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  Adult Education--Basic Grants to States This program provides grants to states to fund local programs of adult education and literacy services, including workplace literacy services, family literacy services, and English literacy and civics education programs. Participation in these progra... view more
  Advanced Placement Test Fee Program The Advanced Placement Test FEe Program awards grants to states to support state and local efforts to increase access to advance placement classes and tests for low-income students.... view more
  Assistance for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities Early intervention services, including at a minimum child find, evaluations and assessments, service coordination and the development and review of the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP, are avai... view more
  Assistive Technology Act Program

The Assistive Technology Act Program provides grants to states to support activities that improve access to and acquisition of assistive technology (AT) devices and services for individuals with disabilities.

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  Byrd Honors Scholarships The Byrd Honors Scholarships program provides scholarships to support postsecondary education to outstanding high school seniors who show promise of continued academic achievement in an effort to recogn... view more
  Career and Technical Education - Grants to Native Americans and Alaska Natives The Native American Vocational and Technical Education Program (NAVTEP) provides grants to projects that improve vocational and technical education that benefits American Indians and Alaska Natives. NAVTEP gives special consideration to exemplar... view more
  Centers for Independent Living for Individuals with Disabilities The Centers for Independent Living program provides grants for consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability, nonresidential private nonprofit agencies that are designed and operated within a l... view more
  Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program The Child Care Access program supports the participation of low-income parents in postsecondary education through the provision of campus-based child care services.... view more
  Early Childhood Educator Professional Development The Early Childhood Educator Professional Development Program provides high-quality professional development to improve the knowledge and skills of early childhood educators who work in urban or rural h... view more
  Education Consolidation Loans Consolidation Loans are available to most borrowers of Federal education loans and come from one of two sources:
  • Direct Consolidation Loans are made by the U.S. Department of Education. You repay a Federal Consolidation Loan to the U.S... view more
  Education for Homeless Children and Youth

The Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program ensures that homeless children and youth have equal access to the same free, appropriate public education as other children. It also provides activities for and services to ensure that these ch... view more

  Even Start: Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations The Even Start Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations program exists to help break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy. Specifically, they improve the educational opportunities of low-income families th... view more
  Even Start: Migrant Education The Even Start Migrant Education Program improves the educational opportunities of migrant families through family literacy programs that integrate early childhood education, adult literacy or adult bas... view more
  Federal Pell Grants Federal Pell Grants help financially needy undergraduate students, who have not earned a bachelor’s or professional degree, meet the cost of postsecondary education. In limited cases a Pell Grant ... view more
  Federal Perkins Loan Program

Federal Perkins Loans help financially needy undergraduate students and graduate students meet the cost of postsecondary education.   The award is made ... view more

  Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants help financially needy undergraduate students, who have not earned a bachelor’s or professional degree, meet the cost of ... view more
  Federal TRIO Program: Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program The McNair Program provides grants for institutions of higher education and combinations of those institutions to prepare low-income, first-generation college students and students underrepresented in g... view more
  Federal Work-Study The Federal Work-Study Program funds jobs for undergraduate and graduate students with financial need, allowing them to earn money to help pay postsecondary education expenses.  The program encoura... view more
  Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is an application used by virtually all two and four-year colleges, universities, and career schools for awarding federal, State, and college funded student aid.

