What's New The application for FY 2013 awards under the GEAR UP College Savings Account Research Demonstration Project is available in Grants.gov. Application deadline extended to May 1, 2013 Student Service Newsletters

Programs

TRIO Programs

• Educational Opportunity Centers
• Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement
• Student Support Services
• Talent Search
• Training Program for Federal TRIO Staff
• Upward Bound
• Upward Bound Math/Science
• Veterans Upward Bound

Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP)

Graduate Programs

• Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN)
• Jacob K. Javits Fellowships

Other Access and Scholarship Programs

• Child Care Access Means Parents in School
• Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity
• Erma Byrd Scholarship Program

News and Information

The application for FY 2013 awards under the GEAR UP College Savings Account Research Demonstration Project is available in Grants.gov as of January 23, 2013. Application deadline extended to May 1, 2013.

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About the Student Service

Student Service Organizational Structure

The Student Service performs planning, program development, and grant administration functions for the Federal TRIO programs; the Child Care Access Means Parents in School program; the Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity program; Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP); the Graduate Fellowships Programs (Title VII, Part A, HEA); and the Erma Byrd Scholarship Program. Dr. Linda Byrd-Johnson is the Senior Director of the Student Service.

The service defines and articulates program goals and objectives; identifies and implements policy changes needed to achieve goals and objectives; evaluates program effectiveness; develops and updates policy manuals, program regulations, and proposed legislative amendments; prepares program budget requests; and prepares an annual funding schedule and funding strategy, incorporating the Secretary's goals and objectives; develops funding criteria and funding priorities for publication in the Federal Register.

The Student Service is responsible for managing the grant awards processes for new applicants and non-competing continuation grantees and for providing overall management and monitoring of ongoing projects, including technical assistance to funded grantees, data gathering and analysis, and grant close-out activities.

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Office of Postsecondary Education
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