for Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Institutional Service: Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence (Hawkins) Program, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.428A
Agency: Department of Education
Posted: 2024-04-04 | Closing date: 2024-06-18
Applications Available: April 4, 2024.     Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 18, 2024.     Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: August 19, 2024.     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Dr. Vicki Robinson, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20202.  Telephone: (202) 453-7907.  Email:  Vicki.Robinson@ed.gov.  You may also contact Ashley Hillary, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20202.  Telephone: (202) 453-7880.  Email: Ashley.Hillary@ed.gov.
Estimated total program funding: 15000000
Expected number of awards: 27
Cost sharing or matching requirement: No

Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Revised Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on December 7, 2022. Purpose of Program: The Hawkins Program, authorized under Part B of Title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), is designed to support comprehensive, high-quality State-accredited teacher preparation programs by creating centers of excellence at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Tribal Colleges or Universities (TCUs); or Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), such as Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). The Hawkins Program will help increase the number of, and retain, well-prepared teachers from diverse backgrounds, resulting in a more diverse teacher workforce prepared to teach in our Nation’s most underserved elementary and secondary schools and close student opportunity and achievement gaps. This program focuses on the various aspects of the teacher preparation pipeline, including the recruitment, preparation, support, placement, retention, and retraining of teachers for and in under-resourced schools to support underserved students. Through this program, the Secretary seeks to fund applicants that propose to incorporate evidence-based practices into their teacher preparation program. Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.428A.

Eligibility: 1.  Eligible Applicants:  Eligible institutions (as articulated under section 241(1) of the HEA) under the Hawkins Program include-- (i) An IHE that has a qualified teacher preparation program that is— (A) A part B institution (as defined in section 322 of the HEA); (B) A Hispanic-serving institution (as defined in section 502 of the HEA); (C) A Tribal College or University (as defined in section 316 of the HEA); (D) An Alaska Native-serving institution (as defined in section 317(b) of the HEA); (E) A Native Hawaiian-serving institution (as defined in section 317(b) of the HEA); (F) A Predominantly Black Institution (as defined in section 318 of the HEA); (G) An Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution (as defined in section 320(b) of the HEA); or (H) A Native American-serving, nontribal institution (as defined in section 319 of the HEA); (ii) A consortium of institutions described in paragraph (i); or (iii) An institution described in paragraph (i), or a consortium described in paragraph (ii), in partnership with any other IHE, but only if the center of excellence established is located at an institution described in paragraph (i). Note:  A consortium of institutions under this competition must follow the procedures under 34 CFR 75.127—75.129 in developing a group application.  This includes developing an agreement that details the activities that each member of the group plans to perform and binds each member of the group to every statement and assurance made by the applicant in the application.  This agreement must be submitted with the application.