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What's New
Current FY 2010 Grant Competitions
- Comprehensive Program. Application deadline: July 29, 2010.
- Centers of Excellence for Veteran Student Success. Application Deadline: July 30, 2010.
- Training for Realtime Writers. Application Deadline: August 2, 2010.
- Off-Campus Community Service. Application Deadline: August 9, 2010.
- Pilot Program for Course Material Rental. Application Deadline: August 12, 2010.
The FIPSE Update - The inaugural issue of the FIPSE Newsletter (May 2010)
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FIPSE Programs

Comprehensive Program: grants to improve postsecondary education.

FIPSE International Programs

U.S.-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program: consortia of institutions of higher education promoting institutional cooperation and student mobility between the U.S. and Brazil.

European Union-United States Atlantis Program: collaborative efforts to develop programs of study leading to joint or dual undergraduate degrees. The program will also fund a small number of policy-oriented grants.

Program for North American Mobility in Higher Education: consortia promoting cooperative student-centered higher education and training activities between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

United States-Russia Program: consortia of institutions of higher education to promote cooperation in education and science between the United States and Russia.

Other Programs

Centers of Excellence for Veteran Student Success: encourages model programs to support veteran student success in postsecondary education by coordinating services to address the academic, financial, physical, and social needs of veteran students.

Congressionally-directed Grants: Limited to recipients assigned under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-117).

Off-Campus Community Service: supports innovative projects that recruit and compensate students for work assignments in off-campus community service jobs.

Pilot Program for Course Material Rental: supports pilot programs that expand the services of bookstores so as to provide the option for students to rent college course materials.

Training for Realtime Writers: provides grants for the recruitment, training and assistance, and job placement of individuals who have completed a court reporting training program as realtime writers.

Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program: provides grants to support research, exhibition, interpretation, and collection of artifacts related to the history of the Underground Railroad.

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FIPSE Resources

About FIPSE, the Staff, and Contact Information

Authorizing Legislation 2008

Competition Information

Grant Management Information

Evaluation Resources

Dissemination Information

Project Database: Search 1994-Present

Project Abstracts

FIPSE Grants in Action

Award-Winning Projects

FIPSE Google Maps

FIPSE Archives

FIPSE Newsletters

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FIPSE Seeks Proposal Reviewers

Reviewers are generally asked to read 5-10 proposals and are compensated for their efforts. The Office of Postsecondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education requires that all field readers have a Bachelor's or higher degree. If you are interested in being a proposal reviewer, please sign up in the Department of Education's field reader database. The Web address is http://opeweb.ed.gov/frs/register.cfm. When signing up in the field reader system, please select to read for the "Comprehensive Grant Program." You may also be interested in signing up to read for FIPSE's international programs, which are listed separately, above.

FIPSE
1990 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006-8544
Telephone: (202) 502-7500
Fax: (202) 502-7877

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