Special Focus Competition: Innovative Strategies in Community Colleges for Working Adults and Displaced Workers CFDA 84.116W

Post Date

June 5th 2009

Application Due Date

August 4th 2009

Applications Available: June 5, 2009. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 4, 2009.

Funding Opportunity Number

ED-GRANTS-060509-002

CFDA Number(s)

84.116

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement
Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Education

Number of Awards

28

Eligibility Categories

Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Non-Profits Without 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Private Institutions of Higher Education
Other

Eligible Applicants: IHEs, other public and private nonprofit institutions and agencies, and combinations of these institutions and agencies.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $7000000

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

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 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: 84.116W. Applications for grants under this FIPSE Special Focus Competition--CFDA number 84.116W 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.

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:
  Levenia Ishmell
  Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
  U.S. Department of Education,
  1990 K Street, NW., Room 6147
  Washington, DC 20006-

• Agency Mailing Address:

  e-Mail: Program Manager

• Agency Email Address:

  Levenia.Ishmell@ed.gov

• More Information:

  Special Focus Competition: Innovative Strategies in Community Colleges for Working Adults and Displaced Workers CFDA 84.116W; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009