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Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Student Service: Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) State Grants, Assistance Listing Number 84.334S
Purpose of Program: The GEAR UP program is a discretionary grant program that encourages eligible entities to provide support, and maintain a commitment, to eligible students from low-income backgrounds, including students with disabilities, to assist the students in obtaining a secondary school...
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- Funder
- Department of Education
Funder profile and all of its programs - Amount
- Up to $5,000,000 per award; $36,500,000 total program funding (estimated) (published on Grants.gov for the latest cycle).
- Where
- United States (federal)
- Eligibility
- Eligible applicant types are set out on the official page. Cost sharing or matching funds are required. Recurring: posted in 2 different years; this cycle has closed, watch for the next one.
- Sectors
- Education and training, Student funding and scholarships
- Deadline
- Varies: check the official page for current dates
- Source
- Grants.gov XML extract (ED-GRANTS-061125-002)
- Last checked
- 2 November 2026
- Funder contacts
- Public organizational contacts on file Unlock full profile / Sign up
From official open data: listed in the official Grants.gov extract on 2026-11-02. The summary is from the official listing; the eligibility line is our plain-language reading of its eligibility codes. Confirm details on the official page.
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