CFDA#
84.116
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Funder Type
Federal Government
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IT Classification
C - Funds little to no technology
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Authority
Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE)
Summary
The Department of Education is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2022 for the Centers of Excellence for Veteran Student Success (CEVSS) Program. The purpose of this program is to encourage institutions of higher education (IHEs) to develop model programs to support veteran student success in postsecondary education by coordinating services to address the academic, financial, physical, and social needs of veteran students.
Absolute Priority: For FY 2022 and any subsequent year in which we make awards from the list of unfunded applications from this competition.
The Priority is: Projects that include the following required activities:
- Establishing a Center of Excellence for Veteran Student Success on the campus of the institution to provide a single point of contact to coordinate comprehensive support services for veteran students;
- Establishing a veteran student support team, including representatives from the offices of the institution responsible for admissions, registration, financial aid, veterans' benefits, academic advising, student health, personal or mental health counseling, career advising, disabilities services, and any other office of the institution that provides support to veteran students on campus;
- Providing a coordinator whose primary responsibility is to coordinate the model program;
- Monitoring the rates of veteran student enrollment, persistence, and completion; and
- Developing a plan to sustain the Center of Excellence for Veteran Student Success after the grant period.
History of Funding
None is available.
Additional Information
Competitive Preference Priorities: For FY 2022 and any subsequent year in which we make awards from the list of unfunded applications from this competition, these priorities are competitive preference priorities. These priorities are:
Competitive Preference Priority 1: Meeting Student Social, Emotional, and Academic Needs
Projects that are designed to improve students' social, emotional, academic, and career development, with a focus on underserved students, through developing and supporting educator and school capacity to support social and emotional learning and development that is trauma-informed, such as addressing exposure to community-based violence and trauma specific to military- or veteran-connected students
Competitive Preference Priority 2: Promoting Equity in Student Access to Educational Resources and Opportunities
Under this priority, an applicant must demonstrate that the project will be implemented by one of the following entities:
- Community colleges;
- Historically Black colleges and universities;
- Tribal Colleges and Universities ; or
- Minority-serving institutions
Eligibility Details
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, IHEs and consortia of IHEs.
Deadline Details
Applications are to be submitted by June 16, 2022. A similar deadline is anticipated annually.
Award Details
Estimated total funding for FY 2022 is $8,415,000, maximum award to be granted is $601,071. An expected 16 awards are to be granted.
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