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

Agency: Department of Education

84.334 -- Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs

Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

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.

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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 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).

Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.334S.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

Other

Government

State governments

Additional information

1. Eligible Applicants: States (as defined in section 103(20) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1003(20)), which includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Freely Associated States. Per congressional direction in Senate Report 118-84 (Pub. L. 118-47), only States without an active State GEAR UP grant, or States that have an active State GEAR UP grant that is scheduled to end prior to October 1, 2025, are eligible to receive a new State GEAR UP award in this competition. States with grants remaining open beyond October 1, 2025, for a no-cost extension period or for the sole purpose of data collection and analysis activities, are not considered active for purposes of implementing this directive.

Grantor contact information

Description

Julius C Cotton ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. julius.cotton@ed.gov Program Manager: Ben Witthoefft, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, 5th floor, Washington, DC 20202-6450. Telephone: 202-453-7576. Email: Ben.Witthoefft@ed.gov..

Email

Program Manager

Ben.Witthoefft@ed.gov.

Documents

File name	Description	Last updated
2024-27055.pdf	Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Document	Nov 20, 2024 02:01 PM UTC
2022-26554.pdf	Common Instructions for Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs Document	Nov 18, 2024 11:42 PM UTC

Link to additional information

Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Student Support Service: Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) State Grants, Assistance Listing Number 84.334S ; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards

Archived: March 5, 2025

Application process

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Award

$35,000,000

Program Funding

Expected awards

$--

Award Minimum

$5,000,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

ED-GRANTS-112024-002

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Yes

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

Category of Funding Activity:

Education

Category Explanation:

History

Version:

Posted date:

November 20, 2024

Archive date:

March 5, 2025