Section 645.1 - What is the Upward Bound Program?(a) The Upward Bound Program provides Federal grants to projects designed to generate in program participants the skills and motivation necessary to complete a program of secondary education and to enter and succeed in a program of postsecondary education.(b) The Upward Bound Program provides Federal grants for the following three types of projects: (1) Regular Upward Bound projects.(2) Upward Bound Math and Science Centers.(3) Veterans Upward Bound projects. Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-11 and 1070a-13