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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
ED-GRANTS-032211-001
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Mar 22, 2011
Creation Date:
Mar 22, 2011
Original Closing Date for Applications:
May 23, 2011
Applications Available: March 22, 2011. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 23, 2011.
Current Closing Date for Applications:
May 23, 2011
Applications Available: March 22, 2011. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 23, 2011.
Archive Date:
Jun 22, 2011
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Education
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
28
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$20,347,000
Award Ceiling:
$750,000
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
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Eligible Applicants: IHEs or combinations of IHEs and other public and private nonprofit 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 Comprehensive Program 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.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.116B.
Applications for grants under the Comprehensive Program, CFDA number 84.116B, must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at http://www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us. You may access the electronic grant application for the Comprehensive Program at http://www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this competition by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.116, not 84.116B).
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:
Sarah T. Beaton
Comprehensive Program
U.S. Department of Education
1990 K Street, NW., room 6054
Washington, DC 20006-8544
Telephone: (202) 502-7621 or e-mail:
e-Mail: Program Manager
Synopsis Modification History
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