•  Provides fundamental support to participants in their preparation for college entrance, and opportunities for participants to succeed in pre-college performance and ultimately in higher education pursuits.
  
• Upward Bound serves high school students from low-income families and high school students from families in which neither parent holds a four-year degree.
  

Activities provided:

• Instruction in mathematics, laboratory science, foreign language, composition, and literature;
  
• Academic tutoring, which may include instruction in reading, writing, study skills, mathematics, science, and other subjects;
  
• Assistance in secondary school course selection and post secondary course selection;
  
• Assistance in preparing for college entrance examinations;
  
• Assistance in completing college admission applications;
  
• Information on the full range of Federal student financial aid programs and resources for locating public and private scholarships;
• Assistance in completing financial aid applications;
  
• Guidance and assistance in secondary school reentry, alternative education programs for secondary school dropouts that lead to receipt of a regular secondary school diploma, entry into general educational development programs, or post secondary education; and
• Education or counseling services designed to improve the financial and economic literacy of students or the students’ parents.
  

Applicant Eligibility:

• Who May Apply for UB Grants:  Institutions of higher education, public and private agencies and organizations including community-based organizations with experience in serving disadvantaged youth, combinations of such institutions, agencies and organizations, and as appropriate to the purposes of the program, secondary schools.

Participant Eligibility:

• Students must have completed the 8th grade, be between the ages of 13 and 19, and have a need for academic support in order to pursue a program of post secondary education.  All students must be either from low-income families or be potential first-generation college students.  The program requires that two- thirds of the participants in a project must be both low-income and potential first- generation students.  The remaining one-third must be either low-income, first-generation college students, or students who have a high risk for academic failure. Please see the program regulations in 34 CFR 645 for full eligibility criteria.

To locate current projects in your area, please visit:

• http://www2.ed.gov/programs/trioupbound/awards.html

• To motivate and assist veterans in the development of academic and other requisite skills necessary for acceptance and success in a program of post secondary education.
  
• The program provides assessment and enhancement of basic skills through counseling, mentoring, tutoring and academic instruction in the core subject areas.
  

Activities Provided:

• Instruction in mathematics, laboratory science, foreign language, composition, and literature;
  
• Intensive basic skills development in academic subjects required for the successful completion of a high school equivalency program and for admission to post secondary programs;
  
• Short-term remedial or refresher courses for veterans who have graduated from high school but delayed pursing post secondary education;
  
• Special services, including mathematics and science preparation, to enable veterans to make the transition to post secondary education;
  
• Assistance in securing support services from other available resources such as the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, state veterans agencies, and other associations or agencies that serve veterans;
  
• Assistance in post secondary course selection;
  
• Assistance in preparing for college entrance examinations;
  
• Assistance in completing college admission applications;
  
• Information on the full range of Federal student financial aid programs and resources for locating public and private scholarships;
  
• Assistance in completing financial aid applications;
  
• Guidance and assistance in alternative education programs, entry into general educational development programs or post secondary education; and
  
• Education or counseling services designed to improve the financial and economic literacy of students.
  

Applicant Eligibility:

• Who May Apply for VUB Grants:  Institutions of higher education, public and private agencies and organizations including community-based organizations with experience in serving disadvantaged youth, combinations of such institutions, agencies and organizations, and as appropriate to the purpose of the program, secondary schools.
  

Participant Eligibility:

• Participants must meet military service requirements stipulated in the authorizing statute and be low-income, prospective first-generation college students who are preparing to enter a post secondary institution. The program requires that at least two-thirds of the participants in a project be both low-income and first-generation. The remaining participants must be either low-income or first-generation military veterans who served in active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces for more than 180 days and received other than a dishonorable discharge; was discharged because of a service connected disability; was a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces called to active duty for a period of more than 30 days; or was a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces who served on active duty in support of a contingency operation on or after September 11, 2001; and have a high risk for academic failure.  Please see the program regulations in 34 CFR 645 for full eligibility criteria.
  

To locate current projects in your area, please visit:

• http://www2.ed.gov/programs/triovub/awards.html