Closed · ED-GRANT-26-034 · CFDA 84.116 · Discretionary

Basic Needs for Postsecondary Students Program

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

$1M-$5M
Award range
Closed
Status
June 23, 2026
Close date
10
Expected awards

The verdict

Basic Needs for Postsecondary Students Program is a closed discretionary listing from Office of Postsecondary Education that offered $1,000,000 -- $5,000,000 across 10 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 10 other opportunities from Office of Postsecondary Education.

$1M-$5M
award range
Closed
application status
10
expected awards
84.116
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on June 23, 2026. Watch CFDA 84.116 (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)) for the next funding cycle. Historical award band was $1,000,000 -- $5,000,000.

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, 2026

Posted May 21 Closes Jun 23

Est. Total Funding

$10,000,000

Expected Awards

10

Instrument

Grant

Description

The purpose of the FIPSE-Basic Needs Program is to advance systemic and sustainable solutions to student basic needs insecurity through support programs that address the basic needs of students and to report on practices that improve outcomes for students.

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 4 doors

Basic Needs for Postsecondary Students Program bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (4 doors: Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Private institutions of higher education; Others (see official listing text)). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Education (ED). 1 other Office of Postsecondary Education listings share this eligibility-code string (9% of 11).

Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
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

Robin Dabney BasicNeedsforPostsecondaryStudentsProgram@ed.gov

What to do next

Basic Needs for Postsecondary Students Program 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
  • Office of Postsecondary Education lists 10 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.

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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