Department of Education’s FIPSE Grant: Innovative Strategies for Working Adults in Community Colleges

The Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) offers this grant to support innovative strategies and significant improvements in postsecondary education. This grant is for the purpose of funding reforms and projects that address national needs, specifically targeting community colleges developing innovative approaches for working adults and displaced workers. The program aims to create national models that enhance educational opportunities and workforce development, improving existing systems to better serve a critical segment of the population through cooperative agreements and grants. FIPSE seeks to support initiatives that respond to problems of national significance, fostering new solutions in postsecondary education.

Opportunity ID: 47823

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General Information

Document Type:	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:	ED-GRANTS-060509-002
Funding Opportunity Title:	Special Focus Competition: Innovative Strategies in Community Colleges for Working Adults and Displaced Workers CFDA 84.116W
Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:	CategoryExplanation
Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement Grant
Category of Funding Activity:	Education
Category Explanation:	–
Expected Number of Awards:	28
Assistance Listings:	84.116 — Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No
Version:	Synopsis 1
Posted Date:	Jun 05, 2009
Last Updated Date:	–
Original Closing Date for Applications:	Aug 04, 2009 Applications Available: June 5, 2009. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 4, 2009.
Current Closing Date for Applications:	Aug 04, 2009 Applications Available: June 5, 2009. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 4, 2009.
Archive Date:	Sep 03, 2009
Estimated Total Program Funding:	$7,000,000
Award Ceiling:	–
Award Floor:	–

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants:	Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Private institutions of higher education Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility:	Eligible Applicants: IHEs, other public and private nonprofit institutions and agencies, and combinations of these institutions and agencies.

Additional Information

Agency Name:	Department of Education
Description:	Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. Purpose of Program: The Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) supports innovative grants and cooperative agreements to improve postsecondary education. It supports reforms, innovations, and significant improvements of postsecondary education that respond to problems of national significance and serve as national models. Under the FIPSE Program, the Secretary may make grants for special projects concerning areas of national need. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.116W. Applications for grants under this FIPSE Special Focus Competition–CFDA number 84.116W must be submitted electronically using e-Application, accessible through the Department’s e-Grants portal page at: http://e-grants.ed.gov. While completing your electronic application, you will be entering data online that will be saved into a database. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us.
Link to Additional Information:	Special Focus Competition: Innovative Strategies in Community Colleges for Working Adults and Displaced Workers CFDA 84.116W; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009
Grantor Contact Information:	If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: Julius Cotton ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. Phone 202-245-6140 julius.cotton@ed.gov Program Manager: Levenia Ishmell Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 6147 Washington, DC 20006-8544 Telephone: (202) 502-7668 or by e-mail: Email:Levenia.Ishmell@ed.gov

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