Sample records for competitive grant program

  1. 76 FR 37191 - Notice of Competition for University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program Grants

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-06-24

    ... Competition for University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program Grants AGENCY: Research and Innovative... conduct a competition for University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program grants for the purpose of... of demonstrated ability, research, technology and education resources, leadership, multi-modal...

  2. 76 FR 10014 - Predominantly Black Institutions Competitive Grant Program; Office of Postsecondary Education...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-02-23

    ... DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Predominantly Black Institutions Competitive Grant Program; Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information; Predominantly Black Institutions Competitive Grant Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards Using Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Funds Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.382A. Dates...

  3. Academic Competitiveness and SMART Grant Programs: First-Year Lessons Learned

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Choy, Susan P.; Berkner, Lutz; Lee, John; Topper, Amelia

    2009-01-01

    The "Higher Education Reconciliation Act of 2005" created two new grant programs for undergraduates: the Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG) program and National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent (National SMART) Grant program. The ACG program is intended to encourage students to take challenging courses in high school and thus…

  4. Student Assistance General Provisions; Federal Pell Grant Program; Academic Competitiveness Grant Program; and National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant Program. Final Rule. Federal Register, Part IV, Department of Education, 34 CFR Parts 668, 690, and 691

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    National Archives and Records Administration, 2006

    2006-01-01

    The Secretary is adopting as final, with changes, interim final regulations in: 34 CFR part 691 for the Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG) and National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant (National SMART Grant) programs; 34 CFR part 668 (Student Assistance General Provisions); and 34 CFR part 690 (Federal Pell Grant Program).…

  5. 40 CFR 35.613 - Competitive process.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE Environmental Program Grants for Tribes Wetlands Development Grant Program (section 104(b)(3)) § 35.613 Competitive process. Wetlands development grants are awarded on a competitive... process is complete, the recipient can, at its discretion, accept the award as a wetlands development...

  6. 40 CFR 35.613 - Competitive process.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE Environmental Program Grants for Tribes Wetlands Development Grant Program (section 104(b)(3)) § 35.613 Competitive process. Wetlands development grants are awarded on a competitive... process is complete, the recipient can, at its discretion, accept the award as a wetlands development...

  7. 40 CFR 35.613 - Competitive process.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE Environmental Program Grants for Tribes Wetlands Development Grant Program (section 104(b)(3)) § 35.613 Competitive process. Wetlands development grants are awarded on a competitive... process is complete, the recipient can, at its discretion, accept the award as a wetlands development...

  8. 40 CFR 35.342 - Competitive process.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ....342 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY GRANTS AND OTHER FEDERAL ASSISTANCE STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE Environmental Program Grants Pollution Prevention State Grants (section 6605) § 35.342 Competitive process. EPA Regions award Pollution Prevention State Grants to State programs...

  9. 40 CFR 35.342 - Competitive process.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ....342 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY GRANTS AND OTHER FEDERAL ASSISTANCE STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE Environmental Program Grants Pollution Prevention State Grants (section 6605) § 35.342 Competitive process. EPA Regions award Pollution Prevention State Grants to State programs...

  10. 78 FR 58546 - State System Development Initiative (SSDI) Grant Program; Single-Case Deviation From Competition...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-09-24

    ... Development Initiative (SSDI) Grant Program; Single- Case Deviation From Competition Requirements AGENCY...). ACTION: Notice of Single-Case Deviation from Competition Requirements for the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Bureau's States System Development Initiative (SSDI) Grant. SUMMARY: HRSA will be issuing a non...

  11. 40 CFR 35.382 - Competitive process.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE Environmental Program Grants State Wetlands Development Grants (section 104(b)(3)) § 35.382 Competitive process. State Wetlands Development Grants are awarded on a competitive... the award as a State Wetlands Development Grant or add the funds to a Performance Partnership Grant...

  12. 40 CFR 35.382 - Competitive process.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE Environmental Program Grants State Wetlands Development Grants (section 104(b)(3)) § 35.382 Competitive process. State Wetlands Development Grants are awarded on a competitive... the award as a State Wetlands Development Grant or add the funds to a Performance Partnership Grant...

  13. 40 CFR 35.382 - Competitive process.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE Environmental Program Grants State Wetlands Development Grants (section 104(b)(3)) § 35.382 Competitive process. State Wetlands Development Grants are awarded on a competitive... the award as a State Wetlands Development Grant or add the funds to a Performance Partnership Grant...

  14. 40 CFR 35.723 - Competitive process.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Grants (pub.l. 105-276) § 35.723 Competitive process. EPA will award Tribal hazardous waste program grants to Tribes or Intertribal Consortia on a competitive basis in accordance with national program... 40 Protection of Environment 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Competitive process. 35.723 Section 35...

  15. 75 FR 27625 - Announcement of the Priority Grant Competition for Immediate Release

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-05-17

    ... specific themes for each priority area may be found at our Web site at: http://www.usip.org/grants....usip.org/grants-fellowships/priority-grant-competition for specific information on the competition as...) (202) 457-1719 (TTY) E-mail: [email protected]org . FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Grant Program...

  16. 75 FR 1681 - University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program Grants (49 U.S.C. 5506); Suspension of Competitions

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-01-12

    ... providing notice that it intends to suspend competitions for its University Transportation Centers (UTC... DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Research and Innovative Technology Administration University... available about future grant competitions, it will be posted on the UTC Program's Web site, http://utc.dot...

  17. 40 CFR 35.661 - Competitive process.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ....661 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY GRANTS AND OTHER FEDERAL ASSISTANCE STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE Environmental Program Grants for Tribes Pollution Prevention Grants (section 6605) § 35.661 Competitive process. EPA Regions award Pollution Prevention Grant funds to Tribes and...

  18. 40 CFR 35.661 - Competitive process.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ....661 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY GRANTS AND OTHER FEDERAL ASSISTANCE STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE Environmental Program Grants for Tribes Pollution Prevention Grants (section 6605) § 35.661 Competitive process. EPA Regions award Pollution Prevention Grant funds to Tribes and...

  19. Academic Competitiveness and National SMART Grant Programs: 2006-07 and 2007-08

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Choy, Susan P.; Berkner, Lutz; Li, Xiaojie; Woo, Jennie; Lee, John; Topper, Amy

    2010-01-01

    The Department of Education is vitally interested in whether the financial incentives provided by the grants affect student behavior. That is, will the Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACGs) induce more economically disadvantaged high school students to complete a rigorous high school program and enroll and succeed in postsecondary education? Will…

  20. 49 CFR 624.9 - Grant requirements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ..., DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CLEAN FUELS GRANT PROGRAM § 624.9 Grant requirements. A grant under this section... under lease or otherwise. (f) Use of competitive procurements. Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5307(d)(1)(E), the grant applicant shall certify that it will use competitive procurements and will not use procurements...

  1. 7 CFR 3405.1 - Applicability of regulations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... AGRICULTURE HIGHER EDUCATION CHALLENGE GRANTS PROGRAM General Information § 3405.1 Applicability of regulations. (a) The regulations of this part only apply to competitive Higher Education Challenge Grants... Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), to make competitive grants to land-grant colleges and...

  2. 78 FR 42788 - American Indians Into Nursing; Notice of Competitive Grant Applications for American Indians Into...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-07-17

    ... DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Indian Health Service American Indians Into Nursing; Notice of Competitive Grant Applications for American Indians Into Nursing Program Announcement Type... the American Indians into Nursing Program (Section 112). This program is authorized under Section 112...

  3. Healthy Communities Grant Program | Urban Environmental ...

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    2018-03-06

    The Healthy Communities Grant Program is EPA New England's main competitive grant program to work directly with communities to reduce environmental risks to protect and improve human health and the quality of life.

  4. FY 2017 Grant Announcement: FY 2017 Source Reduction Assistance Grant Program

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    The EPA Region 10 Pollution Prevention Program is announcing a grant competition for Source Reduction Assistance (SRA) awards. EPA Region 10 anticipates awarding approximately $95,000 in federal grant funding to support SRA agreements.

  5. The Deployed Warfighter Protection (DWFP) Research Program: Developing New Public Health Pesticides, Application Technologies, and Repellent Systems

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2013-01-01

    military use. This article highlights DWFP program accomplishments achieved through its competitive grants process, exemplified by the rodent feed...accomplishments achieved through its competitive grants process exemplified by the rodent feed-through technique with insecticidal baits for controlling...Lima, Peru . The remaining 5% of the DWFP grants have been awarded to other Federal agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  6. Competition Overview Presentation: The basics on competing for EPA assistance programs

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    The basics on competing for EPA assistance programs. Finding EPA Competitive Opportunities and contact the Officer of Grants and Debarment competition staff should you have any additional questions or concerns.

  7. 7 CFR 3402.5 - Overview of National Needs Graduate and Postdoctoral Fellowship Grants Program.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... (Continued) COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES NATIONAL NEEDS GRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE FELLOWSHIP GRANTS PROGRAM Program Description...-education institutional allowances. These grants will be awarded competitively to eligible institutions. In...

  8. 7 CFR 3430.1008 - Sun Grant Information Analysis Center.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... 7 Agriculture 15 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Sun Grant Information Analysis Center. 3430.1008... OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE COMPETITIVE AND NONCOMPETITIVE NON-FORMULA FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS-GENERAL AWARD ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS Sun Grant Program § 3430.1008 Sun Grant Information Analysis...

  9. 7 CFR 3430.1008 - Sun Grant Information Analysis Center.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 7 Agriculture 15 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Sun Grant Information Analysis Center. 3430.1008... OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE COMPETITIVE AND NONCOMPETITIVE NON-FORMULA FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS-GENERAL AWARD ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS Sun Grant Program § 3430.1008 Sun Grant Information Analysis...

  10. 7 CFR 3430.1008 - Sun Grant Information Analysis Center.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... 7 Agriculture 15 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Sun Grant Information Analysis Center. 3430.1008... OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE COMPETITIVE AND NONCOMPETITIVE NON-FORMULA FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS-GENERAL AWARD ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS Sun Grant Program § 3430.1008 Sun Grant Information Analysis...

  11. 7 CFR 3430.1008 - Sun Grant Information Analysis Center.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 7 Agriculture 15 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Sun Grant Information Analysis Center. 3430.1008... OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE COMPETITIVE AND NONCOMPETITIVE NON-FORMULA FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS-GENERAL AWARD ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS Sun Grant Program § 3430.1008 Sun Grant Information Analysis...

  12. 34 CFR 691.7 - Institutional participation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT (ACG) AND NATIONAL SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS ACCESS TO RETAIN TALENT GRANT (NATIONAL SMART GRANT) PROGRAMS Scope, Purpose, and General Definitions... defined in § 691.2(d), for purposes of the ACG Program, and that participates in the Federal Pell Grant...

  13. 78 FR 35001 - Applications for New Awards; Charter Schools Program (CSP) Grants to Non-State Educational Agency...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-06-11

    ... applications (NIA) announces competitions for two different grants: (1) Planning, Program Design, and Initial... on how well the application meets Competitive Preference Priority 1, up to an additional two points... respond to one, two, or three of the priority areas but, in order to receive the maximum available points...

  14. Michigan Extended School Year Programs 1992-1995. An Evaluation of a State Grant Initiative.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Axelrad-Lentz, Susan F.

    Michigan lawmakers funded a competitive grant program for school districts to plan and implement extended school year (ESY) programs of 200 days. The primary purpose was to raise academic achievement. In the spring of 1992, 16 diverse school districts were awarded ESY planning grants. Continuation grants funded 2 ESY implementation years, for…

  15. 75 FR 27625 - Announcement of the Fall 2010 Annual Grant Competition Effective October 1, 2010

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-05-17

    ... resolution. Deadline: October 1, 2010. Online application available: http://www.usip.org/[email protected]org . FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Grant Program, Annual Grant Competition, Phone (202) 429-3842, email: [email protected]org . Dated: May 11, 2010. Michael Graham, Vice President for Management...

  16. 75 FR 12226 - Privacy Act of 1974; Computer Matching Program

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-03-15

    ... include: the Federal Pell Grant Program; the Academic Competitiveness Grant Program; the National Science... the VIS database for the purpose of confirming the immigration status of applicants for assistance, as...

  17. 7 CFR 3430.507 - Program requirements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE COMPETITIVE AND NONCOMPETITIVE NON-FORMULA FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS-GENERAL AWARD ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program § 3430.507...

  18. 76 FR 38548 - Competitive and Noncompetitive Nonformula Federal Assistance Programs-Administrative Provisions...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-07-01

    ...] Competitive and Noncompetitive Nonformula Federal Assistance Programs--Administrative Provisions for Biomass... Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI). This document contains minor changes to those... a joint Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI) under which competitively awarded grants...

  19. 40 CFR 35.603 - Competitive process.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE Environmental Program Grants for Tribes Water Quality Cooperative Agreements (section 104(b)(3)) § 35.603 Competitive process. EPA will award water quality cooperative agreement funds... a Performance Partnership Grant, the water quality work plan commitments must be included in the...

  20. 40 CFR 35.603 - Competitive process.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... a Performance Partnership Grant, the water quality work plan commitments must be included in the... STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE Environmental Program Grants for Tribes Water Quality Cooperative Agreements (section 104(b)(3)) § 35.603 Competitive process. EPA will award water quality cooperative agreement funds...

  1. 40 CFR 35.603 - Competitive process.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... a Performance Partnership Grant, the water quality work plan commitments must be included in the... STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE Environmental Program Grants for Tribes Water Quality Cooperative Agreements (section 104(b)(3)) § 35.603 Competitive process. EPA will award water quality cooperative agreement funds...

  2. 40 CFR 35.603 - Competitive process.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... a Performance Partnership Grant, the water quality work plan commitments must be included in the... STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE Environmental Program Grants for Tribes Water Quality Cooperative Agreements (section 104(b)(3)) § 35.603 Competitive process. EPA will award water quality cooperative agreement funds...

  3. 40 CFR 35.603 - Competitive process.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... a Performance Partnership Grant, the water quality work plan commitments must be included in the... STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE Environmental Program Grants for Tribes Water Quality Cooperative Agreements (section 104(b)(3)) § 35.603 Competitive process. EPA will award water quality cooperative agreement funds...

  4. 76 FR 35318 - Competitive and Noncompetitive Nonformula Federal Assistance Programs-Administrative Provisions...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-06-17

    ...] Competitive and Noncompetitive Nonformula Federal Assistance Programs--Administrative Provisions for Biomass..., without change, an interim rule containing a set of specific administrative requirements for the Biomass... Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI) under which competitively awarded grants, contracts...

  5. Governor's Educator Excellence Grant (GEEG) Program: Year One Evaluation Report. Policy Evaluation Report

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Springer, Matthew G.; Podgursky, Michael J.; Lewis, Jessica L.; Ehlert, Mark W.; Gardner, Catherine G.; Ghoshdastidar, Bonnie; Lopez, Omar S.; Patterson, Christine H.; Taylor, Lori L.

    2007-01-01

    This report presents findings stemming from the first-year evaluation of the Governor's Educator Excellence Grant (GEEG) program, one of several statewide performance incentive programs in Texas. In the fall of 2006, the GEEG program made available non-competitive, three-year grants to 99 schools ranging from $60,000 to $220,000 per year. Grants…

  6. After Winning, Then What? An Inside Look at Four Winners of Federal Early Education Grant Competitions

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Nyhan, Paul

    2014-01-01

    Early education has been a growing priority for the Obama administration, and its competitive funding is spurring innovation in this field around the country. In 2013, early education journalist Paul Nyhan, author of this report, conducted case studies of four competitive grant programs that are triggering changes in early education: "Race to…

  7. 75 FR 34805 - Program Integrity Issues

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-06-18

    ...The Secretary proposes to improve integrity in the programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA) by amending the regulations for Institutional Eligibility Under the HEA, the Secretary's Recognition of Accrediting Agencies, the Secretary's Recognition Procedures for State Agencies, the Student Assistance General Provisions, the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program, the Federal Pell Grant Program, and the Academic Competitiveness Grant (AGC) and National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant (National Smart Grant) Programs.

  8. 75 FR 66831 - Program Integrity Issues

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-10-29

    ...The Secretary is improving integrity in the programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), by amending the regulations for Institutional Eligibility Under the HEA, the Secretary's Recognition of Accrediting Agencies, the Secretary's Recognition Procedures for State Agencies, the Student Assistance General Provisions, the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program in part 686, the Federal Pell Grant Program, and the Academic Competitiveness Grant (AGC) and National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant (National Smart Grant) Programs.

  9. 7 CFR 3430.901 - Purpose.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE COMPETITIVE AND NONCOMPETITIVE NON-FORMULA FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS-GENERAL AWARD ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS New Era Rural Technology Competitive Grants Program § 3430.901 Purpose. The purpose of this program is...

  10. EPA Discretionary Grant Programs

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    This is a listing of EPA’s Discretionary Grants which are available through competitive selection. The Agency has the discretion to determine the grantees and dollar amounts for these grant awards. For more information please visit the Grants.gov website.

  11. 75 FR 54759 - Competitive and Noncompetitive Non-Formula Federal Assistance Programs-General Award...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-09-09

    ... assistance programs: Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) as subpart G; the Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OREI); and the Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive... 4, 1965, Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act, to authorize the Agriculture and...

  12. 34 CFR 691.11 - Payments from more than one institution.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT (ACG) AND NATIONAL SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS ACCESS TO RETAIN TALENT GRANT (NATIONAL SMART GRANT) PROGRAMS Scope, Purpose, and General...

  13. EPA Awards Restore America's Estuaries with nearly $4 million to manage Southeast New England grant program

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a major grant to Restore America’s Estuaries under the Southeast New England Program (SNEP) of $3,945,172. With this grant, Restore America’s Estuaries will manage a competitive sub-award gr

  14. 34 CFR 691.3-691.5 - [Reserved

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ..., DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT (ACG) AND NATIONAL SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS ACCESS TO RETAIN TALENT GRANT (NATIONAL SMART GRANT) PROGRAMS Scope, Purpose, and General Definitions §§ 691.3-691...

  15. 34 CFR 691.9-691.10 - [Reserved

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ..., DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT (ACG) AND NATIONAL SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS ACCESS TO RETAIN TALENT GRANT (NATIONAL SMART GRANT) PROGRAMS Scope, Purpose, and General Definitions §§ 691.9-691...

  16. 7 CFR 3430.503 - Eligibility.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE COMPETITIVE AND NONCOMPETITIVE NON-FORMULA FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS-GENERAL AWARD ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program § 3430.503 Eligibility. The...

  17. 7 CFR 3430.505 - Funding restrictions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE COMPETITIVE AND NONCOMPETITIVE NON-FORMULA FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS-GENERAL AWARD ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program § 3430.505...

  18. 7 CFR 3430.506 - Matching requirements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE COMPETITIVE AND NONCOMPETITIVE NON-FORMULA FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS-GENERAL AWARD ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program § 3430.506...

  19. 7 CFR 3430.502 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE COMPETITIVE AND NONCOMPETITIVE NON-FORMULA FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS-GENERAL AWARD ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program § 3430.502 Definitions. The...

  20. 7 CFR 3430.907 - Stakeholder input.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE COMPETITIVE AND NONCOMPETITIVE NON-FORMULA FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS-GENERAL AWARD ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS New Era Rural Technology Competitive Grants Program § 3430.907 Stakeholder input...

  1. 7 CFR 3430.905 - Funding restrictions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE COMPETITIVE AND NONCOMPETITIVE NON-FORMULA FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS-GENERAL AWARD ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS New Era Rural Technology Competitive Grants Program § 3430.905 Funding restrictions. (a...

  2. 7 CFR 3430.906 - Matching requirements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE COMPETITIVE AND NONCOMPETITIVE NON-FORMULA FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS-GENERAL AWARD ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS New Era Rural Technology Competitive Grants Program § 3430.906 Matching requirements...

  3. 7 CFR 3430.908 - Review criteria.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE COMPETITIVE AND NONCOMPETITIVE NON-FORMULA FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS-GENERAL AWARD ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS New Era Rural Technology Competitive Grants Program § 3430.908 Review criteria...

  4. 7 CFR 3430.501 - Purpose.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE COMPETITIVE AND NONCOMPETITIVE NON-FORMULA FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS-GENERAL AWARD ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program § 3430.501 Purpose. The purpose of...

  5. Usage of Practices Promoted by School Improvement Grants. NCEE 2015-4019

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Dragoset, Lisa; James-Burdumy, Susanne; Hallgren, Kristin; Perez-Johnson, Irma; Herrmann, Mariesa; Tuttle, Christina; Angus, Megan Hague; Herman, Rebecca; Murray, Matthew; Tanenbaum, Courtney; Graczewski, Cheryl

    2015-01-01

    The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 injected $7 billion into two of the Obama administration's signature competitive education grant programs: Race to the Top (RTT) and School Improvement Grants (SIG). While RTT focused on state policies and SIG focused on school practices, both programs promoted related policies and practices,…

  6. 45 CFR 2521.30 - How will AmeriCorps subtitle C program grants be awarded?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... awarded by formula or competition under paragraphs (a)(2) or (3) of this section, a State must ensure that...) The Corporation will make grants for training, technical assistance and other special programs...

  7. Competitive Research Grants and Industry Collaboration: A Challenge for Universities in the 1990s.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Johnson, Peter

    1993-01-01

    The reasons for increased collaboration between Australian universities and industry are examined, focusing on competitive research grant programs developed by the government in the last decade. University and industry response to these opportunities and to issues such as intellectual property rights and publication rights are discussed. (MSE)

  8. Obama Pushes Pre-K, Competitive Grants in Budget

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Klein, Alyson

    2013-01-01

    President Barack Obama's latest budget proposal envisions a sweeping, multi-billion-dollar expansion of prekindergarten programs and doubles down on the administration's strategy of using competitive grants to drive big change in states and districts--all as school districts try to cope with the largest cuts to federal education spending in recent…

  9. 7 CFR 3430.500 - Applicability of regulations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... AND AGRICULTURE COMPETITIVE AND NONCOMPETITIVE NON-FORMULA FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS-GENERAL AWARD ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program § 3430.500... amended by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (FCEA), Public Law 110-246. ...

  10. 7 CFR 3430.900 - Applicability of regulations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ....900 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE COMPETITIVE AND NONCOMPETITIVE NON-FORMULA FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS-GENERAL AWARD ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS New Era Rural Technology Competitive Grants Program § 3430.900 Applicability of...

  11. 7 CFR 3430.504 - Project types and priorities.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ....504 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE COMPETITIVE AND NONCOMPETITIVE NON-FORMULA FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS-GENERAL AWARD ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program § 3430.504...

  12. 20 CFR 645.515 - What are the program and administrative requirements that apply to both the formula grants and...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 20 Employees' Benefits 3 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false What are the program and administrative requirements that apply to both the formula grants and competitive grants? 645.515 Section 645.515 Employees' Benefits EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROVISIONS GOVERNING WELFARE-TO-WORK...

  13. 20 CFR 669.120 - How do we administer the NFJP program?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... NATIONAL FARMWORKER JOBS PROGRAM UNDER TITLE I OF THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT Purpose and Definitions....210, we designate grantees using procedures consistent with standard Federal government competitive procedures. We award other grants and contracts using similar competitive procedures. ...

  14. An Anaylsis of Pretest and Post Test Scores of Head Start African American, Hispanic American and European American Students Engaged in an Intensive Emergent Literacy Program.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Baumgarten, Thomas L.; Minix, Quinella

    The Texas Education Agency awarded twenty competitive grants to Head Start programs in the state. The focus of the grants was on emergent literacy and pre-reading skills. Teachers, mentors, and administrators underwent intensive training. To investigate whether children emerged from the grant programs ready to enter school reading, an outside…

  15. Characteristics and Determinants of Teacher-Designed Pay for Performance Plans: Evidence from Texas' Governor's Educator Excellence Grant (GEEG) Program. Working Paper 2008-26

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Taylor, Lori L.; Springer, Matthew G.; Ehlert, Mark

    2008-01-01

    This study describes the teacher pay for performance plans designed and implemented by the public schools participating in the Governor's Educator Excellence Grant (GEEG) program in Texas. GEEG is a federally funded, incentive pay program that awarded non-competitive grants, ranging from $60,000 to $220,000 each year for three years, to 99 Texas…

  16. Student Engagement in Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (SERSCA) Program: Sharing a Program Model from Design and Development through Evaluation

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Young, Shawna; Uy, Ana; Bell, Joyce

    2017-01-01

    The Student Engagement in Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (SERSCA) Program at California State University, Stanislaus provides support for student engagement in these areas from idea conception through dissemination. Through assistantships, mini-grants, the Student Research Competition, and travel grants, the Program is designed to…

  17. 76 FR 30951 - Part C Early Intervention Services Grant Under the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program

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    2011-05-27

    ... Intervention Services Grant Under the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program AGENCY: Health Resources and Services... White HIV/AIDS Program, Part C Funds for the Tutwiler Clinic. SUMMARY: HRSA will award non-competitively Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, Part C funds to the Tutwiler Clinic, Tutwiler, Mississippi, to support...

  18. Specific EPA Grant Programs

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    The Office of Grants and Debarment establishes and provides national assistance agreement policies, guidance and training, oversees the Agency's assistance agreement competition policies and practices, provides compliance support, administers assistance.

  19. Grants to Faith-Based Organizations, Fiscal Year 2004

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    The White House, 2005

    2005-01-01

    The data included in this report reflects a review of 151 Federally administered programs at six Federal agencies (HHS, HUD, ED, DOL, DOJ, and USDA), and 17 program areas at USAID. It includes only those programs that utilize competitively awarded grants for which faith-based and community organizations (FBCOs) were eligible to apply and…

  20. Comprehensive Physical Education Program Model

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Kamiya, Artie

    2005-01-01

    In 2004, the Wake County Public School System (North Carolina) received $1.3 million as one of 237 national winners of the $70 million federal Carol M. White Physical Education Program (PEP) Grant competition. The PEP Grant program is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and provides monies to school districts able to demonstrate the…

  1. 40 CFR 35.362 - Competitive process.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE Environmental Program Grants Water Quality Cooperative Agreements (section 104(b)(3)) § 35.362 Competitive process. EPA will award Water Quality Cooperative Agreement funds...

