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ED-GRANTS-080222-001: Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Fund for The Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE): Basic Needs for Postsecondary Students Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.116N

Closed Closed October 14, 2022 Opportunity ED-GRANTS-080222-001 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$950,000
• Total funding$7.5 million
• Expected awards8
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

1. Eligible Applicants: Community colleges (as defined in this notice), and 2- and 4-year public and private Historically Black Colleges and Universities (as defined in this notice), Tribal Colleges and Universities (as defined in this notice), and other Minority-Serving Institutions (as defined in this notice). Note: The notice announcing the FY 2022 process for designation of eligible institutions for programs under parts A and F of title III and programs under title V of the HEA, and inviting applications for waiver of eligibility requirements, was published in the Federal Register on December 16, 2021 (86 FR 71470). The Department extended the deadline for applications in a notice published in the Federal Register on February 7, 2022 (87 FR 6855). For institutions other than community colleges, only institutions that the Department determines are eligible as Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and other Minority-Serving Institutions, or which are granted a waiver under the process described in the December 16, 2021 notice, and that meet the other eligibility requirements described in this notice, may apply for a grant under those eligibility bases for this program.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education awards averaged $1.4 million; this notice allows up to $950,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (70% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

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 27, 2021. Purpose of Program: The Basic Needs for Postsecondary Students Program provides grants to eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs) to support programs that address the basic needs of students and to report on practices that improve outcomes for students. Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.116N. SUMMARY: On August 2, 2022, the Department of Education (Department) published in the Federal Register a notice inviting applications (NIA) for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2022 for the Basic Needs for Postsecondary Students (Basic Needs) Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.116N. This notice reopens this competition to allow more time for the preparation and submission of applications by eligible applicants that are affected applicants (as described in Eligibility below), located in Puerto Rico, portions of Alaska covered by a Presidential major disaster declaration, and areas under a Presidential major disaster or emergency declaration resulting from Hurricane Ian, which includes Florida, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina. DATES: Deadline for Transmittal of Applications for Affected Applicants: October 14, 2022.

Category: Education.

Applying now

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