The Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) administers over 40 programs that address critical national needs and support our mission of increasing access to quality postsecondary education.

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• Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education

  • Comprehensive Program
  • European Union-United States Atlantis Program
  • Program for North American Mobility in Higher Education
  • Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program
  • United States-Russia Program: Improving Research and Educational Activities in Higher Education
  • U.S.-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program

  Other programs administered by FIPSE:

  • Innovative Strategies in Community Colleges for Working Adults and Displaced Workers Program
  • Higher Education Disaster Relief
  • Hurricane Education Recovery Awards
  • Congressionally-Directed Grants

• Institutional Development and Undergraduate Education Programs

  • B. J. Stupak Olympic Scholarships
  • College Cost Reduction and Access Act (CCRAA):
  • Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions Program
  • Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program
  • Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program
  • Native American-Serving Non-Tribal Institutions Program
  • Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (Title V)
  • Minority Science and Engineering Improvement
  • Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans
  • Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program
  • Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program, (Title III, Part B)
  • Strengthening Historically Black Graduate Institutions Program (Title III, Part B)
  • Title III, Part A:
  • Strengthening Institutions Program - includes planning grants
  • American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities
  • Alaska Native and Hawaiian-Serving Institutions

• International Education Programs

  • American Overseas Research Centers
  • Business and International Education
  • Centers for International Business Education
  • Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships
  • Fulbright-Hays Training Grants - Seminars Abroad - Bilateral Projects
  • Fulbright-Hays Training Grants - Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad
  • Fulbright-Hays Training Grants - Faculty Research Abroad
  • Fulbright-Hays Training Grants - Group Projects Abroad
  • Institute for International Public Policy
  • International Research and Studies
  • Language Resource Centers
  • National Resource Centers
  • Technological Innovation and Cooperation for Foreign Information Access
  • Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program

• Teacher and Student Development Programs

  • College Access Challenge Grant Program
  • Demonstration Projects to Ensure Students with Disabilities Receive a Quality Higher Education
  • Erma Byrd Scholarship Program
  • Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP)
  • Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN)
  • Jacob K. Javits Fellowships
  • Master's Degree Programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
  • Master's Degree Programs at Predominantly Black Institutions
  • Predominantly Black Institutions Program
  • Predominantly Black Institutions Undergraduate Program (CCRAA)
  • Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants for States, Partnerships, and Recruitment
  • Teachers for a Competitive Tomorrow

• TRIO Programs

  • Educational Opportunity Centers
  • Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement
  • Student Support Services
  • Talent Search
  • Training Program for Federal TRIO Staff
  • Upward Bound
  • Upward Bound Math/Science
  • Veterans Upward Bound
  • Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program
  • Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program

• Other Programs

  • Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program
  • Howard University