Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Student Support Service: Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) State Grants, Assistance Listing Number 84.334S
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- ED-GRANTS-112024-002
- Agency
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Department of Education
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $5,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Education
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- State Governments
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Education is seeking applications for the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) State Grants, Assistance Listing Number 84.334S. This discretionary grant program provides 6- or 7-year awards to encourage eligible entities to offer support and maintain a commitment to assist eligible students from low-income backgrounds, including students with disabilities, in obtaining a secondary school diploma and preparing for and succeeding in postsecondary education. Eligible applicants are States that do not have an active GEAR UP grant or have a grant scheduled to end prior to October 1, 2025. The application deadline is February 3, 2025 and the intergovernmental review deadline is April 4, 2025.
The estimated available funds are $35 million, with an estimated range of awards from $3-$5 million per grant and an estimated average of $4 million. The grants will be implemented across various states and regions, often targeting specific school districts or communities with high proportions of low-income students.
Synopsis
Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information.
For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Revised Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on December 7, 2022
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Purpose of Program: The GEAR UP program is a discretionary grant program that encourages eligible entities to provide support, and maintain a commitment, to eligible students from low-income backgrounds, including students with disabilities, to assist the students in obtaining a secondary school diploma (or its recognized equivalent) and to prepare for and succeed in postsecondary education. Under the GEAR UP program, the Department awards grants to two types of entities: (1) States and (2) Partnerships consisting of at least one degree-granting institution of higher education (IHE) and at least one local educational agency (LEA).
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Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.334S.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| 2024-27055.pdf | ||
| 2022-26554.pdf |
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