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Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE): Institutional Resilience and Expanded Postsecondary Opportunity (IREPO) Grants Program CFDA Number 84.425P

ID: ED-GRANTS-082120-001 • Type: Posted

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 Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/ content/ pkg/ FR-2019-02-13/ pdf/ 2019-02206.pdf.

Purpose of Program: The purpose of the IREPO Grants, offered under section 18004(a)(3) of the CARES Act and the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), is to provide financial support to institutions of higher education (IHEs) with the greatest unmet needs related to coronavirus to enable them to resume operations, serve the needs of students, reduce disease transmission, and develop more resilient instructional delivery models, such as distance learning, to continue educating students who cannot or choose not to attend classroom-based instruction due to coronavirus.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.425P.

Overview

Category of Funding
Education
Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Opportunity Zone Benefits
Funding Instruments
Grant
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
On 8/21/20 the Department of Education posted grant opportunity ED-GRANTS-082120-001 for Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE): Institutional Resilience and Expanded Postsecondary Opportunity (IREPO) Grants Program CFDA Number 84.425P with funding of $28.0 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 84.425 Education Stabilization Fund. It is expected that 19 total grants will be made.

Timing

Posted Date
Aug. 21, 2020, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
Oct. 20, 2020, 12:00 a.m. EDT Past Due
Closing Date Explanation
Applications Available: August 21, 2020. Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: September 10, 2020. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: October 20, 2020. Pre-Application Information: The Department will post additional information for prospective applicants on the IREPO program website: https://www2.ed.gov/​about/​offices/​list/​ope/​heerfirepo.html.Notice of Intent to Apply: We will be able to develop a more efficient process for reviewing grant applications if we know the approximate number of applicants that intend to apply for funding under this competition. Therefore, the Secretary strongly encourages each potential applicant to notify us of the applicant’s intent to submit an application by sending an email to Karen.Epps@ed.gov with Intent to Apply in the subject line. Applicants that do not send a notice of intent to apply may still apply for funding. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Epps, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, 250-64, Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: (202) 453-6337. Email: Karen.Epps@ed.gov.
Last Updated
Dec. 23, 2020, 11:59 a.m. EST
Version
7
Archive Date
Nov. 19, 2020

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Additional Info
Eligible Applicants: The eligible applicant is an IHE as defined in section 101 of the HEA, or a consortium of such IHEs.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
Not Listed
Floor
Not Listed
Estimated Program Funding
$28,000,000
Estimated Number of Grants
19

Contacts

Contact
Julius C Cotton ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin.
Contact Email
Email Description
e-Mail: Program Mailbox
Contact Phone
(202) 245-6288
Additional Information
Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): FIPSE: Institutional Resilience and Expanded Postsecondary Opportunity (IREPO) Grants Program CFDA Number 84.425P; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020

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