LA GEAR UP is now in the third year of a six-year program. This is the second state Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) grant to be awarded to the State of Louisiana. In 2002, the U.S. Department of Education awarded Louisiana a six-year, $12.5 million GEAR UP grant, which became a seven-year, $15 million award, and, in 2008 a second six-year grant, this time for $18 million.
