Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) Career and Educational Pathways Exploration System (Career Pathways) Program

Funding Opportunities in the Student Service area and/or OPE-wide

U.S. Department of Education (ED) Federal Register Notices

Federal TRIO Programs Low-Income Levels

Letter to TRIO and GEAR UP programs' project directors about an ED and HHS collaborative for disconnected youth (MS Word, 76K)

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- 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)**

College Access Challenge Grant Program (No Longer Funded)

**Graduate Programs**
- Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN)
**Other Access and Scholarship Programs**
Career and Educational Pathways Exploration System (Career Pathways) Program
Child Care Access Means Parents in School
Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity (No Longer Funded)
Erma Byrd Scholarship Program (No Longer Funded)

News and Information
Funding Opportunities in the Student Service area and/or OPE-wide
U.S. Department of Education (ED) Federal Register Notices
The table of 
Federal TRIO Programs Low-Income Levels
 is available.
Letter to TRIO and GEAR UP programs' project directors about an ED and HHS collaborative for disconnected youth
 (MS Word, 76K)
Grantmaking at ED, a non-technical summary of ED’s discretionary grant process and the laws and regulations that govern it.**Training Oppportunities for Federal TRIO Programs' Personnel**
TRIO 50th Anniversary Retrospective (an ED YouTube video best viewed in Google Chrome, 7:51 minutes)Get information about 
federal student loan reduction or forgiveness.

**More News:**
- All Office of Postsecondary Education  open grant program competitions
- Student Service Newsletters
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 College Access Challenge Grant Program; the Graduate Fellowships Programs (Title VII, Part A, HEA); and the Erma Byrd Scholarship Program.  

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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