The initial application process for Mentor-Protégé CoP will begin on the last day of the Federal Funding Bootcamp and end two weeks before the start of each Mentor-Protégé CoP.

Following each Federal Funding Bootcamp, CoPs will be offered quarterly. The first CoPs will focus on historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Future CoPs will focus on other Minority Colleges, Universities, and Community Colleges (MCU-CCs). CoP participants will meet virtually every other week for a total of six 90-minute sessions.