RECENT "NOTICES INVITING APPLICATIONS" (grant opportunities)
from the U.S. Department of Education (published in the
Federal Register) include those related to:
* Transition to Teaching Program -- CFDA# 84.350
* Indian Education Discretionary Grant Programs --
Professional Development -- CFDA# 84.299B
* State applications for Even Start Statewide Family
Literacy Initiative grants -- CFDA# 84.314B
* Application for Grants for the Underground Railroad
Educational & Cultural Program -- CFDA# 84.345
* Bilingual Education: Teachers & Personnel Grants -- CFDA#
84.195A
* Bilingual Education: Comprehensive School Grants -- CFDA#
84.290U
These & other notices can be found at:
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION about Department funding
opportunities, including discretionary grant application
packages, please see:
http://www.ed.gov/funding.html
BELOW ARE the purposes, eligible applicants, availability &
closing dates, available funds, estimated size, & number of
awards for these programs. For more complete information &
the contact individual for each opportunity, please see the
notice; however, please note that while we *try* to ensure
that the version on the web & the Federal Register notice are
the same, the Federal Register notice is the one to consult
for complete & authoritative information.
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Transition to Teaching Program (Federal Register: April 16, 2001
[CFDA# 84.350])
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Purpose of Program: The program provides grants to support the
recruitment, training & placement of talented individuals from
other fields into teaching positions in K-12 classrooms & support
them during their first years in the classroom. In particular, the
program supports the recruitment, training, placement & support of
two groups of nontraditional teaching candidates: (1) Mid-career
professionals from various fields who possess strong subject-matter
skills to become teachers, particularly in high-need fields such as
mathematics, science, foreign languages, bilingual education,
reading, & special education, & (2) recent college graduates with
outstanding academic records & a baccalaureate degree in a field
other than teaching.
Eligible Applicants: Local educational agencies, State
educational agencies, educational service agencies, nonprofit
agencies & organizations, including nonprofit organizations with
expertise in teacher recruitment, & partnerships comprised of two
or more of these entities.
Applications Available: April 16, 2001.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 15, 2001.
Estimated Available Funds: Approximately $31,000,000.
The Department has established separate funding categories for
projects of different scope. These categories are (1)
national/regional projects where placement of teachers would be in
LEAs in more than one State, (2) statewide projects where placement
of teachers would be statewide or in LEAs scattered across a
particular State, & (3) local projects where placement of teachers
would be in one LEA or in two or more LEAs located in close
proximity to one another.
Estimated Range of Awards: National/regional projects,
$750,000-$3,000,000; Statewide projects, $375,000-$1,500,000; Local
projects, $112,000-$1,125,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: National/regional projects,
$1,500,000; Statewide projects, $700,000; Local projects, $375,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: National/regional grants, 5;
Statewide grants, 14; Local grants, 35.
Additional Information: Applicable regulations, contacts, &
other information are available in the Federal Register notice.
Additional information is available online at:
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/
2001-2/041601e.html
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Indian Education Discretionary Grant Programs -- Professional
Development (Federal Register: April 6, 2001 [CFDA# 84.299B])
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Purpose of Program: The purposes of this program are to (1)
increase the number of qualified Indian individuals in professions
that serve Indian people; (2) provide training to qualified Indian
individuals to become teachers, administrators, teacher aides,
social workers, & ancillary educational personnel; & (3) improve
the skills of qualified Indian individuals who serve in the
capacities described in (2). Activities may include, but are not
limited to, continuing programs, symposia, workshops, conferences,
& direct financial support.
Grants for training educational personnel may be for preservice
or inservice training. For individuals who are being trained to
enter any field other than education, the training received must be
in a program resulting in a graduate degree.
Eligible Applicants: Eligible applicants for this program are
institutions of higher education, including Indian institutions of
higher education; State or local educational agencies, in
consortium with institutions of higher education; & Indian tribes
or organizations, in consortium with institutions of higher
education. An application from a consortium of eligible entities
must meet the requirements of 34 CFR 75.127 through 75.129. The
written consortium agreement must be submitted with the
application. The agreement must be signed or the applicant must
submit other evidence that all the members of the consortium agree
to the contents of the agreement. Letters of support do not meet
the consortium requirements. The Secretary rejects & does not
consider an application that does not meet these requirements.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 1, 2001.
Applications Available: April 11, 2001.
Available Funds: $5,000,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $300,000 to $500,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $385,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 13.
Additional Information: Applicable regulations, priorities,
selection criteria, contacts, & other information are available in
the Federal Register notice.
