Funding Opportunities: Current OPE Grant Competitions and Closing Dates

• FIPSE Comprehensive Program - closing date: May 5, 2008 for a single full proposal
• Demonstration Projects To Ensure Students With Disabilities Receive a Quality Higher Education Program - closing date: May 22, 2008
• Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program - closing date: May 22, 2008
• Title III, Part A, Strengthening Institutions Program - closing date: May 22, 2008
• Title III, Part A, American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Program - closing date: May 22, 2008
• Title III, Part A, Alaska Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Program - closing date: May 22, 2008
• Training Program for Federal TRIO Programs - closing date: May 23, 2008

OPE News

• Results are in! The year-one data for AC and National SMART Grants have been compiled. The resulting national and state profiles include suggestions for reaching the Department of Education's goal of doubling the number of AC and National SMART Grant recipients nationwide by 2011.

• 2007-08 Negotiated Rulemaking for Higher Education - On October 22nd, the Department published a notice in the Federal Register announcing our intention of to establish one or two negotiated rulemaking committees.

• On November 1, 2007, the Department published in the Federal Register Final Rules on Student Assistance General Provisions; and the Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins Loan) Program; Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) Program; Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program; William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program; Federal Pell Grant (Pell Grant) Program. The Final Rule for the Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG) and National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant (National SMART Grant) Programs.

  2006-07 Negotiated Rulemaking for Higher Education;
  General Provisions Committee

• On October 29, 2007 the Department published in the Federal Register Final Rules on the Academic Competitiveness Grant Program and National Science and Mathematics Access To Retain Talent Grant Program.

  2006-07 Negotiated Rulemaking for Higher Education;
  ACG/National SMART Grants Committee

• On November 1, 2007, the Department published in the Federal Register Final Rules on the Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, and William D. Ford Direct Loan Program.

  2006-07 Negotiated Rulemaking for Higher Education;
  Loans Committee

• Academic Competitiveness Grants (ACG) - Recognized State Rigorous Secondary School Programs of Study:

  • For 2007 Graduates
  • For 2005 and 2006 Graduates

• Negotiated Rulemaking for Higher Education 2006-07 - Information on the 2006-07 negotiated rulemaking activities for higher education.

• The Secretary's Fifth Annual Report on Teacher Quality: A Highly Qualified Teacher in Every Classroom

  PDF (1.6 MB) | MS Word (2.6 MB)

• OPE Congressional Testimony and Announcements

• Postsecondary Educational Institutions and Programs Accredited by Accrediting Agencies and State Approval Agencies Recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education: This database lists approximately 6,900 postsecondary educational institutions and programs, each of which is accredited by an accrediting agency or state approval agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education as a "reliable authority as to the quality of postsecondary education" within the meaning of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). - Press Release -

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