2004 National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Cooperative Agreement Program Announcement

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	Federal Grant Title:	2004 National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Cooperative Agreement Program Announcement
	CFDA Number:	15.809
	CFDA Description:	National Spatial Data Infrastructure Cooperative Agreements Program
	Federal Agency Name:	Branch of Acquisition Grants
	Category of Funding Activity:	Science and Technology
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	04HQPA0006
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	May 25, 2004
	Creation Date:	Jul 04, 2004
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 04, 2004
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Jul 04, 2004
	Expected Number of Awards:	50
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$1,500,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$75,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$9,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Additional Information on Eligibility: Information not provided
Grant Description: MODIFICATION NO. 0001 Section IV. Application and Submission Information is hereby modified to include the following information regarding the submission of all proposals. (1) Applicants are to submit proposals electonically at http://www.grants.gov/apply, no later than June 4, 2004 @ 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. In addition to submitting proposals electronically, all applicants are required to submit ten (10) binder-clipped copies of the complete application package. (2) By mail to: Karen L. Staubs, Grant Specialist U.S. Geological Survey Office of Acquisition and Grants, MS 205G 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, VA 20192 (3) By hand: An application that is hand delivered shall be delivered to the address listed above. The Office of Acquisition and Grants will accepted hand delivered applications in Room 6A331 during normal business hours. Business hours are 7:45 a.m. through 4:15 p.m., except Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal Holidays. Applications received after the closing date and time will not be considered unless it can be demonstrated that the completed application was mailed before the deadline and late delivery was due to the mishandling by the carrier. An application received after the closing date and time does not meet the mailing requirements above will be returned to the applicant. **END OF MODIFICATION NO. 01** The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Cooperative Agreement Program (CAP), has a requirement by which the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) will facilitate forming partnerships among the Federal and non-Federal sectors to assist in building the NSDI. The 2004 NSDI Cooperative Agreement Program is highlighting the following three areas of activity that qualify for funding. ? NSDI Institution Building and Coordination: establishing and advancing state or regional councils and consortia, that will address formal cross-organizational partnerships, strategic plans and collaboration, engaging the user community, and leveraging resources in support of the NSDI. ? Participation in the Geospatial One Stop/NSDI Clearinghouse: enhancements of Clearinghouse services / migration to Portal technology, metadata (implementation, training), Providing Web Mapping Services. ? Participation in the National Map: data integration, and best practices projects resulting in supporting seamless topographic mapping capability for a specified geography through The National Map. These activity areas are refined into six funding categories that are more fully described in subsequent sections of this announcement. To download the announcement, go to: http://grants.gov. Click on the ?Find Grant Opportunities? orange tab in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. Next click on ?Search Grant Synopsis? in the upper left-hand part of that screen. Scroll down to ?Search by CFDA Number? and type in 15.809. Scroll to the bottom of this same screen and click on ?Start Search.? At the next screen, click on the word ?Grant.? At the next screen, scroll to the bottom and click on the gray bar ?Apply for Grant Electronically.? At the next screen under Instructions, click on ?Download.? You can now download the Program Announcement by saving it to your computer. If you click on the other Application ?Download? button, you will find the SF-424 application forms. You must download the PureEdge Viewer first to view and enter data into these forms. You can download the viewer by going back to the Grants.gov Main Page and clicking on the ?Getting Started? tab in the upper right-hand corner. Under Item #2 you will find a link for downloading the viewer.
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Grant Announcement Contact: Craig, Kathleen, Administrator, Phone 703-648-7349, Fax 703-648-7901, Email kcraig@usgs.gov kcraig@usgs.gov Craig, Kathleen
Similar Government Grants: • 2011 National Spatial Data Infrastructure; • National Spatial Data Infrastructure Cooperative Agreements Program; • 2009 National Spatial Data Infrastructure Cooperative Agreement Program; • National Spatial Data Infrastructure Cooperative Agreements Program (NSDI CAP); • 2007 National Spatial Data Infrastructure Cooperative Agreement Program Category 4 Extension; • 2005 National Spatial Data Infrastructure Cooperative Agreement Program; • 2006 National Spatial Data Infrastructure Cooperative Agreement Program; • National Spatial Data Infrstructure (NSDI) Cooperative Agreement Program (CAP)