<div>Greetings all, following is some exciting federal grant opportunites of which we received notice, but which I haven't noticed mentioned in this forum.</div>
<div>My apologies if this is redundant, but some of the funding may be very helpful for libraries here in Oregon.<br></div>
<div>Below is the highlights of federal grants now available, many with deadlines in the VERY near future. </div>
<div>Please read through and see if any will help your community or facility. Some will apply and others won't. </div>
<div>For example, there is a lot of money for schools which are serving a temporary population of students homeless due to natural disaster. </div>
<div>There are a couple of grants for colleges. The Teaching American History grant is not just for schools. It also includes libraries and museums. </div>
<div>Most of the grants listed can be for profit or non-profit agencies.<br> <br>Some of these have very tight deadlines, which will need to be noted right away to successfully meet their time requirements. <br> <br>I hope this helps as one more way to overcome funding challenges and have available more resources to further your collections.</div>
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<div>Best regards, Melodie Bruhn<br></div>
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Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 09:54:42 -0600<br>Subject: Notices Inviting Applications (January 9, 2009)</div>
<p> Recent grant opportunities from the U.S. Department of<br> Education (ED) include...<br> <br> * Partnerships in Character Education Program -- CFDA#<br> 84.215S<br> <br> * FIPSE: Special Focus Competition: European Union-United<br>
States Atlantis Program -- CFDA# 84.116J<br> <br> * Teaching American History Grant Program -- CFDA# 84.215X<br> <br> * Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational<br> Agencies -- CFDA# 84.060A<br>
<br> * High School Equivalency Program (HEP) -- CFDA# 84.141A<br> <br> * Foundations for Learning -- CFDA# 84.215H<br> <br> * Safe Schools/Healthy Students Program -- CFDA# 84.184L<br> <br> * College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) -- CFDA#<br>
84.149A<br> <br> * Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Competition -<br> - CFDA# 84.364A<br> <br> * Homeless Education Disaster Assistance Program -- CFDA#<br> 84.383A<br>
<br> * National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation<br> Research (NIDRR) and Disability Rehabilitation Research<br> Projects (DRRPs) -- CFDA#s 84.133A-3 and 84.133A-4<br> <br> Below are excerpts from the "notice inviting applications" for<br>
each grant opportunity. For more complete information, please<br> see the full notice inviting applications in the Federal<br> Register. We try to ensure that the web version and the<br> Federal Register notice are the same; however, the Federal<br>
Register notice should be consulted for complete and<br> authoritative information.<br> <br> For application packages and other information related to ED<br> funding opportunities, please see:<br> <br> <a href="http://www.ed.gov/fund/landing.jhtml">http://www.ed.gov/fund/landing.jhtml</a>.<br>
<a href="http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister/announce/">http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister/announce/</a><br> <br>*******************************************************************<br> Partnerships in Character Education Program (Federal Register:<br>
December 22, 2008 [CFDA# 84.215S])<br>*******************************************************************<br>Purpose of Program: Under this program we support Federal grants to<br>design and implement character education programs that can be<br>
integrated into classroom instruction and that are consistent with<br>State academic content standards. Such programs may be carried out<br>in conjunction with other educational reform efforts, and must take<br>into consideration the views of the parents of the students to be<br>
taught under the program and the views of the students. Each<br>application must describe how parents, students, students with<br>disabilities (including those with mental or physical<br>disabilities), and other members of the community, including<br>
members of private and nonprofit organizations and faith-based and<br>community organizations, will be involved in the design and<br>implementation of the program and how the eligible entity will work<br>with the larger community to increase the reach and promise of the<br>
program.<br> Applications Available: December 22, 2008.<br> Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: February 24, 2009.<br> Eligible Applicants: (a) An SEA in partnership with, (1) One or<br>more LEAs; or (2) One or more, (i) LEAs; and (ii) Nonprofit<br>
organizations or entities, including faith-based and community<br>organizations, and an institution of higher education (IHE); (b) An<br>LEA or consortium of LEAs; or (c) An LEA in partnership with one or<br>more nonprofit organizations<br>
or entities, including faith-based and community organizations, and<br>an IHE. Charter schools that are considered LEAs under State law<br>are also eligible to apply.<br> Estimated Range of Awards: For State educational agencies<br>
(SEAs), $500,000-$750,000. For local educational agencies (LEAs),<br>$250,000-$500,000. We anticipate that applicants who request<br>funding at the higher end of these ranges would respond to the<br>competitive preference priority to implement experimental or quasi-<br>
experimental designs.<br> Estimated Average Size of Awards: For SEAs, $600,000 for each<br>12- month budget period. For LEAs, $350,000 for each 12-month<br>budget period.<br> Estimated Number of Awards: 2.<br> <br>
Additional information is available online at:<br><a href="http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-4/122208b.html">http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-4/122208b.html</a><br> <br>
