SBIR/STTR Research Award
A User-Contextualized ROI Tool to Make Meaning of Lifetime Costs and Tradeoffs Associated with Different Degree Programs
Award amount
$898,617Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2020Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Education
- Branch
- Institute of Education Sciences
- Recipient company
- Vantage Point Consulting Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2020-06-14
- Contract end date
- 2022-06-17
- UEI
- EFMJMBBKTH98
- Solicitation number
- 91990019R0016
- Topic code
- 91990019R0016
Research abstract
At the end of Phase II, the researchers will launch Return on College (ROC). Two versions of ROC will be developed. Using ROC-A, students will be able to search colleges nationwide based on geographic location and occupational goals with personalized output on projected debt, loan repayment, disposable income, graduation risk, and ROI the focal points of these decisions. Using ROC-B, prospective students visiting a college website will receive data driven information on potential careers, salaries, price, and debt expected for degrees offered by a school.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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Awards with the same topic code
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- The Training, Education, and Apprenticeship Program Outcomes Toolkit (TEAPOT)
- The Training, Education, and Apprenticeship Program Outcomes Toolkit (TEAPOT)
Research funding history
2 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2019–2020). Reported award amounts total $1,098,604. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: Department of Education