Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP)
Solicitation Title: Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP)
Funding Amount: $100,000–$5,000,000
Sponsor Deadline: Monday, June 28, 2021
Solicitation Link: https://arizonastateu.sharepoint.com/sites/O365EDURODA/Shared%20Documents/2021-08976_20210429_072949.pdf
Overview
<p>The Department of Education is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal<br>year (FY) 2021 for the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) Partnership Grants, Assistance Listing Number 84.334A. This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1840–0821, application for GEAR UP Partnership Grants.</p> <p>Purpose of Program: The GEAR UP program is a discretionary grant<br>program that encourages eligible entities to provide support, and maintain a commitment, to eligible low-income students, including students with disabilities, to assist the students in<br>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 institution of higher education (IHE) and at least one local educational agency (LEA).</p>
Other Information:<p>DATES:<br>Applications Available: April 29, 2021.<br>Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 28, 2021.<br>Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: August 27, 2021.</p> <p>Cost Sharing or Matching:<br>Section 404C(b)(1) of the HEA requires grantees under this program to provide from State, local, institutional, or private funds, not less than 50 percent of the cost of the program (or one dollar of non Federal funds for every one dollar of Federal funds awarded), which may be provided in cash or in-kind. The provision also specifies that the match may be accrued over the full duration of the grant award period, except that the grantee must make substantial progress towards meeting the matching requirement in each year of the grant award period.</p>Last Updated:
RODA ID: 1342