Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Student Service: Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) State Grants, Assistance Listing Number 84.334S

Department of Education

Description

The GEAR UP program offers grants to help students from low-income backgrounds, including those with disabilities, graduate high school and succeed in college. Grants are available to states and to partnerships that include at least one college or university and one local educational agency.

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 s…

Source

Grant ID

ED-GRANTS-061125-002

Agency

Department of Education

Eligibility

The following categories of applicants are invited to apply:

  • Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: States (as defined in section 103(20) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1003(20)), which includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Freely Associated States. Per congressional direction in Senate Report 118-84 (Pub. L. 118-47), only States without an active State GEAR UP grant, or States that have an active State GEAR UP grant that is scheduled t…
Awards & Funding

Total Funding

$36.5M

Award Ceiling

$5M

Funding Amount

Discretionary

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