This grant is sponsored by the National Institute Food and Agriculture.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Agriculture-based renewable energy offers many rural areas a means of strengthening their economy while helping meet the nation’s energy demands. Many rural communities have struggled for decades with the loss of jobs and income from restructuring in the agricultural and manufacturing sectors. Rural community colleges and advanced technological centers promote access to educational programs and aid in workforce development that is vital to creating rural economies that are competitive in the global marketplace.
With this RFA, NIFA announces the availability of funding and requests applications for the New Era Rural Technology Competitive Grants Program (RTP) for fiscal year (FY) 2010. 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. 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 bioenergy, pulp and paper manufacturing, and agriculture-based renewable energy resources.
The amount available for support of this program in FY 2010 is $850,000.
For more info, check out the link below, or contact:
For any questions related to preparing application content, contact:
Email: electronic@nifa.usda.gov
Phone: 202-401-5048, Business hours are M-F, 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET, excluding Federal holidays.
For any questions related to Grants.gov content, contact:
Email: support@grants.gov
Toll Free: 1-800-518-4726, Business hours are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Closed on Federal Holidays.
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=1dydLNhNmjbznnqJQyph9C19y4CfWlhGzbsrzDqDN1DvpnrhQTpd!-2003793174?oppId=50214&mode=VIEW - this is the link to the grant announcement
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Investing in Education Fund (i3)
http://www2.ed.gov/programs/innovation/index.html - link to program website
The Investing in Innovation Fund, established under section 14007 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), provides funding to support (1) local educational agencies (LEAs), and (2) nonprofit organizations (Tina's note-- state colleges are considered non-profits) in partnership with (a) one or more LEAs or (b) a consortium of schools. The purpose of this program is to provide competitive grants to applicants with a record of improving student achievement and attainment in order to expand the implementation of, and investment in, innovative practices that are demonstrated to have an impact on improving student achievement or student growth, closing achievement gaps, decreasing dropout rates, increasing high school graduation rates, or increasing college enrollment and completion rates.
These grants will (1) allow eligible entities to expand and develop their work so that their work can serve as models of best practices, (2) allow eligible entities to work in partnership with the private sector and the philanthropic community, and (3) identify and document best practices that can be shared and taken to scale based on demonstrated
Pre-application meetings are designed to provide technical assistance to interested applicants for all three types of grants under the Investing in Innovation Fund (i3).
Phone: 202-205- 0147 or 202-401-1304
Email: i3@ed.gov
The Investing in Innovation Fund, established under section 14007 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), provides funding to support (1) local educational agencies (LEAs), and (2) nonprofit organizations (Tina's note-- state colleges are considered non-profits) in partnership with (a) one or more LEAs or (b) a consortium of schools. The purpose of this program is to provide competitive grants to applicants with a record of improving student achievement and attainment in order to expand the implementation of, and investment in, innovative practices that are demonstrated to have an impact on improving student achievement or student growth, closing achievement gaps, decreasing dropout rates, increasing high school graduation rates, or increasing college enrollment and completion rates.
These grants will (1) allow eligible entities to expand and develop their work so that their work can serve as models of best practices, (2) allow eligible entities to work in partnership with the private sector and the philanthropic community, and (3) identify and document best practices that can be shared and taken to scale based on demonstrated
Pre-application meetings are designed to provide technical assistance to interested applicants for all three types of grants under the Investing in Innovation Fund (i3).
- Baltimore, Maryland on Friday, March 19, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the BWI Marriott
- Denver, Colorado on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Marriot Denver Airport at Gateway Park
- Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel Atlanta Airport
Phone: 202-205- 0147 or 202-401-1304
Email: i3@ed.gov
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