Framework for Digitally Inclusive Communities

The summary for the Framework for Digitally Inclusive Communities 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:	Framework for Digitally Inclusive Communities
	CFDA Number:	45.312
	CFDA Description:	National Leadership Grants
	Federal Agency Name:	Institute of Museum and Library Services
	Category of Funding Activity:	Arts Education Humanities
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	FDI-2010
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Jul 23, 2010
	Creation Date:	Jul 23, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Aug 30, 2010
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Aug 30, 2010
	Archive Date:	Sep 29, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$150,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$150,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$1
	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: An eligible applicant must be: a library, agency, institution of higher education, or museum with knowledge of or experience in fostering digital literacy and inclusion. "Agency" includes non-profit organizations, units of state and local government, and museum and library service organizations. General eligibility for libraries and museums can be found at http://www.imls.gov/applicants/criteria.shtm; and located in one of the fifty states of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau. IMLS welcomes proposals that represent collaborations or partnerships among eligible organizations.
Grant Description: IMLS is seeking a cooperator to develop a framework that identifies the overarching principles as well as the elements or key characteristics of organizations and communities that foster digital inclusion. IMLS anticipates that future work, which may be supported by IMLS and/or other partners, will use the framework as a solid foundation to develop actionable benchmarks, evaluation tools, or performance measures that will guide funding and policy decisions that build the capacity of libraries and community-based organizations to support the development of digitally inclusive communities. The ultimate purpose of this work is to provide resource allocators and policy makers with the tools they need to build the capacity of public libraries and community-based organizations to meet the public's information needs.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.imls.gov/pdf/fdi-2010-rfp.pdf
Grant Announcement Contact: Mary Alice Ball, Senior Program Officer Office of Library Services 202-653-4730

mball@imls.gov [mball@imls.gov]
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