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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
ED-GRANTS-061809-002
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Jun 18, 2009
Creation Date:
Jun 18, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Aug 03, 2009
Applications Available: June 18, 2009. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 3, 2009.
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Aug 03, 2009
Applications Available: June 18, 2009. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 3, 2009.
Archive Date:
Sep 02, 2009
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Education
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
40
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$10,000,000
Award Ceiling:
$150,000
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s):
84.116
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Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Eligible Applicants
State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
IHEs, other public and private nonprofit institutions and agencies, and combinations of these institutions and agencies.
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 Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) supports innovative grants and cooperative agreements to improve postsecondary education. It supports reforms, innovations, and significant improvements of postsecondary education that respond to problems of national significance and serve as national models. Under the FIPSE Program, the Secretary may make grants for special projects concerning areas of national need.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.116V.
Applications for grants under this FIPSE Special Focus Competition--CFDA number 84.116V must be submitted electronically using e-Application, accessible through the Department's e-Grants portal page 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:
Levenia Ishmell
Fund for the Improvement
of Postsecondary Education
U.S. Department of Education
1990 K Street, NW., room 6147
Washington, DC 20006-8544
Telephone: (202) 502-7500 or by e-mail:
e-Mail: Program Manager
Synopsis Modification History
There are currently no modifications for this opportunity.
