Learn and Serve America School-Based STEM FY 2008

The summary for the Learn and Serve America School-Based STEM FY 2008 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 School-Based STEM FY 2008
	CFDA Number:	94.004
	CFDA Description:	Learn and Serve America_School and Community Based Programs
	Federal Agency Name:	Corporation for National and Community Service
	Category of Funding Activity:	Community Development Disaster Prevention and Relief Education Employment Labor and Training Environment Food and Nutrition Health Other Regional Development
	Category Explanation:	Service-learning and Community service
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	CNCS-GRANTS-031908-001
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Mar 19, 2008
	Creation Date:	Mar 19, 2008
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 30, 2008 The deadline for submission of applications is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 30, 2008. Applications must be submitted using eGrants, the Corporation's integrated, secure, web-based system for grant application and management. To create and submit an application via eGrants, please visit: http://www.learnandserve.gov/egrants.
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 30, 2008 The deadline for submission of applications is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 30, 2008. Applications must be submitted using eGrants, the Corporation's integrated, secure, web-based system for grant application and management. To create and submit an application via eGrants, please visit: http://www.learnandserve.gov/egrants.
	Archive Date:	May 01, 2008
	Expected Number of Awards:	4
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$2,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$800,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$600,000
	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 - Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - Private institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible applicants include Grantmaking Entities (GMEs) that are not currently Learn and Serve America grantees. GMEs are defined by statute for the purposes of this competition as public or private nonprofit- and faith-based-organizations, which have existed at least one year before applying, are experienced with service-learning, and are proposing to make subgrants in two or more states. All grantees must make and oversee subgrants to Local Education Agencies (LEAs) that are in partnership with one or more additional local organizations to implement service-learning activities in local communities. LEA partners may include private schools, for-profit businesses, faith-based organizations, other nonprofits, and institutions of higher education.
Grant Description: The Corporation for National and Community Service (the Corporation) announces the availability of approximately $2 million to qualified organizations to provide financial resources, training, and other assistance to local education agencies (LEAs) to implement service-learning projects as part of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) curriculum in grades 6-12. These funds will be awarded to an estimated 3 to 4 eligible applications with awards ranging from approximately $500,000 to $800,000 for a project period of up to 3 years. Eligible applicants include Grantmaking Entities (GMEs, which are public or private non-profit organizations that can make subgrants in two or more states) that are not currently Learn and Serve America grantees. A key role for GMEs is to manage subgrantees at the LEA level through frequent communication, training and technical assistance, and financial oversight. The 2008 School-Based competition is intended to bring service-learning that addresses STEM (science, technology, engineering, or math) objectives into high-poverty schools that have little service-learning history. The focus responds to the Corporation's strategic goals to spread service-learning to 50% of K-12 schools and to avail many more youth from disadvantaged circumstances of service-learning opportunities. Consequently, applicants should focus their awarding of subgrants to schools in which more than half the students receive free or reduced price lunches. A crucial part of a grantee's role is to ensure high-quality implementation among subgrantees and to promote effective and efficient use of resources at the subgrantee level. Specifically, this role involves monitoring of program quality, overseeing LEA expenditures, identifying grantee and subgrantee staff roles, and providing needed training and technical assistance. Successful applicants will describe a program design that provides student participants with the opportunity to: - Use the knowledge and skills of one or more STEM discipline(s) to identify and address community problems; - Collaborate with peers and community members to set and achieve goals; and - Develop skills and attitudes useful for the workplace and for participating in civic affairs.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.nationalservice.gov/for_organizations/funding/nofa.asp
Grant Announcement Contact: Meredith Hatch, Program Coordinator for Knowledge Management 202-606-7513

Specific information about the competition [mhatch@cns.gov]
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