Grant Competition for the Cooperative Civic Education and Economic Education Exchange Program CFDA 84.304A

Post Date

December 16th 2008

Application Due Date

January 15th 2009

Applications Available: December 16, 2008. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: January 15, 2009.

Funding Opportunity Number

ED-GRANTS-121608-001

CFDA Number(s)

84.304

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Education

Number of Awards

2

Eligibility Categories

Other

Eligible Applicants: Organizations in the United States experienced in the development of curricula and programs in civics and government education for students in elementary schools and secondary schools in countries other than the United States. Eligible Country: For the purpose of this grant competition, the term eligible country means a Central European country, an Eastern European country, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the independent states of the former Soviet Union as defined in section 3 of the FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5801), the Republic of Ireland, the province of Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom, and any developing country (as such term is defined in section 209(d) of the Education for the Deaf Act (20 U.S.C. 4359a(d))) if the Secretary, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, determines that such developing country has a democratic form of government. (See 20 U.S.C. 6715(g)). A list of the countries is included in the application package.

Funding

• 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 Cooperative Civic Education and Economic Education Exchange Program provides grants to improve the quality of civic education through cooperative civic education exchange programs with emerging democracies. Note: This competition invites applications that address only civic education. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.304A. If you choose to submit your application electronically, you must use 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 Grant Competition for the Cooperative Civic Education and Economic Education Exchange 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 84.304, not 84.304A). The telephone number for the Grants.gov Helpdesk is 1-800-518-4726.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Education

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Julius Cotton
  ED Grants.gov FIND System Admin.
  Phone (202) 245-6140
  julius.cotton@ed.gov
  Program Manager:
  Rita Foy Moss
  U.S. Department of Education
  400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
  Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), room 10006
  Washington, DC 20202
  Telephone: (202

• Agency Mailing Address:

  e-Mail: Program Manager

• Agency Email Address:

  rita.foy.moss@ed.gov

• More Information:

  Grant Competition for the Cooperative Civic Education and Economic Education Exchange Program CFDA 84.304A; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009