Timeline

EOC competitions are held every fourth year.
Next competition: Winter 2010
Last Competition: FY 2006. Application deadline: February 15, 2006

Federal Register Notice

• Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for FY 2006 dated December 23, 2005

Current Application

Please note that the FY 2006 competition for the Educational Opportunity Centers Program is closed. The archived application should be used for reference only.

Below is the "Application Instructions" document that was published on Grants.gov for the FY 2006 competition. The forms required to complete this package are not available in this document. Those forms are only available on Grants.gov while an application is available for submission. For your reference, the Department has provided a forms library. Some of the forms referenced in this document may be found in the forms library.

• FY 2006 Guidelines (archived): MS Word (525K) | PDF (439K)

Tips and Assistance

• Frequently Asked Questions to help prepare a successful EOC application
• 2005 Pre-Application Workshop Materials
  MS PowerPoint (2.94MB) | PDF (1 MB) | MS Word (110K)
• Low Income Guidelines
• Grants.gov tips for submitting applications (PDF).

Application Contact

Margaret A. Wingfield
Office of Federal TRIO Programs
U. S. Department of Education, OPE
1990 K Street, N.W., Suite 7000
Washington, DC 20006-8510
Telephone: (202) 502-7600
E-mail: OPE_TRIO@ed.gov

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