Funding Opportunities
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from government and private sources for education programs
June 17, 2002
The information in
Funding Opportunities
comes from a variety of sources and is compiled by the
Florida Department of Education, Bureau of Grants Management, Grants Development Office 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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Early Reading First Program (USDOE)
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Cultural Partnerships for At-Risk Children and Youth Program (USDOE)
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National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (USDOE/DRRP)
Early Reading First Program (USDOE)
PROGRAM
: The U.S. Department of Education (USDOE), Early Reading First Program is to
create preschool centers of excellence by improving the instruction and classroom environment
of early childhood programs that are located in urban or rural high-poverty communities and that
serve primarily children from low-income families. These programs will provide preschool age
children, including children with disabilities and children with limited English proficiency, with
high-quality environments and early reading curricula and activities, based on scientifically
based reading research, to support the age-appropriate development of: oral language,
phonological awareness, print awareness, and alphabetic knowledge. These activities (with
tactile and communication accommodations for children with disabilities, as appropriate), in
combination with professional development based on scientific research and with screening
assessments, will form an integrated, coherent instructional program that will further children's
language and literacy skills and prevent them from encountering reading difficulties when they
enter school. These grants complement the Reading First State Grants Program, which provides
support for high-quality, scientifically-based classroom-focused reading instruction for
kindergarten through grade three.
The Early Reading First Program is joined by several other significant endeavors that are
designed to enhance the school readiness of young children, such as the Department's Early
Childhood Educator Professional Development Grants Program, which is designed to improve
the knowledge and skills of early childhood educators, and the Preschool Curriculum Evaluation
Research Grants Program, which will implement rigorous evaluations of preschool curricula to
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provide information to support informed choices of classroom curricula for early childhood
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programs.
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Early Reading First grants will help support the President's new Early Childhood Initiative, by
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strengthening early learning environments and instruction for young children. These grants also
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will support that initiative by helping ensure that preschool programs are more closely
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coordinated with State educational goals, including goals for kindergarten through grade 12, so
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that there is continuity with formal school instruction and so that what children are doing before
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they enter school is aligned with what is expected of them once they are in school.
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Early Reading First grants will use research-based strategies to generate information about
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effective practices in providing children with the essential language, literacy, and cognitive
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experiences that will best prepare them for later school success. The Department plans to
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disseminate information about Early Reading First projects that prove to be effective models for
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early childhood education.
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DEADLINE
: Pre-Application: July 15, 2002 (by 4:30 p.m., if hand delivered).
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Full Application (for invited applicants only): October 11, 2002 (by 4:30 p.m., if hand delivered)
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(which is at least 6 weeks after the date applicants will be invited to submit Full Applications).
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FUNDING
: Estimated Available Funds: $75,000,000. Estimated Range of Awards (per year):
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$250,000-$1,500,000. Estimated Average Size of Awards (per year): $425,000 (based on 175
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awards). Estimated Number of Awards: 50--300. Project Period: Up to three years.
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ELIGIBILITY
: (1) One or more local educational agencies (LEAs) identified as being eligible
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on the list of ``Eligible LEAs'' on the Department's Web site at
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http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/earlyreading/index.html; (2) one or more public or private
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organizations or agencies located in a community served by one of those LEAs, which
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organization or agency is acting on behalf of one or more programs (which may include
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themselves) that serve young children, such as a Head Start program, a child care program, an
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Even Start program; or (3) one or more of the eligible LEAs, applying in collaboration with one
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or more of the eligible organizations or agencies. In addition to obtaining the list of “Eligible
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LEAs” from the Department's Web site, the public may obtain that list by contacting one of the
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individuals identified below under FOR APPLICATIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION
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CONTACT.
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CONTACT
: Tracy Bethel or Jennifer Flood, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20202-6132; Web sites,
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2002-2/060702b.html;
http://www.ed.gov/GrantApps/. CFDA #s. 84.359A and 84.359B.