  2. 40 CFR 35.362 - Competitive process.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE Environmental Program Grants Water Quality Cooperative Agreements (section 104(b)(3)) § 35.362 Competitive process. EPA will award Water Quality Cooperative Agreement funds...

  3. 7 CFR 3405.1 - Applicability of regulations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... AGRICULTURE HIGHER EDUCATION CHALLENGE GRANTS PROGRAM General Information § 3405.1 Applicability of regulations. (a) The regulations of this part only apply to competitive Higher Education Challenge Grants...

  4. Grant and Award Opportunities

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2008

    2008-01-01

    This publication provides an overview of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), including programs, initiatives, research projects, publications, and strategic partnerships. It also provides tips for developing competitive grant applications and staff contacts for each program for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2008. Once grant…

  5. 7 CFR 3406.1 - Applicability of regulations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... Extension Service (CSREES), to make competitive grants to land-grant colleges and universities, to colleges... teaching of food and agricultural sciences, and to other colleges and universities having a demonstrable..., AND EXTENSION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 1890 INSTITUTION CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS PROGRAM...

  6. Louisiana NASA EPSCoR Preparation Grant

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Wefel, John P.; Savoie, E. Joseph

    2002-01-01

    In August, 1999, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration issued a Cooperative Agreement (CA) to the State of Louisiana, through the Louisiana Board of Regents (BOB), for the performance of scientific research and graduate fellowships under the NASA Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) -- Preparation Grant. Originally constructed as a one year program, with an optional one year continuation, this federal-state partnership culminated on 14 August 2002, including a successful continuation proposal and a no cost extension. The total value of the project reached $450K in NASA funding, matched by state funds and institutional contributions. The purpose of the Preparation Grant program was to develop and nurture strong research ties between the state and NASA field centers and Enterprises, in order to prepare for the upcoming full competition for NASA EPSCoR.

  7. 7 CFR 3411.6 - Grant awards.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 7 Agriculture 15 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Grant awards. 3411.6 Section 3411.6 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVE COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM General § 3411...

  8. Usage of Policies and Practices Promoted by Race to the Top and School Improvement Grants: Executive Summary. NCEE 2015-4017

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    James-Burdumy, Susanne

    2015-01-01

    The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 injected $7 billion into two of the Obama administration's signature competitive education grant programs: Race to the Top (RTT) and School Improvement Grants (SIG). While RTT focused on state policies and SIG focused on school practices, both programs promoted related policies and practices,…

  9. 76 FR 10422 - Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant Proposals: Youth Leadership...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-02-24

    ... for Grant Proposals: Youth Leadership Program With Sub-Saharan Africa Announcement Type: New... competition for the Youth Leadership Program with Sub-Saharan Africa. Public and private non-profit..., community service, and youth leadership development, and to support follow-on projects in their home...

  10. 76 FR 14705 - Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant Proposals: Youth Leadership...

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    2011-03-17

    ... for Grant Proposals: Youth Leadership Program With South Asia (Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives) and the Youth Leadership Program With Azerbaijan Announcement Type: New Cooperative Agreement. Funding... Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for two Youth Leadership...

  11. 75 FR 66119 - Proposed Information Collection; International Conservation Grant Programs

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    2010-10-27

    ..., great apes, elephants, and many other highly cherished species. The Division of International Conservation administers 11 competitive grant programs funded under the: African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201-4245). Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261). Great Apes Conservation...

  12. Building U.S. Economic Competitiveness: The Land-Grant Model.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Jones, Russel C.; And Others

    1990-01-01

    There is a strong potential role for land-grant institutions, to provide technology education programs and outreach to industry. There is also a role for the federal government in stimulating, assisting, and coordinating a nationwide network of regional, state, and local programs for technology development and industrial extension. (MLW)

  13. 78 FR 76126 - Application for New Awards; High School Equivalency Program

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    2013-12-16

    ... DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Application for New Awards; High School Equivalency Program AGENCY: Office... an application can receive under this competition is 15 points. This priority is: Prior Experience of... in Grants.gov and before you can submit an application through Grants.gov . If you are currently...

  14. Clean Diesel National Grants

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    National Funding Assistance Program administers competitive grants for clean diesel projects. The Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) appropriates funds for these projects. Publication numbers: EPA-420-B-13-025 and EPA-420-P-11-001.

  15. Clean Diesel National Grants Awarded

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    National Funding Assistance Program administers competitive grants for clean diesel projects. The Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) appropriates funds for these projects. Publication numbers: EPA-420-B-13-025 and EPA-420-P-11-001.

  16. 7 CFR 3411.13 - Availability of information.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... AGRICULTURE NATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVE COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM Scientific Peer Review of Research Grant... available to the extent permitted under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), the Privacy Act (5 U...

  17. Sun Grant Initiative Regional Biomass Feedstock Partnership Competitive Grants Program

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Owens, Vance

    The Sun Grant Initiative partnered with the US Department of Energy (DOE) in 2008 to create the Regional Biomass Feedstock Partnership Competitive Grants Program. The overall goal of this project was to utilize congressionally directed funds to leverage the North Central Regional Sun Grant’s Competitive Grant program at South Dakota State University (SDSU) to address key issues and research gaps related to development of the bioeconomy. Specific objectives of this program were to: 1. Identify research projects through a Regional Competitive Grants program that were relevant to the sustainable production, harvest, transport, delivery, and processing/conversion of cost-competitive, domestically grown biomass.more » 2. Build local expertise and capacity at the North Central Regional Sun Grant Center at SDSU through an internal selection of key bioenergy research projects. To achieve these, three nationwide Request for Applications (RFA) were developed: one each in 2008, 2009, and 2010. Internal, capacity building projects at SDSU were also selected during each one of these RFAs. In 2013 and 2015, two additional Proof of Concept RFAs were developed for internal SDSU projects. Priority areas for each RFA were 1) Biomass feedstock logistics including biomass harvesting, handling, transportation, storage, and densification; 2) Sustainable biomass feedstock production systems including biomass crop development, production, and life-cycle analysis; 3) Biomass production systems that optimize biomass feedstock yield and economic return across a diverse landscape while minimizing negative effects on the environment and food/feed production; and 4) Promotion of knowledge-based economic development in science and technology and to advance commercialization of inventions that meet the mission of the Sun Grant Initiative. A total of 33 projects were selected for funding through this program. Final reports for each of these diverse projects are included in this summary report. Projects funded under this award have contributed significantly to and advanced the bioeconomy body of knowledge. Specifically, no fewer than 109 peer-reviewed publications, 2 patents, 4 invention disclosures, 5 book chapters, 30 conference papers, 224 professional presentations, 31 outreach publications, and 1 website have been generated. This contribution to the scientific community (peer-reviewed literature, presentations, etc.) and to the public (outreach publications, websites, etc.) has been significant. In addition, a number of projects funded through this award included significant industry involvement and support both in terms of funding (both in-kind and direct) and input. Key industry stakeholders included AGCO, Alliant Energy, Applied Nanofilms, Archer Daniels Midland, ConocoPhillips, DuPont-Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol, EcoSun Prairie Farm, Federal Machine Co., Hawkeye Renewables, John Deere, Mendel, SD Innovation Partners, and Thermo-Ag.« less

  18. Clean Diesel National Grants Awarded 2008-2011

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    National Funding Assistance Program administers competitive grants for clean diesel projects. The Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) appropriates funds for these projects. Publication numbers: EPA-420-B-13-025 and EPA-420-P-11-001.

  19. 75 FR 73110 - Part C Early Intervention Services Grant under the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program

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    2010-11-29

    ... Intervention Services Grant under the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS. ACTION: Notice of a non-competitive one-time replacement award from Ryan White HIV... HIV/AIDS, including primary medical care, laboratory testing, oral health care, outpatient mental...

  20. 34 CFR 611.13 - What competitive preference does the Secretary provide?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 34 Education 3 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false What competitive preference does the Secretary provide? 611.13 Section 611.13 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued... State Grants Program § 611.13 What competitive preference does the Secretary provide? The Secretary...

  1. 34 CFR 611.13 - What competitive preference does the Secretary provide?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 34 Education 3 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false What competitive preference does the Secretary provide? 611.13 Section 611.13 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued... State Grants Program § 611.13 What competitive preference does the Secretary provide? The Secretary...

  2. 34 CFR 611.13 - What competitive preference does the Secretary provide?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 34 Education 3 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false What competitive preference does the Secretary provide? 611.13 Section 611.13 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued... State Grants Program § 611.13 What competitive preference does the Secretary provide? The Secretary...

  3. Usage of Policies and Practices Promoted by Race to the Top. NCEE 2015-4018

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Dragoset, Lisa; James-Burdumy, Susanne; Hallgren, Kristin; Perez-Johnson, Irma; Herrmann, Mariesa; Tuttle, Christina; Angus, Megan Hague; Herman, Rebecca; Murray, Matthew; Tanenbaum, Courtney; Graczewski, Cheryl

    2015-01-01

    The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 injected $7 billion into two of the Obama administration's signature competitive education grant programs: Race to the Top (RTT) and School Improvement Grants (SIG). While RTT focused on state policies and SIG focused on school practices, both programs promoted related policies and practices,…

  4. 75 FR 32857 - Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG) and National Science and Mathematics Access To Retain Talent...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-06-10

    ... and Mathematics Access To Retain Talent Grant (National Smart Grant) Programs CFR Correction In Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 400 to End, revised as of July 1, 2009, on page 978, in...; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 1505-01-D ...

  5. The National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program in animal reproduction: changes in priorities and scope relevant to United States animal agriculture.

    PubMed

    Mirando, M A

    2007-03-01

    The National Research Initiative (NRI) Competitive Grants Program is the USDA's major competitive grants program and is administered by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service. The NRI was authorized by the US Congress in the 1990 Farm Bill at a funding level of $500 million; however, the maximal NRI appropriation was $181.17 million in fiscal year (FY) 2006. Across all programs, the NRI is mandated to use 40% of its funding to support mission-linked research. Since its inception in 1991, the NRI has funded competitive grants in the discipline of animal reproduction. Before 2004, the Animal Reproduction Program funded a broad range of projects encompassing almost every subdiscipline in reproductive biology of farm animals, including aquatic species important to the aquaculture industry and laboratory animals. During FY 2004, the NRI Animal Reproduction Program narrowed the focus of its funding priorities to 5 issue-based topics in an effort to make greater measurable improvements in a few high-impact areas over the next 10 years. Funding priorities were narrowed further in FY 2006 to 3 subdisciplines based, in part, on recommendations that emerged from a stakeholder workshop conducted by Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service in August 2004. In FY 2003, Congress authorized expenditure of up to 20% of the funds appropriated to the NRI to support projects that integrate at least 2 of the 3 functions of research, education, and extension. In FY 2004, the Animal Reproduction Program included a funding priority for integrated projects focused primarily on infertility in dairy cattle. The program funded its first integrated project in FY 2005. During FY 2002, increased emphasis on justification for the use of model systems (e.g., laboratory animals and in vitro systems) was included in the NRI request for applications. In FY 2006, applications proposing to primarily utilize nonagricultural animal models were excluded from the program. Currently, all proposed studies must be thoroughly justified in terms of their relevance to US animal agriculture and to program priorities identified within the request for applications.

  6. 75 FR 41639 - Availability of Grant Funds for Fiscal Year 2011

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-07-16

    ...The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration publishes this notice to provide the general public with a consolidated source of program and application information related to its competitive grant and cooperative agreement award offerings for fiscal year (FY) 2011. This Omnibus notice is designed to replace the multiple Federal Register notices that traditionally advertised the availability of NOAA's discretionary funds for its various programs. It should be noted that additional program initiatives may be announced through subsequent Federal Register notices. All announcements will also be available through the Grants.gov Web site.

  7. The Real Transformation: Building and Maintaining Long-Term Competitive Advantage

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2003-01-01

    TERM COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE LTC EDWARD C. CARDON, USA A TRANFORMATION PAPER FOR THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF SEMINAR...SUBTITLE The Real Transformation: Building and Maintaining Long-Term Competitive Advantage 5a. CONTRACT NUMBER 5b. GRANT NUMBER 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT...long-term military competitive advantage in comparison to the rest of the world.4 This approach suggests a model that places competition as the

  8. 77 FR 23690 - Applications for New Awards; Promise Neighborhoods Program-Planning Grant Competition

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    2012-04-20

    ... (prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin); Section 504 of the Rehabilitation... Department will review and award points only for a maximum of two of the competitive preference priorities... the two priorities it wishes the Department to consider for purposes of earning the competitive...

  9. Economic regulation of ambulance services in California.

    PubMed

    Narad, R A

    1997-01-01

    This study was intended to identify economic regulatory programs used by California counties (including ambulance franchising and rate setting), to inventory their foci and application, and to identify differences around the state. By studying the variety of programs used in one state, this study establishes a framework for evaluation of state and local regulatory programs elsewhere. This study surveyed all California local EMS agencies (LEMSAs); these are California's equivalent of regional EMS organizations. The survey achieved a 100% response rate, and all data involve population parameters obviating the need for inferential statistics. Seventy-three percent of California counties use economic regulations. Large-population counties and those that operate their own LEMSAs are more likely to use economic regulations than are small counties and those that participate in multicounty EMS agencies. Despite a preference for competition in the authorizing statute, most franchises were granted without competition to existing providers. The majority of franchises in the state were granted to public services. Most ambulance rate setting occurs outside of a competitive process. Economic regulations that were intended to provide a structured marketplace are often being used to protect existing providers, particularly public services, from competition. The growing interest by fire departments in entering the market for emergency ambulance service, along with the existing bias toward them in granting of franchises, does not bode well for use of the competitive process. The growth of managed care may change or eliminate the need for economic regulations but, if they are to continue, more state oversight should be considered.

  10. Race to the Top: Implementation and Relationship to Student Outcomes. NCEE 2017-4001

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Dragoset, Lisa; Thomas, Jaime; Herrmann, Mariesa; Deke, John; James-Burdumy, Susanne; Graczewski, Cheryl; Boyle, Andrea; Tanenbaum, Courtney; Giffin, Jessica; Upton, Rachel

    2016-01-01

    Race to the Top (RTT), one of the Obama administration's signature programs and one of the largest federal government investments in an education grant program, received $4.35 billion in funding as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Through three rounds of competition in 2010 and 2011, RTT awarded grants to states that…

  11. Developing the next Generation of Education Researchers: UCLA's Experience with the Spencer Foundation Research Training Grant

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Dorr, Aimee; Arms, Emily; Hall, Valerie

    2008-01-01

    Background/Context: In the early 1990s, the Spencer Foundation instituted an Institutional Research Training Grant (RTG) program to improve the preparation of the next generation of education researchers. UCLA received an RTG in the first round of competition. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study: UCLA's Spencer RTG program sought to…

  12. The New Politics of Diversity: Lessons from a Federal Technical Assistance Grant

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Frankenberg, Erica; McDermott, Kathryn A.; DeBray, Elizabeth; Blankenship, Ann Elizabeth

    2015-01-01

    In 2009, the U.S. Department of Education distributed $2,500,000 via a competitive grant program, the Technical Assistance for Student Assignment Plans, to 11 school districts. The grants and their local effects provide an opportunity to examine the new politics of diversity in public education. Participants cited a wide range of conceptions of…

  13. 77 FR 15812 - Notice of Funding Opportunity and Solicitation for Grant Applications for Serving Juvenile...

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    2012-03-16

    ... Solicitation for Grant Applications for Serving Juvenile Offenders in High-Poverty, High-Crime Communities..., ages 14 and above, in high- poverty, high-crime communities. The purpose of these grants is to improve... competitively select local sub-grantees to operate the program in a minimum of three high-poverty, high-crime...

  14. 7 CFR 3411.12 - Conflicts of interest.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 7 Agriculture 15 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Conflicts of interest. 3411.12 Section 3411.12 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE NATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVE COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM Scientific Peer Review of Research Grant...

  15. 7 CFR 3402.1 - Applicability of regulations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... AGRICULTURE FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES NATIONAL NEEDS GRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE FELLOWSHIP GRANTS PROGRAM... competitive grants awarded under the provisions of section 1417(b)(6) of the National Agricultural Research.... Department of Agriculture (USDA) as the lead Federal agency for agricultural research, extension, and...

  16. 76 FR 44309 - Applications for New Awards; Charter Schools Program Grants to Non-State Educational Agencies for...

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    2011-07-25

    ... application meets Competitive Preference Priority 1, up to an additional two points to an application depending on how well the application meets Competitive Preference Priority 2, and up to an additional two...: Applicants approved for funding under this competition must attend an in-person, two-day meeting for project...

  17. 7 CFR 3430.300 - Applicability of regulations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ....300 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE COMPETITIVE AND NONCOMPETITIVE NON-FORMULA FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS-GENERAL AWARD... section 2(b) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)). ...

  18. 76 FR 68243 - Youth Leadership Program: TechGirls

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-11-03

    ... DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice: 7671] Youth Leadership Program: TechGirls Overview Information Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant Proposals: Youth Leadership Program... Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces an open competition for the new Youth Leadership Program ``TechGirls...

  19. 7 CFR 3411.14 - Proposal review.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 7 Agriculture 15 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Proposal review. 3411.14 Section 3411.14 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE NATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVE COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM Scientific Peer Review of Research Grant Applications § 3411...

  20. 7 CFR 3411.2 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... experience to give expert advice on the scientific and technical merit of grant applications or the relevance... RESEARCH INITIATIVE COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM General § 3411.2 Definitions. As used in this part and in... the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) and any other officer or...

  1. 78 FR 38915 - Notice of Available Funding and Grant Application Deadlines

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    2013-06-28

    ... Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grant Program for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 competition. DATES: You may... Federal Agency: Rural Utilities Service (RUS). Funding Opportunity Title: Distance Learning and... financial assistance to encourage and improve telemedicine services and distance learning services in rural...

  2. Race to the Top: Implementation and Relationship to Student Outcomes: Executive Summary. NCEE 2017-4000

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Dragoset, Lisa; Thomas, Jaime; Herrmann, Mariesa; Deke, John; James-Burdumy, Susanne; Graczewski, Cheryl; Boyle, Andrea; Tanenbaum, Courtney; Giffin, Jessica; Upton, Rachel

    2016-01-01

    Race to the Top (RTT), one of the Obama administration's signature programs and one of the largest federal government investments in an education grant program, received $4.35 billion in funding as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Through three rounds of competition in 2010 and 2011, RTT awarded grants to states that…

  3. 50 CFR 86.74 - What if I need more money?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... 50 Wildlife and Fisheries 8 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false What if I need more money? 86.74 Section...) PROGRAM How States Manage Grants § 86.74 What if I need more money? Funds for grants are available only on a competitive basis. Therefore, if you need more money, you must compete in the next grant cycle. ...

  4. 50 CFR 86.74 - What if I need more money?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... 50 Wildlife and Fisheries 9 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false What if I need more money? 86.74 Section... (BIG) PROGRAM How States Manage Grants § 86.74 What if I need more money? Funds for grants are available only on a competitive basis. Therefore, if you need more money, you must compete in the next grant...

  5. 50 CFR 86.74 - What if I need more money?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... 50 Wildlife and Fisheries 9 2012-10-01 2012-10-01 false What if I need more money? 86.74 Section...) PROGRAM How States Manage Grants § 86.74 What if I need more money? Funds for grants are available only on a competitive basis. Therefore, if you need more money, you must compete in the next grant cycle. ...

  6. 50 CFR 86.74 - What if I need more money?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... 50 Wildlife and Fisheries 9 2013-10-01 2013-10-01 false What if I need more money? 86.74 Section... (BIG) PROGRAM How States Manage Grants § 86.74 What if I need more money? Funds for grants are available only on a competitive basis. Therefore, if you need more money, you must compete in the next grant...

  7. 50 CFR 86.74 - What if I need more money?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 50 Wildlife and Fisheries 6 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false What if I need more money? 86.74 Section...) PROGRAM How States Manage Grants § 86.74 What if I need more money? Funds for grants are available only on a competitive basis. Therefore, if you need more money, you must compete in the next grant cycle. ...

  8. Agricultural Research: USDA's Outreach to Minority-Serving Institutions Could Improve Grant Competition. Report to Congressional Requesters.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Nazzaro, Robin M.

    The largest grant program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the National Research Initiative (NRI). The General Accounting Office (GAO) was asked by Congress to examine the success of minority-serving institutions in competing for NRI research grants and to identify factors that could improve their success in competing for these…

  9. 75 FR 14633 - Veterans Workforce Investment Program

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    2010-03-26

    ... DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Veterans' Employment and Training Service Veterans Workforce Investment... a grant competition under the Veterans' Workforce Investment Program (VWIP) for Program Year (PY) 2010, as authorized under section 168 of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998. This Solicitation...

  10. 7 CFR 3411.10 - Establishment and operation of peer review groups.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ...) COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVE COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM Scientific Peer Review of Research Grant Applications § 3411.10 Establishment and operation of peer review groups. Subject to § 3411.5, the Administrator shall adopt procedures...

  11. A commentary on domestic animals as dual-purpose models that benefit agricultural and biomedical research.

    PubMed

    Ireland, J J; Roberts, R M; Palmer, G H; Bauman, D E; Bazer, F W

    2008-10-01

    Research on domestic animals (cattle, swine, sheep, goats, poultry, horses, and aquatic species) at land grant institutions is integral to improving the global competitiveness of US animal agriculture and to resolving complex animal and human diseases. However, dwindling federal and state budgets, years of stagnant funding from USDA for the Competitive State Research, Education, and Extension Service National Research Initiative (CSREES-NRI) Competitive Grants Program, significant reductions in farm animal species and in numbers at land grant institutions, and declining enrollment for graduate studies in animal science are diminishing the resources necessary to conduct research on domestic species. Consequently, recruitment of scientists who use such models to conduct research relevant to animal agriculture and biomedicine at land grant institutions is in jeopardy. Concerned stakeholders have addressed this critical problem by conducting workshops, holding a series of meetings with USDA and National Institutes of Health (NIH) officials, and developing a white paper to propose solutions to obstacles impeding the use of domestic species as dual-purpose animal models for high-priority problems common to agriculture and biomedicine. In addition to shortfalls in research support and human resources, overwhelming use of mouse models in biomedicine, lack of advocacy from university administrators, long-standing cultural barriers between agriculture and human medicine, inadequate grantsmanship by animal scientists, and a scarcity of key reagents and resources are major roadblocks to progress. Solutions will require a large financial enhancement of USDA's Competitive Grants Program, educational programs geared toward explaining how research using agricultural animals benefits both animal agriculture and human health, and the development of a new mind-set in land grant institutions that fosters greater cooperation among basic and applied researchers. Recruitment of outstanding scientists dedicated to using domestic animal models for agricultural and biomedical research, strong incentives for scientists to take advantage of training opportunities to write NIH grants, and greater NIH and USDA cooperation to sponsor the use of agricultural animals as dual-purpose animal models that benefit agriculture and biomedicine will also be necessary. In conclusion, the broad diversity of animal models needed for agricultural and biomedical research is at risk unless research priorities at the land grant universities are critically evaluated and financial support for such research is dramatically increased.

  12. 77 FR 33225 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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    2012-06-05

    ... progress towards a high-quality home visiting program or towards embedding their home visiting program into a comprehensive, high-quality early childhood system. Of State applicants to the competitive grant...

  13. 76 FR 50723 - Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests

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    2011-08-16

    ... Fund). This is a competitive grant program. The purpose of the program is to encourage and reward... workplace; (b) building data systems that measure student success and inform teachers and principals in how...

  14. 76 FR 55889 - Reopening Notice: Promise Neighborhoods Program-Implementation Grant Competition; Promise...

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    2011-09-09

    ... AGENCY: Office of Innovation and Improvement, Department of Education. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Department of Education (Department) reopens the competition for transmittal of applications for new awards... DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [CFDA Numbers 84.215N; 84.215P] Reopening Notice: Promise Neighborhoods...

  15. Competitive Advantage, Uncertainty, and Weapons Procurement: Striking Balance for the Future

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-05-02

    position of the Department of the Army, Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government. COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE , UNCERTAINTY, AND WEAPONS PROCUREMENT: STRIKING...Competitive Advantage , Uncertainty, and Weapons Procurement: Striking Balance for the Future 5b. GRANT NUMBER 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER 6. AUTHOR(S) 5d...the right balance of investments all leading to a sustained competitive advantage . This paper presents an analysis of how effective this overhaul has

  16. 77 FR 14340 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Broadband Technology Opportunities Program...

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    2012-03-09

    ... (PPRs) to capture quarterly and annual reports for each project type (Infrastructure, Public Computer... Information Collection; Comment Request; Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) Quarterly and..., which included competitive grants to expand public computer center capacity and innovative programs to...

  17. 76 FR 11837 - Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant Proposals: Youth Leadership...

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    2011-03-03

    ... for Grant Proposals: Youth Leadership and Teacher Professional Development Program With Bosnia and... Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for the Youth Leadership and Teacher Professional....-based exchange activities on civic education, leadership, and community service for high school students...

  18. Improving Student Learning Outcomes with Service Learning

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Prentice, Mary; Robinson, Gail

    2010-01-01

    In 2006 the Learn and Serve America program of the Corporation for National and Community Service awarded a three-year grant to the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). Selected through a national competition, thirteen colleges participated in AACC's "Community Colleges Broadening Horizons through Service Learning" grant project.…

  19. 7 CFR 3411.10 - Establishment and operation of peer review groups.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE NATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVE COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM Scientific Peer Review of Research Grant Applications § 3411.10 Establishment and operation of peer review groups. Subject to § 3411.5, the Administrator shall adopt procedures for the conduct of peer reviews and the...

  20. 78 FR 17598 - Program Integrity Issues

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    2013-03-22

    ... Competitiveness Grant (AGC) and National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant (National Smart... considered every bit as valuable to the institution as a decision to enroll the student, if, in fact, the... would be reduced with the elimination of improper incentive compensation. In point of fact, there never...

