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Opportunity Information: Apply for ED GRANTS 012010 001

• The Department of Education in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Grant Competition for the Cooperative Civic Education and Economic Education Exchange Program CFDA 84.304A" and is now available to receive applicants.
• This funding opportunity was created on Feb 16, 2010 and posted on Jan 20, 2010.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 15, 2010 Applications Available January 20, 2010. On January 20, 2010, we published in the Federal Register (75 FR 3212) a notice inviting applications for FY 2010 for the Cooperative Civic Education and Economic Education Exchange Program. The notice stated that a list of eligible countries was included in the application package (75 FR 3214). The list of eligible countries included in the application package at the time the notice inviting applications for FY 2010 was published was the list that was used in the FY 2009 program grant competition. However, an updated list of eligible countries has since been approved for FY 2010. The new list of eligible countries for FY 2010 is included in an updated application package that has been posted to the following Department of Education Web sites http://e Grants.ed.gov and http://www.ed.gov/programs/ coopedexchange/applicant.html. Therefore, in order to give applicants adequate time to access the updated application package, we are changing the deadline for the submission of applications to March 15, 2010. With this change in the deadline date, we are also changing the deadline date for intergovernmental review. The specific changes to be made are as follows On page 3213, the first column, the date listed for Deadline for Transmittal of Applications is changed to read March 15, 2010. On page 3213, the first column, the date listed for Deadline for Intergovernmental Review is changed to read May 14, 2010. On page 3214, third column, the date listed for Deadline for Transmittal of Applications is changed to read March 15, 2010. On page 3214, third column, the date listed for Deadline for Intergovernmental Review is changed to read May 14, 2010.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2024.)
• The funding agency has allocated a total of $2,682,787.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
• 1. Eligible Applicants Organizations in the United States experienced in the development of curricula and programs in civics and government education, or economic education for students in elementary schools and secondary schools in countries other than the United States. 2. Eligible Country For the purpose of this grant competition, the term eligible country means a Central European country, an Eastern European country, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the independent states of the former Soviet Union as defined in section 3 of the FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5801), the Republic of Ireland, the province of Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom, and any developing country (as such term is defined in section 209(d) of the Education for the Deaf Act (20 U.S.C. 4359a(d)) if the Secretary, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, determines that such developing country has a democratic form of government. (See 20 U.S.C. 6715(g)). A list of the countries is included in the application package. 3. Cost Sharing or Matching This program does not require cost sharing or matching. 4. Other Primary participants in the cooperative education exchange programs assisted through this grant shall be educational leaders in the areas of civic and government education, and economic education, including teachers, curriculum and teacher training specialists, scholars in relevant disciplines, educational policymakers, and government and private sector leaders from the United States and eligible countries. (See 20 U.S.C. 6715(d)).

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