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  Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Program The Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Program offers fellowships, through Institutions of Higher Education, to faculty members who propose to conduct research abroad in modern foreign languages and... view more
  Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Program The Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) program is designed to contribute to the development and improvement of the study of modern foreign languages and area studies in the United States by prov... view more
  Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need The Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) program provides fellowships through graduate academic departments, programs, and units of institutions of higher education to graduate students... view more
  Grants to States for Incarcerated Youth Offenders This program assists incarcerated youth offenders in obtaining postsecondary education and postsecondary vocational training.... view more
  Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who Are Blind Independent living services for older blind persons aims to support individuals aged 55 or older, whose recent visual impairment makes competitive employment extremely difficult to obtain, but for whom independent living goals are feasible. The goal ... view more
  Independent Living State Grants for Individuals with Disabilities This program offers formula grants to states for one or more of the following purposes:
  • To provide resources to statewide independent living councils (SILCs);
  • To provide independent living (IL) services to individuals with si... view more
  Jacob K. Javits Fellowships Program The Javits Fellowships are awarded to graduate students pursuing the study of the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Individuals are selected on the basis of demonstrated achievement, financial need, and exceptional promise. Recipients receive a ... view more
  Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Grant Program The Javitz Gifted and Talented Students Educational Grant Program provides financial assistance to state and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public and private ag... view more
  Life Skills for State and Local Prisoners Program This program provides financial assistance for establishing and operating programs designed to reduce recidivism through the development and improvement of life skills necessary for reintegration of adult prisoners into society. The program supp... view more
  Migrant Education--College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) The College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) assists students who are migratory or seasonal farmworkers (or children of such workers) enrolled in their first year of undergraduate studies at an institution of higher education. The funding supports c... view more
  Migrant Education--High School Equivalency Program The High School Equivalency Program (HEP) helps migratory and seasonal farmworkers (or children of such workers) who are 16 years of age or older and not currently enrolled in school to obtain the equivalent of a high school diploma and subsequently ... view more
  National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research Fellowships The purpose of the Research Fellowships Program is to build research capacity by providing support to enable highly qualified individuals, including those who are individuals with disabilities, to ... view more
  Overseas Doctoral Dissertation The Overseas Doctoral Dissertation program provides opportunities for graduate students to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern foreign language and area studies with the exception... view more
  Overseas Seminars Abroad: Bilateral Projects International: Overseas Seminars Abroad_Bilateral Projects program increases mutual understanding and knowledge between the people of the United States and those in other countries by offering qualified... view more
  PLUS Parent Loans PLUS Loans come from one of two sources:
  • Direct PLUS Loans are made by the U.S. Department of Education. You repay a Direct PLUS Loan to the U.S. Department of Education.
  Parental Information and Resource Centers Parent Information and Resource Centers (PIRCs) help implement successful and effective parental involvement policies, programs, and activities that lead to improvements in student academic achievement and that strengthen partnerships among parents, ... view more
  Preschool Grants for Children with Disabilities This program provides grants to states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico to make special education and related services available to children with disabilities, ages 3 through 5. At their discretion, states may include preschool-age children... view more
  Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights The Program of Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights provides grants for States to Support systems for protection and advocacy for the rights of individuals with disabilities who are ineligible f... view more
  Provide Loan/ Grant Information for Federal Students

The National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) is the U.S. Department of Education's central database for student aid. NSLDS receives data from schools, loan guarantee agencies, the Direct Loan program, and other Department of Education programs. T... view more

  Rehabilitation Services Client Assistance Program The Rehabilitation Services Client Assistance Program provides assistance in informing and advising clients and client applicants of available benefits under the Rehabilitation Act. It also assists and ... view more
  Special Education--Grants to States A free and appropriate public special education is available in all States for all eligible children and youth, identified with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).   Services are provided, at no cost t... view more
  Special Education--National Activities--Parent Information Centers The Special Education Parent Information Centers Program ensures that children with disabilities, and parents of children with disabilities:

1) Receive training and information on their rights and protections under the Individuals with... view more
  Stafford Loans for Students Stafford Loans are available for undergraduate and graduate students and come from one of two sources:
  • Direct Stafford Loans are made by the U.S. Department of Education. You repay a Federal Direct Stafford Loan to the U.S. Dep... view more
  Supported Employment State Grants Also known as Supported Employment for Individuals With the Most Significant Disabilities, the goal of this program is to provide grants for time limited services leading to supported employment for individuals with the most significant disabilities.... view more
  TRIO Educational Opportunity Centers The TRIO Educational Opportunity program provides information on financial and academic assistance available for qualified adults desiring to pursue a program of postsecondary education. It also assists... view more
  TRIO Student Support Services The SSS program provides support services to low-income students, first generation college students, and disabled students enrolled in post-secondary education programs. Eligible students may receive (among other services) personal and academic caree... view more
  TRIO Talent Search The TRIO Talent Search program identifies disadvantaged youths with potential for postsecondary education. It aims to encourage them in continuing in and graduating from secondary school and in enrollin... view more
  TRIO Upward Bound The TRIO Upward Bound program helps to generate skills and motivation necessary for success in education beyond high school among low-income and potential first-generation college students and veterans. The goal of the program is to increase the acad... view more
  Vocational Education--Native Hawaiians The Native Hawaiian Career and Technical Education Program makes grants to organizations primarily serving and representing Native Hawaiians for programs or portions of programs authorized by, and consistent with, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and T... view more
  Vocational Rehabilitation Services Projects for American Indians with Disabilities The purpose of this program is to assist tribal governments to develop or to increase their capacity to provide a program of vocational rehabilitation (VR) services, in a culturally relevant manner, to American Indians with disabilities residing on o... view more
  Vocational Rehabilitation State Grants Vocational rehabilitation services are available for persons who are unable to prepare for, secure, retain or regain employment due to a mental or physical disability, but wish to pursue meaningful careers. VR assists such individuals secure employme... view more
  Women's Educational Equity Act Program The Women's Educational Equity Act Program promotes gender equity in education as well as promotes equity in education for women and girls who suffer from multiple forms of discrimination based on sex a... view more
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