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Application for Grants

There are no new award grant competitions planned for 2022.

Timeline

Current Competition: FY 2021
Funding Opportunity Number: ED-GRANTS-110521-003
Application Available: November 5, 2021
Application Deadline: December 13, 2021, 11:59:59 PM, Washington, DC Time

Federal Register Notice

  • Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for FY 2021 dated November 5, 2021
  • Corrected Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for FY 2021 to be published in the Federal Register on November, 19, 2021.
    • Note: This document is not final. The notice published in the Federal Register is the final approved document.
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    • Notice was amended to include as eligible applicants “public and private non-profit organizations and agencies that partner with institutions of higher education (IHEs) and correcting performance measure 2. Furthermore, the corrected NIA extends the deadline to submit applications until December 13, 2021.

Current Application

Applications for the FY 2021 Rural Postsecondary & Economic Development Program are available on Grants.gov.

TO APPLY:

The FY 2021 Rural Postsecondary & Economic Development program application is available until December 13, 2021, via the Grants.gov website at www.grants.gov under Opportunity Number ED-GRANTS-110521-003.

84.116W FY 2021 RPED Program Application Booklet PDF (735K)


Tips and Assistance

Please follow the guidance published in the Federal Register Notice here and the application instructions in Grants.gov.

FY 2021 RPED Program Technical Assistance Webinar slides PDF (1.5MB)


Application Contact

Main Email: rped@ed.gov

If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.




   
Last Modified: 06/16/2022