Advanced Placement Test Fee Program

The summary for the Advanced Placement Test Fee Program Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	Advanced Placement Test Fee Program
	CFDA Number:	84.330
	CFDA Description:	Advanced Placement Program
	Federal Agency Name:	Department of Education
	Category of Funding Activity:	Education
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	ED-GRANTS-011906-001
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Jan 19, 2006
	Creation Date:	Jan 19, 2006
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Feb 21, 2006 Applications Available: January 19, 2006. Application Deadline: February 21, 2006.
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Mar 23, 2006
	Expected Number of Awards:	28
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$4,800,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible applicants under the AP Test Fee Program are: State educational agencies (SEAs) in any State, including the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. Note: For purposes of this program, the Bureau of Indian Affairs is treated as an SEA.
Grant 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. Under the AP Test Fee program, we award grants to eligible state educational agencies (SEAs) in order to enable them to pay all or a portion of advanced placement test fees on behalf of eligible low-income students who--(1) Are enrolled in an advanced placement course; and (2) plan to take an advanced placement exam. The program is designed to increase the number of low-income students who take advanced placement tests and receive scores for which college academic credit is awarded. In this notice we establish the deadline for submission of the fiscal year (FY) 2006 AP Test Fee program grant applications. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 84.330B. You can access the electronic application, along with complete instructions for applying via Grants.gov, for the AP Test Fee program at: http: //http://www.Grants.gov/. Once you access this site, you will receive specific instructions for completing your application and the electronic submission process. You must follow these requirements to ensure that your application is received by the Department no later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC, time, on the application deadline date.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Advanced Placement (AP) Test Fee Program: Notice announcing application deadline.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-582.pdf
Grant Announcement Contact: Julius Cotton
ED Grants.gov FIND System Admin.
Phone (202) 245-6140
Program Managers:
Ms. Madeline Baggett or
Ms. Lynyetta Johnson
400 Maryland Ave., SW.,
Washington, DC 20202-6200.
Telephone: (202) 260-2502 or
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