Opportunity Information: Apply for ED GRANTS 110521 002
The Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) Higher Education Program (HEP) Basic Needs for Postsecondary Students Program (Assistance Listing Number 84.116N) is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Education designed to help colleges and universities strengthen the supports students rely on to meet essential, day-to-day needs while they are enrolled. The central idea behind the program is that students who struggle with basics like food, housing stability, transportation, childcare, or access to other critical services are more likely to stop out or experience academic setbacks. Through this program, the Department funds eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs) to operate or expand campus-based efforts that directly address those basic needs, and to document and report which approaches appear to improve student outcomes.
The opportunity was published with applications made available on November 5, 2021, and a deadline for transmittal of applications of December 6, 2021. The Department anticipated making about five awards, with an award ceiling of $990,000 per grant. The funding instrument is a grant, the opportunity category is discretionary, and it falls under the Education funding activity category. The listing notes that eligibility is not simply a generic category and directs prospective applicants to the official Federal Register notice and the accompanying eligibility language (shown in the posting as "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)"), meaning applicants needed to confirm they met the program-specific eligibility requirements described in the official notice.
In practical terms, the funded work under this program is meant to do two things at once: deliver real supports to students and generate useful information about what works. On the service side, institutions are expected to support programs that address students basic needs, which can include building coordinated systems on campus and with community partners, improving access pathways for students, reducing barriers that keep students from using available benefits and services, and ensuring those supports connect back to persistence and completion goals. On the learning and accountability side, grantees are expected to report on practices that improve outcomes for students, which typically implies tracking implementation, documenting service utilization, and measuring effects on outcomes the Department cares about (for example, retention, credit accumulation, academic progress, or completion), consistent with the performance measures and reporting requirements described in the official application notice.
The announcement repeatedly emphasizes that the brief description provided in the posting is only a synopsis and that the authoritative requirements live in the Federal Register application notice. Applicants were instructed to review the official notice for the full set of pre-application and application requirements, how to submit an application, the performance measures, any absolute or competitive priorities, and contact information. It also points applicants to the Department of Education Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs (published February 13, 2019, 84 FR 3768) for standard directions on obtaining and submitting applications and following federal submission rules.
For questions, the listed federal program contact for this opportunity was Njeri Clark at the U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 2B168, Washington, DC 20202-4260, phone (202) 453-6224, email Njeri.Clark@ed.gov.Apply for ED GRANTS 110521 002
- The Department of Education in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Higher Education Program (HEP): Basic Needs for Postsecondary Students Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.116N" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 84.116.
- This funding opportunity was created on Nov 05, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 06, 2021 Applications Available November 5, 2021. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications December 6, 2021. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Njeri Clark, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, room 2B168, Washington, DC 20202-4260. Telephone (202) 453-6224. Email Njeri.Clark@ed.gov.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $990,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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