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Below are the latest federal grant opportunites for the week of November 16th.  
 

Funder:  U S Department of Education  

Program: Business and International Education (BIE) Program

Summary:  The BIE Program provides grants to enhance international business education programs and to expand the capacity of the business community to engage in international economic activities. Competitive priorities exist for this competition.  See the URL for detailed information.

Estimated Average Size of Awards: $50,000 – $95,000

Estimated Number of Awards: 25

Deadline:  January 8, 2010

URL:  More information

Funder:  U S Department of Education  

Program: Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN)

Summary:  This program provides fellowships in areas of national need to assist graduate students with excellent academic records who demonstrate financial need and plan to pursue the highest degree available in their course of study at the institution. A project must provide fellowships in one or more of the following areas of national need: Biology, Chemistry, Computer and Information Sciences, Engineering, Mathematics, Nursing, Physics, and Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research.

Estimated Average Size of Awards: $175,020

Estimated Number of Awards: 52

Deadline:  December 18, 2009

URL:  More information

Funder:  U S Department of Education  

Program:  Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program

Summary:  The UISFL program provides grants to strengthen and improve undergraduate instruction in international studies and foreign languages.

Estimated Average Size of Awards: Single IHE: $92,000. Consortia of IHEs/Organizations/Associations: $130,000. Maximum Award: We will reject any application that proposes a budget exceeding $100,000 for a single budget period of 12 months for a single IHE application, and $160,000 for a single budget period of 12 months for a consortium of IHEs/organization/association application.

Eligibility:  (1) IHEs; (2) Consortia of IHEs; (3) Partnerships between nonprofit educational organizations and IHEs; and (4) Public and private nonprofit agencies and organizations, including professional and scholarly associations.

Deadline:  December 17, 2009

URL:  More information

Funder:  Institute of Museum and Library Sciences  

Program: Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program

Summary:  This program supports projects to develop faculty and library leaders, to recruit and educate the next generation of librarians, to conduct research on the library profession, and to support early career research on any area of library and information science by tenure-track, untenured faculty in graduate schools of library and information science. It also supports projects to attract high school and college students to consider careers in libraries, to build institutional capacity in graduate schools of library and information science, and to assist in the professional development of librarians and library staff.

Estimated Average Size of Awards: $50,000 – $1,000,000

Match Requirement:  50% of the total project costs

Grant period:  Up to 3 years

Deadline:  December 15, 2009

URL:  More information

Funder:  National Science Foundation  

Program:  Information Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST)

Summary:  ITEST has four components: (a) youth-based projects with strong emphases on career and educational pathways (b) comprehensive projects for students and teachers (c) renewals of existing projects (d) and an ITEST Resource Center.

Expected Number of Awards: 17 Estimated

Total Program Funding: $20,000,000 the funding level for Youth-Based Projects is up to $900,000 (an annual average of $300,000), while Comprehensive Projects for Students and Teachers will be funded up to $1,200,000 (an annual average of $400,000).

Project duration for Renewals is two years.

The funding level for Renewals is up to $300,000 per year for Youth-Based Projects and up to $400,000 per year for Comprehensive Projects for Students and Teachers. The Resource Center will be funded for up to five years at a maximum total funding level of $5 million; annual average of approximately $1,000,000.

Only U.S. organizations located in the U.S. are eligible to apply; see the Grant Proposal Guide for further information. All organizations with an educational mission are eligible. Proposals targeting minorities, persons with disabilities and women are especially encouraged.

Deadline:  May 13, 2010

URL:  More information

Funder: National Science Foundation

Program:  Discovery Research K-12

Summary:  To enable significant advances in preK-12 student and teacher learning of the STEM disciplines through the development, implementation, and study of resources, models, and technologies for use by students, teachers, and policymakers.