*******************************************************************<br> Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) --<br> Special Focus Competition: European Union-United States Atlantis<br> Program (Federal Register: December 22, 2008 [CFDA# 84.116J])<br>
*******************************************************************<br>Purpose of Program: The purpose of the program is to provide grants<br>to or enter into cooperative agreements with eligible applicants to<br>improve postsecondary education.<br>
Applications Available: December 22, 2008.<br> Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 23, 2009.<br> Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education (IHEs) or<br>combinations of IHEs and other public and private nonprofit<br>
institutions and agencies.<br> Estimated Range of Awards: $35,000-$116,000 for the first year<br>only.<br> Estimated Average Size of Awards: $35,000 for a Policy Oriented<br>Measures grant, $45,000 for a Mobility grant, and $116,000 for a<br>
Transatlantic Degree grant. These figures are for the first year<br>of funding in a multi-year grant. You can find a detailed<br>description of each of these three types of grants in the program<br>guidelines in the application package for this competition.<br>
Estimated Number of Awards: 45.<br> <br>Additional information is available online at:<br><a href="http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-4/122208a.html">http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-4/122208a.html</a><br>
<br>*******************************************************************<br> Teaching American History Grant Program (Federal Register:<br> December 23, 2008 [CFDA# 84.215X])<br>*******************************************************************<br>
Purpose of Program: The Teaching American History Grant Program<br>supports projects that aim to raise student achievement by<br>improving teachers' knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of<br>traditional American history. Grant awards assist local<br>
educational agencies (LEAs), in partnership with entities that have<br>extensive content expertise, to develop, implement, document,<br>evaluate, and disseminate innovative, cohesive models of<br>professional development. By helping teachers to develop a deeper<br>
understanding and appreciation of traditional American history as a<br>separate subject within the core curriculum, these programs are<br>intended to improve instruction and raise student achievement.<br> Applications Available: December 23, 2008.<br>
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: January 22, 2009.<br> Dates of Pre-Application Meetings: January 8, 2009 and January<br>12, 2009.<br> Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 9, 2009.<br> Eligible Applicants: LEAs, including charter schools that are<br>
considered LEAs under State law and regulations, that must work in<br>partnership with one or more of the following entities: An<br>institution of higher education; a non-profit history or humanities<br>organization; a library or museum. An LEA may form a consortium<br>
with one or more other LEAs and submit a joint application for<br>funds. The consortium must follow the procedures for joint<br>applications described in 34 CFR 75.127-129 of EDGAR.<br> Estimated Available Funds: The Administration has requested<br>
$50,000,000 for new awards for this program for FY 2009. The<br>actual level of funding, if any, depends on final congressional<br>action. However, we are inviting applications to allow enough time<br>to complete the grant process if Congress appropriates funds for<br>
this program.<br> Estimated Number of Awards: 52-65.<br> <br>Additional information is available online at:<br><a href="http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-4/122308h.html">http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-4/122308h.html</a><br>
<br>*******************************************************************<br> Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies<br> (Federal Register: December 23, 2008 [CFDA# 84.060A])<br>*******************************************************************<br>
Purpose of Program: The Indian Education Formula Grants to Local<br>Educational Agencies program provides grants to support local<br>educational agencies (LEAs) and other eligible entities described<br>in this notice in their efforts to reform and improve elementary<br>
and secondary school programs that serve Indian students. The<br>Department funds programs designed to help Indian students meet the<br>same challenging State academic content and student academic<br>achievement standards used for all students. In addition, under<br>
section 7116 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965,<br>as amended (ESEA), the Secretary will, upon receipt of an<br>acceptable plan for the integration of education and related<br>services, authorize the entity receiving the funds under this<br>
program to consolidate, in accordance with the entity's plan, the<br>funds for any Federal program exclusively serving Indian children,<br>or the funds reserved under any Federal program to exclusively<br>serve Indian children, that are awarded under a statutory or<br>
administrative formula to the entity, for the purpose of providing<br>education and related services to Indian students. Instructions<br>for submitting an integration of education and related services<br>plan are included in the EASIE described elsewhere in this notice<br>
under Application Process and Submission Information.<br> Part I of the Formula Grant Electronic Application System for<br>Indian Education (EASIE) Applications Available: December 23, 2008.<br> Deadline for Transmittal of Part I Applications: January 30,<br>
2009.<br> Part II of the Formula Grant (EASIE) Applications Available:<br>March 16, 2009.<br> Deadline for Transmittal of Part II Applications: April 22,<br>2009.<br> Applications not meeting the deadline for Part I applications<br>
will not be considered for funding in the initial allocation of<br>awards. Part II applications or data submissions will be accepted<br>only from those eligible applicants that meet the Part I<br>application deadline.<br>
