Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Strengthening Institutions Program CFDA Number 84.031A

The summary for the Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Strengthening Institutions Program CFDA Number 84.031A grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Department of Education, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Strengthening Institutions Program CFDA Number 84.031A: 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.

Purpose of Program: The Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP) provides grants to eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs) to help them become self-sufficient and expand their capacity to serve low-income students by providing funds to improve and strengthen the institution's academic quality, institutional management, and fiscal stability.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.031A.

Applications for grants under the Strengthening Institutions Program, CFDA number 84.031A, must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant application to us.
You may access the electronic grant application for this competition at www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this program by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.031, not 84.031A).

Federal Grant Title:	Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Strengthening Institutions Program CFDA Number 84.031A
Federal Agency Name:	Department of Education
Grant Categories:	Education
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	ED-GRANTS-042315-001
Type of Funding:	Cooperative Agreement, Grant
CFDA Numbers:	84.031
CFDA Descriptions:	Higher Education_Institutional Aid
Current Application Deadline:	Jun 8, 2015 Applications Available: April 23, 201
Original Application Deadline:	Jun 8, 2015 Applications Available: April 23, 201
Posted Date:	Apr 23, 2015
Creation Date:	Apr 23, 2015
Archive Date:	Jul 8, 2015
Total Program Funding:	$18,197,309
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$650,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	none
Expected Number of Awards:	39
Cost Sharing or Matching:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: 1. Eligible Applicants: (a) This program is authorized by title III, part A, of the HEA. To qualify as an eligible institution under any title III, part A program, an institution must be--
(i) Accredited or pre-accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association that the Secretary has determined to be a reliable authority as to the quality of education or training offered;
(ii) Legally authorized by the State in which it is located to be a junior or community college or to provide an educational program for which it awards a bachelor's degree;
(iii) Designated as an ``eligible institution'' by demonstrating that it has: (A) an enrollment of needy students as described in 34 CFR 607.3; and (B) low average educational and general expenditures per full-time equivalent (FTE) undergraduate student as described in 34 CFR 607.4.

Note: For purposes of establishing eligibility for this competition, the notice inviting applications for eligibility designation for FY 2015 was published in the Federal Register on November 3, 2014 (79 FR 65197) and applications were due on December 22, 2014. Only institutions that submitted the required application and received designation through this process are eligible to submit applications for this competition.

(b) A grantee under the Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program, which is authorized under title V of the HEA, may not receive a grant under any HEA, title III, part A program, including SIP. Furthermore, a current HSI Program grantee may not give up its HSI grant to receive a grant under SIP or any title III, part A program as described in 34 CFR 607.2(g)(1).
An eligible HSI that is not a current grantee under the HSI Program may apply for a FY 2015 grant under all title III, part A programs for which it is eligible, as well as receive consideration for a grant under the HSI Program. However, a successful applicant may receive only one grant as described in 34 CFR 607.2(g)(1).
(c) An eligible IHE that submits an application for an Individual Development Grant and a Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant may be awarded both grants.
(d) An eligible IHE that currently has a SIP Individual Development Grant may apply for and be awarded a Cooperative Development Grant. A grantee with an Individual Development Grant or Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant may be a partner or subgrantee in one or more Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants. The lead institution in a Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant must be an eligible institution. Partners or subgrantees are not required to be eligible institutions.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Strengthening Institutions Program CFDA Number 84.031A; Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2015
Grant Announcement Contact: Julius Cotton ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. Phone 202-245-6288 [email protected] Program Managers: Nalini Lamba-Nieves, Pearson Owens, or Don Crews, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room 6024, Washington, DC 20006-8513. You may contact these individuals at the following email addresses and telephone numbers: [email protected]; (202) 502-7562 [email protected]; (202) 502-7804 [email protected]; (202) 502-7574
e-Mail: Program Manager

Department of Education 202 708 5660
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