DoED Institutional Resilience and Expanded Postsecondary Opportunity Grants Program

Sponsor Deadline: 

Oct 20, 2020

Letter of Intent Deadline: 

Sep 10, 2020

Sponsor: 

DoED Office of Postsecondary Education

UI Contact: 

The Department of Education  is issuing a notice inviting applications from eligible applicants for fiscal year (FY) 2020 for Institutional Resilience and Expanded Postsecondary Opportunity (IREPO) Grants under section 18004(a)(3) of the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act or Act), Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.425P.
Federal Register:  https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-08-21/html/2020-18531.htm
Notice of Intent is strongly encouraged - deadline September 10, 2020.
Application  deadline is October 20, 2020.

Purpose of Program: The purpose of the IREPO Grants, offered under section 18004(a)(3) of the CARES Act and the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), is to provide financial support to institutions of higher education (IHEs) with the greatest unmet needs related to coronavirus to enable them to resume operations, serve the needs of students, reduce disease transmission, and develop more resilient instructional delivery models, such as distance learning, to continue educating students who cannot or choose not to attend classroom-based instruction due to coronavirus.
This program contains one absolute priority:  Expanding Opportunity and Building Institutional Resilience.
Competitive Preference Priority 1: Developing Resilient Instructional Delivery Models.
Competitive Preference Priority 2: Providing Dual Enrollment Opportunities to Students Who Live or Attend School in a Rural Community or Opportunity Zone.
Competitive Preference Priority 3: Title III and Title V Participating Institutions.

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