Closed · ED-GRANTS-042423-001 · CFDA 84.116 · Discretionary

Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Higher Education Programs (HEP): Modeling and Simulation Program (MSP), Assistance Listing Number 84.116S

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

up to $1.2M
Award range
Closed
Status
June 23, 2023
Close date
8
Expected awards

The verdict

Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Higher Education Programs (HEP): Modeling and Simulation Program (MSP), Assistance Listing Number 84.116S is a closed discretionary listing from Department of Education that offered Up to $1,155,000 across 8 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 $1.2M
award range
Closed
application status
8
expected awards
84.116
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Office of Postsecondary Education is closed (last close June 23, 2023). The parent program page for CFDA 84.116 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 23, 2023

Posted Apr 24 Closes Jun 23

Est. Total Funding

$7,920,000

Expected Awards

8

Instrument

Grant

Cost Sharing

Required

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. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Revised Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on December 7, 2022. Purpose of Program: The MSP is designed to promote the study of modeling and simulation at institutions of higher education (IHEs) through collaboration with new and existing programs, and specifically to promote the use of technology through the creation of accurate models that can simulate processes or recreate real life, by-- (a) Establishing a task force at the Department to raise awareness of and define the study of modeling and simulation; (b) Providing grants to IHEs to develop new modeling and simulation degree programs; and (c) Providing grants for IHEs to enhance existing modeling and simulation degree programs. Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.116S.

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. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Education (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

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 84.116

Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)

U.S. Department of Education

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Agency Contact

Julius C Cotton ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. Phone 202-245-6288 julius.cotton@ed.gov Program Manager: Robin M. Dabney, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, room 2B117, Washington, DC 20202-4260. Telephone: (202) 453-7908. Email: Robin.Dabney@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 84.116 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Edu… 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.

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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