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The program serves more than 1,000 students each year with after-school programs, life-skill training and more. A metro-east nonprofit increases after-school programs with help from Illinois grant ...
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs ("GEAR UP") is a federal grant program administered by the United States Department of Education.It was established in Chapter 2 of the 1998 amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965 which awarded financial assistance to students and colleges from the federal government. [1]
Competitive grants are awarded to applicants upon the recommendation of a peer-review panel. CSREES' competitive programs include the National Research Initiative, the Small Business Innovation Research Program, the Biotechnology Risk Assessment Program, and Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers.
The Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE) is a program run by the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign that offers STEM programs to pre-college students, including summer programs and mentorships, [1] as well as the Academic Challenge, a high school academic competition run by Eastern Illinois University.
Construction for the Illinois Youth Center in Lincoln is being held off as they are set to receive funds from the governor’s new budget. It was announced in February 2021 that the former Lincoln ...
The Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs (IWGYP, or Working Group) is a group within the executive branch of the U.S. government, and is responsible for promoting healthy outcomes for all youth, including disconnected youth and youth who are at-risk. The Working Group also engages with national, state, local and tribal agencies and ...
The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) is a quasi-public, ten-member panel with a permanent staff. It operates several key Illinois programs of higher education and tuition assistance, of which the largest is the Monetary Award Program (MAP) grant program for eligible Illinois college students. It was founded in 1957.
Serve Illinois oversees the annual grant competition that awards funding to AmeriCorps State and handles administration of those grants after they are awarded. On October 7, 2013, Governor Pat Quinn and Serve Illinois announced that the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) had awarded $7.5 million to enable 900 volunteers in 29 ...