Closed · ED-GRANT-26-025 · CFDA 84.031 · Discretionary

Strengthening Institutions Program FY 2026 Competition

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

$250K-$3M
Award range
Closed
Status
June 23, 2026
Close date
600
Expected awards

The verdict

Strengthening Institutions Program FY 2026 Competition is a closed discretionary listing from Office of Postsecondary Education that offered $250,000 -- $3,000,000 across 600 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 10 other opportunities from Office of Postsecondary Education.

$250K-$3M
award range
Closed
application status
600
expected awards
84.031
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on June 23, 2026. Watch CFDA 84.031 (Higher Education Institutional Aid) for the next funding cycle. Historical award band was $250,000 -- $3,000,000.

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

$350,000,000

Expected Awards

600

Instrument

Grant

Description

The purpose of SIP is to provide assistance to eligible institutions of higher education to improve their academic programs, institutional management, and fiscal stability in order to increase their self-sufficiency.

Multi-door applicant board · 2 Grants.gov types

Grants.gov prints 2 distinct applicant types for Strengthening Institutions Program FY 2026 Co… (Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Private institutions of higher education). Filter fit against the official announcement before drafting. 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 20
Private institutions of higher education

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 84.031

Higher Education Institutional Aid

U.S. Department of Education

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Agency Contact

Nalini Lamba-Nieves or Robyn M. Wood nalini.lamba-nieves@ed.gov or robyn.wood@ed.gov

What to do next

Strengthening Institutions Program FY 2026 Co… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 84.031 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Higher Education Institutional Aid 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.

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