Transition to Teaching Grant Program--Statewide Projects CFDA 84.350B

The summary for the Transition to Teaching Grant Program--Statewide Projects CFDA 84.350B 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:	Transition to Teaching Grant Program--Statewide Projects CFDA 84.350B
	CFDA Number:	84.350
	CFDA Description:	Transition to Teaching
	Federal Agency Name:	Department of Education
	Category of Funding Activity:	Education
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	ED-GRANTS-010807-003
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Jan 08, 2007
	Creation Date:	Jan 08, 2007
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Mar 26, 2007 Applications Available: January 8, 2007. Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: February 7, 2007. Pre-Application Meeting: A pre-application meeting for prospective applicants will be held in January 2007 in Washington, DC. Further information on the date, time, and location will be made available through a notice published in the Federal Register and through the Transition to Teaching Web site at http://www.ed.gov/programs/transitionteach. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 26, 2007.
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Apr 25, 2007
	Expected Number of Awards:	20
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$7,500,000
	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: A State educational agency (SEA); a high-need local educational agency (LEA); a for-profit or nonprofit organization that has a proven record of effectively recruiting and retaining highly qualified teachers, in a partnership with a high-need LEA or an SEA; an institution of higher education (IHE) in a partnership with a high-need LEA or an SEA; a regional consortium of SEAs; or a consortium of high-need LEAs. For further information on whether an LEA qualifies as a ``high-need LEA,'' see section III. 1. Eligible Applicants in the notice inviting applications. Notice of Intent to Apply: February 7, 2007. The Department will be able to develop a more efficient process for reviewing grant applications if it has a better understanding of the number of entities that intend to apply for funding under this competition. Therefore, the Secretary strongly encourages each potential applicant to notify the Department by sending a short e-mail message indicating the applicant's intent to submit an application for funding. The e-mail need not include information regarding the content of the proposed application, only the applicant's intent to submit it. The Secretary requests that this e-mail notification be sent to Thelma Leenhouts at: transitiontoteaching@ed.gov.
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. Office of Innovation and Improvement; Transition to Teaching Grant Program Statewide Projects; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007. Purpose of Program: The Transition to Teaching program encourages (1) the development and expansion of alternative routes to full State teacher certification, as well as (2) the recruitment and retention of highly qualified mid-career professionals, recent college graduates who have not majored in education, and highly qualified paraprofessionals as teachers in high-need schools operated by high-need LEAs, including charter schools that operate as high-need LEAs. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.350B. Applications for grants under the Transition to Teaching Competition--CFDA Number 84.350A, 84.350B, and 84.350C must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at http://www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us. You may access the electronic grant application for Transition to Teaching at http://www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this program or competition by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.350, not 84.350A). The telephone number for the Grants.gov Helpdesk is 1-800-518-4726
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Transition to Teaching Grant Program--Statewide Projects CFDA 84.350B
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-34.pdf
Grant Announcement Contact: Julius Cotton
ED Grants.gov FIND System Admin.
Phone (202) 245-6140
julius.cotton@ed.gov
Program Manager:
Thelma Leenhouts or Anthony
Sepulveda Taber
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room
Similar Government Grants: • Transition to Teaching Grant Program CFDA 84.350C; • Transition to Teaching Grant Program CFDA 84.350B; • Transition to Teaching Grant Program CFDA 84.350A; • Opportunity ED-GRANTS-111308-004; • Opportunity ED-GRANTS-111308-003; • Transition to Teaching Grant Program; • Transition to Teaching Program; • Transition to Teaching Grant Program--Local Projects CFDA 84.350A; • Transition to Teaching Grant Program--National/Regional Projects CFDA 84.350C; • Opportunity ED-GRANTS-111308-002