The U.S. Department of Education, through its Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) initiative (CFDA 84.334), awarded a $2,643,209 Project Grant to the Bibb County School District in Macon, Georgia. The "GEAR UP BUILT4BIBB (GU B4B)" project aims to increase the number of low-income students in Macon who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education. The award period runs from September 1, 2024, to August 31, 2025. The project will...

The University of Connecticut was awarded a $287,537 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the TRIO Upward Bound federal grant program (CFDA 84.047). The grant will fund the University's Veterans Upward Bound program from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2023. The Veterans Upward Bound program will deliver services to generate the skills and motivation necessary for low-income and potential first-generation college students and veterans...

The University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. was awarded a $2,400,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) initiative. The grant, effective from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, will support the "University of Kansas' Kansas City Kanas Public Schools GEAR UP (KCKPS GU)" program. This GEAR UP grant aims to provide comprehensive services to low-income students in the Kansas City,...

This $5,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) initiative will provide comprehensive college access and success services to 9,500 students and their families in western North Carolina over a one-year period starting September 1, 2024. The primary awardee, Appalachian State University, will collaborate with over a dozen sub-awardees including regional...