  1. 7 CFR 3015.158 - Competition in the awarding of discretionary grants and cooperative agreements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... as the Federal Register, professional trade journals, agency or program handbooks, the Catalog of... funding instrument intended to be used (grant or cooperative agreement); and (10) The Catalog of Federal... Agriculture (Continued) OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE UNIFORM FEDERAL...

  2. 7 CFR 3015.158 - Competition in the awarding of discretionary grants and cooperative agreements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... as the Federal Register, professional trade journals, agency or program handbooks, the Catalog of... funding instrument intended to be used (grant or cooperative agreement); and (10) The Catalog of Federal... Agriculture (Continued) OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE UNIFORM FEDERAL...

  3. 20 CFR 645.240 - What are the reporting requirements for Welfare-to-Work programs?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ...) General. State formula and other direct competitive grant recipients must report financial and participant... local governments. Reports must be submitted to the Department quarterly. Existing WtW financial.... (c) Financial reports. Each grant recipient must submit financial reports to the Department. Reported...

  4. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Academic Research Program

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Loomer, S. A.

    2004-12-01

    "Know the Earth.Show the Way." In fulfillment of its vision, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) provides geospatial intelligence in all its forms and from whatever source-imagery, imagery intelligence, and geospatial data and information-to ensure the knowledge foundation for planning, decision, and action. To achieve this, NGA conducts a multi-disciplinary program of basic research in geospatial intelligence topics through grants and fellowships to the leading investigators, research universities, and colleges of the nation. This research provides the fundamental science support to NGA's applied and advanced research programs. The major components of the NGA Academic Research Program (NARP) are: - NGA University Research Initiatives (NURI): Three-year basic research grants awarded competitively to the best investigators across the US academic community. Topics are selected to provide the scientific basis for advanced and applied research in NGA core disciplines. - Historically Black College and University - Minority Institution Research Initiatives (HBCU-MI): Two-year basic research grants awarded competitively to the best investigators at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Minority Institutions across the US academic community. - Director of Central Intelligence Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships: Fellowships providing access to advanced research in science and technology applicable to the intelligence community's mission. The program provides a pool of researchers to support future intelligence community needs and develops long-term relationships with researchers as they move into career positions. This paper provides information about the NGA Academic Research Program, the projects it supports and how other researchers and institutions can apply for grants under the program.

  5. 76 FR 17629 - Applications for New Awards; Transition to Teaching Grant Program

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    2011-03-30

    ... teachers in high-need schools operated by high-need local educational agencies (LEAs), including charter schools that operate as high-need LEAs. Priorities: This notice contains two competitive preference... Preference Priorities: Competitive Preference Priority 1 is from section 2313(c) of the Elementary and...

  6. 78 FR 31359 - Applications for New Awards; Ehanced Assessment Instruments Grants Program-Enhanced Assessment...

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    2013-05-23

    ... measure for high-stakes decisions. (b) Design. The KEA must-- (1) Be a component of a State's student... States for measuring the academic achievement of elementary and secondary school students. In 2013, the... assessment. Priorities: This competition includes five absolute priorities and one competitive preference...

  7. 77 FR 6531 - Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) Inviting Applications for the Specialty Crop Block Grant...

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    2012-02-08

    ...;and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, #0;delegations of authority... enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops pertaining to the following issues affecting the specialty... competitiveness of eligible specialty crops should visit the Farmers' Market Promotion Program (FMPP) Web site at...

  8. 75 FR 68613 - Part C Early Intervention Services Grant

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    2010-11-08

    ... DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Health Resources and Services Administration Part C Early... non-competitive transfer of Part C funds from North General Hospital to the Institute for Family Health. SUMMARY: HRSA will be transferring Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, Part C funds as a Non-Competitive...

  9. 34 CFR 611.25 - What competitive preference does the Secretary provide?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 34 Education 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false What competitive preference does the Secretary provide? 611.25 Section 611.25 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TEACHER QUALITY ENHANCEMENT GRANTS PROGRAM...

  10. 75 FR 56057 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Broadband Technology Opportunities Program Post...

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    2010-09-15

    ... Information Collection; Comment Request; Broadband Technology Opportunities Program Post-Award Quarterly and... (Recovery Act) establishes and provides $4.7 billion for the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program... million will be made available for competitive grants to expand public computer center capacity; at least...

  11. 76 FR 25734 - Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant Proposals: Youth Leadership...

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    2011-05-05

    ... for Grant Proposals: Youth Leadership Program Announcement Type: New Cooperative Agreement. Funding... Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces an open competition for the Youth Leadership... leadership development, and to support follow-on projects in their home communities. U.S. Embassies in the...

  12. 7 CFR 3430.903 - Eligibility.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... of students, educators, and business and industry to supply the agriculture-based, renewable energy... New Era Rural Technology Competitive Grants Program § 3430.903 Eligibility. Applications may be...

  13. 7 CFR 3430.903 - Eligibility.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... of students, educators, and business and industry to supply the agriculture-based, renewable energy... New Era Rural Technology Competitive Grants Program § 3430.903 Eligibility. Applications may be...

  14. 7 CFR 3430.903 - Eligibility.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... of students, educators, and business and industry to supply the agriculture-based, renewable energy... New Era Rural Technology Competitive Grants Program § 3430.903 Eligibility. Applications may be...

  15. 7 CFR 3430.903 - Eligibility.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... of students, educators, and business and industry to supply the agriculture-based, renewable energy... New Era Rural Technology Competitive Grants Program § 3430.903 Eligibility. Applications may be...

  16. A Compendium of Air Force Institute of Technology Thesis Abstracts Related to Acquisition Management

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1990-09-01

    SHOULD PROGRAM DIRECTORS BE GRANTED CONTRACTING AUTHORITY? Champlain, George F. Sep 89 AD-A216 357 ABSTRACT: In Air Force Systems Command (AFSC...COMPETITIVE PRICES IN THE ACQUISITION OF WEAPON SYSTEM REPLENISHMENT SPARE PARTS. Brost , Edward J, Sep 82 AD-A122 962 ABSTRACT: Competition is the

  17. 20 CFR 645.100 - What does this part cover?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... at the local area levels. (b) Subpart B provides general program requirements applicable to all WtW formula and competitive funds. The provisions of this subpart govern how WtW funds must be spent, who is... requirements for the WtW Competitive Grants. (f) Subpart F sets forth the administrative appeals process. (g...

  18. 76 FR 39615 - Applications for New Awards; Promise Neighborhoods Program-Implementation Grant Competition

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    2011-07-06

    ... Civil Rights Act of 1964 (prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin... maximum of two of the competitive preference priorities. Therefore, an applicant must identify in the project narrative section of its application the priority or the two priorities it wishes the Department...

  19. 77 FR 23675 - Applications for New Awards; Promise Neighborhoods Program-Implementation Grant Competition

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    2012-04-20

    ... discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin); Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973... maximum of two of the competitive preference priorities. Therefore, an applicant must identify in the project narrative section of its application the priority or the two priorities it wishes the Department...

  20. Quartermaster Reach Restoration Project

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the SFBWQP Quartermaster Reach Restoration Project, part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic resources.

  1. Multiple Year Extension Program Outcomes & Impacts through Evaluation

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Hachfeld, Gary A.; Bau, David B.; Holcomb, C. Robert; Craig, J. William

    2013-01-01

    Dwindling public funding as well as greater competition for grant dollars create a challenge for Extension. For Extension to remain a financially viable organization, educators have to be able to produce substantive, measurable program outcomes and impacts. Evaluative data can inform program development and delivery, and helps administrators…

  2. 77 FR 47856 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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    2012-08-10

    ... and development outcomes for at risk children through evidence-based home visiting programs. Under...: Proposed Project: Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program FY 2012 Competitive Grant Non... the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program, ( http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi...

  3. Academic research opportunities at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency(NGA)

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Loomer, Scott A.

    2006-05-01

    The vision of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is to "Know the Earth...Show the Way." To achieve this vision, the NGA provides geospatial intelligence in all its forms and from whatever source-imagery, imagery intelligence, and geospatial data and information-to ensure the knowledge foundation for planning, decision, and action. Academia plays a key role in the NGA research and development program through the NGA Academic Research Program. This multi-disciplinary program of basic research in geospatial intelligence topics provides grants and fellowships to the leading investigators, research universities, and colleges of the nation. This research provides the fundamental science support to NGA's applied and advanced research programs. The major components of the NGA Academic Research Program are: *NGA University Research Initiatives (NURI): Three-year basic research grants awarded competitively to the best investigators across the US academic community. Topics are selected to provide the scientific basis for advanced and applied research in NGA core disciplines. *Historically Black College and University - Minority Institution Research Initiatives (HBCU-MI): Two-year basic research grants awarded competitively to the best investigators at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Minority Institutions across the US academic community. *Intelligence Community Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships: Fellowships providing access to advanced research in science and technology applicable to the intelligence community's mission. The program provides a pool of researchers to support future intelligence community needs and develops long-term relationships with researchers as they move into career positions. This paper provides information about the NGA Academic Research Program, the projects it supports and how researchers and institutions can apply for grants under the program. In addition, other opportunities for academia to engage with NGA through training programs and recruitment are discussed.

  4. Fremont Tree-Well Filter

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the SFBWQP Fremont Tree-Well Filter Spine project, part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic resources.

  5. Alameda Creeks Healthy Watersheds Project

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the SFBWQP Alameda Creeks Healthy Watersheds Project, part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic resour

  6. 76 FR 21977 - Applications for New Awards; Enhanced Assessment Instruments Grants Program-Enhanced Assessment...

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    2011-04-19

    .... Priorities: This competition includes five absolute priorities and one competitive preference priority. In... priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only applications that meet: (a) one or more of the... purposes of accountability under Title I and Title III of the ESEA; (4) Can be used, as appropriate, as one...

  7. 76 FR 39630 - Applications for New Awards; Promise Neighborhoods Program-Planning Grant Competition

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    2011-07-06

    ... VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, or... priorities; however, the Department will review and award points only for a maximum of two of the competitive... application the priority or the two priorities it wishes the Department to consider for purposes of earning...

  8. Improving Teacher Quality 2007 Grant Awards. Commission Report 07-23

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2007

    2007-01-01

    The Improving Teacher Quality Program recently concluded its 2007 competition to select grantees who will provide high-quality teacher professional development over the next several years. Teachers in grades K-2 were the focus of this year's Request for Proposals (RFP). As required in the last two rounds of competition, the selected projects must…

  9. 7 CFR 3430.904 - Project types and priorities.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS New Era Rural Technology Competitive Grants Program § 3430.904 Project types and... the critical needs identified through stakeholder input and deemed appropriate by NIFA. (a) In...

  10. 7 CFR 3430.904 - Project types and priorities.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS New Era Rural Technology Competitive Grants Program § 3430.904 Project types and... the critical needs identified through stakeholder input and deemed appropriate by NIFA. (a) In...

  11. 7 CFR 3430.904 - Project types and priorities.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS New Era Rural Technology Competitive Grants Program § 3430.904 Project types and... the critical needs identified through stakeholder input and deemed appropriate by NIFA. (a) In...

  12. 7 CFR 3430.904 - Project types and priorities.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS New Era Rural Technology Competitive Grants Program § 3430.904 Project types and... on the critical needs identified through stakeholder input and deemed appropriate by CSREES. (a) In...

  13. Cullinan Ranch Tidal Marsh Restoration Project

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the SFBWQP Cullinan Ranch Tidal Marsh Restoration Project, part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic resources.

  14. A researcher's perceptions of United States Department of Agriculture funding in animal reproduction.

    PubMed

    Reeves, J J

    2007-03-01

    Dedicated funding for animal reproduction did not start until 1985 and was available primarily in the reproductive efficiency and physiology areas of the Animal Science Program. Funding for individual grants and duration of funding were similar between the National Institutes of Health and the USDA, typically in the range of 3 yr, with total direct costs of $150,000. The names of these programs have changed over time; the National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program started in 1991 with a program in animal reproduction. The USDA did not change the award size for individual grants until 2001, when it gradually increased through 2003. The USDA then markedly increased individual grants in 2004 to a funding level of $300,000 to $500,000 over 3 to 4 yr. This has been beneficial for the funded scientist but discouraging to the applicants with high-ranking nonfunded grants. The number of grants funded per year is approaching a low critical number, with an average of only 10 new grants funded per year. At the present funding level it will be difficult for even the best scientist to sustain a research career based only on USDA funding.

  15. School Improvement Grants: Analyses of State Applications and Eligible and Awarded Schools. NCEE 2012-4060

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Hurlburt, Steven; Therriault, Susan Bowles; Le Floch, Kerstin Carlson

    2012-01-01

    The School Improvement Grants (SIG) program was first authorized in 2001 under Title I section 1003(g) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and provides formula-based federal funds to states that then competitively award these funds to districts applying for SIG on behalf of their low-performing schools. These schools use the funds…

  16. Globalizing Agricultural Science and Education Programs for America.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, Washington, DC.

    This document proposes an agenda for globalizing agricultural science and education which has implications for higher education, research, and extension programs at land-grant and similar universities. To enhance global competitiveness of U.S. agriculture through human resource development, institutions are urged to: globalize undergraduate and…

  17. Cesar Chavez Street Headwaters Pilot LID Project

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the SFBWQP Cesar Chavez Street LID Pilot Project, part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic resources.

  18. Competitive Federalism and Race to the Top Application Decisions in the American States

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Nicholson-Crotty, Sean; Staley, Tucker

    2012-01-01

    The Race to the Top (RTTT) program, announced by the Obama Administration in 2009, represented the largest competitive grant in the history of U.S. education. Despite the amount of money available and the dire condition of most state budgets in that year, however, some states chose not to apply for funding and the remainder submitted applications…

  19. 76 FR 3046 - Farmers' Market Promotion Program Regulation; Notice of Request for Approval of a New Information...

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    2011-01-19

    ... Service 7 CFR Part 185 [Document No. AMS-TM-10-0088; TM-08-07] RIN 0581-AC83 Farmers' Market Promotion... Promotion Program (FMPP). The FMPP is a competitive grant program that makes funds available to eligible... information collection OMB 0581-0235, entitled Farmers' Market Promotion Program. DATES: Comments received by...

  20. 45 CFR 1634.3 - Competition for grants and contracts.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... CORPORATION COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR GRANTS AND CONTRACTS § 1634.3 Competition for grants and contracts. (a... Corporation under Section 1006(a)(1)(A) of the LSC Act shall be subject to the competitive bidding process... selected on the basis of the competitive bidding process described in this part. (b) The Corporation shall...

  1. 45 CFR 1634.3 - Competition for grants and contracts.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... CORPORATION COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR GRANTS AND CONTRACTS § 1634.3 Competition for grants and contracts. (a... Corporation under Section 1006(a)(1)(A) of the LSC Act shall be subject to the competitive bidding process... selected on the basis of the competitive bidding process described in this part. (b) The Corporation shall...

  2. South Bay Salt Pond Mercury Studies Project

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the SFBWQP South Bay Salt Pond Mercury Studies Project, part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic resources.

  3. 77 FR 28606 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request

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    2012-05-15

    ... of both competitive programs will need to complete non-competing continuation (NCC) progress reports...-year project periods. Development Grant recipients will be required to complete one NCC to secure the...

  4. Pesticide Reduction Campaign: Greener Pesticides for Cleaner Waterways

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the SFBWQP Greener Pesticides for Cleaner Waterways project, part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic resources.

  5. San Pablo Avenue Green Stormwater Spine

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the SFBWQP San Pablo Avenue Green Stormwater Spine Project project, part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic resources.

  6. 77 FR 55524 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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    2012-09-10

    ... Institutions (CDFI) Fund OMB Number: 1559-NEW. Type of Review: New collection. Title: Capital Magnet Fund Reporting. Abstract: The purpose of the Capital Magnet Fund (CMF) program is to competitively award grants...

  7. Coyote Creek Trash Reduction Project: Clean Creeks, Healthy Communities

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the SFBWQP Coyote Creek Trash Reduction Project, part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic resources.

  8. 77 FR 74392 - Direct Grant Programs and Definitions That Apply to Department Regulations

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    2012-12-14

    ... criterion ``Quality of the Project Design''; 6. Authorize program offices to consider the effectiveness of... service providers is often an important factor in designing a project and submitting a high-quality... assisted in designing the applicant's evaluation plan. Formal competition requirements also inhibit the...

  9. 75 FR 77893 - Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; Emergency Comment Request...

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    2010-12-14

    ... AIDS (HOPWA) Program: Annual Performance Reporting Requirements and Competitive/Renewal Grant Budget... ; fax: 202-395-6974. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Vos, Director, Office of HIV/ AIDS Housing... following information: Title of Proposal: Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program...

  10. San Francisquito Creek Stabilization at Bonde Weir Project

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the SFBWQP San Francisquito Creek Stabilization at Bonde Weir Project, part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic resources.

  11. Sears Point Tidal Marsh Restoration Project: Phase II

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the SFBWQP Sears Point Tidal Marsh Restoration Project: Phase II, part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic resources.

  12. 77 FR 27781 - Non-Competitive One-Year Extension With Funds for State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems...

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    2012-05-11

    ... Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems (ECCS) Grant Program ensures the healthy physical, social, and... Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Project LAUNCH, and the Department of Education's Race...

  13. 78 FR 25252 - Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers; Notice of Solicitation for Membership

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    2013-04-30

    ... administration of competitive grants programs and how the USDA may enhance its efforts to build an inclusive... socially disadvantaged producers; and higher education institutions that work with socially disadvantaged...

  14. Rethink Disposable: Packaging Waste Source Reduction Pilot Project

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the SFBWQP Rethink Disposable: Packaging Waste Source Reduction Pilot Project, part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic resources.

  15. Removing Mercury in the Guadalupe River Watershed Project

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the SFBWQP Removing Mercury in the Guadalupe River Watershed Project, part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic resources.

  16. Sears Point Tidal Marsh Restoration Project: Phase I

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the SFBWQP Sears Point Tidal Marsh Restoration Project: Phase I project, part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic resources.

  17. SF Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund: Projects and Accomplishments

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (SFBWQIF) projects listed here are part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic resources.

  18. Hayward Youth-Based Trash Capture, Reduction, and Watershed Education Project

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the SFBWQP City of Hayward, CA Trash Managment Project, part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic resources.

  19. 20 CFR 645.500 - Who are eligible applicants for competitive grants?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 20 Employees' Benefits 3 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Who are eligible applicants for competitive grants? 645.500 Section 645.500 Employees' Benefits EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROVISIONS GOVERNING WELFARE-TO-WORK GRANTS Welfare-To-Work Competitive Grants § 645.500 Who are...

  20. Teacher Incentive Fund; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010; Rule and Notice. Federal Register, Part III. Department of Education, 34 CFR Subtitle B, Chapter II

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Melendez de Santa Ana, Thelma

    2010-01-01

    The Secretary of Education (Secretary) establishes priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria under the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) program. These priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria will be used in two separate and distinct TIF grant competitions: The Main TIF competition, which will provide TIF…

  1. Overview: Small Aircraft Transportation System Airborne Remote Sensing Fuel Droplet Evaporation

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Bowen, Brent (Editor); Holmes, Bruce; Gogos, George; Narayanan, Ram; Smith, Russell; Woods, Sara

    2004-01-01

    The NASA Nebraska Preparation Grant was designed to solidify relationships, intensify communication, and launch collaborative initiatives among Nebraska researchers and key contacts at NASA research centers and enterprises. In doing so, Nebraska was successful in laying the groundwork for the foundation for numerous long-term, mutually beneficial collaborations that were subsequently proposed and awarded in the NASA EPSCoR 2000 competition. The NASA Nebraska EPSCoR Preparation Grant was managed by the same administrative team that oversees Nebraska's NASA Space Grant and EPSCoR programs. An advisory board (later Technical Advisory Committee) made up of voting representatives from all affiliate and partner organizations regularly reviewed grant progress and direction. The University of Nebraska at Omaha's Aviation Institute, the host institution for all three programs, provided additional administrative oversight and program evaluation through established review mechanisms. This structure has served NASA well and has been cited as a model program. The second year of preparation grant funding served as a significant opportunity for Nebraska to lay the groundwork for the continued elevation and success of its NASA EPSCoR program. In anticipation of the NASA EPSCoR 2000 grant competition, Year 2 funding enabled funded researchers to further broaden and enhance the quality and quantity of collaborations with NASA Field Centers, Codes, and Enterprises. The plan set the stage for long-term research and outreach endeavors that have contributed significantly to the achievement of NASA's strategic objectives; the state of Nebraska's economic and aerospace development efforts; and have advanced Nebraska s aeronautics research efforts to a national leadership level. The overarching goal of the NASA Nebraska EPSCoR Preparation grant was met by facilitating research endeavors among Nebraska faculty that addressed research and technology priorities of the NASA Field Centers, Codes, and Strategic Enterprises. During the first year of funding, Nebraska established open and frequent lines of communication with university affairs officers and other key personnel at all NASA Centers and Enterprises, and facilitated the development of collaborations between and among junior faculty in the state and NASA researchers. As a result, Nebraska initiated a major research cluster, the Small Aircraft Transportation System Nebraska Implementation Template.

  2. 77 FR 74407 - Proposed Priorities, Requirements, Definitions, and Selection Criteria-Investing in Innovation Fund

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    2012-12-14

    ...The Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement proposes priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria under the Investing in Innovation Fund (i3). The Assistant Deputy Secretary may use these priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2013 and later years. The U.S. Department of Education (Department) has conducted three competitions under the i3 program and awarded 92 i3 grants since the program was established under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). These proposed priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria maintain the overall purpose and structure of the i3 program, which is discussed later in this document, and incorporate changes based on specific lessons learned from the first three competitions.

  3. 25 CFR 23.33 - Competitive off-reservation application contents and application selection criteria.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ....34 and forward the application within five working days to the area review committee, composed of... grant program from the organization's board of directors covering the duration of the proposed program... organization meets the definition of Indian organization at § 23.2; (4) A copy of the organization's current...

  4. 25 CFR 23.33 - Competitive off-reservation application contents and application selection criteria.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ....34 and forward the application within five working days to the area review committee, composed of... grant program from the organization's board of directors covering the duration of the proposed program... organization meets the definition of Indian organization at § 23.2; (4) A copy of the organization's current...

  5. Virginia Standards Predated the Common Core Initiative

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Knowledge Quest, 2014

    2014-01-01

    The Virginia Board of Education is committed to the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) program and opposed to adoption of the newly developed Common Core State Standards as a prerequisite for participation in federal competitive grant and entitlement programs. The Standards of Learning are clear and rigorous and have won the acceptance and trust…

  6. 77 FR 28860 - Notice of Submission for OMB Review; Office of Elementary and Secondary Education; Application...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-05-16

    ... Education; Application for New Grants Under the Indian Education Professional Development Program SUMMARY... Secondary Education Act, as amended. The Professional Development (CFDA 84.299B) program is a competitive... Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202-4537. Copies of the proposed information...

  7. Selecting Top-of-the-Class Teachers for an Alternative Principal Preparation Program

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Mallory, Barbara J.; Zwadyk, Barbara; Johnson, Tina; Davis, James V.

    2017-01-01

    In an attempt to improve training and development of principals, the General Assembly in North Carolina established a competitive grant program to transform the way principals are certified. This qualitative study aimed to inform principal preparation practices by examining the initial, critical steps of recruitment, screening, and selection of…

  8. South Bay Salt Pond Restoration, Phase II at Ravenswood

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project: Phase II Construction at Ravenswood, part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic resources.

  9. 7 CFR 2.73 - Director, Office of Energy Policy and New Uses.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... competitive biodiesel fuel education grants program (7 U.S.C. 8106). (9) Implement a memorandum of understanding with the Secretary of Energy regarding cooperation in the application of hydrogen and fuel cell...

  10. 7 CFR 2.73 - Director, Office of Energy Policy and New Uses.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... competitive biodiesel fuel education grants program (7 U.S.C. 8106). (9) Implement a memorandum of understanding with the Secretary of Energy regarding cooperation in the application of hydrogen and fuel cell...

  11. 7 CFR 2.73 - Director, Office of Energy Policy and New Uses.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... competitive biodiesel fuel education grants program (7 U.S.C. 8106). (9) Implement a memorandum of understanding with the Secretary of Energy regarding cooperation in the application of hydrogen and fuel cell...

  12. 7 CFR 2.73 - Director, Office of Energy Policy and New Uses.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... competitive biodiesel fuel education grants program (7 U.S.C. 8106). (9) Implement a memorandum of understanding with the Secretary of Energy regarding cooperation in the application of hydrogen and fuel cell...

  13. 7 CFR 2.73 - Director, Office of Energy Policy and New Uses.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... competitive biodiesel fuel education grants program (7 U.S.C. 8106). (9) Implement a memorandum of understanding with the Secretary of Energy regarding cooperation in the application of hydrogen and fuel cell...

  14. Napa River Sediment TMDL Implementation and Habitat Enhancement Project

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the SFBWQP Napa River Sediment TMDL Implementation and Habitat Enhancement Project, part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic resources.

  15. Estuary 2100 Project, Phase 2: Building Partnerships for Resilient Watersheds

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the SFBWQP Estuary 2100 Project, Phase 2: Building Partnerships for Resilient Watersheds, part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquat

  16. Upper York Creek Dam Removal, Fish Passage, and Ecosystem Restoration

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the Upper York Creek Dam Removal, Fish Passage, and Ecosystem Restoration part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic resources.

  17. Reducing Nutrients to San Francisco Bay through Additional Wastewater Sidestream Treatment Project

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the SFBWQP Reducing Nutrients to San Francisco Bay Project, part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic resources.

  18. How to Apply for a P3 Grant

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    EPA's P3 – People, Prosperity, and the Planet—Program is a unique college competition for designing solutions for a sustainable future. P3 offers students quality hands-on experience that brings their classroom learning to life

  19. Emerson Parcel of Dutch Slough Tidal Marsh Restoration Project

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the SFBWQP Emerson Parcel of Dutch Slough Tidal Marsh Restoration Project, part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic resources.