Additional information is available online at:
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/
2001-2/040601a.html
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State applications for Even Start Statewide Family Literacy
Initiative grants (Federal Register: April 12, 2001 [CFDA#
84.314B])
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Purpose of Competition: Even Start Statewide Family Literacy
Initiative grants are awarded under section 1202(c) of the
Elementary & Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to States for
planning & implementing Statewide family literacy initiatives,
consistent with the Even Start Family Literacy Program (Part B of
Title I of the ESEA). The purpose of Even Start is to help break
the cycle of poverty & illiteracy by improving the educational
opportunities of the Nation's low-income families by integrating
early childhood education, adult literacy or adult basic education,
& parenting education into a unified family literacy program.
These initiatives coordinate &, where appropriate, integrate
existing Federal, State, & local literacy resources to strengthen &
expand family literacy services in the State.
Eligible Applicants: One State office or agency from each
State, the District of Columbia, & Puerto Rico, provided that the
applicant jurisdiction has not previously received an Even Start
Statewide Family Literacy Initiative grant. (Section 1202(c)(1),
ESEA.)
Applications Available: April 12, 2001.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 11, 2001.
Available Funds: $1,000,000.
Matching & Use of Funds Requirements: A State receiving a grant
for an Even Start Statewide Family Literacy Initiative must make
available non-Federal contributions (cash or in-kind) in an amount
at least equal to the Federal funds awarded under the grant.
(Section 1202(c)(5), ESEA.) These non-Federal contributions may be
from State or local resources, or both. Grantees may not use these
grant funds for indirect costs, either as a direct charge or as
part of the matching requirement. (Section 1204(b)(3), ESEA.)
Estimated Range of Awards: $75,000-$250,000 for each of two
years.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $194,000 for 5 grants.
Estimated Number of Awards: 3-5.
Additional Information: Application, priorities, selection
criteria, contacts, & other information are available in the
Federal Register notice.
Additional information is available online at:
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/
2001-2/041201a.html
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Application for Grants for the Underground Railroad Educational &
Cultural Program (Federal Register: April 13, 2001 [CFDA#
84.345])
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Purpose of Program: To provide grants to nonprofit educational
organizations that are established to research, display, interpret,
& collect artifacts relating to the history of the Underground
Railroad.
Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit educational organizations that
are established to research, display, interpret, & collect
artifacts relating to the history of the Underground Railroad.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 27, 2001.
Available Funds: $1,750,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $100,000 to $1,750,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $580,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 1-3.
Additional Information: Description of program, selection
criteria, contacts, & other information are available in the
Federal Register notice.
Additional information is available online at:
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/
2001-2/041301b.html
The complete application is available online at:
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/
2001-2/041301b.pdf
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Bilingual Education: Teachers & Personnel Grants (Federal
Register: April 13, 2001 [CFDA# 84.195A])
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Purpose of Program: This program provides grants for preservice &
inservice professional development for bilingual education
teachers, administrators, pupil services personnel, & other
educational personnel who are either involved in, or preparing to
be involved in, the provision of educational services for children
& youth of limited English proficiency.
Eligible Applicants: (1) One or more institutions of higher
education (IHEs), which have entered into consortia arrangements
with local educational agencies (LEAs) or State educational
agencies (SEAs), to achieve the purposes of this section. (2) SEAs
& LEAs for inservice professional development programs.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 16, 2001.
Available Funds: $8 million.
Estimated Range of Awards: $150,000-$250,000 per year.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $200,000 per year.
Estimated Number of Awards: 40.
Additional Information: Priorities, selection criteria,
contacts, & other information are available in the Federal Register
notice.
Additional information is available online at:
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/
2001-2/041301a.html
The complete application is available online at:
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/
2001-2/041301a.pdf
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Bilingual Education: Comprehensive School Grants (Federal
Register: April 16, 2001 [CFDA# 84.290U])
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Purpose of Program: This program provides grants to implement
schoolwide bilingual education programs or schoolwide special
alternative instruction programs for reforming, restructuring, &
upgrading all relevant programs & operations, within an individual
school, that serve all or virtually all limited English proficient
(LEP) children & youth in one or more schools with significant
concentrations of these children & youth.
Eligible Applicants: (a) One or more local educational agencies
(LEAs); or (b) one or more LEAs in collaboration with an
institution of higher education, community-based organizations,
other LEAs, or a State educational agency.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 15, 2001.
Available Funds: $8 million.
Estimated Range of Awards: $200,000-$300,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $250,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 32.
Additional Information: Priorities, selection criteria,
contacts, & other information are available in the Federal Register
notice.
Additional information is available online at:
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/
2001-2/041601a.html
The complete application is available online at:
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/
2001-2/041601a.pdf
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