Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program CFDA Number 84.206A

The summary for the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program CFDA Number 84.206A grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, 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 as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Department of Education, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program CFDA Number 84.206A: •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.
Purpose of Program: The purpose of this competition under the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program (Javits) is to provide grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) to enable them to carry out a coordinated program of scientifically based research,
demonstration projects, innovative strategies, and similar activities designed to build and enhance the ability of elementary and secondary
schools nationwide to meet the special educational needs of gifted and talented students, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds or underrepresented groups. This grant competition implements the ``special rule'' in section 5464(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA), that requires any Javits program funds appropriated for a fiscal year in excess of the amount of such funds appropriated for FY 2001 (i.e., $7.5 million) to be used to award competitive grants to SEAs, local educational agencies (LEAs), or both. Applications for grants under Javits, CFDA number 84.206A, must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site. You may access the electronic grant application for Javits at
www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this competition by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.206, not 84.206A). The telephone number for the Grants.gov Helpdesk is 1-800-518-4726 or e-mail: [email protected].