  20. Research on Electrically Driven Single Photon Emitter by Diamond for Quantum Cryptography

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2015-03-24

    by diamond for quantum cryptography 5a. CONTRACT NUMBER FA2386-14-1-4037 5b. GRANT NUMBE R Grant 14IOA093_144037 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT...emerged as a highly competitive platform for applications in quantum cryptography , quantum computing, spintronics, and sensing or metrology...15. SUBJECT TERMS Diamond LED, Nitrogen Vacancy Complex, Quantum Computing, Quantum Cryptography , Single Spin Single Photon 16. SECURITY

  1. Low-Income and Minority Serving Institutions: Management Attention to Long-standing Concerns Needed to Improve Education's Oversight of Grant Programs. Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness, Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives. GAO-09-309

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    US Government Accountability Office, 2009

    2009-01-01

    Institutions that serve large proportions of low-income and minority students may receive funding under Titles III and V of the Higher Education Act. In fiscal year 2008, $667 million in grants were awarded to over 500 institutions. GAO was asked to determine (1) the characteristics of institutions eligible to receive grants under Titles III and V…

  2. Fifteen Years of Collaborative Innovation and Achievement: NASA Nebraska Space Grant Consortium 15-Year Program Performance and Results Report

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Schaaf, Michaela M. (Editor); Bowen, Brent D.; Fink, Mary M.; Nickerson, Jocelyn S.; Avery Shelly; Calamaio, Caprice; Carstenson, Larry; Dugan, James; Farr, Lynne; Farritor, Shane

    2003-01-01

    This 15-year evaluation serves as a summary document highlighting the numerous and complete successes of the Nebraska Space Grant Program. Innovation has been highlighted through significant new endeavors during this 5-year period, such as placement of students and faculty at NASA Centers and the expansion of NSGC Native American Outreach Programs. While the last national program evaluation resulted in Nebraska s ranking as the top Capability Enhancement Consortium, and 5th best overall, Nebraska felt there was room for significant growth and development. This has been validated through the recent competitive attainment of Designated Grant status and has allowed for the exploration of new initiatives, as well as the expansion of already successful programs. A comprehensive strategic planning effort has involved all Nebraska representative entities and has guided Nebraska Space Grant through the evaluation period, providing a basis for continual advancement. Nebraska rigorously employs evaluation techniques to ensure that stated outcomes and metrics are achieved and that weaknesses are identified and corrected. With this coordinated approach, Nebraska expects that the next 5 years will yield new opportunities for significant achievement. Nebraska Space Grant will embrace new national endeavors, including the integration of Pender Public Schools -Nebraska s NASA Explorer School, geospatial initiatives, and the National Student Satellite Program.

  3. Rebuilding Habitat and Shoreline Resilience through Improved Flood Control Project

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the SFBWQP Rebuilding Habitat and Shoreline Resilience through Improved Flood Control Project, part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic resources.

  4. 7 CFR 3411.2 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... allows advances in applied research and from which major conceptual breakthroughs are expected to occur... Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVE COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM General § 3411...

  5. 45 CFR 2523.10 - Are Federal agencies eligible to apply for AmeriCorps program funds?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... (Continued) CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES FOR THE... competitive distribution under § 2521.30(b)(3) of this chapter. The Corporation may enter into a grant...

  6. South Bay Salt Pond Tidal Wetland Restoration Phase II Planning

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the SFBWQP South Bay Salt Pond Tidal Wetland Restoration Phase II Planning project, part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic re

  7. Sun Grant - Western Regional Center | | Oregon State University

    Science.gov Websites

    Services Make a Gift Search Field Search Sun Grant - Western Regional Center Home About Us Mission Western States News Sun Grant Initiative Contacts The Five Regional Centers Center Activities Competitive Grant Territories Sun Grant Initiative Contacts The Five Regional Centers Center Activities Competitive Grant

  8. 76 FR 40593 - Competitive and Noncompetitive Non-Formula Federal Assistance Programs-Administrative Provisions...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-07-11

    ...;Prices of new books are listed in the first FEDERAL REGISTER issue of each #0;week. #0; #0; #0; #0;#0... gasification research priorities of USDA and the Department of Energy at the State and regional levels. With... Economics. Purpose The objectives of the Sun Grant Program are to enhance national energy security through...

  9. NASA EPSCoR Nebraska Preparation Grant: Year 1

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Bowen, Brent D.; Holmes, Bruce J.; Bartle, John R.; Gogos, George; Hinton, David W.; Lehrer, Henry R.; Moussavi, Massoum; Reed, B. J.; Schaaf, Michaela M.; Smith, Russell L.; hide

    1999-01-01

    The UNO Aviation Institute Monograph Series began in 1994 as a key component of the education outreach and information transfer missions of the Aviation Institute and the NASA Nebraska Space Grant & EPSCOR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) Programs. The series is an outlet for aviation materials to be indexed and disseminated through an efficient medium. Publications are welcome in all aspects of aviation. Publication formats may include, but are not limited to, conference proceedings, bibliographies, research reports, manuals, technical reports, and other documents that should be archived and indexed for future reference by the aviation and world wide communities.

  10. 47 CFR 1.2202 - Competitive bidding design options.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... Section 1.2202 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION GENERAL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE Grants...) Procedures that utilize mathematical computer optimization software, such as integer programming, to evaluate... evaluating bids using a ranking based on specified factors. (B) Procedures that combine computer optimization...

  11. San Pablo Bay Tidal Marsh Enhancement and Water Quality Improvement Project

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the SFBWQP San Pablo Bay Tidal Marsh Enhancement and Water Quality Improvement Project, part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic resources.

  12. 7 CFR 3411.14 - Proposal review.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 7 Agriculture 15 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Proposal review. 3411.14 Section 3411.14 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVE COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM Scientific Peer...

  13. Estuary 2100 Project, Phase 1: Resilient Watersheds for a Changing Climate

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the SFBWQP Estuary 2100 Project, Phase 1: Resilient Watersheds for a Changing Climate , part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic resources.

  14. 30 CFR 401.11 - Applications for grants.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... Mineral Resources GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE PROGRAM... support competitively selected research projects under the terms of section 104(g) of the Act. Selection... effort and encouraging regional cooperation in research areas of water management, development, and...

  15. 30 CFR 401.11 - Applications for grants.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Mineral Resources GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE PROGRAM... support competitively selected research projects under the terms of section 104(g) of the Act. Selection... effort and encouraging regional cooperation in research areas of water management, development, and...

  16. 30 CFR 401.11 - Applications for grants.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... Mineral Resources GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE PROGRAM... support competitively selected research projects under the terms of section 104(g) of the Act. Selection... effort and encouraging regional cooperation in research areas of water management, development, and...

  17. 30 CFR 401.11 - Applications for grants.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... Mineral Resources GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE PROGRAM... support competitively selected research projects under the terms of section 104(g) of the Act. Selection... effort and encouraging regional cooperation in research areas of water management, development, and...

  18. 30 CFR 401.11 - Applications for grants.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... Mineral Resources GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE PROGRAM... support competitively selected research projects under the terms of section 104(g) of the Act. Selection... effort and encouraging regional cooperation in research areas of water management, development, and...

  19. 78 FR 19326 - Notice of Funding Availability for Calendar Year 2014 Competitive Grant Funds Request for...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-03-29

    ... LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION Notice of Funding Availability for Calendar Year 2014 Competitive Grant Funds Request for Proposals: 2014 Competitive Grant Funds AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is the national organization charged with...

  20. 2 CFR 215.43 - Competition.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 2 Grants and Agreements 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Competition. 215.43 Section 215.43 Grants... REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, HOSPITALS, AND OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS (OMB CIRCULAR A-110) Post Award Requirements Procurement Standards § 215.43 Competition. All...

  1. 77 FR 43818 - Applications for New Awards; State-Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) Pilot Grant Competition...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-07-26

    ... DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Applications for New Awards; State-Tribal Education Partnership (STEP... Secondary Education, Department of Education. ACTION: Notice reopening the STEP Pilot Grant Competition for... STEP Pilot Grant Competition. That notice established a July 13, 2012, deadline for transmittal of...

  2. Napa River Restoration Project: Rutherford Reach Completion and Oakville to Oak Knoll Reach

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the SFBWQP Napa River Restoration Project: Rutherford Reach Completion/Oakville to Oak Knoll, part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic resources.

  3. 7 CFR 3411.9 - Other conditions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 7 Agriculture 15 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Other conditions. 3411.9 Section 3411.9 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVE COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM General § 3411...

  4. South Bay Salt Pond Tidal Marsh Restoration at Pond A17 Project

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the SFBWQP South Bay Salt Pond Tidal Marsh Restoration at Pond A17 Project, part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic resources.

  5. 78 FR 31566 - Discretionary Grant Program

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-05-24

    ... will be made available in the form of a cooperative agreement to the current grantee, University of... least disruption to the states, communities, and constituencies that currently receive leadership... Community Based Services/University of Massachusetts (U42MC18283). Amount of the Non-Competitive Awards...

  6. 7 CFR 3430.301 - Purpose.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... Agriculture and Food Research Initiative § 3430.301 Purpose. The purpose of this program is to make competitive grants for fundamental and applied research, extension, and education to address food and agricultural sciences, as defined under section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and...

  7. To express the sense of Congress that the Federal Pell Grant program should be a high funding priority.

    THOMAS, 111th Congress

    Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3

    2010-05-04

    House - 05/27/2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. (All Actions) Tracker: This bill has the status IntroducedHere are the steps for Status of Legislation:

  8. 7 CFR 3430.905 - Funding restrictions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... 7 Agriculture 15 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Funding restrictions. 3430.905 Section 3430.905 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND... ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS New Era Rural Technology Competitive Grants Program § 3430.905 Funding restrictions. (a...

  9. 7 CFR 3430.905 - Funding restrictions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... 7 Agriculture 15 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Funding restrictions. 3430.905 Section 3430.905 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND... ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS New Era Rural Technology Competitive Grants Program § 3430.905 Funding restrictions. (a...

  10. 7 CFR 3430.905 - Funding restrictions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 7 Agriculture 15 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Funding restrictions. 3430.905 Section 3430.905 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND... ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS New Era Rural Technology Competitive Grants Program § 3430.905 Funding restrictions. (a...

  11. 20 CFR 645.520 - What are the application procedures and timeframes for competitive grant funds?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 20 Employees' Benefits 3 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false What are the application procedures and timeframes for competitive grant funds? 645.520 Section 645.520 Employees' Benefits EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROVISIONS GOVERNING WELFARE-TO-WORK GRANTS Welfare-To-Work Competitive...

  12. 32 CFR 22.310 - Statutes concerning certain research, development, and facilities construction grants.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    .... (b) Statutory requirement to use competitive procedures. (1) A grants officer shall not award a grant by other than merit-based, competitive procedures (as defined by § 22.315) to an institution of... institutions of higher education by other than merit-based competitive procedures. (c) Subsequent statutes. In...

  13. Best Practices in Service Learning: Building a National Community College Network, 1994-1997. AACC Project Brief.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Robinson, Gail; Barnett, Lynn

    As part of the Learn and Serve America Program of the Corporation for National Service, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has helped develop campus-based programs that have instigated a growing community college service learning network. Ten colleges, selected in a national competition for grants ranging from $2,000 to $12,000…

  14. How the Administration's "Stronger Together" School Integration Proposal Built on the Lessons Learned from the Flawed TASAP Program. Issue Brief No. 7

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    McDermott, Kathryn A.; Frankenberg, Erica; DeBray, Elizabeth

    2016-01-01

    In 2009, Congress allocated $2.5 million for a competitive federal grant program, "Technical Assistance for Student Assignment Plans" (TASAP), that aimed to increase diversity in public schools, but which had only limited success. The Obama Administration's "Stronger Together" 2017 budget proposal (and the accompanying Stronger…

  15. Special Projects: An Historical Analysis.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Thomas, M. Angele; Bunsen, Teresa D.

    The Special Projects Competition is a separate federal government priority authorized to support an increased quantity and improved quality of personnel available to educate infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities. Special project grants provide a means for the conceptualization of new approaches to preparation programs, the…

  16. Global Competition: A Buyer's Market.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Catalano, Frank J.

    1985-01-01

    Industrial development agencies (IDAs) around the globe are luring potential developers to Europe, the Far East, and the Caribbean. Programs in each of these geographic areas and types of incentives offered are discussed. These incentives include tax holidays, free-trade zones, free land, and grants of cash. (DH)

  17. 7 CFR 3411.5 - Evaluation and disposition of applications.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 7 Agriculture 15 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Evaluation and disposition of applications. 3411.5 Section 3411.5 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE NATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVE COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM General § 3411.5...

  18. 7 CFR 3411.9 - Other conditions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 7 Agriculture 15 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Other conditions. 3411.9 Section 3411.9 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE NATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVE COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM General § 3411.9 Other conditions. The Administrator may...

  19. Napa River Restoration Project: Oakville to Oak Knoll Reach, Group C Site 14

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the SFBWQP Napa River Restoration Project: Oakville to Oak Knoll Reach, Group C Site 14, part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic resources.

  20. Nonpoint Source Tribal: Award Projects

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Tribal CWA section 319 funding is awarded via base grants and competitive grants. To learn about current nonpoint source funded work in Indian Country, see the project summary descriptions of recent competitive grant awardees.

  1. Systems Engineering Technical Leadership Development Program

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2012-08-30

    technology-based competitive advantage can be part of firm’s business strategy.  Review the Porter Model . Return to Syllabus UNCLASSIFIED 66...Program 5a. CONTRACT NUMBER 5b. GRANT NUMBER 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER 6. AUTHOR( S ) 5d. PROJECT NUMBER 5e. TASK NUMBER 5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER 7...PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME( S ) AND ADDRESS(ES) Stevens Institute of Technology,Systems Engineering Research Center,Castle Point on the Hudson,Hoboken,NJ

  2. 24 CFR 574.200 - Amounts available for competitive grants.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... eligible to apply for competitive grants to fund projects of national significance. Only those States and... 24 Housing and Urban Development 3 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Amounts available for competitive... HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY FACILITIES HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS Competitive...

  3. Low-Income and Minority Serving Institutions: Sustained Attention Needed to Improve Education's Oversight of Grant Programs. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness, Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives. GAO-10-659T

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Scott, George A.

    2010-01-01

    Higher education has become more accessible than ever before, although students from some demographic groups still face challenges in attending college. To help improve access to higher education for minority and low-income students, Titles III and V of the Higher Education Act, as amended, provide grants to strengthen and support institutions…

  4. Funding priorities in animal reproduction at the United States Department of Agriculture's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service.

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    Mirando, Mark A; Hamernik, Debora L

    2006-03-01

    The National Research Initiative (NRI) Competitive Grants Program is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's major competitive grants program and is administered by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES). Since its inception in 1991, the NRI has funded competitive grants in the discipline of animal reproduction. Previously, this program provided funding for a broad range of projects encompassing almost every subdiscipline in reproductive biology of farm animals, including aquatic species important to the aquaculture industry. During fiscal year 2004, the NRI Animal Reproduction Program narrowed the focus of funding priorities to the topics of infertility, basic mechanisms regulating fertility, cryopreservation of gametes, reducing the postpartum interval to conception, and sterilization methods or development of monosex populations. In response to a directive to further narrow the focus of funding priorities for fiscal year 2005 and beyond, CSREES conducted a Stakeholder Workshop on Funding Priorities in Animal Reproduction at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction in Vancouver, Canada. More than 75 stakeholder scientists from a cross section of federal, public, and private institutions from across the United States participated in the workshop and provided recommendations to CSREES for future NRI-funding priorities in Animal Reproduction. The recommendations provided by stakeholders included continuing efforts to focus funding priorities into fewer high-impact areas relevant to animal agriculture and aquaculture. Recommendations also included movement back toward subdisciplines of animal reproduction that cut across all applicable species. The three funding priorities that consistently emerged as recommendations from the workshop participants were 1) gonadal function and production of gametes, 2) pituitary-hypothalamic function, and 3) embryo and conceptus development, including interaction between the conceptus and uterus. These funding priorities were considered when preparing the fiscal year 2006 NRI Request for Applications.

  5. Environmental Public Health Indicators Impact Report: Data and methods that support environmental public health decision-making by communities

    EPA Science Inventory

    This report presents the results of twenty competitively funded Science-To-Achieve-Results (STAR) grants in EPA's Environmental Public Health Indicators (EPHI) research program. The grantsdirectly supported health interventions, informed policy and decision-making, and improved t...

  6. 75 FR 71133 - National Institute of Mental Health; Notice of Closed Meeting

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    ... Emphasis Panel; Competitive Revision for Stem Cell Repository Relevant to Mental Disorders. Date: December... Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.242, Mental Health Research Grants; 93.281, Scientist Development Award, Scientist Development Award for Clinicians, and Research Scientist Award; 93.282, Mental Health National...

  7. 34 CFR 611.13 - What competitive preference does the Secretary provide?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ...? 611.13 Section 611.13 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TEACHER QUALITY ENHANCEMENT GRANTS PROGRAM... will be certified or licensed to teach. (b) Innovative reforms to hold higher education institutions...

  8. 75 FR 3212 - Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools; Overview Information; Grant Competition for the Cooperative...

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    ... such institutions; (B) Visits to school systems, institutions of higher education, and nonprofit...; (B) Visits to school systems, institutions of higher education, and organizations conducting... systems, institutions of higher education, and organizations conducting exemplary programs in economic...

  9. 34 CFR 611.13 - What competitive preference does the Secretary provide?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ...? 611.13 Section 611.13 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TEACHER QUALITY ENHANCEMENT GRANTS PROGRAM... will be certified or licensed to teach. (b) Innovative reforms to hold higher education institutions...

  10. Napa River Restoration Project: Oakville to Oak Knoll Reach, Group A Sites 21-23

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the SFBWQP Napa River Restoration Project: Oakville to Oak Knoll Reach, Group A Sites 21-23, part of an EPA competitive grant program to improve SF Bay water quality focused on restoring impaired waters and enhancing aquatic resources

  11. 76 FR 78732 - FY 2011 Discretionary Funding Opportunity; Section 5309 Bus and Bus Facilities Veterans...

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    2011-12-19

    ... VTCLI supports the Obama Administration's priority of supporting America's veterans and military... Living Initiative Competitive Grant Program Funds: Announcement of Project Selections. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the selection of projects...

  12. 76 FR 159 - Discretionary Grant Program

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    2011-01-03

    ... detection of iron deficiency, another pediatric health issue. Proficiency testing (PT) is a proven method... monthly PT and other lab quality improvement tools to nearly 600 laboratories across the U.S. and beyond... Competition: The participation of large numbers of these labs in voluntary proficiency was by design, and...

  13. Assessing the Impact of Grant Managers on the Success of Grant Applications

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    Vidal, Sheila; Laureano, Raul; Trindade, Margarida

    2015-01-01

    Grant Managers contribute to the mission of research-intensive institutions by helping them to obtain competitive funding. However, their effectiveness in helping institutions and individuals secure funding is poorly studied. In this study, we provide an assessment of the contribution of Grant Managers in attracting competitive funding for…

  14. Fundamental principles of writing a successful grant proposal.

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    Chung, Kevin C; Shauver, Melissa J

    2008-04-01

    It is important for the field of hand surgery to develop a new generation of surgeon-scientists who can produce high-impact studies to raise the profile of this specialty. To this end, organizations such as the American Society for Surgery of the Hand have initiated programs to promote multicenter clinical research that can be competitive for fiscal support from the National Institutes of Health and other funding agencies. Crafting a well-structured grant proposal is critical to securing adequate funding to investigate the many clinical and basic science questions in hand surgery. In this article, we present the key elements of a successful grant proposal to help potential applicants to navigate the complex pathways in the grant application process.

  15. Fundamental Principles of Writing a Successful Grant Proposal

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    Chung, Kevin C.; Shauver, Melissa J.

    2015-01-01

    It is important for the field of hand surgery to develop a new generation of surgeon-scientists who can produce high impact studies to raise the profile of this specialty. To this end, organizations such as the American Society for Surgery of the Hand have initiated programs to promote multicenter clinical research that can be competitive for fiscal support from the National Institutes of Health and other funding agencies. Crafting a well-structured grant proposal is critical to securing adequate funding to investigate the many ambitious clinical and basic science projects in hand surgery. In this paper, we present the key elements to a successful grant proposal to help potential applicants to navigate the complex pathways in the grant application process. PMID:18406962

  16. 77 FR 70416 - Solicitation of Input From Stakeholders Regarding the Youth Farm Safety Education and...

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    2012-11-26

    ... to deliver timely, pertinent, and appropriate training to youth actively working, with or without... effective agricultural health and safety curriculum for youth? 7. What educational approaches, such as use... Stakeholders Regarding the Youth Farm Safety Education and Certification Competitive Grants Program AGENCY...

  17. Alternative Fuels Data Center

    Science.gov Websites

    State Energy Program (SEP) Funding The SEP provides grants to states to assist in designing receives SEP funding and manages all SEP-funded projects. States may also receive project funding from ) for SEP Special Projects. EERE distributes the funding through an annual competitive solicitation to

  18. 78 FR 55328 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of Renewed Approval of...

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    2013-09-10

    ... Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) or to receive a grant under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). DATES..., Passenger Facility Charges AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Notice and request... Number: 2120-0661. Title: Competition Plans, Passenger Facility Charges. Form Numbers: There are no FAA...

  19. 7 CFR 3411.8 - Other Federal statutes and regulations that apply.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    .... 3411.8 Section 3411.8 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE NATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVE COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM General § 3411.8... Nonprofit Institutions. 7 CFR part 3407—CSREES procedures to implement the National Environmental Policy Act...

  20. 7 CFR 3411.7 - Use of funds; changes.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 7 Agriculture 15 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Use of funds; changes. 3411.7 Section 3411.7 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE NATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVE COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM General § 3411.7 Use of funds; changes. (a...

  1. To authorize a capitalization of self-sustainable social services grant program to provide workforce development opportunities and training to people with barriers to employment.

    THOMAS, 111th Congress

    Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9

    2009-12-11

    House - 02/23/2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. (All Actions) Tracker: This bill has the status IntroducedHere are the steps for Status of Legislation:

  2. Promoting Educator Effectiveness: The Effects of Two Key Strategies. NCEE 2018-4009

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    Wayne, Andrew; Garet, Michael; Wellington, Alison; Chiang, Hanley

    2018-01-01

    Having a more effective teacher or principal can substantially improve students' academic outcomes. The Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) program, established in 2006, provided competitive grants to help states and districts implement a multi-strategy approach to enhancing educator effectiveness. TIF grantees were required to measure educator…

  3. 77 FR 31592 - Applications for New Awards; State-Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) Pilot Grant Competition

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    2012-05-29

    ... that all students graduate high school college- and career-ready; and (2) address the unique... eligible schools located on a reservation. Requirements and Definitions: Background: Under this pilot... administration of certain Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) programs for eligible schools (as defined...

  4. 76 FR 41297 - Grant Program To Build Tribal Energy Development Capacity

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    2011-07-13

    ... develop energy resources on Indian land and properly accounting for resulting energy resource production and revenues. We will use a competitive evaluation process based on criteria stated in the.... Determine what process(es) and/or procedure(s) may be used to eliminate capacity gaps or sustain the...

  5. 78 FR 28292 - Announcement of the Priority Grant Competition For Immediate Release

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    2013-05-14

    ... area may be found at our Web site at: http://www.usip.org/grants-fellowships/priority-grant-competition... announced throughout the year. Please visit our Web site at: http://www.usip.org/grants-fellowships/priority..., (202) 429-3842 (phone), (202) 833-1018 (fax), (202) 457-1719 (TTY), Email: [email protected]org . FOR...

  6. 78 FR 38981 - Notice of Meeting

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    2013-06-28

    ... ``LIMITED COMPETITION: ENHANCING INVESTMENTS COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH RESOURCES GRANTS (R01... COMPETITION: ENHANCING INVESTMENTS COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH RESOURCES GRANTS (R01)'' are to be...

  7. The impact of intramural grants on educators' careers and on medical education innovation.

    PubMed

    Adler, Shelley R; Chang, Anna; Loeser, Helen; Cooke, Molly; Wang, Jason; Teherani, Arianne

    2015-06-01

    The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Innovations Funding program awards competitive grants to create novel curricula and faculty development programs, compare pedagogical approaches, and design learner assessment methods. The authors examined the principal investigators' (PIs') perceptions of the impact of these intramural grants on their careers and on medical education innovation. At 12 months (project completion) and 24 months (follow-up), PIs submit a progress report describing the impact of their grant on their careers, work with collaborators, subsequent funding, project dissemination, and the UCSF curriculum. The authors analyzed these reports using qualitative thematic analysis and achieved consensus in coding and interpretation through discussion. From 2001 to 2012, the program funded 77 PIs to lead 103 projects, awarding over $2.2 million. The authors analyzed reports from 88 grants (85.4%) awarded to 68 PIs (88.3%). PIs noted that the funding led to accelerated promotion, expanded networking opportunities, enhanced knowledge and skills, more scholarly publications and presentations, extramural funding, and local and national recognition. They also reported that the funding improved their status in their departments, enhanced their careers as medical educators, laid the foundation for subsequent projects, and engaged an array of stakeholders, including trainees and junior faculty. These modest intramural education grants not only created innovative, enduring programs but also promoted educators' professional identity formation, fostered collaborations, supported junior faculty in finding their desired career paths, provided advancement opportunities, and raised the local and national profiles of recipients.

  8. 2003-05 High Demand Enrollment Grants Report: Competitive Grants to Link Higher Education and Economic Development

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2006

    2006-01-01

    The Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB) received two appropriations totaling $11.8 million in the 2003-05 state operating budget to award competitive grants to increase enrollment in high-demand fields. Grants were available to Washington's public four-year colleges and universities during the 2003-04 and 2004-05 academic years. This report…

  9. 75 FR 7573 - Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools; Overview Information; Models of Exemplary, Effective, and...

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    2010-02-22

    ... to the research, then a quasi- experimental evaluation of the program's implementation on the... experimental or quasi- experimental research design, with the evaluation results suggesting effectiveness in... this grant competition, a research design of the highest quality means an experimental design in which...

