Grant cycles for the 2025 grant opportunities include College Success, Barrier Removal—Direct to Student, and Barrier Removal—Growing Institutional Capacity, please sign-up for e-mail updates to stay informed on relevant grant information.
This guide contains an overview of five categories of new competitive grants that became available in 2024 to grow student success at Michigan’s community and tribal colleges and universities, representing over $45 million in funding.
Our goal is to provide enough information here to empower eligible applicants to begin serious planning efforts for whatever opportunities are right for their campus.
Grant applications are now available!
Self-assessment, planning, elevation of student voice. Helping colleges hone their strategy for student success.
Three levels of grants that help colleges scale student success reforms and increase graduation rates.
Emergency grants and other direct aid to students to eliminate financial barriers to completion.
Developing supportive policies and practices for students struggling to meet basic needs.
Growing community support and partnership for post-secondary learning pathways.
Specific evaluation criteria in each grant category can be found in each application. But across all opportunities, proposals will be evaluated based on:
The Sixty by 30 team in partnership with EGrAMS hosted a training for future applicants eligible for the Sixty by 30 Student Success Competitive Grants to learn about the process for applying through the grants application portal.
Additional training materials are available within the EGrAMS portal.
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Information in this guide is subject to change as we learn from the process. The final applications, when released, will serve as the primary information source for each opportunity.
