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  Advanced Placement Test Fee Program The Department of Education makes awards to state educational agencies to enable them to cover part or all of the cost of test fees for low-income students who are enrolled in an Advanced Placement class and plan to take an Advanced Placement test. F... view more
  Assistive Technology Act Program The Assistive Technology Act Program provides grants to states to support activities that improve access to and acquisition of assistive technology (AT) devices and services for individuals with disabilities. Devices and services vary by state.... view more
  Byrd Honors Scholarships The Byrd Honors Scholarships program provides scholarships to support post-secondary education to outstanding high school seniors who show promise of continued academic achievement in an effort to recognize and promote student excellence and achievem... view more
  Career and Technical Education - Grants to Native Americans and Alaska Natives The Native American Vocational and Technical Education Program (NAVTEP) provides grants to projects that improve vocational and technical education that benefits American Indians and Alaska Natives. NAVTEP gives special consideration to exemplar... view more
  Centers for Independent Living for Individuals with Disabilities The Centers for Independent Living (CIL) program provides grants for consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability, nonresidential, private nonprofit agencies that are designed and operated within a local community by individuals with disabi... view more
  Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program The Child Care Access program supports the participation of low-income parents in postsecondary education by providing campus-based child care services.... view more
  Client Assistance Program (CAP) The Client Assistance Program (CAP) was established to advise and inform clients, client applicants, and other individuals with disabilities of all the available services and benefits under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and of th... view more
  Early Childhood Educator Professional Development The Early Childhood Educator Professional Development Program provides high-quality professional development to improve the knowledge and skills of early childhood educators who work in urban or rural high-poverty communities, and who serve primarily... view more
  Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities Each state receives money to help parents identify if their infant or toddler (birth through age two) is disabled. If a child is found to be experiencing any sort of developmental delay (cognitive, physical, communication, social, emotional or self-h... view more
  Education Consolidation Loans Consolidation Loans are available to most borrowers of Federal education loans and come from one of two sources:
  • Direct Consolidation Loans are made by the U.S. Department of Education. You repay a Federal Consolidation Loan to the U.S.... view more
  Education for Homeless Children and Youths - Grants for State and Local Activities The Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program ensures that homeless children and youth have equal access to the same free, appropriate public education as other children. It also provides activities and services to ensure that these children ... view more
  Even Start: Migrant Education The Even Start Migrant Education Program improves the educational opportunities of migrant families through family literacy programs that integrate early childhood education, adult literacy or adult basic education, and parenting education.... view more
  Federal Pell Grants The Federal Pell Grant Program provides need-based grants to low-income undergraduate and certain post-baccalaureate students to promote access to postsecondary education. The maximum Pell Grant for the 2009–10 award year is $5,350. Grants are not lo... view more
  Federal Perkins Loan Program Federal Perkins Loans help financially needy undergraduate and graduate students meet the cost of postsecondary education. The award is made by the school based on the availability of funds. A Federal Perkins Loan carries a fixed interest rate and mu... view more
  Federal Student Aid Loan and Grant Data The National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) is the U.S. Department of Education's (ED's) central database for student aid. NSLDS receives data from schools, guaranty agencies, the Direct Loan program, and other Department of ED programs. NSLDS Stud... view more
  Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (FSEOG) help financially needy undergraduate students, who have not earned a bachelor’s or professional degree, meet the cost of postsecondary education. The program gives priority to students ... view more
  Federal Work-Study The Federal Work-Study Program funds jobs for undergraduate and graduate students with financial need, allowing them to earn money to help pay postsecondary education expenses. The program encourages community service work and work related to th... view more
  Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is an application used by virtually all two and four-year colleges, universities, and career schools for awarding Federal, state, and college-funded student aid.... view more
  Fulbright-Hays - Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad The Overseas Doctoral Dissertation program provides opportunities for graduate students to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern foreign language and area studies with the exception of Western Europe. This program is designed to ... view more
  Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Program The Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Program offers fellowships, through Institutions of Higher Education, to faculty members who propose to conduct research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies to improve their skill in language... view more
  Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Program The Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) program is designed to contribute to the development and improvement of the study of modern foreign languages and area studies in the United States by providing training opportunities for faculty, teache... view more
  Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad - Bilateral Projects This program increases mutual understanding and knowledge between the people of the United States and those in other countries by offering qualified U.S. educators opportunities to participate in short-term study seminars abroad on topics in the soci... view more
  Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need The Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) program provides fellowships through graduate academic departments, programs, and units of institutions of higher education (IHE) to graduate students of superior ability who demonstrate finan... view more
  Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who Are Blind Independent living services for older blind persons aims to support individuals aged 55 or older, whose recent visual impairment makes competitive employment extremely difficult to obtain, but for whom independent living goals are feasible. The goal ... view more
  Independent Living State Grants for Individuals with Disabilities This program offers formula grants to states for one or more of the following purposes:
  • To provide resources to statewide independent living councils (SILCs)
  • To provide independent living (IL) services to individuals with si... view more
  Jacob K. Javits Fellowships Program The Javits Fellowships are awarded to graduate students pursuing the study of the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Individuals are selected on the basis of demonstrated achievement, financial need, and exceptional promise. Recipients receive a ... view more
  Migrant Education - College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) The College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) assists students who are migratory or seasonal farmworkers (or children of such workers) enrolled in their first year of undergraduate studies at an institution of higher education. The funding supports c... view more
  Migrant Education - High School Equivalency Program The High School Equivalency Program (HEP) helps migratory and seasonal farmworkers (or children of such workers) who are 16 years of age or older and not currently enrolled in school to obtain the equivalent of a high school diploma and, subsequently... view more
  National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research Fellowships The purpose of the Research Fellowships Program is to build research capacity by providing support to enable highly qualified individuals, including those who are individuals with disabilities, to conduct research about the rehabilitation of individu... view more
  PLUS Parent Loans PLUS Loans come from one of two sources:
  • Direct PLUS Loans are made by the U.S. Department of Education. You repay a Direct PLUS Loan to the U.S. Department of Education.
  • Federal PLUS Loans are made through Federal Fam... view more
  Parental Information and Resource Centers Parent Information and Resource Centers (PIRCs) help implement successful and effective parental involvement policies, programs, and activities that lead to improvements in student academic achievement and that strengthen partnerships among parents, ... view more
  Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights The Program of Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights provides grants for states to support systems for protection and advocacy for the rights of individuals with disabilities who are ineligible for services from the Protection and Advocacy for... view more
  Special Education - Grants to States A free and appropriate public special education is available in all states for all eligible children and youth identified with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Services are provided, at no cost to parents, pr... view more
  Special Education - National Activities - Parent Information Centers

The Special Education Parent Training and Information (PTI) Centers Program ensures that children with disabilities, and parents of children with disabilities:

  1. Receive training and information on their rights and ... view more
  Stafford Loans for Students Stafford Loans are available for undergraduate and graduate students and come from one of two sources:
  • Direct Stafford Loans are made by the U.S. Department of Education. You repay a Federal Direct Stafford Loan to the U.S... view more
  TRIO Student Support Services The Student Support Services (SSS) program provides support services to low-income students, first generation college students, and disabled students enrolled in post-secondary education programs. Eligible students may receive (among other services) ... view more
  TRIO Upward Bound The TRIO Upward Bound program helps to generate skills and motivation necessary for success in education beyond high school among low-income and potential first-generation college students and veterans. The goal of the program is to increase the acad... view more
  Vocational Rehabilitation Services Projects for American Indians with Disabilities The purpose of this program is to assist tribal governments to develop or to increase their capacity to provide a program of vocational rehabilitation (VR) services, in a culturally relevant manner, to American Indians with disabilities residing on o... view more
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