Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education

Deadline: 12/9/2020

Amount: unspecified

Website: https://www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/grantapps/index.html

Description:

The purpose of the program is to support organizations that develop, adapt, or expand career exploration and guidance systems that will enable students (and their parents) to engage in career exploration and education/training planning. These systems must be technology based so that they can be deployed at scale, and they must include financial analysis tools that allow students to compare the direct and opportunity costs (including student loan interest) of the educational pathways they are considering as well as earnings potential among occupations of interest.

These exploration and guidance systems must feature the full range of education and training pathways, including short-term programs (less than 600 hours), apprenticeships, employer-sponsored training, military training opportunities, and more traditional college pathways.

Eligible applicants:

City or township governments

County governments

Independent school districts

Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

Private institutions of higher education

Public and State controlled institutions of higher education