Opportunity Information: Apply for ED GRANTS 030117 001
The Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP), CFDA 84.031A, is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Education designed to help eligible institutions of higher education strengthen their long-term ability to serve students, especially low-income students. The central aim is institutional self-sufficiency: helping colleges and universities build durable capacity so they can improve outcomes and sustain operations over time rather than relying on short-term fixes. Funding is intended to support practical improvements in three core areas: academic quality (such as strengthening instructional programs and student support structures), institutional management (such as improving planning, administration, and data use), and fiscal stability (such as better budgeting, financial systems, and strategies that support financial health).
This specific 2017 competition under CFDA 84.031A is notable because it does not include any program priorities that applicants must address within the application narrative. The Department ran SIP as two separate competitions that year: this one (84.031A) without priorities, and a separate competition under CFDA 84.031F that required applicants to meet an absolute priority and allowed them to address a competitive priority. Institutions were allowed to apply to both competitions, but an applicant could only receive one award, which matters for planning because institutions needed to think strategically about which competition best matched their proposed activities and overall institutional goals.
Operationally, applications had to be submitted electronically through Grants.gov rather than by email or other informal means. Applicants were expected to download the application package, complete it offline, and upload it through the Grants.gov system. A small but important technical detail in the posting is that applicants needed to search by the base CFDA number (84.031) and not include the letter suffix (so not 84.031A) when locating the correct package in the system. The timeline for this competition listed an application availability date of March 1, 2017, with a deadline for transmittal of applications of April 17, 2017, which effectively set the window for institutions to finalize project design, required forms, and compliance elements before submission.
In terms of funding scale and expected reach, the notice listed an award ceiling of $450,000 and anticipated making about 9 awards. While the short synopsis does not spell out all eligibility rules, it clearly indicates eligibility is limited to certain institutions and refers readers to the official Federal Register application notice for definitive requirements, including eligibility definitions, required application components, performance measures, selection criteria, and any pre-application steps. The summary also emphasizes that the Federal Register notice is the controlling document and points to free public access resources for reviewing official requirements. In practice, that means any institution considering an application would need to rely on the Federal Register notice to confirm that it meets statutory and regulatory eligibility requirements and to ensure the proposal aligns with the program’s allowable activities, reporting expectations, and evaluation measures.Apply for ED GRANTS 030117 001
- The Department of Education in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Strengthening Institutions Program CFDA Number 84.031A" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 84.031.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 01, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 17, 2017 Applications Available March 1, 2017. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications April 17, 2017.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $450,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 9 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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