Welcome to the Web site for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), a unit within the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education.

FIPSE's main activity each year is conducting the Comprehensive Program, a grant program intended to support innovative educational reform projects that can serve as national models for the improvement of postsecondary education. If you have a good idea for improving teaching or student learning, or for improving access to postsecondary education, then FIPSE's Comprehensive Program might be an ideal funding source.

FIPSE also runs grant competitions that are more specifically focused. These "special focus competitions" may vary from year to year. FIPSE currently administers four special focus international competitions. The European Union-United States Atlantis Program provides funding for joint or dual undergraduate degrees in a wide range of academic and professional disciplines. The Program for North American Mobility in Higher Education provides funding for institutional cooperation and student exchange among colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The U.S.-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program sponsors projects promoting institutional cooperation and student mobility between the United States and Brazil. The United States-Russia Program supports consortia of institutions of higher education to promote cooperation in education and science between the United States and Russia.

If you would like to communicate with us by telephone, the main FIPSE number is (202) 502-7500. To request application guidelines, send your name and postal mailing address by internet e-mail to FIPSE@ed.gov. Don't forget to identify the particular competition that interests you.

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