  10. 77 FR 40673 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC; NYSE Amex LLC; Order Granting...

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    2012-07-10

    ... enhance price competition for retail customer order flow.\\27\\ Another commenter was supportive of the... retail order flow to the NYSE for NYSE-listed securities, and to NYSE Amex for NYSE Amex-listed... unlisted trading privileges (``UTP''). The proposed Program would allow such order flow to receive...

  11. In Pursuit of Goal Six: A Statewide Initiative To Improve School Safety.

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    Yap, Kim O.; And Others

    National Education Goal Six calls for all schools to have safe environments conducive to teaching and learning by year 2000. In 1989, the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction initiated the School Security Enhancement Program, which provides competitive grants to school districts to develop or improve school-based…

  12. 76 FR 4612 - Community Trade Adjustment Assistance Program Fiscal Year 2010 Annual Report

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    2011-01-26

    ... Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin to help build the 40,000-square-foot Southeast Wisconsin Innovation Center, which was certified under the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental... competitiveness; and 6. Grows the ``green economy.'' Description of Each Grant Awarded in FY 2010 The following is...

  13. High School Redesign Gets Presidential Lift

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Adams, Caralee J.

    2013-01-01

    President Barack Obama applauded high school redesign efforts in his State of the Union address and encouraged districts to look to successful models for inspiration. Last week, he followed up with a request in his fiscal 2014 budget proposal for a new, $300 million competitive-grant program. Recognition is widespread that high schools need to…

  14. Towards a Framework for the Validation of Early Childhood Assessment Systems

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    Goldstein, Jessica; Flake, Jessica Kay

    2016-01-01

    American early childhood education is in the midst of drastic change. In recent years, states have begun the process of overhauling early childhood education systems in response to federal grant competitions, bringing an increased focus on assessment and accountability for early learning programs. The assessment of young children is fraught with…

  15. 76 FR 40890 - Application for New Awards; Charter Schools Program (CSP); Grants for Replication and Expansion...

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    2011-07-12

    ... students, student academic achievement, staff, and parents. The purpose of this competition (CFDA 84.282M... academic achievement. Eligible applicants may use their CSP funds to expand the enrollment of one or more... academic or structural interventions to serve students attending schools that have been identified for...

  16. The Media/Social Studies Connection: Partnerships for Learning.

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    Pearce, Vickie; Lassiter, Cathy

    1992-01-01

    Describes a high school project that won an award in the 1991 A&E (Arts and Entertainment) National Teacher Grant Competition. The program, which introduced art history into the U.S. studies curriculum, involved cooperative research, analysis of art in the local museum, group presentations, parental participation, and the production of a…

  17. 47 CFR 1.2113 - Construction prior to grant of application.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... Competitive Bidding Proceedings General Procedures § 1.2113 Construction prior to grant of application. Subject to the provisions of this section, applicants for licenses awarded by competitive bidding may..., applicants must not begin to construct facilities for licenses subject to competitive bidding. (a) When...

  18. 47 CFR 1.2113 - Construction prior to grant of application.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... Competitive Bidding Proceedings General Procedures § 1.2113 Construction prior to grant of application. Subject to the provisions of this section, applicants for licenses awarded by competitive bidding may..., applicants must not begin to construct facilities for licenses subject to competitive bidding. (a) When...

  19. Grant writing in the home health arena: the proposal.

    PubMed

    Alvarez, M E

    1999-01-01

    If at first you don't get funded, try, try, try again. Match your program with another funder. Some funders, such as private foundations, have ongoing deadlines. Grant funding is extremely competitive and can be political. Network with funders. Also network with board members, businesses, etc., who may know someone who serves on the grant funders review committee. Take a grant writing workshop and have your proposal reviewed by someone who can provide feedback. Gather grant-writing resources in the form of books, workshop materials, and Websites. Lastly, try to keep abreast of the trends in the grant field. The latest trend I have heard is an interest in having the problem statement become more positive. Focus on the strengths upon which you can build rather than the weaknesses of a community. Grant money is available from many resources in differing amounts. Test your ability at a local level. Begin developing a track record, then work to the state and federal levels. It is an exciting and challenging opportunity to better your community.

  20. 25 CFR 23.31 - Competitive off-reservation grant process.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 25 Indians 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Competitive off-reservation grant process. 23.31 Section 23.31 Indians BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HUMAN SERVICES INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT Grants to Off-Reservation Indian Organizations for Title II Indian Child and Family Service...

  1. 47 CFR 1.2109 - License grant, denial, default, and disqualification.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... PROCEDURE Competitive Bidding Proceedings General Procedures § 1.2109 License grant, denial, default, and... has declared competitive bidding closed or fails to remit the required down payment within ten (10) business days after the Commission has declared competitive bidding closed, the bidder will be deemed to...

  2. 47 CFR 1.2109 - License grant, denial, default, and disqualification.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... PROCEDURE Competitive Bidding Proceedings General Procedures § 1.2109 License grant, denial, default, and... has declared competitive bidding closed or fails to remit the required down payment within ten (10) business days after the Commission has declared competitive bidding closed, the bidder will be deemed to...

  3. 77 FR 7383 - Announcement of Funding Awards for the Continuum of Care Program for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010

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    2012-02-10

    ...In accordance with Section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of past funding decisions made by the Department in a competition for funding under the FY2010 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Homeless Assistance Grants program. This announcement contains the names of the awardees and the amounts of the awards made available by HUD in 2010. A Federal Register notice on this action was not published at the time; however, the public was advised of these grant selections since they were posted on HUD's Web site. The posting contained a listing of the selected applicants, including descriptions of the projects.

  4. 75 FR 5090 - Notice of Meeting

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    2010-02-01

    ...). Grant applications for the ARRA: Limited Competition ``AHRQ Institutional Training Grants for CE'' (K12... disclosure under the above-cited statutes. SEP Meeting on: ARRA: Limited Competition ``AHRQ Institutional Training Grants for CE'' (K12). Date: March 3, 2010 (Open on March 3 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. and closed...

  5. Building the Women's Health Research Workforce: Fostering Interdisciplinary Research Approaches in Women's Health

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    Koch, Abby; Guimond, Jennifer M.; Glavin, Sarah; Geller, Stacie

    2013-01-01

    Background: The Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) program is a mentored institutional research career development program developed to support and foster the interdisciplinary research careers of men and women junior faculty in women's health and sex/gender factors. The number of scholars who apply for and receive National Institutes of Health (NIH) research or career development grants is one proximate indicator of whether the BIRCWH program is being successful in achieving its goals. Primary Study Objective: To present descriptive data on one metric of scholar performance—NIH grant application and funding rates. Methods/Design: Grant applications were counted if the start date was 12 months or more after the scholar's BIRCWH start date. Two types of measures were used for the outcome of interest—person-based funding rates and application-based success rates. Main Outcome Measures: Grant application, person funding, and application success rates. Results: Four hundred and ninety-three scholars had participated in BIRCWH as of November 1, 2012. Seventy-nine percent of BIRCWH scholars who completed training had applied for at least one competitive NIH grant, and 64% of those who applied had received at least one grant award. Approximately 68% of completed scholars applied for at least one research grant, and about half of those who applied were successful in obtaining at least one research award. Men and women had similar person funding rates, but women had higher application success rates for RoI grants. Limitations: Data were calculated for all scholars across a series of years; many variables can influence person funding and application success rates beyond the BIRCWH program; and lack of an appropriate comparison group is another substantial limitation to this analysis. Conclusion: Our results suggest that the BIRCWH program has been successful in bridging advanced training with establishing independent research careers for scholars. PMID:24416690

  6. 20 CFR 641.740 - How will the Department determine whether a grantee fails, meets, or exceeds the expected levels...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... Employees' Benefits EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE... Year 2007) will not be allowed to compete in the subsequent grant competition, but may compete in the next grant competition after that subsequent competition. (2) State grantees. (i) If the Department...

  7. 77 FR 27756 - Applications for New Awards; Promise Neighborhoods Program-Planning Grant Competition, Correction

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    2012-05-11

    .... Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal...) or a text telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1- 800-877-8339... free at the site. You may also access documents of the Department published in the Federal Register by...

  8. 77 FR 27219 - Applications for New Awards; Promise Neighborhoods Program-Implementation Grant Competition...

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    2012-05-09

    ... official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access... (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1- 800-877-8339. Accessible Format... Document Format (PDF). To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at the site...

  9. Competitive On-Line Scheduling for Overloaded Real-Time Systems

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1993-09-01

    Real - Time Systems by Gilad Koren a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements...Overloaded Real - Time Systems 5a. CONTRACT NUMBER 5b. GRANT NUMBER 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER 6. AUTHOR(S) 5d. PROJECT NUMBER 5e. TASK NUMBER 5f. WORK...1.1 Introduction : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 2 1.1.1 Real - Time Systems : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :

  10. 76 FR 30187 - Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval...

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    2011-05-24

    ...-trade smuggling are devastating populations of tigers, rhinos, marine turtles, great apes, elephants... administers competitive grant programs funded under the: African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201-4245). Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261). Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000...

  11. Honoring Progress: An Update on the NGA Center Honor States. Volume 1, Issue 1

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    Shawe, Torrey, Ed.

    2006-01-01

    This bimonthly newsletter provides information about the progress of the Honor States Grant Program, a governor-led effort to improve college- and work-ready graduation rates. This issue explores science, technology, engineering, and math education (STEM), a priority for governors as they try to enhance workforce competitiveness in a global…

  12. 75 FR 34910 - Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools; Overview Information; Carol M. White Physical Education...

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    2010-06-18

    ... M. White Physical Education Program (PEP) provides grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) and... this competition, this priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only...(c)(2)(i), we will award an additional 3 points to an application that meets this priority. This...

  13. 75 FR 13740 - Office of Innovation and Improvement; Overview Information; Charter Schools Program (CSP) Grants...

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    2010-03-23

    ... competition must attend a two-day meeting for project directors in the Washington, DC area during each year of... person listed in this notice at least two weeks before the scheduled meeting date. Although we will... to the electronic submission requirement and submit, no later than two weeks before the application...

  14. Teacher Training Programs: Activities Underway To Improve Teacher Training, but Information Collected To Assess Accountability Has Limitations. Testimony before the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness, Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives.

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    Ashby, Cornelia M.

    This testimony highlights two components of the 1998 amendments to the Higher Education Act (which were intended to enhance the quality of classroom teaching by improving training programs for prospective teachers and qualifications of current teachers). One component provides grants, and another, called the "accountability provisions," requires…

  15. 75 FR 52358 - Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; Doctoral Dissertation Research...

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    2010-08-25

    ...The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal. The information is being collected to select applicants for award in this statutorily created competitive grant program and to monitor performance of grantees to ensure they meet statutory and program goals and requirements.

  16. 75 FR 52358 - Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB Historically Black Colleges and...

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    2010-08-25

    ...The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal. The information is being collected to select applicants for award in this statutorily created competitive grant program and to monitor performance of grantees to ensure they meet statutory and program goals and requirements.

  17. Technical Leadership Development Program-Year 3

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2012-08-30

    Develop an understanding of why achieving technology-based competitive advantage can be part of firm’s business strategy.  Review the Porter Model ...NUMBER H98230-08-D-0171 5b. GRANT NUMBER 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER 6. AUTHOR( S ) Gavito /Dr. Valentin 5d. PROJECT NUMBER RT 4-3 5e. TASK...NUMBER WHS TO009 5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME( S ) AND ADDRESS(ES) Stevens Institute of Technology 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION

  18. Promoting Learning by Inquiry Among Undergraduates in Soil Sciences: Scaffolding From Project-based Courses to Student-Staff Research Grants by the National Research Agency in Oman

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Al-Ismaily, Said; Kacimov, Anvar; Al-Maktoumi, Ali

    2016-04-01

    Three strategies in a soil science undergraduate programme with inquiry-based learning (IBL) principles at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, are presented. The first strategy scaffolds courses into three phases: with direct instructional guidance, structured IBL, and finally, guided to open IBL. The second strategy involves extra-curricular activities of undergraduates, viz. conducting workshops on soils for pupils in grades 7-9 with their teachers. The third strategy promotes the teaching-research nexus through collaboration between the undergraduates and faculty within a student-supporting, government-funded programme through 1-year long research grants of up to 5,500 US/project. The efficiency of the strategies was evaluated by students' evaluations of courses and instructors and questionnaire-based surveys. Statistics of students' responses in teaching evaluations of IBL courses showed a significantly higher level of satisfaction compared with regular courses taught in the department and college. In surveys of other constituencies of the program, viz. the secondary schools, more than 90% of respondents "agreed" or "strongly agreed" that they had learned new information/secrets about soils. The indicators of success in the third strategy are: winning a highly competitive grant and, moreover, earning an even more competitive annual national award for the best executed research project. The two top graduates of the IBL soil programme progressed into the MSc programme with the university and national scholarships. Key words: inquiry based learning, soil science undergraduate program, scaffold of courses, outreach activities, teaching-research nexus, evaluation of program's efficiency

  19. Federal Student Aid: Recent Changes to Eligibility Requirements and Additional Efforts to Promote Awareness Could Increase Academic Competitiveness and SMART Grant Participation. Report to Congressional Requesters. GAO-09-343

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    US Government Accountability Office, 2009

    2009-01-01

    The Academic Competitiveness (AC) and National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent (SMART) Grants were established by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. The grants provide merit-based financial aid to certain low-income college students eligible for Federal Pell Grants and are administered by the Department of Education (Education).…

  20. Understanding the Lived Experiences of Low-Income Pell Grant Undergraduate Students at a Most Competitive College

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    Postma, Michael H.

    2017-01-01

    Low-income Pell Grant recipients represent a small percentage of undergraduate students at America's elite colleges and universities. The purpose of this phenomenological case study was to understand the lived experiences of low-income Pell Grant students who attended a most competitive college. I used Tinto and Pusser's (2006) institutional…

  1. Competitive Research Grants and Their Impact on Career Performance

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    Bloch, Carter; Graversen, Ebbe Krogh; Pedersen, Heidi Skovgaard

    2014-01-01

    The role of competitive funds as a source of funding for academic research has increased in many countries. For the individual researcher, the receipt of a grant can influence both scientific production and career paths. This paper focuses on the importance of the receipt of a research grant for researchers' academic career paths utilizing a…

  2. 77 FR 18883 - Announcement of the Fall 2012 Annual Grant Competition for Immediate Release

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    ... on international peace and conflict resolution. The Annual Grant Competition is open to any project that falls within the Institute's broad mandate of international conflict resolution. Deadline: October...

  3. Sustaining a safety net breast and cervical cancer detection program.

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    Shapiro, Linda Diamond; Thompson, Donna; Calhoun, Elizabeth

    2006-05-01

    For the past six years, the Chicago-area faith-based Reach Out Consortium has mobilized low-income uninsured and underinsured African American women and Latinas to seek screening for breast and cervical cancer. The funding history for this program illustrates how funds for a small community-based program were leveraged into a broader program, and that grew to serve low-income women across the state. Further, as the program reached more and more uninsured women, community activism led to a further state investment in services for the uninsured. Program sustainability and expansion depended on a combination of public and private competitive grants and grassroots advocacy.

  4. Effect of Reaganomics on the U.S. health-care system.

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    Enright, S M

    1982-07-01

    Health care under President Ronald Reagan is discussed as it relates to consumers, third-party carriers, hospitals, and hospital pharmacists. The Reagan Administration's goals are to: (1) promote cost containment and quality control through competition, and (2) shift the major elements of program control to the state and local governments and the competitive private sector. Described are the regulatory and legislative initiatives of the Administration, such as the Omnibus Reconciliation Budget Act, Block Grant Programs, Medicare and Medicaid cuts, and procompetition legislation. Under increased competition in the health insurance system, the locus of responsibility for costs will shift from employers and unions to employees. Incentives for greater cost sharing will force hospitals to restrain costs. Multihospital systems are likely to proliferate. Proposed ancillary service caps will increase competition for resources among hospital departments. Pharmacy departments must implement strategic long-range planning to withstand the pressures for reductions in staff and services. Clinical pharmacy services will become increasingly difficult to implement without full documentation. As a result of all these changes, consumer demand for health-care services may decrease, and the way such services are delivered will probably shift.

  5. 77 FR 68567 - Announcement of Funding Awards for the Continuum of Care Program for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011

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    ...In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of past funding decisions made by the Department in a competition for funding under the FY2011 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFAs) for the Homeless Assistance Grants program. This announcement contains the names of the awardees and the amounts of the awards made available by HUD in FY2011.

  6. The State of Teacher Evaluation Reform: State Education Agency Capacity and the Implementation of New Teacher-Evaluation Systems

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    McGuinn, Patrick

    2012-01-01

    The Obama administration's Race to the Top competitive grant program initiated an unprecedented wave of state teacher-evaluation reform across the country. To date, most of the scholarly analysis of this activity has focused on the design of the evaluation instruments or the implementation of the new evaluations by districts and schools. But…

  7. Obama Finding Teacher Support Secure, If Tepid: Policy Rifts Complicate Obama-Teacher Dance

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    Klein, Alyson

    2012-01-01

    Ask Antonio White what he thinks of Race to the Top--President Barack Obama's signature K-12 initiative--and the Florida teacher will tell you the competitive-grant program is a "difficult pill to swallow." Merit pay for teachers based partly on student test scores is "a joke," he says. He's also not a fan of expanding charter…

  8. 77 FR 25457 - Applications for New Awards; Enhanced Assessment Instruments Grants Program-Enhanced Assessment...

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    ... priorities and one competitive preference priority. In accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(iv), absolute... priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only applications that meet: (a) one or more of the... Title I and Title III of the ESEA; (4) Can be used, as appropriate, as one of multiple measures, to...

  9. Skill set development of doctoral and post-doctoral graduates in life sciences.

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    Kanwar, R S

    2010-01-01

    Doctoral and post-doctoral training programs at leading research universities in the USA are highly important in generating the much needed knowledge in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics for keeping rural and urban economies strong and societies healthy and prosperous. In addition, innovative graduate and post doctoral research programs are the driving engines of the success of U.S. economy and have made the U.S. the most successful model of generating new knowledge in the broader areas of life sciences (and agricultural education, research, and extension). We need to do everything in our power to make these training programs innovative, collaborative, independent, and resourceful so that students are trained in different disciplines making them more flexible within a range of challenges and opportunities. The training programs must empower students to solve complex and interdisciplinary problems of the society in 21st century and make our students competitive within a global economic system, to improve the health of the nation's economy. If our land grant schools and institutions of higher learning are not preparing doctoral students to be globally competitive scientists to create new knowledge and technologies to solve complex and interdisciplinary problems of the 21st century, then either we need to redefine the mission of our land grant system or we risk losing our role to serve the public and industry effectively. Doctoral and post doctoral students should be given the needed skills and experiences to prepare them for tenure track faculty jobs at leading US Universities in the 21st century as well as prepare them for the world outside of academia. I would say minimum competency skills are needed as "bare survival skills" for all doctoral students to become successful after obtaining PhD degrees. Today's PhD students will be working in a global but highly competitive, rapidly changing, and complex world. It is no longer enough to be a good researcher and a good teacher; researchers and teachers must be good team players and leaders to lead interdisciplinary research programs, and exceptional managers to effectively manage their research staff, MS and PhD students, and post doctoral researchers. Doctoral students have exceptional opportunities during their PhD degree programs to acquire these skills from their world class supervisors and participate in available workshops on how to develop successful and winning grant proposals, improving communication skills, and participate in "future faculty programs" on their campuses.

  10. The Matthew effect in science funding.

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    Bol, Thijs; de Vaan, Mathijs; van de Rijt, Arnout

    2018-05-08

    A classic thesis is that scientific achievement exhibits a "Matthew effect": Scientists who have previously been successful are more likely to succeed again, producing increasing distinction. We investigate to what extent the Matthew effect drives the allocation of research funds. To this end, we assembled a dataset containing all review scores and funding decisions of grant proposals submitted by recent PhDs in a €2 billion granting program. Analyses of review scores reveal that early funding success introduces a growing rift, with winners just above the funding threshold accumulating more than twice as much research funding (€180,000) during the following eight years as nonwinners just below it. We find no evidence that winners' improved funding chances in subsequent competitions are due to achievements enabled by the preceding grant, which suggests that early funding itself is an asset for acquiring later funding. Surprisingly, however, the emergent funding gap is partly created by applicants, who, after failing to win one grant, apply for another grant less often.

  11. Benefits of Grants.gov to EPA and the Public

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    Grants.gov is the single source to find and apply for Federal government-wide competitive grant opportunities.Grants.gov is making it faster, easier and more cost effective for grant applicants to electronically interact with Federal grant making agencies.

  12. Bias in Research Grant Evaluation Has Dire Consequences for Small Universities.

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    Murray, Dennis L; Morris, Douglas; Lavoie, Claude; Leavitt, Peter R; MacIsaac, Hugh; Masson, Michael E J; Villard, Marc-Andre

    2016-01-01

    Federal funding for basic scientific research is the cornerstone of societal progress, economy, health and well-being. There is a direct relationship between financial investment in science and a nation's scientific discoveries, making it a priority for governments to distribute public funding appropriately in support of the best science. However, research grant proposal success rate and funding level can be skewed toward certain groups of applicants, and such skew may be driven by systemic bias arising during grant proposal evaluation and scoring. Policies to best redress this problem are not well established. Here, we show that funding success and grant amounts for applications to Canada's Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Grant program (2011-2014) are consistently lower for applicants from small institutions. This pattern persists across applicant experience levels, is consistent among three criteria used to score grant proposals, and therefore is interpreted as representing systemic bias targeting applicants from small institutions. When current funding success rates are projected forward, forecasts reveal that future science funding at small schools in Canada will decline precipitously in the next decade, if skews are left uncorrected. We show that a recently-adopted pilot program to bolster success by lowering standards for select applicants from small institutions will not erase funding skew, nor will several other post-evaluation corrective measures. Rather, to support objective and robust review of grant applications, it is necessary for research councils to address evaluation skew directly, by adopting procedures such as blind review of research proposals and bibliometric assessment of performance. Such measures will be important in restoring confidence in the objectivity and fairness of science funding decisions. Likewise, small institutions can improve their research success by more strongly supporting productive researchers and developing competitive graduate programming opportunities.

  13. Bias in Research Grant Evaluation Has Dire Consequences for Small Universities

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    Murray, Dennis L.; Morris, Douglas; Lavoie, Claude; Leavitt, Peter R.; MacIsaac, Hugh; Masson, Michael E. J.; Villard, Marc-Andre

    2016-01-01

    Federal funding for basic scientific research is the cornerstone of societal progress, economy, health and well-being. There is a direct relationship between financial investment in science and a nation’s scientific discoveries, making it a priority for governments to distribute public funding appropriately in support of the best science. However, research grant proposal success rate and funding level can be skewed toward certain groups of applicants, and such skew may be driven by systemic bias arising during grant proposal evaluation and scoring. Policies to best redress this problem are not well established. Here, we show that funding success and grant amounts for applications to Canada’s Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Grant program (2011–2014) are consistently lower for applicants from small institutions. This pattern persists across applicant experience levels, is consistent among three criteria used to score grant proposals, and therefore is interpreted as representing systemic bias targeting applicants from small institutions. When current funding success rates are projected forward, forecasts reveal that future science funding at small schools in Canada will decline precipitously in the next decade, if skews are left uncorrected. We show that a recently-adopted pilot program to bolster success by lowering standards for select applicants from small institutions will not erase funding skew, nor will several other post-evaluation corrective measures. Rather, to support objective and robust review of grant applications, it is necessary for research councils to address evaluation skew directly, by adopting procedures such as blind review of research proposals and bibliometric assessment of performance. Such measures will be important in restoring confidence in the objectivity and fairness of science funding decisions. Likewise, small institutions can improve their research success by more strongly supporting productive researchers and developing competitive graduate programming opportunities. PMID:27258385

  14. Tennessee to the Top: One State's Pursuit to Win Race to the Top

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    Finch, Maida A.

    2017-01-01

    In 2009, a seldom-used policy lever emerged in the form of a competitive grant program, Race to the Top (RTTT), and sparked a flurry of state-led initiatives as states vied for federal dollars. The current study examines the policymaking context that surrounded these events and propelled Tennessee to the top of the race among the states. Through…

  15. Common Core Standards' Devastating Impact on Literary Study and Analytical Thinking. Issue Brief No. 3800

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    Stotsky, Sandra

    2012-01-01

    Since coming to office, the Obama Administration has been intent on standardizing what is taught at each grade level in all of the nation's schools. It has used its flagship "Race to the Top" competitive grant program to entice states to adopt the K-12 standards developed by a joint project of the National Governors Association (NGA) and…

  16. 75 FR 12802 - Notice of Availability of Calendar Year 2011 Competitive Grant Funds

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    2010-03-17

    ... LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION Notice of Availability of Calendar Year 2011 Competitive Grant Funds AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation. ACTION: Solicitation for Proposals for the Provision of Civil Legal Services. SUMMARY: The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is the national organization charged with...

  17. 77 FR 19738 - Notice of Availability of Calendar Year 2013 Competitive Grant Funds

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    ... LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION Notice of Availability of Calendar Year 2013 Competitive Grant Funds AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation. ACTION: Solicitation for proposals for the provision of civil legal services. SUMMARY: The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is the national organization charged with...

  18. 30 CFR 285.307 - How will MMS determine whether competitive interest exists for ROW grants and RUE grants?

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    2011-07-01

    ... ENERGY MANAGEMENT, REGULATION, AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY... and Easement Grants for Renewable Energy Activities Obtaining Row Grants and Rue Grants § 285.307 How...

  19. 76 FR 14725 - Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant Proposals: Open Competition...

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    .... Carry out post-grant engagement. The grant recipient will develop enhancement activities that reinforce....6. Post-grant Plan. A post-grant plan that demonstrates how the grantee and participants will...

  20. Arkansas DOE/EPSCoR traineeship grant. Final technical report, September 30, 1991--October 15, 1996

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    Geren, C.R.

