OpportunityTitle: Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE): Institutional Resilience and Expanded Postsecondary Opportunity (IREPO) Grants Program CFDA Number 84.425P
CategoryExplanation: The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications (NIA) 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.
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible Applicants:  The eligible applicant is an IHE as defined in section 101 of the HEA, or a consortium of such IHEs.
Description: 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 Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. 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. Assistance Listing Number 84.425P.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: e-Mail: Program Mailbox
GrantorContactText: Julius C Cotton &lt;br/&gt;ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-245-6288 &lt;br/&gt;julius.cotton@ed.gov &lt;br/&gt;Program Manager: &lt;br/&gt;Karen Epps,  &lt;br/&gt;U.S. Department of Education,  &lt;br/&gt;400 Maryland Avenue, SW, 250-64, &lt;br/&gt;Washington, DC 20202.   &lt;br/&gt;Telephone:  (202) 453-6337.  Email:  Karen.Epps@ed.gov.
CloseDateExplanation: Applications Available: August 21, 2020.     Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: September 10, 2020.     Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: October 20, 2020.     Pre-Application Information: The Department will post additional information for prospective applicants on the IREPO program website: https://www2.ed.gov/&#8203;about/&#8203;offices/&#8203;list/&#8203;ope/&#8203;heerfirepo.html.Notice of Intent to Apply:  We will be able to develop a more efficient process for reviewing grant applications if we know the approximate number of applicants that intend to apply for funding under this competition.     Therefore, the Secretary strongly encourages each potential applicant to notify us of the applicant&#8217;s intent to submit an application by sending an email to Karen.Epps@ed.gov with Intent to Apply in the subject line.  Applicants that do not send a notice of intent to apply may still apply for funding.      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Karen Epps, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, 250-64, Washington, DC 20202.  Telephone:  (202) 453-6337.  Email:  Karen.Epps@ed.gov.