State
United States Department of Education - Office of Postsecondary Education
03/23/17
04/17/17
Grants to USA higher education institutions to build capacity and become self-sufficient in serving low-income students. Technical assistance webinars are scheduled for March 23 and March 30. The purpose of this program is to strengthen and improve the academic quality, fiscal stability, and institutional management.
Funds may be used for planning, faculty development, and establishing endowment funds. Administrative management, and the development and improvement of academic programs also are supported. Other projects include joint use of instructional facilities, construction and maintenance, and student service programs designed to improve academic success, including innovative, customized, instruction courses designed to help retain students and move the students rapidly into core courses and through program completion, which may include remedial education and English language instruction.
The Department is conducting two separate competitions for Strengthening Institution Program (SIP) grants in fiscal year 2017. In the competition under CFDA number 84.031F, applicants must address an absolute priority. The separate competition under CFDA number 84.031A does not include any priorities. The competitions are announced in separate Federal Register notices. Applicants may apply for grants in both the 84.031A and 84.031F competitions but can only receive one grant.
GrantWatch ID#: 155478
$3,699,000
Estimated Number of Awards for 84.031A is 8 - 9; Estimated Number of Awards for 84.031F is 6 - 7.
84.031A
-Estimated Range of Awards: $400,000 - $450,000 per year.
-Estimated Average Size of Awards: $415,000 per year.
84.031F
-Estimated Range of Awards: $500,000 - $600,000 per year.
-Estimated Average Size of Awards: $550,000 per year.
The project period is up to 60 months.
Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates/changes/addendums/conferences/LOIs.
Video Access for the March 23 Webinar: https://educate.webex.com/educate/j.php?MTID=me27d1f8e442e69e7dce126909580eeae
Video Access for the March 30 Webinar: https://educate.webex.com/educate/j.php?MTID=m74a6106562e6eb72731bea9d5dac25c1
Nalini Lamba-Nieves
(202) 453-7953
nalini.lamba-nieves@ed.gov
Jymece Seward
(202) 453-6138
jymece.seward@ed.gov
U.S. Department of Education, OPE
Title III Part A Programs, Strengthening Institutions
400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Room 4C103
Mail Stop LBJ 4-4C140
Washington, DC 20202-6450
84.031A / 84.031F
ED-GRANTS-030117-001 / ED-GRANTS-030117-002
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