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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
ED-GRANTS-061509-001
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Jun 15, 2009
Creation Date:
Jun 15, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Jul 30, 2009
Applications Available: June 15, 2009. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 30, 2009.
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Jul 30, 2009
Applications Available: June 15, 2009. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 30, 2009.
Archive Date:
Aug 29, 2009
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Education
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
2
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$1,945,000
Award Ceiling:
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s):
84.345
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Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
Yes
Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit educational organizations that are established to research, display, interpret, and collect artifacts relating to the history of the Underground Railroad, including the lessons to be drawn from such history.
Agency Name
Department of Education
Description
Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html.
Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information.
Purpose of Program: The purpose of the Underground Railroad
Educational and Cultural (URR) Program is to help preserve the
Underground Railroad's legacy and to help demonstrate how the
Underground Railroad's widespread operations network transformed our
Nation. In addition, the URR also promotes the formation of public-
private partnerships to help disseminate information regarding the
Underground Railroad throughout the United States, including lessons to be drawn from the history of the Underground Railroad.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.345A.
Applications for grants under the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program--CFDA number 84.345A--must be submitted electronically using e-Application, accessible through the Department's e-Grants Web site at: http:// e-grants.ed.gov. While completing your electronic application, you will be entering data online that will be saved into a database. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us.
If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement
electronically, please contact:
Julius Cotton
ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin.
Phone 202-245-6140
julius.cotton@ed.gov
Program Manager:
Claire D. Cornell
Underground Railroad Educational
and Cultural Program
U.S. Department of Education
1990 K Street, NW., Room 6145
Washington, DC 20006-8544
Telephone: (202) 502-7609 or by e-mail:
e-Mail: Program Manager
Synopsis Modification History
There are currently no modifications for this opportunity.
