Closed · ED-GRANTS-050912-001 · CFDA 84.217 · Discretionary

Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program CFDA Number 84.217A

Federal grant opportunity posted by Department of Education, cataloged on Grants.gov.

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
June 8, 2012
Close date
127
Expected awards

The verdict

Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program CFDA Number 84.217A is a closed discretionary listing from Department of Education that offered Varies by applicant across 127 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 1,672 other opportunities from Department of Education.

Varies
award range
Closed
application status
127
expected awards
84.217
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Office of Postsecondary Education is closed (last close June 8, 2012). The parent program page for CFDA 84.217 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Department of Education still indexes 1,672 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed June 8, 2012

Posted May 9 Closes Jun 8

Est. Total Funding

$30,588,259

Expected Awards

127

Instrument

Grant

Description

Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html.Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. Purpose of Program: The Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program (McNair Program) is one of the seven programs known as the Federal TRIO Programs, which provide postsecondary educational support for qualified individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. The McNair Program is a discretionary grant program that awards grants to institutions of higher education for projects designed to provide disadvantaged college students with effective preparation for doctoral study.Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.217A.Applications for grants under the McNair Program, CFDA number 84.217A, must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant application to us.You may access the electronic grant application for the McNair Program at www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this program by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.217, not 84.217A).

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · ED-GRANTS-050912-001

Grants.gov marks Office of Postsecondary Education with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Education (ED). This eligibility-code string dominates the Department of Education book (658 peers, 39% of 1,673).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 84.217

McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement

U.S. Department of Education

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Agency Contact

Julius Cotton ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. Phone 202-245-6140 julius.cotton@ed.gov Program Manager: Eileen Bland U.S. Department of Education 1990 K Street NW., Room 7000 Washington, DC 20006-8510. Telephone: (202) 502-7600 or by email: TRIO@ed.gov.

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What to do next

Office of Postsecondary Education is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 84.217 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement indexes 0 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Department of Education lists 1,672 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from Grants.gov and SAM.gov and is for informational purposes only. Opportunity details, deadlines, and eligibility requirements change frequently. Always verify current information directly on Grants.gov before applying. PlainGrants is not affiliated with any federal agency.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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