ED Launches Applications for FIPSE-SP FY25 Awards
Published November 17, 2025
By AACOM Government Relations
Higher Education
OME Advocate
- On November 12, 2025, ED published a notice inviting applications, including from institutions of higher education, for new awards for FY25 within the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education Special Projects (FIPSE-SP).
- The FIPSE Special Projects Program will award $167 million in discretionary grants to support innovative projects aligned with areas of national need: advancing AI in higher education ($50M); promoting civil discourse on campus ($60M); promoting accreditation reform ($7M); and capacity-building for short-term programs ($50M).
- No cost share is required but indirect costs are capped at eight percent.
- Applications are due December 3, 2025, and ED intends to make awards by December 31, 2025. View AACOM’s summary of the FIPSE-SP awards.
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