FOA-Limited
Submission – The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education – Summer Bridge
Program Grants; April 16, 2021
Purpose: The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE)
is soliciting proposals from Kentucky’s public universities, the 16 Kentucky
Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) campuses, and the member
institutions of the Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges and
Universities (AIKCU) to support summer bridge programs focused on improving
college preparation and retention. These funds are made available to support new
and/or existing efforts or expand the depth and scope of summer bridge program
implementation efforts currently supported across the state targeted at Kentucky
high school students who graduated in spring 2020 or are graduating in spring
2021.
Funding is available from
the CPE through the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Fund program to
prevent, prepare for and respond to the novel coronavirus. The priority must be
to provide the academic supports necessary to improve college success and
completion rates through summer bridge programming.
Campuses are invited to
submit proposals to develop or expand summer bridge
programming with the intent of increasing college-going, improving first year
performance, and encouraging first to second year retention. The proposal, not
to exceed five pages, shall demonstrate a commitment by the institution
to:
1)
Promote
college and career readiness skills, academic skills, social and
emotional
2)
resources, and
advising for incoming college freshmen or sophomores needed
to
3)
succeed in a college environment.
4)
Focus on
promoting face-to-face student transition-related support and awareness
of
5)
financial opportunities over one to six
weeks.
6)
Offer
near-peer support by using student staff/volunteers.
7)
Highlight
employability skills, in demand careers and financial aid
resources.
8)
Afford
students access to accelerated academic coursework.
9)
Use diverse
partners such as employers, faculty, alumni, local two-year degree
and
10)
certificate institutions and community-based
organizations.
11)
Commit to
ongoing support and incentives for participating students.
Funding Amount/ Project
Period: $100,000 for 6 months
Link
to Funding Opportunity Announcement
Institutional Limit:
1
Internal
Competition: To
participate in the university’s selection process,please upload the
following,assembled
into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research via
this
portal
with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by April 6,
2021:
·
Names
and departments or affiliations of the Project Director and other key personnel
or partners;
·
Title
of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number;
·
Brief
project description (2 pages maximum)
·
Brief
biographical sketch
A committee will be
convened to review the material and make a recommendation.
For questions or issues
with submission through the portal, email the limited submission mailbox
(limitedsubmissions@uky.edu), or call 257-2861.
Agency Deadline: April
16, 2021