    1998-03-06

    The traineeship grant proposal was submitted by Karl David Straub on March 19, 1991 on the behalf of the Arkansas EPSCoR Committee. The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville submitted the proposal for the Arkansas EPSCoR Committee and agreed to act as the fiduciary for the project if it was funded. The duration of the original project was 9/1/91 through 8/31/92. A competitive renewal application for years two and three was submitted by Collis Geren for the Arkansas EPSCoR Committee and the DOE EPSCoR Subcommittee, and no cost extensions extended the program through October 15, 1996. The total funding from the Departmentmore » of Energy, for this traineeship grant was $750,000 which was matched as required by participating Arkansas entities. The Arkansas Energy Office provided $725,000 of the match from stripper well funds. Participating universities provided the final required $25,000. This report describes the process the state followed in recruiting to fill training positions, problems encountered with the program, the participants, their research programs, and their progress. Students worked on programs ranging from diamond films to molecular conductors, particle physics to photo cells, catalysts to solar siding to rice drying.« less

  1. 76 FR 1642 - Notice of Availability of Calendar Year 2011 Competitive Grant Funds

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    2011-01-11

    ... LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION Notice of Availability of Calendar Year 2011 Competitive Grant Funds AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation. ACTION: Solicitation for Proposals for the Provision of Civil Legal Services in Louisiana for service area LA-1. SUMMARY: The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is the national...

  2. 20 CFR 641.490 - When may SCSEP grants be awarded competitively?

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    2010-04-01

    ... 20 Employees' Benefits 3 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false When may SCSEP grants be awarded competitively? 641.490 Section 641.490 Employees' Benefits EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF... State, or State grantee) fails to meet its performance measures; the eligibility requirements; or the...

  3. 13 CFR 313.8 - Competitive process.

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    2010-01-01

    ... implementation grant shall be reviewed by EDA in accord with a competitive process as set forth in the applicable FFO, to ensure that EDA awards funds to the most merit-worthy projects. (b) Priority for grants to small- and medium-sized Communities. EDA shall give priority to an application submitted under this part...

  4. Creating Cover and Constructing Capacity: Assessing the Origins, Evolution, and Impact of Race to the Top. Education Stimulus Watch. Special Report 6

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    McGuinn, Patrick

    2010-01-01

    The Obama administration's Race to the Top (RTT) competitive grant program has been heralded for revolutionizing the federal role in education and transforming state school reform efforts. This paper offers an initial analysis of the origins, evolution, and impact of RTT. In many ways, RTT is an attempt to circumvent the perceived failings of No…

  5. 45 CFR 1634.5 - Identification of qualified applicants for grants and contracts.

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    2010-10-01

    ...) LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR GRANTS AND CONTRACTS § 1634.5 Identification of... applicants who may submit a notice of intent to compete and an application to participate in the competitive... furnishing of legal assistance to eligible clients; (3) Private attorneys, groups of attorneys or law firms...

  6. 45 CFR 1634.5 - Identification of qualified applicants for grants and contracts.

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    2011-10-01

    ...) LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR GRANTS AND CONTRACTS § 1634.5 Identification of... applicants who may submit a notice of intent to compete and an application to participate in the competitive... furnishing of legal assistance to eligible clients; (3) Private attorneys, groups of attorneys or law firms...

  7. Using a student-faculty collaborative learning model to teach grant development in graduate nursing education.

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    Falk, Nancy L; Phillips, Kathleen M; Hymer, Regina; Acquaviva, Kimberly D; Schumann, Mary Jean

    2014-05-01

    Graduate nurses are employed in clinical, research, educational, and policy roles. As leaders, they are expected to develop and sustain projects that support translating research to practice and policy. Funding to support initiatives is tight and requires innovative solutions to cover salaries, benefits, equipment purchases, and other program expenses. In an effort to teach grant writing while developing skilled leaders who are effective and competitive in securing funds, the George Washington University School of Nursing offers a graduate-level grant writing course. In the summer of 2011, a collaborative learning model was developed within the course. The joint approach was foundational to securing an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality grant to support development and implementation of a patient engagement project by the Nursing Alliance for Quality Care. This article describes the project and offers hints for those seeking to develop a collaborative educational experience that affords new leadership skills for RNs from all backgrounds. Copyright 2014, SLACK Incorporated.

  8. 75 FR 8854 - Teacher Incentive Fund Program

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    ...The Secretary of Education (Secretary) proposes priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria under the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) program. These proposed priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria are designed to be used in two separate and distinct TIF grant competitions: The Main TIF competition, which will provide TIF funding to eligible entities to support their implementation of performance-based compensation systems (PBCSs) in accordance with the priorities, the Main TIF requirements, the definitions, and the selection criteria proposed in this document, and the TIF Evaluation competition, which will provide, in accordance with the priorities, the Main TIF requirements, the definitions, and the selection criteria as well as the Evaluation requirements proposed in this document, TIF funding to help pay for the costs of implementing these eligible entities' PBCS in exchange for an agreement to participate in the national evaluation. The Secretary may use these proposed TIF priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria in fiscal year (FY) 2010 and subsequent years. We intend the proposed priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria to improve student achievement in high-need schools by creating incentives for effective teachers and principals in these schools.

  9. 30 CFR 585.307 - How will BOEM determine whether competitive interest exists for ROW grants and RUE grants?

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    2012-07-01

    ... ENERGY MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ALTERNATE USES OF EXISTING... Renewable Energy Activities Obtaining Row Grants and Rue Grants § 585.307 How will BOEM determine whether...

  10. 30 CFR 585.307 - How will BOEM determine whether competitive interest exists for ROW grants and RUE grants?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... ENERGY MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ALTERNATE USES OF EXISTING... Renewable Energy Activities Obtaining Row Grants and Rue Grants § 585.307 How will BOEM determine whether...

  11. Grants.gov Submission Requirements

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    Imperative Grants.gov submission information.All initial proposals/applications submitted for EPA competitive assistance agreement awards, including fellowships,based on solicitations issued on or after February 17,2015 must be submitted using Grants.gov

  12. 20 CFR 667.825 - What special rules apply to reviews of NFJP and WIA INA grant selections?

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    2011-04-01

    ... 20 Employees' Benefits 3 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false What special rules apply to reviews of NFJP and WIA INA grant selections? 667.825 Section 667.825 Employees' Benefits EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING... competition and for the area and will select a grantee through the normal competitive process. ...

  13. 30 CFR 285.315 - What deposits are required for a competitive ROW grant or RUE grant?

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    2011-07-01

    ... ROW grant or RUE grant? 285.315 Section 285.315 Mineral Resources BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, REGULATION, AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY ALTERNATE USES OF EXISTING... Renewable Energy Activities Financial Requirements for Row Grants and Rue Grants § 285.315 What deposits are...

  14. 77 FR 14046 - Notice of Funding Opportunity and Solicitation for Grant Applications for YouthBuild Grants

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    2012-03-08

    ..., occupational skills training, and employment services to disadvantaged youth in their communities while... Solicitation for Grant Applications for YouthBuild Grants AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor... Workforce Investment Act [29 U.S.C. 2918a]. YouthBuild grants will be awarded through a competitive process...

  15. 45 CFR 1634.4 - Announcement of competition.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... Public Welfare Regulations Relating to Public Welfare (Continued) LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION COMPETITIVE... competitive bidding process, shall take appropriate steps to announce the availability of such a grant or... interested parties are given an opportunity to participate in the competitive bidding process. (b) The...

  16. 45 CFR 1634.4 - Announcement of competition.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... Public Welfare Regulations Relating to Public Welfare (Continued) LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION COMPETITIVE... competitive bidding process, shall take appropriate steps to announce the availability of such a grant or... interested parties are given an opportunity to participate in the competitive bidding process. (b) The...

  17. Is competition making a comeback? Discovering methods to keep female adolescents engaged in STEM: A phenomenological approach

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    Notter, Kathryn Betz

    The decreasing number of women who are graduating in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields continues to be a major concern. Despite national support in the form of grants provided by National Science Foundation, National Center for Information and Technology and legislation passed such as the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 that encourages women to enter the STEM fields, the number of women actually graduating in these fields is surprisingly low. This research study focuses on a robotics competition and its ability to engage female adolescents in STEM curricula. Data have been collected to help explain why young women are reticent to take technology or engineering type courses in high school and college. Factors that have been described include attitudes, parental support, social aspects, peer pressure, and lack of role models. Often these courses were thought to have masculine and "nerdy" overtones. The courses were usually majority male enrollments and appeared to be very competitive. With more female adolescents engaging in this type of competitive atmosphere, this study gathered information to discover what about the competition appealed to these young women. Focus groups were used to gather information from adolescent females who were participating in the First Lego League (FLL) and CEENBoT competitions. What enticed them to participate in a curriculum that data demonstrated many of their peers avoided? FLL and CEENBoT are robotics programs based on curricula that are taught in afterschool programs in non-formal environments. These programs culminate in a very large robotics competition. My research questions included: What are the factors that encouraged participants to participate in the robotics competition? What was the original enticement to the FLL and CEENBoT programs? What will make participants want to come back and what are the participants' plans for the future? My research mirrored data of previous findings such as lack of role models, the need for parental support, social stigmatisms and peer pressure are still major factors that determine whether adolescent females seek out STEM activities. An interesting finding, which was an exception to previous findings, was these female adolescents enjoyed the challenge of the competition. The informal learning environments encouraged an atmosphere of social engagement and cooperative learning. Many volunteers that led the afterschool programs were women (role models) and a majority of parents showed support by accommodating an afterschool situation. The young women that were engaged in the competition noted it was a friendly competition, but they were all there to win. All who participated in the competition had a similar learning environment: competitive but cooperative. Further research is needed to determine if it is the learning environment that lures adolescent females to the program and entices them to continue in the STEM fields or if it is the competitive aspect of the culminating activity.

  18. 40 CFR 35.936-3 - Competition.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... ASSISTANCE Grants for Construction of Treatment Works-Clean Water Act § 35.936-3 Competition. EPA's policy is to encourage free and open competition appropriate to the type of project work to be performed. ...

  19. Bringing Community and Academic Scholars Together to Facilitate and Conduct Authentic Community Based Participatory Research: Project UNITED

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    Lewis, Dwight; Yerby, Lea; Tucker, Melanie; Foster, Pamela Payne; Hamilton, Kara C.; Fifolt, Matthew M.; Hites, Lisle; Shreves, Mary Katherine; Page, Susan B.; Bissell, Kimberly L.; Lucky, Felecia L.; Higginbotham, John C.

    2015-01-01

    Cultural competency, trust, and research literacy can affect the planning and implementation of sustainable community-based participatory research (CBPR). The purpose of this manuscript is to highlight: (1) the development of a CBPR pilot grant request for application; and (2) a comprehensive program supporting CBPR obesity-related grant proposals facilitated by activities designed to promote scholarly collaborations between academic researchers and the community. After a competitive application process, academic researchers and non-academic community leaders were selected to participate in activities where the final culminating project was the submission of a collaborative obesity-related CBPR grant application. Teams were comprised of a mix of academic researchers and non-academic community leaders, and each team submitted an application addressing obesity-disparities among rural predominantly African American communities in the US Deep South. Among four collaborative teams, three (75%) successfully submitted a grant application to fund an intervention addressing rural and minority obesity disparities. Among the three submitted grant applications, one was successfully funded by an internal CBPR grant, and another was funded by an institutional seed funding grant. Preliminary findings suggest that the collaborative activities were successful in developing productive scholarly relationships between researchers and community leaders. Future research will seek to understand the full-context of our findings. PMID:26703675

  20. 24 CFR 574.210 - Eligible applicants.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY FACILITIES HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS Competitive Grants... organizations, may apply for grants for projects of national significance. (b) Only those States and units of... grants for other projects as described in § 574.200(a)(2). (c) Except for grants for projects of national...

  1. Expanding geothermal resource utilization through directed research, education, and public outreach: Final Technical Report

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Calvin, Wendy

    The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) conducts research and outreach activities that will lead to increased utilization of geothermal resources in the western US. The Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy (GBCGE) is working in partnership with US industry to establish geothermal energy as a sustainable, environmentally sound, economically competitive contributor to energy supply in the western US. Task 1 involves conducting geoscience and engineering research and developing technology to improve the assessment, exploration, and stimulation of geothermal resources. Subtask projects were selected based on peer review of proposals submitted to the GBCGE from Nevada System of High Education (NSHE)more » institutions for short project development and seed awards intended to develop background and establish viability of approaches for future activities. Task 2 includes project management and organization of workshops periodically requested by DOE and others to satisfy other mission goals of the GBCGE and the DOE geothermal program. GBCGE supports interaction with national and international geothermal organizations, with brochures, presentations, and materials describing GBCGE accomplishments and current research. We continue to maintain and develop an internet-based information system that makes geothermal data and information available to industry, government, and academic stakeholders for exploration and development of geothermal resources. This award also partially supported post-doctoral scholar Drew Siler and research scientist Betsy Littlefield Pace whose effort is included under developing future research projects. Task 2 also focuses on education and outreach through a competitive graduate fellowship program. The budget is for two-year stipends for three graduate students to work collaboratively with GBCGE faculty on Master’s or PhD degrees in geoscience and engineering fields. This grant supported three MS students in full for two years toward the degree and contributed bridge money for four other students to finish their degrees. In total, eight graduate degrees were supported by this grant, either through the faculty seed grants or the fellowship program.« less

  2. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Curry, Bennett

    The Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) conducted an Innovation in Advanced Manufacturing Grant Competition to support and grow southern and central Arizona’s Aerospace and Defense (A&D) industry and its supply chain. The problem statement for this grant challenge was that many A&D machining processes utilize older generation CNC machine tool technologies that can result an inefficient use of resources – energy, time and materials – compared to the latest state-of-the-art CNC machines. Competitive awards funded projects to develop innovative new tools and technologies that reduce energy consumption for older generation machine tools and foster working relationships between industry small to medium-sizedmore » manufacturing enterprises and third-party solution providers. During the 42-month term of this grant, 12 competitive awards were made. Final reports have been included with this submission.« less

  3. YES and BEST

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Ewald, Mary Lou

    2002-10-01

    As a land-grant institution, Auburn University is committed to serving the citizens of Alabama through extension services and outreach programs. In following this outreach focus, the College of Sciences and Mathematics (COSAM) at AU has dedicated considerable resources to science and math related K-12 outreach programs, including two of our newest student-aimed programs: Youth Experiences in Science (YES) and Alabama BEST. Youth Experiences in Science (YES) is a Saturday enrichment program for middle school students. It includes a Fall and Spring Saturday component and a Summer camp experience. Activities include: LEGO's with Computers; Blood, Diseases & Forensics; Geometry of Models & Games; GPS Mapping; Polymer Chemistry; Electronics; and Genetics. Last year (2001-02), over 400 students attended a YES program on our campus. Alabama BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science & Technology) is a middle and high school robotics competition co-sponsored by COSAM and the College of Engineering at AU. Teams of students design and build robots and compete in a game format, with a new game theme introduced each year. This year, sixty teams from across Alabama and Georgia will have six weeks to design, build and perfect their robots before competition on October 18 and 19.

  4. 40 CFR 35.712 - Competitive process.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Competitive process. 35.712 Section 35... Monitoring (section 28) § 35.712 Competitive process. EPA will award Toxic Substances Control Act Compliance Monitoring grants to Tribes or Intertribal Consortia through a competitive process in accordance with...

  5. Development of a teaching tool to encourage high school students to study aerospace technical subjects

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Gale, Anita; Edwards, Dick

    1998-01-01

    This report details the efforts to develop a design competition aimed at high school students which will encourage them to study aerospace technical subjects. It has been shown that such competitions - based on an industry simulation game - are valuable ways to energize high school students to study in this area. Under the grant, a new competition scenario was developed, in keeping with NASA-Dryden's mission to develop aircraft and foster knowledge about aeronautics. Included are preliminary background materials and information which, if the grant is continued, would form the basis of a national competition for high school students, wherein they would design an Aerospaceport in a future year, taking into consideration the requirements of aircraft, spacecraft- ground transportation systems, passengers who use the facility, and employees who operate it. Many of the Competition methods were studied and tested during two existing local competitions in the disadvantaged communities of Lancaster and Victorville, California.

  6. 78 FR 17418 - Rural Health Information Technology Network Development Grant

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-03-21

    ... Information Technology Network Development Grant AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA...-competitive replacement award under the Rural Health Information Technology Network Development Grant (RHITND... relinquishing its fiduciary responsibilities for the Rural Health Information Technology Network Development...

  7. The Impact of Funding through the RF President’s Grants for Young Scientists (the field – Medicine) on Research Productivity: A Quasi-Experimental Study and a Brief Systematic Review

    PubMed Central

    Saygitov, Ruslan T.

    2014-01-01

    The impact of grants on research productivity has been investigated by a number of retrospective studies. The results of these studies vary considerably. The objective of my study was to investigate the impact of funding through the RF President’s grants for young scientists on the research productivity of awarded applicants. The study compared the number of total articles and citations for awarded and rejected applicants who in 2007 took part in competitions for young candidates of science (CoS’s) and doctors of science (DoS’s) in the scientific field of medicine. The bibliometric analysis was conducted for the period from 2003 to 2012 (five years before and after the competition). The source of bibliometric data is the eLIBRARY.RU database. The impact of grants on the research productivity of Russian young scientists was assessed using the meta-analytical approach based on data from quasi-experimental studies conducted in other countries. The competition featured 149 CoS’s and 41 DoS’s, out of which 24 (16%) and 22 (54%) applicants, respectively, obtained funding. No difference in the number of total articles and citations at baseline, as well as in 2008–2012, for awarded and rejected applicants was found. The combination of data from the Russian study and other quasi-experimental studies (6 studies, 10 competitions) revealed a small treatment effect – an increase in the total number of publications over a 4–5-year period after the competition by 1.23 (95% CI 0.48–1.97). However, the relationship between the number of total publications published by applicants before and after the competition revealed that this treatment effect is an effect of the “maturation” of scientists with a high baseline publication activity – not of grant funding. PMID:24475203

  8. The impact of funding through the RF President's grants for young scientists (the field--medicine) on research productivity: a quasi-experimental study and a brief systematic review.

    PubMed

    Saygitov, Ruslan T

    2014-01-01

    The impact of grants on research productivity has been investigated by a number of retrospective studies. The results of these studies vary considerably. The objective of my study was to investigate the impact of funding through the RF President's grants for young scientists on the research productivity of awarded applicants. The study compared the number of total articles and citations for awarded and rejected applicants who in 2007 took part in competitions for young candidates of science (CoS's) and doctors of science (DoS's) in the scientific field of medicine. The bibliometric analysis was conducted for the period from 2003 to 2012 (five years before and after the competition). The source of bibliometric data is the eLIBRARY.RU database. The impact of grants on the research productivity of Russian young scientists was assessed using the meta-analytical approach based on data from quasi-experimental studies conducted in other countries. The competition featured 149 CoS's and 41 DoS's, out of which 24 (16%) and 22 (54%) applicants, respectively, obtained funding. No difference in the number of total articles and citations at baseline, as well as in 2008-2012, for awarded and rejected applicants was found. The combination of data from the Russian study and other quasi-experimental studies (6 studies, 10 competitions) revealed a small treatment effect--an increase in the total number of publications over a 4-5-year period after the competition by 1.23 (95% CI 0.48-1.97). However, the relationship between the number of total publications published by applicants before and after the competition revealed that this treatment effect is an effect of the "maturation" of scientists with a high baseline publication activity--not of grant funding.

  9. 20 CFR 641.490 - When will the Department compete SCSEP grant awards?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... 20 Employees' Benefits 3 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false When will the Department compete SCSEP grant awards? 641.490 Section 641.490 Employees' Benefits EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF... SCSEP grant awards? (a)(1) The Department will hold a full and open competition for national grants...

  10. A Novel Program Trains Community‐Academic Teams to Build Research and Partnership Capacity

    PubMed Central

    Brown, Jen; LeBailly, Susan; McGee, Richard; Bayldon, Barbara; Huber, Gail; Kaleba, Erin; Lowry, Kelly Walker; Martens, Joseph; Mason, Maryann; Nuñez, Abel

    2013-01-01

    Abstract The Community‐Engaged Research Team Support (CERTS) program was developed and tested to build research and partnership capacity for community‐engaged research (CEnR) teams. Led by the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS), the goals of CERTS were: (1) to help community‐academic teams build capacity for conducting rigorous CEnR and (2) to support teams as they prepare federal grant proposal drafts. The program was guided by an advisory committee of community and clinical partners, and representatives from Chicago's Clinical and Translational Science Institutes. Monthly workshops guided teams to write elements of NIH‐style research proposals. Draft reviewing fostered a collaborative learning environment and helped teams develop equal partnerships. The program culminated in a mock‐proposal review. All teams clarified their research and acquired new knowledge about the preparation of NIH‐style proposals. Trust, partnership collaboration, and a structured writing strategy were assets of the CERTS approach. CERTS also uncovered gaps in resources and preparedness for teams to be competitive for federally funded grants. Areas of need include experience as principal investigators, publications on study results, mentoring, institutional infrastructure, and dedicated time for research. PMID:23751028

  11. 45 CFR 2543.43 - Competition.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 45 Public Welfare 4 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Competition. 2543.43 Section 2543.43 Public... GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, HOSPITALS, AND OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Post-Award Requirements Property Standards § 2543.43 Competition. All procurement transactions...

  12. STAGES: A Short Term Travel Grant for Educators. A Report on a Curriculum Development Experience for Ten Ohio Community and Two-Year College Faculty in Czechoslovakia, Poland and Romania during the Summer of 1992.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Cook, Jean, Ed.; Mitchner, Gary, Ed.

    During a 4-week period in June and July of 1992, 10 faculty members from two-year colleges in Ohio traveled to Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Romania as part of the Building the Capacity for International Competitiveness (BCIC) program, a partnership of three Ohio community colleges. Focusing on gathering information to assist in the development of…

  13. Cultures in Conflict: An Assessment of Frontier Diplomacy during the French and Indian War

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2008-01-01

    DUring the French and Indian War 5a. CONTRACT NUMBER 5b. GRANT NUMBER 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER 6. AUTHOR(S) 5d. PROJECT NUMBER 5e. TASK NUMBER...competitive world of 18th century imperial trade. France desired peace with the Iroquois but not too much peace. FRENCH COLONISTS SMALL POPULATION Despite...tribes .. .in peace and union against a common enemy - that is, the Iroquois.,,48 FRENCH DIPLOMACY Within New France , and especially the pays d’en haut

  14. Funding Undergraduate Neuroscience Education: CCLI Yesterday and Today

    PubMed Central

    Pruitt, Nancy L.; Small, Jeanne R.; Woodin, Terry

    2006-01-01

    For over 20 years, the Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) has been supporting undergraduate curricula in the sciences, including neuroscience. NSF’s priorities in undergraduate education, however, have evolved during that period, and the competition for grants has increased. This history and overview of the current Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement program (CCLI) illustrates the changing philosophy of DUE with regard to its curricular programs. It is hoped that understanding the current emphasis on assessing the outcomes of curricular changes and disseminating their results will help interested science faculty write better proposals and compete more effectively for funds. PMID:23493497

  15. Effects of global competition on health care administration in Finland and the United States. What you can do to save your practice.

    PubMed

    Thompson, J W; Stocks, R M; Shmerling, J E; Dempsey, J

    1996-03-01

    Global competition, a faltering Finnish economy, and deep recession are forcing difficult decisions on the health care administrators of this Nordic country known for its extensive social welfare safety net and socialized health care system. In the first part of this article the Finnish health care system and its problems, as well as possible solutions, are presented. Similarities to our own system are noted and discussed. In an interview, the director general for the Minister of Social Affairs and Health of Finland, Kimmo Leppo, expressed concern about future funding sources in his country for the same levels of social welfare and health care programs that presently exist. The Finns are considering managed competition among providers, increasing copayments, excess hospital beds, anticipated hospital closures in their country, block grants, and how to deal with rising physician unemployment. He was interested in the proposed US government health care plans, and especially the state of Tennessee's TennCare plan, a state plan that closely resembled the failed Clinton health care reform package. The second part of this article explores how global competition has brought the pressure of modern competitive economics into the US medical arena.

  16. 75 FR 29772 - Notice of Meeting

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-05-27

    ... (c)(6). Grant applications for the Recovery Act 2009 Limited Competition: Prospect Studies--Building... on: Recovery Act 2009 Limited Competition: Prospect Studies--Building New Clinical Infrastructure for...

  17. 15 CFR 14.43 - Competition.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 15 Commerce and Foreign Trade 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Competition. 14.43 Section 14.43... GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, HOSPITALS, OTHER NON-PROFIT, AND COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS Post-Award Requirements Procurement Standards § 14.43 Competition. All procurement transactions...

  18. 30 CFR 585.307 - How will BOEM determine whether competitive interest exists for ROW grants and RUE grants?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... ENERGY MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ALTERNATE USES OF EXISTING... Renewable Energy Activities Obtaining Row Grants and Rue Grants § 585.307 How will BOEM determine whether... interest: (a) We will publish a public notice, describing the parameters of the project, to give affected...

  19. 30 CFR 285.307 - How will MMS determine whether competitive interest exists for ROW grants and RUE grants?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... MANAGEMENT SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY ALTERNATE USES OF EXISTING... Renewable Energy Activities Obtaining Row Grants and Rue Grants § 285.307 How will MMS determine whether... interest: (a) We will publish a public notice, describing the parameters of the project, to give affected...

  20. Reprint 2007: Why Academics Have a Hard Time Writing Good Grants Proposals

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Porter, Robert

    2017-01-01

    This paper discusses the contrasting perspectives of academic prose versus grant writing, and lists strategies grant specialists can use to help researchers break old habits and replace them with techniques better suited to the world of competitive grant proposals. [This article is a reprint of "Why Academics Have a Hard Time Writing Good…

  1. 7 CFR 3406.1 - Applicability of regulations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ...-grant institutions and Tuskegee University under the provisions of section 1417(b)(4) of the National... make competitive grants to land-grant colleges and universities, to colleges and universities having... agricultural sciences, and to other colleges and universities having a demonstrable capacity to carry out the...

