Closed · ED-GRANTS-050318-001 · CFDA 84.938 · Discretionary
Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Defraying Costs of Enrolling Displaced Students Programs CFDA Number 84.938S
Federal grant opportunity posted by Department of Education, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $2M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- June 4, 2018
- Close date
- 250
- Expected awards
The verdict
Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Defraying Costs of Enrolling Displaced Students Programs CFDA Number 84.938S is a closed discretionary listing from Department of Education that offered Up to $2,000,000 across 250 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 1,672 other opportunities from Department of Education.
- up to $2M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 250
- expected awards
- 84.938
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Office of Postsecondary Education is closed (last close June 4, 2018). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. 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 4, 2018
Est. Total Funding
$75,000,000
Expected Awards
250
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: Under the Defraying Costs of Enrolling Displaced Students Program (DCEDS Program or DCEDS), we will award grants to eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs) to help defray their unexpected expenses associated with enrolling displaced students from IHEs at which operations have been disrupted by a covered disaster or emergency (``qualifying displaced students''), namely Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria and the wildfires in calendar year 2017 for which the President declared a major disaster or emergency under section 401 or 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 and 5191) (``covered disaster or emergency''). Exemption From Rulemaking: This program is exempt from the rulemaking requirements in section 437 of the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) (20 U.S.C. 1232) and section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553). Division B, Subdivision 1, Title VIII, ``Hurricane Education Recovery'' paragraph (6), of Public Law 115-123, the ``Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.'' 132 Stat. 98. Program Authority: Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, Public Law 115-123. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.938S. Applications for grants under this competition may be submitted in one of two ways: a. Email an electronic version of your application in PDF (Portable Document Format) to DCEDSProgram@ed.gov, or b. Mail the original and two copies of your application by express mail service through the U.S. Postal Service or through a commercial carrier to James Davis, Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 268-02, Washington, DC 20202-6200. The amount of time it can take to email an application will vary depending on a variety of factors, including the size of the application and the speed of your internet connection. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do not wait until minutes before the application deadline to begin emailing your application. For information on requirements when submitting paper applications, please see Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 12, 2018 (83 FR 6003) and available at www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-12/pdf/2018-02558.pdf.
Multi-door applicant board · 3 Grants.gov types
Grants.gov prints 3 distinct applicant types for Office of Postsecondary Education (Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Private institutions of higher education; Others (see official listing text)). Filter fit against the official announcement before drafting. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity codes span Disaster Prevention and Relief · Education (DPR;ED). 218 other Department of Education listings share this eligibility-code string (13% of 1,673).
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Code 20
- Private institutions of higher education
- 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
View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.
Agency Contact
Julius Cotton ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. Phone 202-245-6288 educationgrantinquiries@ed.gov Program Manager: James Davis, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 268-02, Washington, DC 20202-6200. Telephone: (202) 453-7814. Email: James.Davis@ed.gov.
More from Department of Education
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Education Research (NCER): Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Education Policymaking, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.305S
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Education Research (NCER): Statistical and Research Methodology in Education, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.305D
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER): Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Education Policymaking in Special Education, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.324S
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER): Research Training Programs in Special Education, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.324B
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Education Research (NCER): Research Training Programs in The Education Sciences, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.305B
What to do next
Office of Postsecondary Education is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
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