Current State-Administered Grant Programs

• College Access Challenge Grant Programs

  • NJ’S Aim High Academy Initiative
    As part of the federally funded College Access Challenge Grant, NJ Higher Education seeks to provide high-achieving high school students with exposure to college through a summer intensive experience...

  • Disengaged Adults Returning to College Grant Program
    New Jersey Higher Education intends to fund not-for-profit New Jersey institutions of higher education to identify, contact, re-enroll, and graduate adults who have left New Jersey colleges in good standing but without earning the intended associate’s or bachelor’s degree...
    Disengaged Adults Returning To College II Grant Program
    Disengaged Adults Returning to College III Grant Program

  • Dual Enrollment Incentive Grant Program
    New JerseyHigher Education is funding programs at 10 NJ colleges and universities to create or expand dual enrollment of high school students in courses that award collegiate credit...

  • FAFSA Completion Grant Program
    New Jersey Higher Education is funding pilot programs at 17 NJ colleges and universities to assist families in completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)...

• The College Bound Grant Program
  An ongoing program provides grants to institutions to help address the educational needs and aspirations of at-risk youth in grades 6-12 in the former Abbott School Districts.  For fiscal 2011, the amount of the College Bound Grant allocation was reduced in the state budget to $1.7 million
  

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  Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs
  Administered by NJ Higher Education and funded by the U.S. Department of Education and participating colleges and universities, NJ GEAR UP recruits and serves students from 17 middle and 11 high schools in the cities of Camden, Jersey City, Newark, Paterson, and Trenton. 
  2011-2017 GEAR UP Funding Competition - RFP | RFP Forms

• Special Needs Grant Program (1986-2010)
• Education of Language Minority Students Grant Program (1998-2009)
• High-Tech Workforce Excellence Grants - FY2001 | FY2002
• Teacher Effectiveness Grants and Teacher Quality & Capacity Grants
• Teacher Preparation Grants - FY 2003
• Building Capacity in Biomedical and Other High-Tech University Research - FY 2001 | FY 2002
• Innovation Partnership Institutes (FY 2007-2009)