Expected Number of Awards: 70
Estimated Total Program Funding: $55,000,000 

Eligibility:  Unrestricted -- Nonprofit and public agencies, including LEAs and IHEs

Deadline:  January 7, 2010

URL:  More information

Funder:  Housing and Urban Development

Program: HOPE VI Main Street Program

Summary: The purpose of the program is to provide grants to small communities to assist in the rejuvenation of an historic or traditional central business district or “Main Street” area by replacing unused commercial space in buildings with affordable housing units. The objectives of the program are to (a) Redevelop Main Street areas; (b) Preserve historic or traditional architecture or design features in Main Street areas; (c) Enhance economic development efforts in Main Street areas; and (d) Provide affordable housing in Main Street areas.

Eligibility: Eligible applicants include, and are limited to, local governments, as defined in Section I.D. of this program NOFA. The local government must: (a) Have a population of 50,000 or less; and (b) Not be served by a local government, county/parish, regional, or state public housing agency (PHA) that administers more than 100 physical public housing units within the local government’s jurisdiction. Such units exclude Section 8 Housing Voucher subsidized units and public housing units in Mixed-Finance developments where the PHA is not the General Partner in the for-profit ownership entity.

Deadline: January 20, 2010

URL: More information

Funder:  U S Department of Education

Program:  Race to the Top

Summary:  The purpose of

the Race to the Top Fund, a competitive grant program authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), is to encourage and reward States that are creating the conditions for education innovation and reform; achieving significant

improvement in student outcomes, including making substantial gains in student achievement, closing achievement gaps, improving high school graduation rates, and ensuring student preparation for success in college and careers; and implementing ambitious plans in four core education reform areas: (a) Adopting internationally benchmarked standards and assessments that prepare students for success in college and the workplace; (b) Building data systems that

measure student success and inform teachers and principals in how they can improve their practices; (c) Increasing teacher effectiveness and achieving equity in teacher distribution; and (d) Turning around our lowest achieving schools.

Eligible applicants are the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico (referred to in this notice as State).

Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply:  December 8, 2009 Phase 1

Deadline for Transmittal of Applications:  January 19, 2010 Phase 1

URL:  More information

Funder:  Health and Human Services

Program: Projects to Deliver Peer-to-Peer Recovery Support Services

Summary:  SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) announces the availability of FY 2010 funds for grants to deliver peer-to-peer recovery support services that help prevent relapse and promote sustained recovery from alcohol and drug use disorders. Successful applicants will provide peer-to-peer recovery support services that are responsive to community needs and strengths, and will carry out a performance assessment of these services. RCSP is intended to support peer leaders from the recovery community in providing recovery support services to people in recovery and their family members, and to foster the growth of communities of recovery that will help individuals and families, achieve and sustain long-term recovery.

Eligibility:  Eligible applicants are domestic public and private nonprofit entities.

Deadline: February 10, 2010

URL: More information

Funder: Agriculture

Program: New Era Rural Technology Competitive Grants Program

Summary: RTP grants are for technology development, applied research, and/or training to develop an agriculture-based renewable energy workforce to serve rural communities. Awards will stimulate and enable community colleges and advanced technological centers located in rural areas (Note: see definitions of these terms in Part VIII, E. of the RFA to ensure eligibility) to provide technology development, applied research, and/or training necessary to produce graduates capable of strengthening the Nation’s technical, scientific and professional workforce in the fields of bio-energy, pulp and paper manufacturing, and agriculture-based renewable energy resources. The amount available for support of this program in FY 2010 is $850,000.

Eligibility: Public or private nonprofit community colleges, or advanced technological centers.

Deadline:  April 14, 2010

URL: More information

Funder: Health and Human Services

Program: Special Diabetes Program for Indians, Cycle II

Summary: The SDPI seeks to support diabetes treatment and prevention activities for American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. Grantees will implement programs based on identified diabetes-related community needs. Activities will be targeted to reduce the risk of diabetes in at-risk individuals, provide services that target those with new onset diabetes, provide high quality care to those with diagnosed diabetes, and/or reduce the complications of diabetes. The purpose of the FY 2010 SDPI Community-Directed grant program is to support diabetes treatment and prevention programs that have a program plan which integrates at least one IHS Diabetes Best Practice and that have a program evaluation plan in place which includes tracking outcome measures.

Deadline:  December 13, 2009

URL: More information