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Funding Opportunities
Government and Private Grant Sources for Education Programs
May 1, 2008
The information in
Funding Opportunities
comes from a variety of sources and
is compiled by the Florida Department of Education, Bureau of Contracts, Grants,
& Procurement Management Services, Office of Grants Training & Development to
help Florida’s education communities serve students.
Be sure to verify availability, eligibility, and instructions with the funding
source before preparing proposals.
In this issue:
Funding Source – Government
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Department of Education / Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools /
Emergency Management for Higher Education Grant Program
•
Department of Education / Office of Postsecondary Education / Training
Program for Federal TRIO Programs (Training Program)
Funding Source – Foundations / Private
•
AT&T Foundation / AT&T High School Success Special Grants Program -
Project Support
•
AT&T Foundation / AT&T High School Success Special Grants Program -
Planning / Capacity-Building Support
Department of Education / Office of Safe and Drug-Free
Schools / Emergency Management for Higher Education Grant
Program
PROGRAM:
Emergency Management for Higher Education Grant Program
CATALOG of FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE (CFDA) #:
84.184T
PURPOSE OF PROGRAM:
Emergency Management for Higher Education
(EMHE) Grant Program supports the effort by higher education institutions to
develop, or review and improve, and fully integrate, campus-based all-hazards
emergency management planning efforts within the framework of the four phases
of emergency management (Prevention-Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and
Recovery).
DEADLINE:
May 27, 2008.
ESTIMATED AVERAGE SIZE OF AWARDS:
$50,000 for small-sized institutions;
$250,000 for medium-sized institutions; and $500,000 for large-sized
institutions. Estimated number of awards is 18.
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ELIGIBILITY:
Higher education institutions and consortia thereof. For the
purposes of this competition, the term “higher education institutions” includes
those institutions described in sections 101(a), 101(b), and 102 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), except that institutions included in
section 102 of the HEA are eligible only to the extent that they are located within
the United States (including Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam,
American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands).
CONTACT:
Tara Hill, 400 Maryland Ave., S.W., room 3E340, Washington, DC
20202–6450, 202-708-9431, tara.hill@ed.gov
.
You may visit the website at
http://www.grants.gov/search/synopsis.do;jsessionid=LY5QfsclxKD7TX9kh1LTQy
FpT6wvpvQQJbM6XcXHqzrd4qyQSjTN!1190558217
Department of Education / Office of Postsecondary Education
/ Training Program for Federal TRIO Programs (Training
Program)
PROGRAM:
Training Program for Federal TRIO Programs (Training Program)
CATALOG of FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE (CFDA) #:
84.103A
PURPOSE OF PROGRAM:
The Training Program provides grants to train staff
and leadership personnel employed in, participating in, or preparing for
employment in, projects funded under the Federal TRIO Programs to improve the
operation of these projects.
DEADLINE:
May 23, 2008.
ESTIMATED AVERAGE SIZE OF AWARDS:
$425,000. Estimated number of
awards is 9-13.
ELIGIBILITY:
Institutions of higher education, other public and private nonprofit
institutions and organizations.
CONTACT:
Jane Wrenn, 1990 K Street, N.W., room 7000, Washington, DC
20006–8510, 202-502-7600, TRIO@ed.gov. You may visit the website at
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-8708.pdf
AT&T Foundation / AT&T High School Success Special Grants
Program - Project Support
PROGRAM:
AT&T High School Success Special Grants Program – Project Support
PURPOSE OF PROGRAM:
The AT&T Foundation is launching a new grant
program focused on high school success for at-risk students. The program will
direct funds to eligible nonprofit organizations and schools across the country.
Project support is for existing high school retention programs with a successful
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track record of achieving effective results. The support may be used to continue
programs in their current form, expand them to serve additional students, or add
a component to strengthen the program. Project support is intended for
programs that are ready to operate in their current or modified form by the first
semester of the 2008 - 2009 school year.
DEADLINE:
May 19, 2008.
ESTIMATED AVERAGE SIZE OF AWARDS:
$50,000 - $100,000 a year for up
to four years.
ELIGIBILITY:
School districts and school district foundations, charter school
foundations and private school foundations, and 501(c)(3) public charity status
nonprofit organizations that work on-site with public and private education
institutions or that work with public and private education institutions on a
project basis.
CONTACT:
1-800-591-9663. You may visit the website at
http://www.att.com/gen/corporate-citizenship?pid=11520
AT&T Foundation / AT&T High School Success Special Grants
Program – Planning / Capacity-Building Support
PROGRAM:
AT&T High School Success Special Grants Program – Planning /
Capacity-Building Support
PURPOSE OF PROGRAM:
The AT&T Foundation is launching a new grant
program focused on high school success for at-risk students. The program will
direct funds to eligible nonprofit organizations and schools across the country.
Planning/capacity-building funding is for projects that need additional planning
time and resources. Applicants for these grants must demonstrate that they will
be able to identify the administrative, financial and programmatic support needed
to commence program implementation during the first semester of the 2009 -
2010 school year.
DEADLINE:
May 19, 2008.
ESTIMATED AVERAGE SIZE OF AWARDS:
$25,000 - $35,000.
ELIGIBILITY:
School districts and school district foundations, charter school
foundations and private school foundations, and 501(c)(3) public charity status
nonprofit organizations that work on-site with public and private education
institutions or that work with public and private education institutions on a
project basis.
CONTACT:
1-800-591-9663. You may visit the website at
http://www.att.com/gen/corporate-citizenship?pid=11520