Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP) CFDA Number 84.120A | Apply Online

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• The Department of Education in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP) CFDA Number 84.120A" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 84.120 Minority Science and Engineering Improvement.
• This funding opportunity was created on Aug 25, 2011 and posted on Aug 3, 2011.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 2, 2011 Applications Available August 3, 2011. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications September 2, 2011.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2024.)
• The funding agency has allocated a total of $3,035,168.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $300,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 15 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
• Eligible Applicants The eligibility of an applicant is dependent on the type of MSEIP grant. There are four types of MSEIP grants Institutional projects, special projects, cooperative, and design. Institutional project grants are grants that support the implementation of a comprehensive science improvement plan, which may include any combination of activities for improving the preparation of minority students for careers in science. There are two types of special projects grants. There are special projects grants for which minority institutions are eligible. These special projects grants support activities that (1) Improve quality training in science and engineering at minority institutions or (2) enhance the minority institutions general scientific research capabilities. There are also special projects grants for which all applicants are eligible. These special projects grants support activities that (1) Provide a needed service to a group of eligible minority institutions or (2) provide in service training for project directors, scientists, and engineers from eligible minority institutions. Cooperative project grants assist groups of nonprofit accredited colleges and universities to work together to conduct a science improvement program. Design project grants assist minority institutions that do not have their own appropriate resources or personnel to plan and develop long range science improvement programs. We will not award design project grants in the FY 2011 competition. A. For institutional project grants, eligible applicants are limited to (1) Public and private nonprofit institutions of higher education that (A) Award baccalaureate degrees and (B) are minority institutions (2) public or private nonprofit institutions of higher education that (A) Award associate degrees and (B) are minority institutions that (i) Have a curriculum that includes science or engineering subjects and (ii) enter into a partnership with public or private nonprofit institutions of higher education that award baccalaureate degrees in science and engineering. B. For special projects grants for which minority institutions are eligible, eligible applicants are described in paragraph A. C. For special projects grants for which all applicants are eligible, eligible applicants include those described in paragraph A, and (1) Nonprofit science oriented organizations, professional scientific societies, and institutions of higher education that award baccalaureate degrees that (A) Provide a needed service to a group of minority institutions or (B) provide in service training to project directors, scientists, and engineers from minority institutions or (2) a consortia of organizations, that provide needed services to one or more minority institutions, the membership of which may include (A) Institutions of higher education which have a curriculum in science or engineering (B) institutions of higher education that have a graduate or professional program in science or engineering (C) research laboratories of, or under contract with, the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense or the National Institutes of Health (D) relevant offices of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Science Foundation and National Institute of Standards and Technology (E) quasi governmental entities that have a significant scientific or engineering mission or (F)institutions of higher education that have State sponsored centers for research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. D. For cooperative projects grants, eligible applicants are groups of nonprofit accredited colleges and universities whose primary fiscal agent is an eligible minority institution as defined in 34 CFR 637.4(b). Note As defined in 34 CFR 637.4(b), minority institution means an accredited college or university whose

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