Strengthening Institutions Program FY 2026 Competition

Key Facts

Status: Forecasted

Posted date: May 21, 2026

Archive date: July 23, 2026

Close date: June 23, 2026

Opportunity ID: 362513

Opportunity number: ED-GRANT-26-025

Opportunity category: Discretionary

Agency name: Office of Postsecondary Education

Agency code: DOL-OPE

Award floor: $250,000

Award ceiling: $3,000,000

Cost sharing required: No

Funding Instrument Types
  • Grant
Category of Funding Activity
  • Education
Eligible Applicants
  • Private institutions of higher education
  • Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Tools
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
  • agency_code:dol_ope
  • category_of_funding_activity:education
  • cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
  • eligible_applicants:private_institutions_of_higher_education
  • eligible_applicants:public_and_state_controlled_institutions_of_higher_education
  • funding_instrument_type:grant
  • opportunity_category:discretionary
  • status:forecasted
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.

Strengthening Institutions Program FY 2026 Competition
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.
[Forecasted] Strengthening Institutions Program FY 2026 Competition
Forecasted
Office of Postsecondary Education
Education
Grant
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
2026-05-21