Education Grant Opportunities
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Grant Opportunity: Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Community College and Career Training Grants
Type of Grant: Federal competitive grant
Amount: $40 million nationwide
Matching funds requirement: Unknown at this time.
Overview: Funds available for the provision of education and training programs for TAA eligible workers.
How to access funds: Funds are administered by the US Department of Labor.
Distribution Timeline: The Department of Labor has not yet formulated allotments, but grantees are expected to receive money by October. A Training and Employment Guidance letter that outlines the provisions of the program were issued on May 1. ARRA reauthorizes this program until December 2013.
Application Deadline: TBA
Contact Person: Gary Estenson, Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, gary.estenson@state.co.us or Kelly Brown, kelly.brown@state.co.us, (303) 318-8035.
Links: The grant announcement is available here.
Grant Opportunity: Construction of Research Facilities
Type of Grant: Federal competitive grant
Amount: $360 million nationwide
Overview: Two $180 million grants will be available for the construction of new research facilities.
How to Access Funds: Funds will be administered by the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST). Nonprofits and higher education institutions are eligible to apply for funds.
Distribution Timeline: Spending plan for these funds will be released by NIST once it has been approved by the Department of Commerce and the Office of Management and Budget.
Application Deadline: TBA
Contact Person(s): Not Available
Links: More information is available at www.nist.gov/recovery.
Posted here Jun. 16
Grant Opportunity: Race to the Top Incentive Grants
Type of Grant: Partnership opportunity
Amount: $4.3 billion nationwide (Colorado is well positioned to receive $300 – 500 million.)
Matching funds requirement: Unknown at this time.
Overview: Funds are available for competitive grants to states for making significant improvements in student achievement. The focus of the program is divided into four areas: ensuring quality teachers are spread equitably throughout the state; better use of data to track students’, schools’, and educators’ improvements; creating international benchmark standards and assessments; and strategies for improving low-performing schools. States are the recipients of funds.
How to access funds: The competitive grant process is administered by the US Department of Education. Interested nonprofits should contact Lt. Governor’s Office to receive further information about the state’s application and what role their nonprofit may be able to play in carrying out the services or projects that will be administered with Race to the Top funds. The Lt. Governor’s Office will be forming public committees which will provide suggestions for the final state proposal and is also inviting ideas from the general public for initiatives that address the four focus areas of the grant.
Distribution Timeline: State applications are due October 1. The public input process will be coordinated in spring 2009. The first round of funds, about ten percent, is expected to be allocated this fall and the second round in spring 2010.
Application Deadline: Not applicable for nonprofits.
Contact Person: Ellen Dumm, Lt. Governor's Office, (303) 866-6361, Ellen.dumm@state.co.us
Links: The grant announement is available here.
Updated here Jun. 16
Grant Opportunity: Race to the Top Innovation Fund
Type of Grant: Federal competitive grant/partnership opportunity
Amount: $650 million nationwide; Colorado amount TBD
Matching funds requirement: Unknown at this time.
Overview: Funds will be available nationwide through competitive grants to school districts and nonprofits that have made significant gains in closing achievement gaps. An eligible entity will have significantly closed achievement gaps, exceeded the State’s annual measurable objectives in the areas identified above, made significant improvement in other areas such as graduation rates, and demonstrated they have established partnerships with the private sector.
How to Access Funds: The grant process will be administered by the US Department of Education. Education consortiums and partnerships between nonprofits and school districts are eligible to apply for funds.
Distribution Timeline: There is not currently a deadline set for proposals, though the first round of funds is expected to be allocated this fall and the second round in spring 2010.
Application Deadline: TBA
Contact Person(s): Ellen Dumm, Lt. Governor's Office, (303) 866-6361
Links: More information is available at here.