Learn and Serve America Higher Education FY 2010

The summary for the Learn and Serve America Higher Education FY 2010 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:	Learn and Serve America Higher Education FY 2010
	CFDA Number:	94.005
	CFDA Description:	Learn and Serve America_Higher Education
	Federal Agency Name:	Corporation for National and Community Service
	Category of Funding Activity:	Community Development Education Employment Labor and Training Environment Food and Nutrition Health Other Regional Development Science and Technology
	Category Explanation:	Service-learning
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	CNCS-GRANTS-121809-001
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	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
	Expected Number of Awards:	18
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$6,800,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$500,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$85,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: 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.
Grant Description: APPLICATIONS CANNOT BE SUBMITTED THROUGH GRANTS.GOV APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE CORPORATION'S EGRANTS SYSTEM: https://egrants.cns.gov/espan/main/login.jsp 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).
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.nationalservice.gov/for_organizations/funding/nofa_detail.asp?tbl_nofa_id=76
Grant Announcement Contact: Kirsten Breckinridge CNCS-Learn and Serve America 202-606-7510

direct email for the Learn & Serve America Higher Education Grants [lsahighered@cns.gov]
Similar Government Grants: • Learn and Serve America Higher Education FY 2009; • Opportunity CNCS-GRANTS-032608-001; • Learn and Serve America 2008 Higher Education College Student Social Media Initiative; • 2006 Learn and Serve America Higher Education Grant Program