The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) has announced that it has been awarded a $35 million Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR) grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
This seven-year GEAR grant is set to run from September 2024 through September 2031.
This will be the fourth GEAR UP grant secured by THEC since 2005, totaling an overall investment of $109,700,000. During the past three grant periods, GEAR UP TN has directly supported more than 66,000 students in 39 counties statewide.
The GEAR UP TN 4.0 program will directly engage with high schools and their feeder middle schools in Cumberland, Bedford, Grainger, Hardeman, Jackson, and Monroe counties.