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

ID: ED-GRANTS-061125-001 • Type: Posted
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Description

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 secondary school diploma (or its recognized equivalent) and to prepare for and succeed in postsecondary education. Under the GEAR UP program, the Department awards grants to two types of entities: (1) States and (2) Partnerships consisting of at least one degree-granting institution of higher education (IHE) and at least one local educational agency (LEA).

Overview

Category of Funding
Education
Funding Instruments
Grant
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
True
Source
On 6/11/25 the Department of Education posted grant opportunity ED-GRANTS-061125-001 for Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Student Service: Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) Partnership Grants, Assistance Listing Number 84.334A with funding of $36.5 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 84.334 Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs. It is expected that 29 total grants will be made.

Timing

Posted Date
June 11, 2025, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
June 25, 2025, 12:00 a.m. EDT Past Due
Closing Date Explanation
Applications Available: June 11, 2025 Deadline: June 25, 2025
Last Updated
June 11, 2025, 11:43 a.m. EDT
Version
4
Archive Date
July 25, 2025

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Info
1. Eligible Applicants: Partnerships consisting of (a) at least one degree-granting IHE and (b) at least one LEA. Partnerships may include not less than two other community organizations or entities, such as businesses, professional organizations, State agencies, institutions or agencies sponsoring programs authorized under the Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Program authorized in part A, subpart 4, of title IV of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1070c et seq.), or other public or private agencies or organizations (20 U.S.C. 1070a-21(c)(2)). Note: A Partnership under this competition must follow the procedures under 34 CFR 75.127 through 75.129 in developing a group application. This includes developing an agreement that details the activities that each member of the group plans to perform and binds each member of the group to every statement and assurance made by the applicant in the application. This agreement must be submitted with the application.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$5,000,000
Floor
Not Listed
Estimated Program Funding
$36,500,000
Estimated Number of Grants
29

Contacts

Contact
Holly Clark Management and Program Analyst
Email Description
Program Contact
Contact Phone
(202) 245-6408
Additional Information
Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Student Support Service: Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) Partnership Grants, Assistance Listing Number 84.334A; Notice inviting Applications for New Awards

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