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Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Higher Education Programs (HEP): Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN), Assistance Listing Number 84.200A

ID: ED-GRANTS-042424-003 • Type: Posted
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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 GAANN Program provides grants to academic departments and programs of institutions of higher education (IHEs) to support graduate fellowships for students with excellent academic records in their previous programs of study who demonstrate financial need and plan to pursue the highest degree available in their course of study at the institution.

Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.200A.

Background
The Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2024 for the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.200A. The GAANN Program provides grants to academic departments and programs of institutions of higher education (IHEs) to support graduate fellowships for students with excellent academic records in their previous programs of study who demonstrate financial need and plan to pursue the highest degree available in their course of study at the institution.

Grant Details
The program includes one absolute priority, two competitive preference priorities, and one invitational priority. The absolute priority is Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need. The competitive preference priorities include applications from new potential grantees and promoting equity in student access to educational resources and opportunities. The invitational priority is projects designed to increase the number of low-income students in graduate fellowships.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligible applicants include any academic department of an IHE that provides a course of study leading to a graduate degree in an area of national need and has been in existence for at least four years at the time of an application for a grant under this competition. Eligible applicants may apply alone or in partnership with one or more eligible nondegree granting institutions that have formal arrangements for the support of doctoral dissertation research. Cost sharing or matching is required, with an institutional matching contribution equal to at least 25 percent of the grant amount received.

Period of Performance
The period of performance for the grant is up to 36 months.

Grant Value
The estimated available funds are $20,479,535, with an estimated range of awards from $112,102 to $448,408 based on an average of 2 to 8 federally funded fellowships.
The minimum and maximum award amounts are $100,000 and $750,000 respectively.
The estimated average size of awards is $336,306 based on an average of 6 Federal GAANN fellowships requested per grant application.
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Overview

Agency
Department of Education (ED)
Category of Funding
Education
Funding Instruments
Grant
Grant Program (CFDA)
84.200 - Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
True
Source
Grants.gov
On 4/24/24 the Department of Education posted grant opportunity ED-GRANTS-042424-003 for Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Higher Education Programs (HEP): Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN), Assistance Listing Number 84.200A with funding of $20.5 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 84.200 Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need. It is expected that 60 total grants will be made worth between $100,000 and $750,000.

Timing

Posted Date
April 24, 2024, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
June 24, 2024, 12:00 a.m. EDT Past Due
Closing Date Explanation
Applications Available: April 24, 2024]. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 24, 2024. Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: August 22, 2024] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Ell, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, 5th floor, Washington, DC 20202-4260. Telephone: (202) 453-6348. Email: OPE_GAANN_Program@ed.gov; or ReShone Moore, Ph.D., U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, 5th floor, Washington, DC 20202-4260. Telephone (202) 453-7624. Email: reshone.moore@ed.gov..
Last Updated
April 24, 2024, 10:10 a.m. EDT
Version
7
Archive Date
July 24, 2024

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Private institutions of higher education
Additional Info
1. Eligible Applicants: (a) Any academic department of an IHE that provides a course of study that--(i) Leads to a graduate degree in an area of national need; and (ii) Has been in existence for at least four years at the time of an application for a grant under this competition. (b) Eligible applicants may apply alone or in partnership with one or more eligible nondegree granting institutions that have formal arrangements for the support of doctoral dissertation research.Note: A formal arrangement under paragraph (b) is a written agreement between a degree-granting institution and an eligible nondegree granting institution whereby the degree-granting institution accepts students from the eligible nondegree granting institution as doctoral degree candidates with the intention of awarding these students doctorates in an area of national need. Note: A school or department of divinity is not eligible for a grant. Note: Students are not eligible to apply for grants under this program.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$750,000
Floor
$100,000
Estimated Program Funding
$20,479,535
Estimated Number of Grants
60

Contacts

Contact
Julius C Cotton ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin.
Contact Email
ope_gaann_program@ed.gov   Profile
Email Description
Program Mailbox
Contact Phone
(202) 245-6288
Additional Information
Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Higher Education Programs (HEP): Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN), Assistance Listing Number 84.200A; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024
Additional Information Site
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-24/pdf/2024-08771.pdf

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