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Carol M. White Physical Education Program (PEP)

The Carol M. White Physical Education Program (PEP) provides grants to local educational agencies, school districts and community-based organizations to initiate, expand, or enhance physical education programs that help students in Kindergarten through 12th grade meet their state standards for physical education..

NASPE Tips for Winning a PEP Grant*

Writing a winning grant proposal is both an art and science. Requirements for federal grants tend to be more complex and time-consuming that many other grants. NASPE is providing information to support your efforts to win a PEP. These tips are meant to help you fully understand the call for applications and respond to it in the most compelling way.

 

Plan for PE•Metrics™ in Your PEP Grant Proposal

PE•Metrics™ is the standards-based assessment tool that measures student cognitive and motor skill achievement.

The absolute priority of the PEP Grant application requires "physical fitness activities."  Assessment tools - like PE•Metrics™  that measure the quality of instruction for these activities- can strengthen your application and make it more competitive.  

Prices range from $600 to $4500 and are based on the number of physical education teachers in your district.

For more information regarding your school district and PE•Metrics™ please contact Cheryl Richardson at crichardson@aahperd.org  

*Please keep in mind that PEP is a grant program of the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) not NASPE.  Our tips are based on careful review of the FY2010 PEP grant call for applications and the Federal Register Notice of Final Priorities, Requirements, and Definitions (March 29, 2011) and on our experience with writing and winning federal grants (over $13 million) as well as serving as a federal grant reviewer. 

NASPE has no information about the PEP grant program other than what is published in the Federal Register and call for applications, no authority over the PEP grant program, and no influence over the review/scoring/selection process.  The call for applications provides definitive information about the grant program.