Upward Bound Program

 
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    CFDA#

    84.047A     		 

    Funder Type

    Federal Government

    IT Classification

    B - Readily funds technology as part of an award

    Authority

    Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE)

    Summary

    Upward Bound supports projects that provide students with the skills and motivation necessary to complete a program of secondary education and enter into and succeed in a program of postsecondary education. For FY 2022, there are three competitive preference priorities:


    Competitive Preference Priority 1: Applications that Demonstrate a Rationale (Up to 3 points): Projects that demonstrate a rationale, meaning applicants must identify key project components using a logic model that is informed by research or evaluation findings and suggests the project component is likely to improve relevant outcomes.


    Competitive Preference Priority 2: Meeting Student Social, Emotional, and Academic Needs: Projects that are designed to improve students' social, emotional, academic, and career development, with a focus on underserved students, through providing multi-tiered systems of supports that address learning barriers both in and out of the classroom, that enable healthy development and respond to students' needs and which may include evidence-based trauma-informed practices and professional development for educators on avoiding deficit-based approaches. (NOTE: The UB program does not support the professional development of educators. Projects should address supports for students only.).


    Competitive Preference Priority 3: Strengthening Cross-Agency Coordination and Community Engagement to Advance Systemic Change: Projects that are designed to take a systemic evidence-based approach to improving outcomes for underserved students by establishing cross-agency partnerships, or community-based partnerships with local nonprofit organizations, businesses, philanthropic organizations, or others, to meet family well-being needs

     

    History of Funding

    https://www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/grants-higher-education/trio/upward-bound-program#Past-Awards

    Additional Information

    Applicants must submit the following assurances as part of their application:

    • not less than two-thirds of the youths participating in the project proposed to be carried out under any application be low-income individuals who are first generation college students
    • the remaining youths participating in the project proposed to be carried out under any application be low-income individuals, first generation college students, or students who have a high risk for academic failure
    • A determination by the institution, with respect to each participant in such project, that the participant has a need for academic support in order to pursue successfully a program of education beyond secondary school
    • such participants be persons who have completed 8 years of elementary education and are at least 13 years of age but not more than 19 years of age
    • no student will be denied participation in a project

    Contacts

    Ken Waters

    Ken Waters
    400 Maryland Avenue S.W. Room 7E311
    Washington, DC 20202
    (202) 453-6273
     

  • Eligibility Details

    Who May Apply: (by category) Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs), Local Education Agencies (LEAs), Nonprofit Organizations, Other Organizations and/or Agencies, State Education Agencies (SEAs)


    Who May Apply: (specifically) Institutions of higher education, public and private agencies and organizations including community-based organizations with experience in serving disadvantaged youth, secondary schools, and combinations of such institutions, agencies and organizations, and as appropriate to the purposes of the program.


    Students must have completed the 8th grade, be between the ages of 13 and 19, and have a need for academic support in order to pursue a program of postsecondary education. All students must be either from low-income families or be potential first-generation college students. The program requires that two-thirds of the participants in a project must be both low-income and potential first-generation students. The remaining one-third must be either low-income, first-generation college students, or students who have a high risk for academic failure.

    Deadline Details

    The deadline to submit an application was January 31, 2022. Competitions for new projects take place on a 4 year funding cycle.

    Award Details

    An estimated total of $355,697,826 will be available to fund 966 awards. Awards are expected to range from $287,537–$981,028 with an average award size of $368,217. Project period is up to 60 months or 5 years.

    • For an applicant that is not currently receiving a UB Program grant, the maximum award amount is $287,537, based upon a per-participant cost of no more than $4,792 and a minimum of 60 participants.
    • For an applicant that is currently receiving a UB Program grant, the minimum number of participants is the number of participants in the project's FY 2021 grant award notification and the maximum award amount is equal to the applicant's base award amount for FY 2021. 

    There is no cost share requirement.

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