Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP) CFDA Number 84.120A

Post Date

April 1st 2013

Application Due Date

May 31st 2013

Applications Available: April 1, 2013. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 31, 2013.

Funding Opportunity Number

ED-GRANTS-040113-001

CFDA Number(s)

84.120

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Education

Number of Awards

12

Eligibility Categories

Other

1. Eligible Applicants: The eligibility of an applicant is dependent on the type of MSEIP grant. There are four types of MSEIP grants: Institutional projects, special projects, cooperative, and design. Institutional project grants are grants that support the implementation of a comprehensive science improvement plan, which may include any combination of activities for improving the preparation of minority students for careers in science. There are two types of special projects grants. There are special projects grants for which minority institutions are eligible. These special projects grants support activities that: (1) Improve quality training in science and engineering at minority institutions; or (2) enhance the minority institutions' general scientific research capabilities. There are also special projects grants for which all applicants are eligible. These special projects grants support activities that: (1) Provide a needed service to a group of eligible minority institutions; or (2) provide in-service training for project directors, scientists, and engineers from eligible minority institutions. Cooperative project grants assist groups of nonprofit accredited colleges and universities to work together to conduct a science improvement program. Design project grants assist minority institutions that do not have their own appropriate resources or personnel to plan and develop long-range science improvement programs. We will not award design project grants in the FY 2013 competition. (a) For institutional project grants, eligible applicants are limited to: (1) Public and private nonprofit institutions of higher education that (i) Award baccalaureate degrees; and (ii) are minority institutions; (2) Public or private nonprofit institutions of higher education that (i) Award associate degrees; and (ii) are minority institutions that (A) Have a curriculum that includes science or engineering subjects; and (B) enter into a partnership with public or private nonprofit institutions of higher education that award baccalaureate degrees in science and engineering. (b) For special projects grants for which minority institutions are eligible, eligible applicants are described in paragraph (a). (c) For special projects grants for which all applicants are eligible, eligible applicants include those described in paragraph (a), and (1) Nonprofit science-oriented organizations, professional scientific societies, an

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $2906074

• Award Range:

  $None - $300000

Grant 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 MSEIP is designed to effect long-range improvement in science and engineering education at predominantly minority institutions and to increase the flow of underrepresented ethnic minorities, particularly minority women, into scientific and technological careers. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.120A. Applications for grants under the MSEIP, CFDA Number 84.120A, must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at 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 email an electronic copy of a grant application to us. You may access the electronic grant application for the MSEIP at 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 84.120, not 84.120A).

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Education

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Julius Cotton
  ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin.
  Phone 202-245-6140
  julius.cotton@ed.gov
  Program Manager:
  Krish Mathur
  U.S. Department of Education
  1990 K Street, NW., room 6155
  Washington, DC 20006-8517
  by Telephone: (202) 502 7512, or by email: Krish.mat

• Agency Mailing Address:

  e-Mail: Program Manager

• Agency Email Address:

  Krish.mathur@ed.gov

• More Information:

  Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP) CFDA Number 84.120A; Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2013