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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
CNCS-GRANTS-121809-001
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Dec 18, 2009
Creation Date:
Dec 18, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Mar 09, 2010
The deadline for submission of applications is 5:00 pm Eastern Time on March 9, 2010. Applications must be submitted through the Corporation’s eGrants system:
https://egrants.cns.gov/espan/main/login.jsp
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Mar 09, 2010
The deadline for submission of applications is 5:00 pm Eastern Time on March 9, 2010. Applications must be submitted through the Corporation’s eGrants system:
https://egrants.cns.gov/espan/main/login.jsp
Archive Date:
Mar 10, 2010
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Community Development
Education
Employment, Labor and Training
Environment
Food and Nutrition
Health
Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Regional Development
Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Category Explanation:
Service-learning
Expected Number of Awards:
18
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$6,800,000
Award Ceiling:
$500,000
Award Floor:
$85,000
CFDA Number(s):
94.005
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Learn and Serve America_Higher Education
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
Yes
Eligible Applicants
State governments
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility:
The following entities may apply for a Learn and Serve America Higher Education grant from the Corporation:
1. An institution of higher education.
2. A consortium of institutions of higher education.
3. A higher education partnership, as defined in 45 CFR § 2510.20 – One or more public or private nonprofit organizations, or public agencies, including States, and one or more institutions of higher education that have entered into a written agreement specifying the responsibilities of each partner.
Agency Name
Corporation for National and Community Service
Description
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APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE CORPORATION’S EGRANTS SYSTEM:
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Subject to the availability of appropriations for fiscal year 2010, the Corporation for National and Community Service (the Corporation) announces the anticipated availability of approximately $6.8 million to award new Learn and Serve America Higher Education grants. Grants will be awarded to an estimated seven to nine individual institutions ranging from approximately $85,000 to $200,000 annually for a project period of up to three years, and an estimated seven to eleven consortia ranging from approximately $200,000 to $500,000 for a project period up to three years.
The purpose of the Learn and Serve America Higher Education program is to support institutions of higher education that use innovative service-learning programming to meet the needs of local communities. Our programs promote institutional commitment to the local community while promoting lifelong civic engagement for student participants.
Learn and Serve America Higher Education programs:
• Create or expand organized service-learning programs that increase social responsibility and commitment to the community in which the institution is located;
• Promote student-initiated and student-designed projects as part of service-learning programming;
• Support service-learning programs that will demonstrably address local community issues;
• Improve student engagement in academic coursework through service-learning; and
• Strengthen the service-learning infrastructure within institutions of higher education in the United States.
The Learn and Serve America Higher Education program funds two different types of grants:
1) Individual Institution grants to support innovative and potentially replicable service-learning programs at a single institution of higher education.
2) Consortia grants to support a group of institutions of higher education who will be implementing similar service-learning programs. Funding for consortia grants will be used to support both program implementation on the different campuses via subgrants as well as the training and monitoring of subgrants.
Both types of grant applicants must demonstrate that they will participate in service-learning projects in partnership with community-based organizations, local government agencies, non-profits, K-12 schools, and/or student organizations.
For this year’s grant competition, Learn and Serve America will fund programs that focus on one of the following priorities:
• Embedding Service-Learning in Pre-Service and In-Service Teacher Training – programs will include service-learning as a key component of pre-service teacher curricula and/or professional development provided to in-service teachers.
• Service-Learning in STEM-focused disciplines – programs will integrate high-quality service-learning into the STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics).
