March 6, 2025

FY 2025 eligibility designations and waivers for Title III and Title V Programs now open

The process for institutions to apply for eligibility designations and waivers under Title III and Title V programs for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 has been opened by the U.S. Department of Education. The application process opens March 6, 2025, with a deadline of April 7, 2025.

Institutions seeking to apply for new grants under Title III or Title V, or requesting a waiver of the non-Federal cost share requirements for the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) or Federal Work-Study (FWS) programs, must first be designated as eligible institutions for FY 2025.

Institutions can check their eligibility status at https://HEPIS.ed.gov. If an institution is not listed as eligible, a waiver request must be submitted by April 7, 2025. Waiver requests must demonstrate either needy student enrollment showing at least 50% of degree-seeking students received Pell Grants, FSEOG, or Work-Study assistance, or core expenses per student showing an institution’s average Core Expenses per Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) student are below the average for comparable institutions.

The following programs have been designated as eligible:

  • Title V Programs:
    • Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI)
    • Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA)
  • Title III, Part A Programs:
    • Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP)
    • Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNH)
    • Predominantly Black Institutions (PBI)
    • Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions (NASNTI)
    • Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI)
  • Title III, Part F Programs:
  • HSI STEM and Articulation
  • PBI
  • ANNH
  • NASNTI
  • AANAPISI

Contact Nemeka Mason-Clercin at the U.S. Department of Education, Institutional Service, at (202) 987-1340 or via email at nemeka.mason@ed.gov for more information. Read the full notice in the Federal Register at https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-03573.



  

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