Education · Active

Federal Direct Student Loans · ED · Quiet desk · modest ceiling

Federal Direct Student Loans (CFDA 84.268) - federal assistance administered by U.S. Department of Education (ED), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.

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$1K–$21K
Typical award range
0
Indexed opportunities
0
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The verdict

According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, Federal Direct Student Loans ranks #392 of 504, #44 of 77 within ED, and #91 of 93 among Education programs by listed funding ceiling. Across 504 active programs, 47.041 leads by opportunity count (319, funding-ceiling rank #249) ≠ 66.054 leads by funding ceiling ($7.0 billion, opportunity rank #326). CFDA 84.268 is an active Education listing with no Grants.gov announcements currently indexed, typically a multi-year or formula-funded program.

$1K–$21K
typical award range (SAM.gov)
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next application deadline
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largest award ceiling indexed
18%
of the catalog is Education

Federal Direct Student Loans · lower-band quiet listing (#497/502 by ceiling)

Federal Direct Student Loans sits below most listed ceilings (1st percentile among 502 active programs), a floor-band Assistance Listing card, not a mega solicitation.

Federal Direct Student Loans vs programs with listed funding ceilings

Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling

$20,500 Top 99% higher than 1% of 502 programs

Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling

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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2026-09-11

SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate

CFDA 84.268 · ED VOL-FORMULA · #392/504

VOL-FORMULA · LOWER-HALF · SOLO-LISTING · NOFO-NONE · CEIL-MODEST · ELIG-IND · BOOK-RICH · LISTING-LIVE

  • VOL-FORMULA 0 Grants.gov rows
  • LOWER-HALF #392/504
  • SOLO-LISTING No peer gap
  • NOFO-NONE No NOFO indexed
  • CEIL-MODEST $1K–$21K
  • ELIG-IND Individual
  • BOOK-RICH no Grants.gov book
  • LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing

Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 84.268

VOL-FORMULA · #392/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±- row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.

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Indexed Grants.gov rows · neighbourhood around Federal Direct Student Loans

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Funding posture

Small-ceiling listing with a quiet NOFO desk

SAM.gov prints a modest ceiling ($1,000 to $21,000) for Federal Direct Student Loans, yet Grants.gov currently shows zero indexed opportunity rows. Expect formula, pass-through, or offline award mechanics rather than a live Grants.gov application window.

Assistance Listing text · ED

Federal student loans for undergraduate and graduate students with lower interest rates than most private loans.

Individual applicant lane · CFDA 84.268

SAM.gov lists individuals as the applicant type for Federal Direct Student Loans. This is a person-facing Assistance Listing lane rather than an organization competition desk.

Individual / Person

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What to do next

CFDA 84.268: 0 indexed opportunities · 0 open on the recent slice.

  • No open Grants.gov rows on the recent slice, watch this CFDA for the next NOFO drop. How to apply
  • U.S. Department of Education (ED) administers 77 Assistance Listings in this extract. Agency catalog
  • Nearest peer by listed ceiling: Challenge America (45.024). Compare program

SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.

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Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants

Every figure on PlainGrants is rendered directly from SAM.gov Assistance Listings data, no number is typed in by an editor. This grant program's figures are rendered directly from SAM.gov Assistance Listings data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data issue on this page.