  2. ACHP | News

    Science.gov Websites

    competitive grant projects to support heritage tourism through research and documentation, planning, education funded grant projects remain active, and the National Park Service continues to consult with grantees and receive progress reports as well as specific products produced with the grant funds. First Lady Michelle

  3. Exceptions to the Grants.gov Submission Requirement

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    All initial proposals/applications submitted for EPA competitive assistance agreement awards, including fellowships, based on solicitations issued on or after February 17, 2015 must be submitted using Grants.gov.

  4. DOE EPSCoR Initiative in Structural and computational Biology/Bioinformatics

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Wallace, Susan S.

    2008-02-21

    The overall goal of the DOE EPSCoR Initiative in Structural and Computational Biology was to enhance the competiveness of Vermont research in these scientific areas. To develop self-sustaining infrastructure, we increased the critical mass of faculty, developed shared resources that made junior researchers more competitive for federal research grants, implemented programs to train graduate and undergraduate students who participated in these research areas and provided seed money for research projects. During the time period funded by this DOE initiative: (1) four new faculty were recruited to the University of Vermont using DOE resources, three in Computational Biology and one inmore » Structural Biology; (2) technical support was provided for the Computational and Structural Biology facilities; (3) twenty-two graduate students were directly funded by fellowships; (4) fifteen undergraduate students were supported during the summer; and (5) twenty-eight pilot projects were supported. Taken together these dollars resulted in a plethora of published papers, many in high profile journals in the fields and directly impacted competitive extramural funding based on structural or computational biology resulting in 49 million dollars awarded in grants (Appendix I), a 600% return on investment by DOE, the State and University.« less

  5. 34 CFR 691.79 - Liability for and recovery of grant overpayments.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 34 Education 4 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Liability for and recovery of grant overpayments. 691.79 Section 691.79 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (CONTINUED) ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT...

  6. 34 CFR 691.79 - Liability for and recovery of grant overpayments.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 34 Education 4 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Liability for and recovery of grant overpayments. 691.79 Section 691.79 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (CONTINUED) ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT...

  7. 34 CFR 691.80 - Redetermination of eligibility for a grant award.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 34 Education 4 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Redetermination of eligibility for a grant award. 691.80 Section 691.80 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (CONTINUED) ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT...

  8. 34 CFR 691.62 - Calculation of a grant.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 34 Education 4 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Calculation of a grant. 691.62 Section 691.62 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (CONTINUED) ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT (ACG) AND NATIONAL SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS...

  9. 34 CFR 691.80 - Redetermination of eligibility for a grant award.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 34 Education 4 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Redetermination of eligibility for a grant award. 691.80 Section 691.80 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (CONTINUED) ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT...

  10. 34 CFR 691.62 - Calculation of a grant.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 34 Education 4 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Calculation of a grant. 691.62 Section 691.62 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (CONTINUED) ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT (ACG) AND NATIONAL SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS...

  11. 34 CFR 691.80 - Redetermination of eligibility for a grant award.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 34 Education 4 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Redetermination of eligibility for a grant award. 691.80 Section 691.80 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (CONTINUED) ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT...

  12. 34 CFR 691.62 - Calculation of a grant.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 34 Education 4 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Calculation of a grant. 691.62 Section 691.62 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (CONTINUED) ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT (ACG) AND NATIONAL SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS...

  13. 34 CFR 691.62 - Calculation of a grant.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 34 Education 4 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Calculation of a grant. 691.62 Section 691.62 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (CONTINUED) ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT (ACG) AND NATIONAL SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS...

  14. 34 CFR 691.79 - Liability for and recovery of grant overpayments.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 34 Education 4 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Liability for and recovery of grant overpayments. 691.79 Section 691.79 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (CONTINUED) ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT...

  15. 34 CFR 691.80 - Redetermination of eligibility for a grant award.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 34 Education 4 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Redetermination of eligibility for a grant award. 691.80 Section 691.80 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (CONTINUED) ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT...

  16. 34 CFR 691.79 - Liability for and recovery of grant overpayments.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 34 Education 4 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Liability for and recovery of grant overpayments. 691.79 Section 691.79 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (CONTINUED) ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT...

  17. 76 FR 62455 - Announcement of Updated Funding Availability for H-1B Technical Skills Training Grants

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-10-07

    ... 10-13] Announcement of Updated Funding Availability for H-1B Technical Skills Training Grants AGENCY... the availability of $240 million for the H-1B Technical Skills Training Grants to be awarded through a... additional applicants to apply for the H-1B Technical Skills Training Grants competition that will close on...

  18. 78 FR 46953 - CDC and ATSDR Use of the SF-424 Research and Related Forms (Application Packages) in Grants.gov...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-08-02

    ... Use of the SF-424 Research and Related Forms (Application Packages) in Grants.gov and the eRA Commons... Management and Budget approved form sets available through Grants.gov . CDC and other agencies serviced by eRA use the `Competition ID' field of Grants.gov application packages for quick and easy...

  19. Distributed Wind Competitiveness Improvement Project

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    The Competitiveness Improvement Project (CIP) is a periodic solicitation through the U.S. Department of Energy and its National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The Competitiveness Improvement Project (CIP) is a periodic solicitation through the U.S. Department of Energy and its National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Manufacturers of small and medium wind turbines are awarded cost-shared grants via a competitive process to optimize their designs, develop advanced manufacturing processes, and perform turbine testing. The goals of the CIP are to make wind energy cost competitive with other distributed generation technology and increase the number of wind turbine designs certified to national testing standards. Thismore » fact sheet describes the CIP and funding awarded as part of the project.ufacturers of small and medium wind turbines are awarded cost-shared grants via a competitive process to optimize their designs, develop advanced manufacturing processes, and perform turbine testing. The goals of the CIP are to make wind energy cost competitive with other distributed generation technology and increase the number of wind turbine designs certified to national testing standards. This fact sheet describes the CIP and funding awarded as part of the project.« less

  20. Merit pay: viable?

    PubMed

    Farmer, C R

    1978-01-01

    Can an organization really have a meaningful relationship between its merit pay program and motivation of its employees? C. Richard Farmer of Armstrong Cork says yes--if. If the approach to granting merit pay increases is coupled with a salary structure attuned to economic and competitive conditions, and if it is communicated effectively and openly to the employees, then it automatically translates labor market activity, performance, and the cost of living into a meaningful increase. Position descriptions, evaluations, and performance appraisals are some of the tools essential to a viable merit pay program. But besides these definite do's, the author outlines some of the don'ts of merit pay programs, such as centralized administration of the program--policies, programs, and procedures may be centralized, but their administration must be carried out by those close to the individual employees and work units. Above all, the merit pay program must be based on performance, not longevity.

  1. 15 CFR 14.46 - Procurement records.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... competition when competitive bids or offers are not obtained; and (c) Basis for award cost or price. ... FOR GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, HOSPITALS, OTHER NON-PROFIT, AND...

  2. Alternative Fuels Data Center

    Science.gov Websites

    -profit organizations or institutes of higher education that have demonstrated knowledge of biodiesel fuel Biodiesel Education Grants Competitive grants are available through the Biodiesel Fuel Education

  3. 36 CFR 72.62 - Amendments to approved grants.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 36 Parks, Forests, and Public Property 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Amendments to approved grants. 72.62 Section 72.62 Parks, Forests, and Public Property NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE....62 Amendments to approved grants. Changes which alter the scope of any approved UPARR competitive...

  4. 32 CFR 22.300 - Purpose.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Purpose. 22.300 Section 22.300 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DoD GRANT AND AGREEMENT REGULATIONS DoD GRANTS AND... implements statutes related to the use of competitive procedures in the award of grants and cooperative...

  5. 33 CFR 211.8 - Limitations on rights which may be granted.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... may be granted. (a) Advertising. It is the policy to grant leases to the highest responsible bidders after advertising, where competition is practicable. Advertising consists of the circularization of... by the posting of notices in public places, and publication of notices in newspapers where such...

  6. 34 CFR 691.62 - Calculation of a grant.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 34 Education 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Calculation of a grant. 691.62 Section 691.62 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT (ACG) AND NATIONAL SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS ACCESS TO...

  7. 34 CFR 691.79 - Liability for and recovery of grant overpayments.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 34 Education 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Liability for and recovery of grant overpayments. 691.79 Section 691.79 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT (ACG) AND...

  8. 34 CFR 691.15 - Eligibility to receive a grant.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 34 Education 4 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Eligibility to receive a grant. 691.15 Section 691.15 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (CONTINUED) ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT (ACG) AND NATIONAL SCIENCE AND...

  9. 34 CFR 691.15 - Eligibility to receive a grant.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 34 Education 4 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Eligibility to receive a grant. 691.15 Section 691.15 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (CONTINUED) ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT (ACG) AND NATIONAL SCIENCE AND...

  10. 34 CFR 691.15 - Eligibility to receive a grant.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 34 Education 4 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Eligibility to receive a grant. 691.15 Section 691.15 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (CONTINUED) ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT (ACG) AND NATIONAL SCIENCE AND...

  11. 34 CFR 691.15 - Eligibility to receive a grant.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 34 Education 4 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Eligibility to receive a grant. 691.15 Section 691.15 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (CONTINUED) ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT (ACG) AND NATIONAL SCIENCE AND...

  12. 34 CFR 691.80 - Redetermination of eligibility for a grant award.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 34 Education 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Redetermination of eligibility for a grant award. 691.80 Section 691.80 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT (ACG) AND...

  13. 29 CFR 95.43 - Competition.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 true Competition. 95.43 Section 95.43 Labor Office of the Secretary of Labor GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, HOSPITALS, AND OTHER NON... Standards § 95.43 Competition. All procurement transactions shall be conducted in a manner to provide, to...

  14. 45 CFR 1634.12 - Emergency procedures and waivers.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR GRANTS AND CONTRACTS § 1634.12 Emergency procedures and waivers. The President of the... requirements imposed by law on the awards of grants and contracts for a particular fiscal year. ...

  15. 45 CFR 1634.12 - Emergency procedures and waivers.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR GRANTS AND CONTRACTS § 1634.12 Emergency procedures and waivers. The President of the... requirements imposed by law on the awards of grants and contracts for a particular fiscal year. ...

  16. Progress Report to the U.S. Department of Energy, Grant DE-FG02-91ER40626: Neutrino Physics, Particle Theory and Cosmology

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Shafi, Qaisar; Barr, Stephen M; Gaisser, Thomas K

    2009-07-30

    Research conducted under this grant over the past year has been driven by the impending operation of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), and by the ongoing developments in neutrino physics and cosmology. The recent launch of the Planck satellite should have far reaching implications for cosmology in the coming years. Research topics include particle astrophysics, neutrino physics, grand unified theories, Higgs and sparticle spectroscopy, dark energy and dark matter, inflationary cosmology, and baryo/lepto-genesis. Faculty members on the grant are Stephen Barr, Thomas Gaisser, Qaisar Shafi and Todor Stanev. Ilia Gogoladze and Hasan Yuksel are the two postdoctoral scientists supported bymore » the DOE grant. There are currently several excellent students in our research program. One of them, Mansoor Rehman, has been awarded a competitive university fellowship on which he will be supported from September 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010. Another student, Joshua Wickman, has been awarded a fellowship by the Delaware Space Grant Consortium (in affiliation with NASA), and will be supported by this fellowship from September 1, 2009 – August 31, 2010. Both of these students also attended the TASI Summer School in June 2009, at which they each presented a student talk on topics in inflationary cosmology.« less

  17. The Conference Proceedings of the 1999 Air Transport Research Group (ATRG) of the WCTR Society. Volume 1

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Zhang, Anming (Editor); Bowen, Brent D. (Editor)

    1999-01-01

    The UNO (University of Nebraska at Omaha) Aviation Institute Monograph Series began in 1994 as a key component of the education outreach and information transfer missions of the Aviation Institute and the NASA Nebraska Space Grant & EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) Programs. The series is an outlet for aviation materials to be indexed and disseminated through an efficient medium. Publications are welcome in all aspects of aviation. Publication formats may include, but are not limited to, conference proceedings, bibliographies, research reports, manuals, technical reports, and other documents that should be archived and indexed for future reference by the aviation and world wide communities.

  18. Clinton keeps pledge for NIST

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Clinton wants a total of $1.023 billion for FY 1996 for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This is a 19.8% increase over the current appropriation.In keeping with Clinton's belief in high technology as an engine to create jobs and improve competitiveness, the administration has regularly requested significant growth for NIST. In past years, Congress has granted NIST increases—though lower ones than requested. Of late, some key Republicans have taken to task NIST's cooperative efforts with industry. A bill is already in the works in Congress to rescind some of the FY 1995 funding for the Advanced Technology Program (ATP), which is one of NIST's technology development and outreach programs.

  19. Grant Competition Dispute Resolution Procedures

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Notice of the availability of a Class Deviation from EPA’s assistance agreement dispute procedures and alsosets forth the procedures that will apply to the resolution of competition-related disputes and disagreements that may arise.

  20. Crowdfunding for cardiovascular research.

    PubMed

    Krittanawong, Chayakrit; Zhang, HongJu Janet; Aydar, Mehmet; Wang, Zhen; Sun, Tao

    2018-01-01

    The competition for public cardiovascular research grants has recently increased. Independent researchers are facing increasing competition for public research grant support and ultimately may need to seek alternative funding sources. Crowdfunding, a financing method of raising funds online by pooling together small donations from the online community to support a specific initiative, seems to have significant potential. However, the feasibility of crowdfunding for cardiovascular research remains unknown. Here, we performed exploratory data analysis of the feasibility of online crowdfunding in cardiovascular research. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

  1. 77 FR 29680 - Buy American Exceptions Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-05-18

    ... Recovery Formula and Competition (CFRFC) grant funds. Specifically, an exception was granted to the Hammond... American Heartland Homes One project. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald J. LaVoy, Deputy Assistant..., using CFRFC grant funds, in connection with the American Heartland Homes One project. The exception was...

  2. 34 CFR 691.63 - Calculation of a grant for a payment period.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 34 Education 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Calculation of a grant for a payment period. 691.63 Section 691.63 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT (ACG) AND NATIONAL SCIENCE AND...

  3. 34 CFR 691.63 - Calculation of a grant for a payment period.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 34 Education 4 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Calculation of a grant for a payment period. 691.63 Section 691.63 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (CONTINUED) ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT (ACG) AND NATIONAL...

  4. 34 CFR 691.63 - Calculation of a grant for a payment period.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 34 Education 4 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Calculation of a grant for a payment period. 691.63 Section 691.63 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (CONTINUED) ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT (ACG) AND NATIONAL...

  5. 34 CFR 691.63 - Calculation of a grant for a payment period.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 34 Education 4 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Calculation of a grant for a payment period. 691.63 Section 691.63 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (CONTINUED) ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT (ACG) AND NATIONAL...

  6. 34 CFR 691.63 - Calculation of a grant for a payment period.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 34 Education 4 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Calculation of a grant for a payment period. 691.63 Section 691.63 Education Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued) OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (CONTINUED) ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT (ACG) AND NATIONAL...

  7. Managing Sino-U.S. Air and Naval Interactions: Cold War Lessons and New Avenues of Approach (INSS China Strategic Perspectives, Number 5, September 2012)

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2012-09-01

    Avenues of Approach 5a. CONTRACT NUMBER 5b. GRANT NUMBER 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER 6. AUTHOR(S) 5d. PROJECT NUMBER 5e. TASK NUMBER 5f. WORK UNIT...United States is encircling China and seeking to contain its rise. Mutual suspicions and the competitive elements of the relationship have deepened in...in the motivations that sometimes drive the Chinese to selective noncompliance with their provisions. Understanding these motiva - tions requires a

  8. A Discussion on Governmental Research Grants.

    PubMed

    Fang, Hui

    2015-10-01

    Governmental research grants are financially supported by taxpayers to meet financial requirements of research, particularly research that is unlikely to be supported by private funds. Researchers reward donors by producing knowledge. Publishing research results in an academic journal reflects achievement by researchers; however, receiving a grant award does not. The latter only provides the researcher with the capacity to perform his/her research. Applicants may receive more financial support than they actually need because there is no strict audit on the amount of money requested by each research proposal. There are fewer opportunities to apply for a governmental grant than there are for publishing an academic article, and the application process for governmental grants is not flexible. Some potentially innovative research may be impeded by the intense competition among scientific researchers applying for financial support. Researchers face stiffer competition at this stage than at the stage of publishing results. This paper suggests that scientific foundations can improve their efficiency by giving funding preference to economic proposals. Methods for estimating the efficiency of grants are proposed. The practice followed by the Small Grants for Exploratory Research programme of the National Science Foundation validates my analysis and recommendations.

  9. 44 CFR 152.6 - Application review and award process.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... “competitive range.” All applications in the competitive range will advance to a second level review by a... awards on a competitive basis, i.e., we will fund the highest scored applications before considering lower scored applications. (c) In a few cases, to fulfill our obligations under the law to make grants...

  10. 40 CFR 1051.620 - When may a manufacturer obtain an exemption for competition recreational vehicles?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... exemption for competition recreational vehicles? 1051.620 Section 1051.620 Protection of Environment... ENGINES AND VEHICLES Compliance Provisions § 1051.620 When may a manufacturer obtain an exemption for competition recreational vehicles? (a) We may grant you an exemption from the standards and requirements of...

  11. Linguistic diversity, global paradigms and taken-for-grantedness.

    PubMed

    Martel, Angéline

    2004-01-01

    In the first part of this paper taken-for-granted hypotheses in linguistic diversity are presented. In the second part the two constellations of globalized ideologies are described constituting paradigms that these hypotheses illustrate: competition and solidarity. In the third part, a condensed version of emerging globalized concerns is given. Sociolinguistics and anthropological linguistics are disciplines that increasingly theorize and analyze within the solidarity paradigm. It is suggested that a systematic uprooting of competition as taken-for-granted grounding of scientific research should allow for the development of theorization and successful applications of solidarity ideologies. In short, in this paper, our multifaceted taken-for-grantedness is challenged in many ways: (1) competition is ideological and many social movements are unmasking it by articulating solidarity as a basis for ideologies, (2) difference is not necessarily divisive but it is so in pervasive competition, (3) proponents of the Nation-State as a model of social organization have vested interests in competition, (4) competition has not favored the articulation of common human grounds but globalization helps to raise concerns and articulate commonness/solidarity in difference.

  12. How to Apply for Grants

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    A large part of EPA's mission to protect the environment and public health is accomplished by awarding grants and cooperative agreements. It is EPA's policy to promote competition in the award of assistance agreements to the maximum extent practicable.

  13. 78 FR 64249 - Notice of Intent To Award-Grant Awards for the Provision of Civil Legal Services to Eligible Low...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-10-28

    ... LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION Notice of Intent To Award--Grant Awards for the Provision of Civil Legal Services to Eligible Low-Income Clients Beginning January 1, 2014 AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation. ACTION: Announcement of intention to make FY 2014 Competitive Grant Awards. SUMMARY: The Legal...

  14. 77 FR 64551 - Notice of Intent to Award-Grant Awards for the Provision of Civil Legal Services to Eligible Low...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-10-22

    ... LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION Notice of Intent to Award--Grant Awards for the Provision of Civil Legal Services to Eligible Low-Income Clients Beginning January 1, 2013 AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation. ACTION: Announcement of intention to make FY 2013 Competitive Grant Awards. SUMMARY: The Legal...

  15. 76 FR 68221 - Notice of Intent To Award-Grant Awards for the Provision of Civil Legal Services to Eligible Low...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-11-03

    ... LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION Notice of Intent To Award--Grant Awards for the Provision of Civil Legal Services to Eligible Low-Income Clients Beginning January 1, 2012 AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation. ACTION: Announcement of intention to make FY 2012 Competitive Grant Awards. SUMMARY: The Legal...

  16. Developing Maryland's Technology Education Leaders for the 21st Century: Technology Education Leadership Project (TELP)

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Copeland, Leon L., Sr.; Gray, Robert C.

    2002-01-01

    Through the competitive proposal process, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) received a three-year Teacher Enhancement Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in March 1998. The Maryland State Department of Education provided additional funds for the grant. The purpose of the grant was to administer the Technology Education…

  17. An Excerpt from: Physical Educators' Guide to Successful Grant Writing by Louis Bowers

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2005

    2005-01-01

    This article presents an excerpt from Louis Bowers' "Physical Educators' Guide to Successful Grant Writing." The focus of the excerpt is on understanding the grant process. Bowers tells readers there are thousands of agencies that provide funding to nonprofit organizations. The challenge is to identify the funding competition that is most…

  18. Grant Development for Large Scale Research Proposals: An Overview and Case Study

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Goodman, Ira S.

    2011-01-01

    With some NIH pay lines running at or below the 10th percentile, and funding becoming scarce for large science grants, new approaches are necessary to secure large interdisciplinary grant awards. The UCSD Moores Cancer Center has developed a team approach, starting with the identification of a competitive opportunity and progressing to the…

  19. More and Better Grant Proposals? The Evaluation of a Grant-Writing Group at a Mid-Sized Canadian University

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Wiebe, Natasha G.; Maticka-Tyndale, Eleanor

    2017-01-01

    Obtaining external funding has become increasingly difficult for Canadian researchers in the social sciences and humanities. Our literature review suggests that grant-writing groups and workshops make an important contribution to increasing both applications for external funding and success in funding competitions. This article describes an…

  20. Mission Critical Community Colleges Use Business Partnerships, Grants to Train New IT Workers

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Wong, Wylie

    2015-01-01

    Community colleges are using grants and workforce partnerships to train a new generation of technology workers. In September, the Obama administration awarded $450 million in grants to nearly 270 community colleges that have partnered with more than 400 employers nationally. It was the final installment of a four-year, $2 billion competitive grant…

  1. 34 CFR 75.200 - How applications for new grants and cooperative agreements are selected for funding; standards...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... formula grant program. (b) Discretionary grant programs. (1) A discretionary grant program is one that... select recipients of cooperative agreements. (c) Formula grant programs. (1) A formula grant program is one that entitles certain applicants to receive grants if they meet the requirements of the program...

  2. 34 CFR 75.200 - How applications for new grants and cooperative agreements are selected for funding; standards...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... formula grant program. (b) Discretionary grant programs. (1) A discretionary grant program is one that... select recipients of cooperative agreements. (c) Formula grant programs. (1) A formula grant program is one that entitles certain applicants to receive grants if they meet the requirements of the program...

  3. 34 CFR 75.200 - How applications for new grants and cooperative agreements are selected for funding; standards...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... formula grant program. (b) Discretionary grant programs. (1) A discretionary grant program is one that... select recipients of cooperative agreements. (c) Formula grant programs. (1) A formula grant program is one that entitles certain applicants to receive grants if they meet the requirements of the program...

  4. 34 CFR 75.200 - How applications for new grants and cooperative agreements are selected for funding; standards...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... formula grant program. (b) Discretionary grant programs. (1) A discretionary grant program is one that... select recipients of cooperative agreements. (c) Formula grant programs. (1) A formula grant program is one that entitles certain applicants to receive grants if they meet the requirements of the program...

  5. 34 CFR 75.200 - How applications for new grants and cooperative agreements are selected for funding; standards...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... formula grant program. (b) Discretionary grant programs. (1) A discretionary grant program is one that... select recipients of cooperative agreements. (c) Formula grant programs. (1) A formula grant program is one that entitles certain applicants to receive grants if they meet the requirements of the program...

  6. Finding the economics in economic entomology.

    PubMed

    Onstad, David W; Knolhoff, Lisa M

    2009-02-01

    To recommend new pest management tactics and strategies to farmers and policy makers, economic entomologists must evaluate the economics of biologically reasonable approaches. We collected data to determine how frequently these economic evaluations occur. We discovered from our survey of entomological journals representing the discipline of economic entomology that < 1% of research papers published since 1972 include economic evaluations of pest management tactics. At least 85% of these analyses were performed by entomologists and not economists. Much of the research on economic evaluations is performed without special funds granted by agencies separate from the authors' institutions. In the United States, USDA competitive grants supported 20% of the economic evaluations published since 2000. However, only approximately 12% of the projects funded since 2000 by three sections of the USDA (Crops at Risk, Risk Avoidance and Mitigation Program, and Pest Management Alternatives Program) resulted in publications concerning economic evaluations. If the purpose of economic entomology is to ultimately determine the value of different kinds of tactics, the discipline may need to take steps to enhance the research that supports these evaluations.

  7. 40 CFR 35.342 - Competitive process.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... provided through local engineering schools or other appropriate means. ... 40 Protection of Environment 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Competitive process. 35.342 Section 35.342 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY GRANTS AND OTHER FEDERAL ASSISTANCE...

  8. 78 FR 9943 - Notice of Availability of Funds and Solicitation for Grant Applications for National Farmworker...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-02-12

    ... delivery areas in which the current grantee has not performed adequately. Therefore, this grant competition... complete SGA and any subsequent SGA amendments in connection with this solicitation are described in...

  9. Purchasing Supplies, Equipment and Services Under EPA Grants

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    EPA developed this guidance to help ensure you meet EPA requirements when making such necessary purchases. With very few exceptions, you must follow a competitive process when you use EPA grant funds to acquire equipment and professional services.

  10. 20 CFR 667.170 - What responsibility review does the Department conduct for awards made under WIA title I...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... consider the organization's history with regard to the management of other grants, including DOL grants... fashion. (b) This responsibility review is independent of the competitive process. Applicants which are...

  11. 7 CFR 3430.302 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... Agriculture and Food Research Initiative § 3430.302 Definitions. The definitions applicable to the competitive... any of the three agricultural knowledge components (i.e., research, education, and extension). FASE awards include Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships, New Investigator grants, and Strengthening grants...

  12. 7 CFR 3430.302 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... Agriculture and Food Research Initiative § 3430.302 Definitions. The definitions applicable to the competitive... any of the three agricultural knowledge components (i.e., research, education, and extension). FASE awards include Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships, New Investigator grants, and Strengthening grants...

