Sponsor Deadline:
Aug 29, 2018
Sponsor:
Office of Postsecondary Education
UI Contact:
Updated Date:
Jul 31, 2018
The Department of Education is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2018 for the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Program, CFDA number 84.200A.
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-07-30/html/2018-16330.htm
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 29, 2018.
The GAANN Program provides grants to academic departments and programs of institutions of higher education (IHEs) to support graduate fellowships for students with excellent academic records who demonstrate financial need and plan to pursue the highest degree available in their course of study at the institution.
Four broad areas have been identified as national needs:
1. Computer and Information Sciences: Cybersecurity, secure
computer programming, and artificial intelligence.
2. Rebuilding the Nation's Infrastructure:
To meet this goal, the Nation needs to expand
the prepared workforce to ensure timely planning, delivery, and
inspection of infrastructure projects. Therefore, there is a national
need to increase the number of professional engineers able to
facilitate a wide range of infrastructure projects.
3. National Civic Literacy: Studies of American adults' knowledge
of American history and institutions have demonstrated low levels of
knowledge and that greater civic knowledge, more than a college degree, is
the leading factor in encouraging active civic engagement.
4. Workforce Development: The Nation needs innovative solutions
that enable individuals to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to
meet workforce demands through shorter-term programs that align with
the needs of employers. Professional Science Master's (PSM) degrees
provide such a solution within graduate education. To better meet the
Nation's needs in computer and information sciences and in engineering,
PSM programs are included as terminal degree programs chosen for these
areas in this competition.