Eligible Applicants: LEAs, including charter schools authorized<br>as LEAs under State law, certain schools funded by the Bureau of<br>Indian Education of the Department of the Interior, and Indian<br>tribes under certain conditions, as prescribed by section 7112(c)<br>
of the ESEA.<br> Estimated Range of Awards: $4,000-$2,000,000.<br> Estimated Average Size of Awards: $75,775.<br> Estimated Number of Awards: 1,275.<br> <br>Additional information is available online at:<br><a href="http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-4/122308d.html">http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-4/122308d.html</a><br>
<br>*******************************************************************<br> High School Equivalency Program (HEP) (Federal Register: December<br> 23, 2008 [CFDA# 84.141A])<br>*******************************************************************<br>
Purpose of Program: The purpose of HEP is to help migrant and<br>seasonal farmworkers and their children obtain a general education<br>diploma (GED) that meets the guidelines for high school equivalency<br>established by the State in which the HEP project is conducted, and<br>
to gain employment or be placed in an institution of higher<br>education (IHE) or other postsecondary education or training.<br> Applications Available: December 23, 2008.<br> Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 24, 2009.<br>
Eligible Applicants: IHEs or private non-profit organizations<br>(including faith-based organizations) that plan their projects in<br>cooperation with an IHE and propose to operate some aspects of the<br>project with the facilities of the IHE.<br>
Estimated Range of Awards: $180,000-$475,000.<br> Estimated Average Size of Awards: $446,438.<br> Estimated Number of Awards: 16.<br> <br>Additional information is available online at:<br><a href="http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-4/122308b.html">http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-4/122308b.html</a><br>
<br>*******************************************************************<br> Foundations for Learning (Federal Register: December 24, 2008<br> [CFDA# 84.215H])<br>*******************************************************************<br>
Purpose of Program: This program supports projects to help eligible<br>children become ready for school.<br> Applications Available: December 24, 2008.<br> Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: February 24, 2009.<br>
Eligible Applicants: (1) LEAs, including charter schools that<br>are considered LEAs under State law; (2) local councils; (3) CBOs,<br>including faith-based organizations; (4) other public or nonprofit<br>private entities; or (5) a combination of such entities.<br>
Estimated Range of Awards: $200,000-$300,000.<br> Estimated Average Size of Awards: $245,500.<br> Estimated Number of Awards: 4.<br> <br>Additional information is available online at:<br><a href="http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-4/122408a.html">http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-4/122408a.html</a><br>
<br>*******************************************************************<br> Safe Schools/Healthy Students Program (Federal Register: December<br> 30, 2008 [CFDA# 84.184L])<br>*******************************************************************<br>
Purpose of Program: The Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS)<br>program supports the implementation and enhancement of integrated,<br>comprehensive community-wide plans that create safe and drug-free<br>schools and promote healthy childhood development.<br>
Applications Available: January 5, 2009.<br> Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 4, 2009.<br> Eligible Applicants: LEAs, including charter schools that are<br>considered LEAs under State law, and consortia of LEAs.<br>
Estimated Range of Awards: Up to $750,000 for an LEA with fewer<br>than 5,000 students; up to $1,500,000 for an LEA with at least<br>5,000 students but fewer than 35,000 students; and up to $2,250,000<br>for an LEA with at least 35,000 students.<br>
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $750,000 for an LEA with<br>fewer than 5,000 students; $1,500,000 for an LEA with at least<br>5,000 students but fewer than 35,000 students; and $2,250,000 for<br>an LEA with at least 35,000 students.<br>
Estimated Number of Awards: 28.<br> <br>Additional information is available online at:<br><a href="http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-4/123008c.html">http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-4/123008c.html</a><br>
<br>*******************************************************************<br> College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) (Federal Register:<br> December 30, 2008 [CFDA# 84.149A])<br>*******************************************************************<br>
Purpose of Program: The purpose of CAMP is to provide academic and<br>financial support to help migrant and seasonal farmworkers and<br>their children complete their first year of college.<br> Applications Available: December 30, 2008.<br>
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: February 23, 2009.<br> Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education (IHEs) or<br>private non-profit organizations (including faith-based<br>organizations) that plan their projects in cooperation with an IHE<br>
and propose to operate some aspects of the project with the<br>facilities of the IHE.<br> Estimated Range of Awards: $180,000-$425,000.<br> Estimated Average Size of Awards: $410,615.<br> Estimated Number of Awards: 13.<br>
<br>Additional information is available online at:<br><a href="http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-4/123008b.html">http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-4/123008b.html</a><br>
<br>*******************************************************************<br> Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Competition (Federal<br> Register: January 6, 2009 [CFDA# 84.364A])<br>*******************************************************************<br>