Cultural Partnerships for At-Risk Children and Youth Program (USDOE)
PROGRAM
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The U.S. Department of Education (USDOE), Cultural Partnerships for At-Risk
Children and Youth Program, authorized under Subpart 15 of Part D of Title V of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by Public Law [[Page 38946]]
107-110, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, supports school-community partnership
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programs designed to improve the educational performance of at-risk children by providing arts
education services and programs, especially programs incorporating arts education standards.
DEADLINE
: July 22, 2002.
FUNDING
: Available Funds: Approximately $4,000,000. Estimated Number of Awards: 15-
20. Estimated Size of Awards: $200,000-$400,000. Average Size of Awards: $300,000. Project
Period: up to 36 months. Note: The Department of Education is not bound by any estimates in
this notice. Funding for the second and third years is subject to the availability of funds and the
approval of continuation awards (34 CFR 75.253).
ELIGIBILITY
: A local educational agency (LEA), acting on behalf of an individual school or
schools in which 75 percent or more of the children enrolled in such school(s) are from low-
income families based on data used in determining a school's eligibility to operate a school-wide
program pursuant to Title I Section 1114 of the ESEA, in partnership with at least one institution
of higher education, museum, local arts agency, or cultural entity that is accessible to individuals
within the school district of such school(s) and that has a history of providing quality services to
the community. Such entities may include: (i) Nonprofit institutions of higher education,
museums, libraries, performing, presenting and exhibiting arts organizations, literary arts
organizations, State and local arts organizations, cultural institutions, and zoological and
botanical organizations; or (ii) private for-profit entities with a history of training children and
youth in the arts.
To be eligible, such partnerships shall serve: (1) Students enrolled in schools participating or
eligible to participate in a school-wide program under ESEA Title I Section 1114 and, to the
extent practicable, the families of such students; (2) out-of-school children and youth at risk of
disadvantages resulting from teenage parenting, substance abuse, recent migration, disability,
limited English proficiency, illiteracy, being the child of a teenage parent, living in a single
parent household, or dropping out of school; or (3) any combination of in-school and out-of-
school at-risk children and youth. Any school or schools to be served through grants received
under this program must submit evidence for inclusion in the grant application to the Secretary
demonstrating that the school or schools meet the poverty criteria described above. Applicants
may submit records kept for the purpose of ESEA Title I that provide proof of eligibility for each
school to be served or to participate in the partnership. Note: The LEA must serve as the fiscal
agent for the program.
CONTACT
: Web sites, http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2002
2/060602b.html; http://www.ed.gov/GrantApps/. CFDA # 84.351B.
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (USDOE/DRRP)
PROGRAM
: The U.S. Department of Education (USDOE), Disability Rehabilitation Research
Projects (DRRP) Program is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (the Act), as amended. For FY 2002 the competition for new awards
focuses on projects designed to meet the priorities we describe in the PRIORITIES section of
this application notice. We intend these priorities to improve the rehabilitation services and
outcomes for individuals with severe burn injuries and traumatic brain injury.
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DEADLINE/FUNDING
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CFDA # 84.133A-1, Burn Model Systems
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-Deadline for transmittal of applications: July 22, 2002
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-Estimated available funds: $1,200,000
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-Maximum award amount (per year): $300,000
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-Estimated number of awards: 4
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-Project period (months): 60
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CFDA # 84.133A-4, Burn Data Center
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-Deadline for transmittal of applications: July 22, 2002
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-Estimated available funds: $250,000
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-Maximum award amount (per year): $250,000
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-Estimated number of awards: 1
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-Project period (months): 60
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CFDA # 84.133A-5, Traumatic Brain Injury Model
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-Deadline for transmittal of applications: July 22, 2002
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-Estimated available funds: $5,475,000
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-Maximum award amount (per year): $365,000
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-Estimated number of awards: 15
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-Project period (months): 60
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ELIGIBILITY
States; public or private agencies, including for-profit agencies; public or
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private organizations, including for-profit organizations; institutions of higher education; and
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Indian tribes and tribal organizations.
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CONTACT
: Web sites, http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2002
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2/060702f.html; http://www.ed.gov/GrantApps/.
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