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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
NNH10ZNE002C
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Nov 04, 2009
Creation Date:
Nov 04, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Jan 12, 2010
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Jan 12, 2010
Archive Date:
Feb 15, 2010
Funding Instrument Type:
Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity:
Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
4
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling:
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s):
00.000
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Not Elsewhere Classified
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Proposals will only be accepted from United States (U.S.) not-for-profit education organizations that support post-secondary education and are considered leaders in college and university student enrollment, retention, and workforce development performance with U.S. accredited institutions of higher education. Institution types are identified as two- and four-year educational institutions and comprehensive research institutions; Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI), Predominately White Institutions (PWI), Predominately Black Institutions (PBI), including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU). Operational partnerships with other organizations supporting these institution types are strongly encouraged to apply. Individual colleges and universities are not eligible to apply, and are not eligible to serve as proposal partners. A proposer selected as the Broker-Facilitator Corps will not be eligible to serve as the Business Management organization.
Agency Name
NASA Headquarters
Description
The NASA Office of Education, Education Programs Integration Division, solicits proposals for the Broker-Facilitator Corps of the One Stop Shopping Initiative (OSSI) for NASA Internship/Fellowship Opportunities. The proposing organization must historically serve as an advocate for one of the following institution types: Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI), Predominately White Institutions (PWI), Predominately Black Institutions (PBI), including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), or Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU).
A single organization for each institution type will be selected as a member of the Corps and serve as a culturally competent expert. The Corps will focus on designing and implementing recruitment, retention, and career development strategies that broaden the diversity of institution types and number of high performing participants in NASA’s internship and fellowship application pool.
Proposal Submission
All proposals in response to this CAN must be submitted electronically via NSPIRES (http://nspires.nasaprs.com). Electronic proposals must be submitted in their entirety by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on January 12, 2010.
