Grants of up to $60,000 to Maryland institutions of higher education to enable students to complete their studies. Funding is intended to support programs that target students who have dropped out or fallen short of their academic credit requirements. Grants are available to allow institutions to identify, contact, re-enroll, and graduate "near-completer students."
Institutions are encouraged to target near-completers who may be able to graduate within the institutions reported six-year graduation rates (i.e. initial enrollment in 2014-2015 academic year). Institutions may also include near-completers from earlier initial enrollment years, as long as the “six-year graduation cohort” is not excluded from the outreach and recruitment efforts.
One Step Away provides funds to institutions to identify, contact, re-enroll and graduate stop-out and drop-out students who:
Proposals must address the overarching grant program goals by including three of the following objectives:
For details about fundable activities, see: https://mhec.maryland.gov/Documents/RFP%20osa.pdf#page=8
Estimated Size of Grant:
Grant Period: June 24, 2022 to August 25, 2023
Submit applications to priscilla.moore@maryland.gov
Direct questions to Priscilla Moore at the email address listed above.
Office of Outreach and Grants Management
Maryland Higher Education Commission
6 North Liberty Street, 10th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-767-3377