  13. 7 CFR 3430.302 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... Agriculture and Food Research Initiative § 3430.302 Definitions. The definitions applicable to the competitive... any of the three agricultural knowledge components (i.e., research, education, and extension). FASE awards include Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships, New Investigator grants, and Strengthening grants...

  14. 7 CFR 3430.302 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... Agriculture and Food Research Initiative § 3430.302 Definitions. The definitions applicable to the competitive... any of the three agricultural knowledge components (i.e., research, education, and extension). FASE awards include Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships, New Investigator grants, and Strengthening grants...

  15. Rotational symmetry breaking and topological phase transition in the exciton-polariton condensate of gapped 2D Dirac material

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Lee, Ki Hoon; Lee, Changhee; Jeong, Jae-Seung; Min, Hongki; Chung, Suk Bum

    For the quantum well in an optical microcavity, the interplay of the Coulomb interaction and the electron-photon coupling can lead to the emergence of bosonic quasiparticles consisting of the exciton and the cavity photon known as polariton, which can form the Bose-Einstein condensate above a threshold density. Additional physics due to the nontrivial Berry phase comes into play when the quantum well consists of the gapped Dirac material such as the transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) MoS2 or WTe2. Specifically, in forming excitons, the electron-photon coupling from the optical selection rule due to the Berry phase competes against, rather than cooperates with, the Coulomb interaction. We find that this competition gives rise to the spontaneous breaking of the rotational symmetry in the polariton condensate and also drives topological phase transition, both novel features in polariton condensation. We also investigate the possible detection of this competition through photoluminescence. This work was supported in part by the Institute for Basic Science of Korea (IBS) under Grant IBS-R009-Y1 and by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) under the Basic Science Research Program Grant No. 2015R1D1A1A01058071.

  16. 45 CFR 2543.46 - Procurement records.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... SERVICE GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, HOSPITALS, AND OTHER NON-PROFIT...: (a) Basis for contractor selection; (b) Justification for lack of competition when competitive bids or offers are not obtained; and (c) Basis for award cost or price. ...

  17. 20 CFR 645.245 - Who is responsible for oversight and monitoring of Welfare-to-Work grants?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... at the recipient level for competitive grants. (b) The Governor must monitor local boards (or other... compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The Governor must develop and make available for review a...

  18. 20 CFR 645.245 - Who is responsible for oversight and monitoring of Welfare-to-Work grants?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... at the recipient level for competitive grants. (b) The Governor must monitor local boards (or other... compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The Governor must develop and make available for review a...

  19. Vocational Education. Information on the National Research Center's Grant Award Process. Report to Congressional Requesters.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources.

    The process of awarding the grant for the National Center for Research in Vocational Education, as authorized by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act, began in November 1986 with the announcement of the grant competition and culminated on January 4, 1988, with the University of California at Berkeley being selected for the 5-year grant…

  20. National Institutes of Health Funding in Plastic Surgery: A Crisis?

    PubMed

    Silvestre, Jason; Abbatematteo, Joseph M; Serletti, Joseph M; Chang, Benjamin

    2016-09-01

    Decreasing funding rates and increasing competition for National Institutes of Health research grants have prompted diverse interventions in various fields of biomedicine. Currently, the state of National Institutes of Health funding for plastic surgery research is poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to describe the portfolio of National Institutes of Health grants in academic plastic surgery. Plastic surgery faculty at integrated and independent programs were queried individually in the National Institutes of Health RePORTER database for grants awarded in 2014. Funding totals, mechanisms, and institutes were calculated. Abstracts were categorized by research type and field of interest. Characteristics of National Institutes of Health-funded principal investigators were elucidated. Eight hundred sixty-one academic plastic surgeons at 94 programs were queried, and only 18 investigators (2.1 percent) were funded at 12 programs (12.8 percent). National Institutes of Health-funded investigators were predominately male (72 percent), fellowship-trained (61 percent), and aged 49.3 ± 7.8 years. A total of 20 awards amounted to $6,916,886, with an average award of $345,844 ± $222,909. Costs were primarily awarded through the R01 mechanism (77.2 percent). The top three National Institutes of Health institutes awarded 72.9 percent of the entire portfolio. Funding supported clinical (41.1 percent), translational (36.9 percent), and basic science (22.0 percent) research. Craniofacial (20.5 percent), hand (18.7 percent), and breast (16.2 percent) had the greatest funding. Few programs and faculty drive the National Institutes of Health portfolio of plastic surgery research. These data suggest a tenuous funding situation that may be susceptible to future spending cuts. Future research is needed to identify barriers to National Institutes of Health funding procurement in academic plastic surgery.

  1. Accelerating the commercialization of university technologies for military healthcare applications: the role of the proof of concept process

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Ochoa, Rosibel; DeLong, Hal; Kenyon, Jessica; Wilson, Eli

    2011-06-01

    The von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurism and Technology Advancement at UC San Diego (vonliebig.ucsd.edu) is focused on accelerating technology transfer and commercialization through programs and education on entrepreneurism. Technology Acceleration Projects (TAPs) that offer pre-venture grants and extensive mentoring on technology commercialization are a key component of its model which has been developed over the past ten years with the support of a grant from the von Liebig Foundation. In 2010, the von Liebig Entrepreneurism Center partnered with the U.S. Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC), to develop a regional model of Technology Acceleration Program initially focused on military research to be deployed across the nation to increase awareness of military medical needs and to accelerate the commercialization of novel technologies to treat the patient. Participants to these challenges are multi-disciplinary teams of graduate students and faculty in engineering, medicine and business representing universities and research institutes in a region, selected via a competitive process, who receive commercialization assistance and funding grants to support translation of their research discoveries into products or services. To validate this model, a pilot program focused on commercialization of wireless healthcare technologies targeting campuses in Southern California has been conducted with the additional support of Qualcomm, Inc. Three projects representing three different universities in Southern California were selected out of forty five applications from ten different universities and research institutes. Over the next twelve months, these teams will conduct proof of concept studies, technology development and preliminary market research to determine the commercial feasibility of their technologies. This first regional program will help build the needed tools and processes to adapt and replicate this model across other regions in the Country.

  2. 20 CFR 435.43 - Competition.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 20 Employees' Benefits 2 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Competition. 435.43 Section 435.43 Employees' Benefits SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, HOSPITALS, OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS Post...

  3. 45 CFR 1634.1 - Purpose.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... legal services. The purposes of such a competitive system are to: (a) Encourage the effective and... Services to the Poor through an integrated system of legal services providers; (b) Provide opportunities... Regulations Relating to Public Welfare (Continued) LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR GRANTS...

  4. 12 CFR 1807.101 - Summary.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... Awardees to receive financial assistance grants through a merit-based, competitive application process. Financial assistance grants that are awarded through the CMF may only be used for eligible uses set forth in... Banking COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FUND, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY CAPITAL MAGNET FUND...

  5. 12 CFR 1807.101 - Summary.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... Awardees to receive financial assistance grants through a merit-based, competitive application process. Financial assistance grants that are awarded through the CMF may only be used for eligible uses set forth in... Banking COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FUND, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY CAPITAL MAGNET FUND...

  6. Photonics workforce education and development in Puerto Rico

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Friedman, J. S.; Diaz, A.; Trujillo, E.; Saltares, R.; Floran, L.; Gordillo, R.

    2016-09-01

    At the Puerto Rico Photonics Institute we have responded to the need of a workforce competitively prepared for entry into the fields of lasers and photonics by creating a 1-year Photonics and Lasers Technical certificate, supported under a grant from the US Department of Labor. The project, entitled New Horizons: Puerto Rico Lasers and Photonics Career Pathways offers displaced workers, veterans, and others in Puerto Rico an opportunity to develop new and highly marketable skills for the 21st century. We give a roadmap of plans and pitfalls, and share our successes, challenges, solutions, and future expectations for those planning similar programs.

  7. 45 CFR 1634.10 - Transition provisions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... Public Welfare Regulations Relating to Public Welfare (Continued) LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR GRANTS AND CONTRACTS § 1634.10 Transition provisions. (a) When the competitive bidding process... the area currently served by that recipient, the Corporation— (1) may provide, if the law permits...

  8. 45 CFR 1183.36 - Procurement.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... HUMANITIES INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND... in a manner providing full and open competition consistent with the standards of § 1183.36. Some of... ensure maximum open and free competition. Also, grantees and subgrantees will not preclude potential...

  9. 45 CFR 1183.36 - Procurement.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... HUMANITIES INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND... in a manner providing full and open competition consistent with the standards of § 1183.36. Some of... ensure maximum open and free competition. Also, grantees and subgrantees will not preclude potential...

  10. 40 CFR 35.661 - Competitive process.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... training in source reduction techniques. Such training may be provided through local engineering schools or... 40 Protection of Environment 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Competitive process. 35.661 Section 35.661 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY GRANTS AND OTHER FEDERAL ASSISTANCE...

  11. National resource for computation in chemistry, phase I: evaluation and recommendations

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Not Available

    1980-05-01

    The National Resource for Computation in Chemistry (NRCC) was inaugurated at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) in October 1977, with joint funding by the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). The chief activities of the NRCC include: assembling a staff of eight postdoctoral computational chemists, establishing an office complex at LBL, purchasing a midi-computer and graphics display system, administering grants of computer time, conducting nine workshops in selected areas of computational chemistry, compiling a library of computer programs with adaptations and improvements, initiating a software distribution system, providing user assistance and consultation on request. This reportmore » presents assessments and recommendations of an Ad Hoc Review Committee appointed by the DOE and NSF in January 1980. The recommendations are that NRCC should: (1) not fund grants for computing time or research but leave that to the relevant agencies, (2) continue the Workshop Program in a mode similar to Phase I, (3) abandon in-house program development and establish instead a competitive external postdoctoral program in chemistry software development administered by the Policy Board and Director, and (4) not attempt a software distribution system (leaving that function to the QCPE). Furthermore, (5) DOE should continue to make its computational facilities available to outside users (at normal cost rates) and should find some way to allow the chemical community to gain occasional access to a CRAY-level computer.« less

  12. School Improvement Grants. Guidance and Tools for the 2015 Amended Regulations: Maximizing the Optional Planning/Pre-Implementation Year

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Redding, Sam; Dunn, Lenay; McCauley, Carlas

    2015-01-01

    School Improvement Grants (SIGs) are authorized under section 1003(g) of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The grants are made to state education agencies (SEAs), and the SEAs award competitive subgrants to local education agencies (LEAs) that demonstrate: (1) the greatest need for the funds; and (2) the strongest…

  13. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Fiscal Year (FY) 14 Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund and Cleanup Grants

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    EPA prepared these Frequently Asked Questions and Answers to assist prospective applicants with preparing Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund and Cleanup grant proposals for the FY14 competition. Please review the FY 2014 proposal guidelines/Reques

  14. 78 FR 65341 - Discretionary Grant Funds

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-10-31

    ... will be issuing a non-competitive award to the Children's Hospital of Alabama's Regional Poison Control... to the organization's current grant, H4BHS15500. Effective October 1, 2013, the Regional Poison Control Center will be Alabama's sole poison control center. The center's responsibility to provide...

  15. 40 CFR 40.135-1 - Preapplication coordination.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... ASSISTANCE RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION GRANTS § 40.135-1 Preapplication coordination. (a) All applicants. (1) Applicants for research and demonstration grants are encouraged to contact EPA for further information and... solicited through the Department of Commerce Business Daily, and selections will be made on a competitive...

  16. 40 CFR 40.135-1 - Preapplication coordination.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... ASSISTANCE RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION GRANTS § 40.135-1 Preapplication coordination. (a) All applicants. (1) Applicants for research and demonstration grants are encouraged to contact EPA for further information and... solicited through the Department of Commerce Business Daily, and selections will be made on a competitive...

  17. Maintaining and Expanding the Hands-On Optics Program

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Pompea, Stephen M.; Sparks, R. T.; Walker, C. E.

    2008-05-01

    Hands-On Optics (HOO) was funded by the National Science Foundation Informal Science Education program to bring optics education to traditionally underserved middle school students. We developed a series of six optics modules each covering a different topic in optics. During the four-year grant, we brought the program to the Mathematics, Science and Engineering Achievement (MESA) programs in seven states as well as 8 major science centers. We continue to support our established sites as well as expand our program. One of our expansion efforts involves continuing our partnership with the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE). We have been working closely with SPIE to present workshops for student chapter leaders at SPIE meetings. The student chapter leaders use HOO materials in their outreach activities. SPIE has teamed with us to bring HOO to Europe. We have received a grant from the Science Foundation of Arizona to expand HOO in Arizona. This program builds on our successful programs at the South Tucson Boys and Girls Club as well as the Sells Boys and Girls Club by expanding HOO to other sites around the state with an emphasis on rural locations such as Bisbee, Safford, Prescott Valley and the Tohon O'odham Nation. We have been working with a variety of Boys and Girls Clubs around the state. Several programs are underway and we hope to add more sites in the coming year. We continue to host local events at Kitt Peak National Observatory as well as special events for the community and students in the Tucson area. Our events include science nights at local schools, optics festivals and competitions, career days and teacher fairs. We will describe the current state of the program as well as lessons learned as we expand the program in a variety of settings.

  18. Competitive Strategies

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1988-05-27

    Competitive Strategies Individual Essay 6. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER 7. AUTHOR(@) S. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBER( e ) Robert M. Davis, LTC, AD S...DO FOe 1473 emIotN or, Nov es IS OBSOLETE -JA I Unclassifi fed SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF THIS PA7. E (Whrn Does Entered) Unclassified SECURITY...focus within the Department of Defense to provide technical and tactical leverage over the Soviets. Competitive Strategies are a management tool which

  19. Strange Bedfellows: A Local Insurer/Physician Practice Partnership to Fund Innovation.

    PubMed

    Kraft, Sally; Strutz, Elizabeth; Kay, Lawrence; Welnick, Richard; Pandhi, Nancy

    2015-01-01

    Despite an unprecedented urgency to control healthcare costs while simultaneously improving quality, there are many barriers to investing in quality improvement. Traditional fee-for-service reimbursement models fail to reward providers whose improved processes lead to decreases in billable clinical activity. In addition, providers may lack the necessary skills for improvement, or the organizational infrastructure to conduct these activities. Insurance firms lack incentives to invest in healthcare delivery system improvements that lead to benefits for all patients, even those covered by competitors. In this article, we describe a novel program in its sixth year of existence that funds ambulatory care improvements through a collaborative partnership between a local academic healthcare delivery system and an insurance firm. The program is designed as a competitive grant program and the payer and healthcare organization jointly benefit from completed improvement projects. Factors contributing to the ongoing success of the program and lessons learned are discussed in order to inform the potential development of similar programs in other markets.

  20. 75 FR 9436 - Submission for OMB Emergency Review: Comment Request

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-03-02

    ... Administration. Title of Collection: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) High Growth and Emerging... of competitive grants for worker training and placement in high growth and emerging industries, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) High Growth and Emerging Industries (HGEI) grants. It is...

  1. Utilizing Wisconsin Afterschool Programs to Increase Physical Activity in Youth.

    PubMed

    Cavanagh, Bradley D; Meinen, Amy

    2015-10-01

    Approximately 31.7% of children in the United States are overweight or obese. Interventions in the afterschool setting may help combat childhood obesity. Research exists on interventions in school settings, but a few data exist for interventions about afterschool programs. This study investigates increasing physical activity (PA) in Wisconsin afterschool programs. A literature review was used to develop key informant interviews. Utilizing a constant comparative method, interview data were coded and themes were identified. The themes, literature review, and expert opinions were used to formulate recommendations for improving PA in afterschool programs. Programs had success in utilizing different resources to improve PA. Key barriers to improving PA included grant-imposed academic restrictions, the need for provider education, fears of conflict and competitiveness, and a lack of understanding between health and sedentariness. There is a clear need for additional exploration into improving PA in Wisconsin afterschool programs. This study resulted in specific recommendations to increase PA in afterschool programming, including utilizing school wellness policies and staff professional development to improve PA in afterschool programs. © 2015, American School Health Association.

  2. The Sun Health Research Institute Brain Donation Program: Description and Eexperience, 1987–2007

    PubMed Central

    Sue, Lucia I.; Walker, Douglas G.; Roher, Alex E.; Lue, LihFen; Vedders, Linda; Connor, Donald J.; Sabbagh, Marwan N.; Rogers, Joseph

    2008-01-01

    The Brain Donation Program at Sun Health Research Institute has been in continual operation since 1987, with over 1000 brains banked. The population studied primarily resides in the retirement communities of northwest metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona. The Institute is affiliated with Sun Health, a nonprofit community-owned and operated health care provider. Subjects are enrolled prospectively to allow standardized clinical assessments during life. Funding comes primarily from competitive grants. The Program has made short postmortem brain retrieval a priority, with a 2.75-h median postmortem interval for the entire collection. This maximizes the utility of the resource for molecular studies; frozen tissue from approximately 82% of all cases is suitable for RNA studies. Studies performed in-house have shown that, even with very short postmortem intervals, increasing delays in brain retrieval adversely affect RNA integrity and that cerebrospinal fluid pH increases with postmortem interval but does not predict tissue viability. PMID:18347928

  3. 24 CFR 290.27 - Up-front grants and loans.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... URBAN DEVELOPMENT HUD-OWNED PROPERTIES DISPOSITION OF MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS AND SALE OF HUD-HELD...) Eligible projects. An up-front grant or loan can be made available in the sale of a HUD-owned multifamily... income in a competitive market to cover all operating expenses, meet after sale debt service requirements...

  4. 32 CFR 22.315 - Merit-based, competitive procedures.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... This OMB policy directive is available at the Internet site http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/grants... accordance with that OMB policy directive, DoD Components also must post on the Internet any notice under... Component issues a specific notice with limited distribution (e.g., for national security considerations...

  5. 32 CFR 22.315 - Merit-based, competitive procedures.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... This OMB policy directive is available at the Internet site http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/grants... accordance with that OMB policy directive, DoD Components also must post on the Internet any notice under... Component issues a specific notice with limited distribution (e.g., for national security considerations...

  6. 32 CFR 22.315 - Merit-based, competitive procedures.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... This OMB policy directive is available at the Internet site http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/grants... accordance with that OMB policy directive, DoD Components also must post on the Internet any notice under... Component issues a specific notice with limited distribution (e.g., for national security considerations...

  7. 32 CFR 22.300 - Purpose.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Purpose. 22.300 Section 22.300 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DoD GRANT AND AGREEMENT REGULATIONS DoD GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS-AWARD AND ADMINISTRATION Competition § 22.300 Purpose. This subpart establishes DoD policy and...

  8. 47 CFR 90.165 - Procedures for mutually exclusive applications.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... grant, pursuant to § 1.935 of this chapter. (1) Selection methods. In selecting the application to grant, the Commission may use competitive bidding, random selection, or comparative hearings, depending on... chapter, either before or after employing selection procedures. (3) Type of filing group used. Except as...

  9. 78 FR 48462 - Comment Request for Information Collection: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), High...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-08-08

    ... Collection: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), High Growth and Emerging Industries (HGEI) Grants... competitive grants for worker training and placement in high growth and emerging industries, which included... funded through GJIF, the Department is emphasizing two key workforce strategies that move participants...

  10. 34 CFR 461.30 - Who is eligible for a subgrant or contract?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ADULT EDUCATION STATE-ADMINISTERED BASIC GRANT... determined by the State given the State's needs and resources for adult education, for competitive 2-year... authority that receives a grant under this paragraph shall consult with local adult education providers in...

  11. 34 CFR 461.30 - Who is eligible for a subgrant or contract?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ADULT EDUCATION STATE-ADMINISTERED BASIC GRANT... determined by the State given the State's needs and resources for adult education, for competitive 2-year... authority that receives a grant under this paragraph shall consult with local adult education providers in...

  12. 34 CFR 461.30 - Who is eligible for a subgrant or contract?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ADULT EDUCATION STATE-ADMINISTERED BASIC GRANT... determined by the State given the State's needs and resources for adult education, for competitive 2-year... authority that receives a grant under this paragraph shall consult with local adult education providers in...

  13. 34 CFR 461.30 - Who is eligible for a subgrant or contract?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ADULT EDUCATION STATE-ADMINISTERED BASIC GRANT... determined by the State given the State's needs and resources for adult education, for competitive 2-year... authority that receives a grant under this paragraph shall consult with local adult education providers in...

  14. 77 FR 47092 - Notice of Determination of No Competitive Interest

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-08-07

    ...: Effective August 7, 2012. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Jessica Bradley, Project Coordinator, BOEM.... SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority This DNCI is published pursuant to subsection 8(p)(3) of the OCS Lands Act... the proposed ROW grant area, as no indications of competitive interest were submitted in response to...

  15. 29 CFR 95.46 - Procurement records.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Secretary of Labor GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, HOSPITALS, AND OTHER NON..., (b) justification for lack of competition when competitive bids or offers are not obtained, and (c) basis for award cost or price. [59 FR 38271, July 27, 1994, as amended at 72 FR 37104, July 9, 2007] ...

  16. Virginia Space Grant Consortium Management of National General Aviation Design Competition

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    2002-01-01

    This report summarizes the management of the National General Aviation Design Competition on behalf of NASA, the FAA and the Air Force by the Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) for the time period October 1, 2000 through September 30, 2001. This was the VSGC's seventh and final year of managing the Competition, which the Consortium originally designed, developed and implemented for NASA and the FAA. The competition is now being managed in-house by NASA. Awards to winning university teams were presented at a ceremony held at AirVenture 2001, the Experimental Aircraft Association's Annual Convention and Fly-In at Oshkosh, Wis. by NASA and FAA officials. The competition called for individuals or teams of undergraduate and graduate students from U.S. engineering schools to participate in a major national effort to rebuild the U.S. general aviation sector. Participants were challenged to meet the engineering goals of the Advanced General Aviation Transport Experiment (AGATE) project. For the purpose of the contest, general aviation aircraft are typically defined as single or twin engine (turbine or piston), single-pilot, fixed-wing aircraft for 2 - 6 passengers. The competition seeks to raise student awareness of the importance of general aviation by having students address design challenges for a small aircraft transportation system. NASA, AFRL and the FAA hope to stimulate breakthroughs in technology and their application in the general aviation marketplace. National goals for revitalizing the industry offer excellent, open-ended design challenges with real world applications for the Innovative Design Category. Both individual and team submissions were encouraged. University faculty advisors and students consistently cite the value of this kind of educational experience for their engineering students. Eight proposals were submitted for the 2001 Competition for the Innovative Design Category. Eleven faculty members and 124 students participated. Since inception, more than 785 students and 60 faculty members have participated in the Competition. A review panel comprised of general aviation experts from the FAA, EAA, NASA and industry representatives reviewed the design packages and selected the winners. The VSGC coordinated marketing of the competition to a mailing list which included selected deans and department chairs from ABET-accredited institutions, Space Grant affiliates, faculty who had previously participated in or expressed interest in the Competition, and others.

  17. The Impact of Research Grant Funding on Scientific Productivity*

    PubMed Central

    Jacob, Brian A.; Lefgren, Lars

    2011-01-01

    In this paper, we estimate the impact of receiving an NIH grant on subsequent publications and citations. Our sample consists of all applications (unsuccessful as well as successful) to the NIH from 1980 to 2000 for standard research grants (R01s). Both OLS and IV estimates show that receipt of an NIH research grant (worth roughly $1.7 million) leads to only one additional publication over the next five years, which corresponds to a 7 percent increase. The limited impact of NIH grants is consistent with a model in which the market for research funding is competitive, so that the loss of an NIH grant simply causes researchers to shift to another source of funding. PMID:21857758

  18. Marketing energy services in a competitive environment

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Mykytyn, R.B.

    For nearly six decades electrical utilities have operated in a regulated environment established by the Public Utilities Holding Company Act (PUHCA) of 1935. This legislation granted generators exclusive franchise to market electrical power in a given geographical area in return for the company`s commitment to provide safe, reliable and fairly-priced electrical power to all customers within the region. For close to 40 years, this system of regulated monopoly functioned reasonably well to maintain a balance among the varied, and at times competing, interests in the industry. During the 1970s, however, the public argument in favor of competition within the electricalmore » services industry gained momentum. Spiraling energy costs focused the consumer`s attention on the need for conservation and inspired a variety of technological developments as well as experiments in cogeneration. Today, the electrical utility industry is poised for great change. Soon, this industry will follow the natural gas, telecommunications, and transportation industries into the uncharted waters of deregulation. The most pressing consequence of moving from a regulated environment to one that is deregulated - in other words, a competitive environment - is the need to design and implement a completely new form of marketing program. The response among industry marketing managers ranges from confusion and concern to excitement and eager anticipation. Where you fall along this continuum depends on how well you understand competitive marketing practices and the degree to which your company`s management group is willing to initiate competitive strategies and tactics now in preparation for the coming competitive marketplace.« less

  19. 75 FR 20038 - Railroad Safety Technology Grant Program

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-04-16

    ...] Railroad Safety Technology Grant Program AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation. ACTION: Notice of Funds Availability, Railroad Safety Technology Program-Correction of Grant... Railroad Safety Technology Program, in the section, ``Requirements and Conditions for Grant Applications...

  20. Translating the Birmingham Neighborhood Leaders Survey into Innovative Action through the Community Health Innovation Awards.

    PubMed

    Allen, Shauntice; Pineda, Alaina; Hood, Anthony C; Wakelee, Jessica F

    2017-01-01

    The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching describes community engagement as the collaboration between higher education institutions and their larger communities (local, regional/state, national, global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership. This article describes the development, implementation and outcomes of a community-engaged grant-making program, the Community Health Innovation Awards (CHIA). The CHIA program was the by-product of a qualitative study jointly led by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and neighborhood leaders from the surrounding communities in Birmingham, AL. The competitive program provided funding to area organizations that proposed creative solutions to on-the-ground health challenges. Since its inception, CHIA has awarded $356,500 to 26 innovative projects between 2012 and 2017. These awards have supported novel programs that have connected academic and community partners in addressing health disparities and improving overall community well-being in the greater Birmingham area.

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