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On January 22, 2021, the Department of Education issued a correction notice for a previously published announcement inviting applications for funding under the Proprietary Institution Grant Funds for Students program. This notice corrects the Grants.gov Opportunity Number to ED-GRANTS-011521-005 and the OMB control number to 1840-0852. It also clarifies that the deadline for submitting applications is April 15, 2021. All other details and requirements from the original announcement remain the same.

The Department of Education is announcing the availability of new grant funding through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) under the COVID-19 relief act, CRRSAA, signed into law on December 27, 2020. Proprietary institutions of higher education can apply for these grants to provide financial aid to students facing economic challenges due to the pandemic. Around $680 million is available, and the funds must be used to assist students with exceptional needs, covering expenses like tuition, housing, or child care. Applications, which must be submitted via Grants.gov, are being accepted on a rolling basis until April 15, 2021.

The Department of Education is announcing a request for an emergency review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a new information collection related to the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSAA). This collection aims to provide funds to proprietary schools to make financial aid grants to students for essential needs like tuition, housing, and healthcare, due to disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Public comments on this request are invited until March 16, 2021. The purpose of the request is to assess the necessity, timeliness, accuracy of burden estimate, and ways to enhance the quality of the information collected while minimizing the burden on respondents.

The U.S. Department of Education is opening applications for new grants under the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF), as part of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSAA). This initiative is aimed at public and nonprofit universities and colleges that did not receive prior funding under a similar program in the CARES Act. The CRRSAA provides about $22.7 billion for higher education, with grants intended to cover pandemic-related costs, support student activities, and offer financial aid to students. The Department will automatically provide supplemental funds to eligible institutions that have already received grants from the previous CARES Act but requires new applications from institutions that did not.