Purpose of Program: The purpose of this program is to improve<br>student reading skills and academic achievement by providing<br>students with increased access to up-to-date school library<br>materials; well-equipped, technologically advanced school library<br>
media centers; and well-trained, professionally certified school<br>library media specialists.<br> Applications Available: January 6, 2009.<br> Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 6, 2009.<br> Eligible Applicants: LEAs, including charter schools and State-<br>
administered schools that are considered LEAs under State law, in<br>which at least 20 percent of the students served by the LEA are<br>from families with incomes below the poverty line based on the most<br>recent satisfactory data available from the U.S. Census Bureau at<br>
the time this notice is published. These data are Small Area<br>Income and Poverty Estimates for school districts for income year<br>2007. A list of LEAs with their family poverty rates (based on<br>these Census Bureau data) is posted on our Web site at<br>
<a href="http://www.ed.gov/programs/lsl/eligibility.html">http://www.ed.gov/programs/lsl/eligibility.html</a>.<br> Estimated Range of Awards: $30,000-$500,000.<br> Estimated Average Size of Awards: $231,849<br> Estimated Number of Awards: 80.<br>
<br>Additional information is available online at:<br><a href="http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2009-1/010609d.html">http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2009-1/010609d.html</a><br>
<br>*******************************************************************<br> Homeless Education Disaster Assistance Program (Federal Register:<br> January 9, 2009 [CFDA# 84.383A])<br>*******************************************************************<br>
Summary: The Homeless Education Disaster Assistance program is a<br>new, one-year program authorized under the Consolidated Security,<br>Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009. This<br>program provides assistance to local educational agencies (LEAs) or<br>
consortia of LEAs located within the same State whose enrollment of<br>homeless students has increased as a result of a natural disaster<br>that occurred in calendar year 2008 (2008).<br> Application Deadline: February 9, 2009, 4:30:00 p.m. Eastern<br>
time.<br> Eligible Applicants: Under this program, eligible applicants<br>are LEAs that have a total of at least fifty students enrolled in<br>one or more grades, kindergarten through grade twelve, who became<br>homeless as a result of a natural disaster that occurred during<br>
2008. Due to the limited amount of funding available under this<br>program, only LEAs or consortia that meet this minimum threshold<br>are eligible for a grant.<br> Determination of award amount: Congress has appropriated $15<br>
million for this program. The Department will award these funds,<br>based on demonstrated need, to eligible LEAs that submit<br>applications that meet the requirements of this notice and of the<br>application package. Each LEA will receive a proportionate share<br>
of funds based on the number of students enrolled in the LEA in<br>kindergarten through grade twelve who became homeless as a result<br>of a natural disaster that occurred in 2008. Specifically, the<br>Department will calculate each LEA's award amount based on the<br>
quotient obtained by dividing the number of its students enrolled<br>in kindergarten through grade twelve who became homeless as a<br>result of a natural disaster that occurred in 2008 by the total<br>number of such students for all eligible LEAs submitting an<br>
application.<br> <br>Additional information is available online at:<br><a href="http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2009-1/010909c.html">http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2009-1/010909c.html</a><br>
<br>*******************************************************************<br> National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research<br> (NIDRR) and Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and<br> Centers Program--Disability Rehabilitation Research Projects<br>
(DRRPs) (Federal Register: December 24, 2008 [CFDA#s 84.133A-3<br> and 84.133A-4])<br>*******************************************************************<br>Purpose of Program: The purpose of the DRRP program is to improve<br>
the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation<br>Act of 1973, as amended, by developing methods, procedures, and<br>rehabilitation technologies that advance a wide range of<br>independent living and employment outcomes for individuals with<br>
disabilities, especially individuals with the most severe<br>disabilities. DRRPs carry out one or more of the following types<br>of activities, as specified and defined in 34 CFR 350.13 through<br>350.19: Research, training, demonstration, development,<br>
dissemination, utilization, and technical assistance.<br> Eligible Applicants: States; public or private agencies,<br>including for-profit agencies; public or private organizations, <br>including for-profit organizations; IHEs; and Indian tribes and<br>
tribal organizations.<br> <br>> CFDA number and name: 84.133A-3 Research and Technical<br>Assistance Center on Vocational Rehabilitation Program Management.<br> Applications available: 12/24/08<br> Deadline for transmittal of applications: 02/23/09<br>
Date of preapplication meeting: 1/13/09<br> Estimated average size of awards: $1,495,000<br> Maximum award: $1,500,000<br> Estimated number of awards: 1<br> <br>> CFDA number and name:<br> Applications available: 12/24/08<br>
Deadline for transmittal of applications: 02/23/09<br> Date of preapplication meeting: 1/13/09<br> Estimated average size of awards: $495,000<br> Maximum award: $500,000<br> Estimated number of awards: 1<br>
<br>Additional information is available online at:<br><a href="http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-4/122408c.html">http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-4/122408c.html</a><br>
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