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Sixty by 30 Student Success Grants
Sixty by 30 Student Success Grants
Student Success Grant Overview
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!
Competitive Grant Opportunities
Grant Criteria
Specific evaluation criteria in each grant category can be found in each application. But across all opportunities, proposals will be evaluated based on:
- Commitment to centering the interests and experiences of learners
- Commitment to the courageous examination of the impacts of institutional policies and practices on the experiences and outcomes of students
- Commitment to approaching students from an asset-based perspective and to being tenacious in the work of removing institutional barriers to student success.
- Commitment to rigorously evaluating impact and sharing learning
- Demonstration of awareness of evidence-based best practices, research, and other networks/resources available
EGrAMS Grant Portal Training
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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How to Find Out More
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.
- Webinars: stay tuned for future webinars on each grant opportunity as it is released.
- Office hours: Grant applicant office hours weekly on Tuesday from 12-1 p.m. Grant recipient for implementation and reporting requirements office hours weekly on Thursday from 12-1 p.m.
- Subscribe: to ensure you have the most up-to-date information on our competitive grants, sign up for updates.
- Contact: all questions related to our grants can be sent to Sixtyby30-Grants@michigan.gov.