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## Timeline

**Current Competition: FY 2023**Funding Opportunity Number: ED-GRANTS-041823-003Application Available: April 18, 2023Application Deadline: June 20, 2023 at 11:59:59 PM, Washington, DC Time

## Federal Register Notice

                - Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for FY 2023 | PDFCurrent Application
Applications for the FY 2023 Rural Postsecondary & Economic Development (RPED) Program are now available on https://www.grants.gov/. **All applicants are required to submit an application online through Grants.gov.** Grants.gov is a single access point for over 1,000 grant programs offered by federal and other grant-making agencies.

Through Grants.gov you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You must search for the downloadable application package for this program by the **ALN 84.116W or the Funding Opportunity Number.**

If you experience problems submitting your application through Grants.gov, refer to the Support page and/or contact the Grants.gov Support Desk, toll free, at 1-800-518-4726.If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-800-877-8339. Individuals with disabilities can obtain this document and a copy of the application package in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or compact disc) on request to one of the program contact persons listed below.
- 84.116W FY 2023 RPED Program Application Booklet    PDF  (829K)

**TO APPLY:**

The FY 2023 Rural Postsecondary & Economic Development program application is available until June 20, 2023, via the Grants.gov website at www.grants.gov under Opportunity Number ED-GRANTS-041823-003.
Tips and Assistance
Please follow the guidance published in the *Federal Register* Notice here and the application instructions in Grants.gov.

Click here for the FY 2023 RPED Program Technical Assistance Webinar Schedule 

Click here for the FY 2023 RPED Program Technical Assistance Webinar Slides
Application Contact
Main Email: rped@ed.gov

Kurrinn Abrams, Program Lead and Competition ManagerKurrinn.Abrams2@ed.gov | (202) 987-1920
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