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Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE): Basic Needs for Postsecondary Students Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.116N
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Service Source Final Application Due Date Funding Available Match Required
Education Federal
ED
08-12-2024 $9.6 M No Match
Required
  • Service
  • Source
  • Final Application Due Date
  • Funding Available
  • Match Required
Status
  • Past
  • Current
  • Forecasted
  • N/A
  • $900,000
  • Award Floor
  • Award Ceiling
    • Expected Number of Awards 12
    • Opportunity Type Discretionary
    • CFDA

      84.116 -- Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education

    Description

    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.

    Purpose of Program:The Basic Needs for Postsecondary Students Program provides grants to eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs), or a consortia or system of such institutions, to advance systemic and sustainable solutions to student basic needs insecurity through 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.

    Eligibility
    • IHE
    • Local Government
    • Non-Profit
    • Other
    • State Government
    • Tribal Government
    Additional Eligibility Information

    1. Eligible Applicants: Community colleges (as defined in this notice), and two- and four-year public and private Historically Black colleges and universities (as defined in this notice), Tribal Colleges and Universities (as defined in this notice), other Minority-serving institutions (as defined in this notice), or a consortium or system of eligible institutions. 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 in the notice published in the Federal Register one January 22, 2024 (89 FR 3916)announcing Eligibility Designations and Applications for Waiving Requirements, and that meet the other eligibility requirements described in this notice, may apply for a grant under those eligibility bases for this program.Note: The list of institutions designated as eligible for FY 2024 under titles III and V of the HEA is available at https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/idues/eligibility.html.

    Key Date(s)
    • June 04, 2024: Posted Date
    • August 06, 2024: Last Updated Date
    • August 12, 2024: Current Closing Date for Applications
    • August 12, 2024: Application Due Date
    • September 11, 2024: Application Archive Date
    Contact Information

    Julius C Cotton

    ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. julius.cotton@ed.gov Program Manager: Njeri Clark, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, 5th floor, Washington, DC 20202-4260. Telephone: (202) 453-6224. Email: Njeri.Clark@ed.gov.

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