General Services Administration’s (GSA) Planning Grant for Federal Offices in the Washington, DC Region

The General Services Administration’s (GSA), Public Building Service (PBS) seeks to cultivate innovative regional coordination, design, and planning practices for accommodating federal offices in the Washington region over the next half-century. Decisions about the form, nature, and location of federal work will have a tremendous influence on the long-term social, economic, environmental, and cultural health of the region. Developing an urban planning vision for how to locate and develop federal work places will require close collaboration with both public and private stakeholders. The federal government seeks to encourage this effective regional coordination and plan intelligently, guided by mutual regional concerns such as sustainability, energy consumption, transportation infrastructure, security, new technologies, including those that facilitate telework opportunities, as well as the changing regional economics of land, housing, and workforce issues. Proposals are due by June 20, 2008.

In order to promote a guiding vision for the future of federal work in the Washington region, GSA's PBS will award competitive grants in the range of $50,000 to $500,000 for coordination, planning, and research efforts that explore fundamental questions related to the form, location, and design of federal offices over the next 10 to 50 years in the National Capital Region. The maximum aggregate value of the grants is $500,000.

This grant opportunity is derived from Public Law 110-161, which gives GSA the authority to make these competitive grants to institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, commercial organizations, and state or local governments as well as to qualified individuals.

Grant proposals will be evaluated by a panel consisting of GSA officials and GSA Design Excellence Peers, who are nationally recognized private sector experts in the field of urban planning and design. Successful grantees will be notified in July 2008.

GSA Final Grant Language - May 13, 2008

Broad Agency Announcement for Innovative Small Research Projects to Advance Public Participation Related to Public Transportation Planning

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is soliciting proposals for applied research in the area of public participation as it relates to the planning of public transportation projects and programs. The purpose of the Public Transportation Participation (PTP) Program, as called for under Section 3046 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), is to support the research and development of innovative approaches to enhance the quality and level of public participation in public transportation planning.

Public Transportation Participation Pilot Program

FTA has budgeted approximately $1,028,000 for conducting research under this third phase of the PTP Program. Funding for future years of the Program will be based on availability of funds. In keeping with that concept, FTA anticipates awarding 6-10 proposals for work to be completed within 12-18 months of receipt of the funding award. FTA also may choose to fund only a part of a proposed project. FTA will consider projects of longer duration, but the work activities and product delivery must be phased in such a way as to produce a viable first-phase product. After the first phase of a project, funding for subsequent phases will be contingent on availability of funds and satisfactory progress against planned work to that point. FTA also reserves the right to not fund proposed projects. FTA also may withdraw its obligation to provide Federal assistance if the recipient does not submit the formal application (to be completed after selection) within 90 days following the date of the offer.

Document Type: Modification to Previous Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: 2008-DOT-FTA-PTPP
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Mar 18, 2008
Creation Date: May 01, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: May 01, 2008
Current Closing Date for Applications: May 12, 2008
Archive Date: Jun 11, 2008
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement

Category of Funding Activity: Transportation

Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 10
Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,028,000
Award Ceiling: $0
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number: 20.514 -- Public Transportation Research
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

NEH Fellowships - Modification to Previous Grants Notice

Due to technical difficulties at Grants.gov, NEH will accept applications for Fellowships, Challenge Grants, Faculty Research Awards, and Japan Fellowships through 11:59 PM ET on Monday, May 5th, 2008. The regular deadline for these programs is May 1.

NEH Fellowships support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to scholars and general audiences in the humanities. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, and other scholarly tools. Fellowships support continuous full-time work for a period of six to twelve months. NEH Fellowships may not be used for: curricular or pedagogical methods, theories, or surveys; preparation or revision of textbooks; projects that seek to promote a particular political, philosophical, religious, or ideological point of view; projects that advocate a particular program of social action; works in the creative and performing arts, e.g., painting, writing fiction or poetry, dance performance, etc.; or doctoral dissertations or theses.

NEH Fellowships Modification Full Announcement


Document Type: Modification to Previous Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: 20080501-FA
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Feb 29, 2008
Creation Date: May 01, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: May 01, 2008
Current Closing Date for Applications: May 05, 2008
Archive Date: May 31, 2008
Funding Instrument Type: Grant

Category of Funding Activity: Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)

Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $50,400
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number: 45.160 -- Promotion of the Humanities_Fellowships and Stipends
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

Community Economic Development Program Operational Projects

In Fiscal Year (FY) 2008, contingent upon available funding, the Office of Community Services (OCS) will award Community Economic Development (CED) discretionary grant funds for well-planned, financially viable, and innovative projects. OCS will award funds to Community Development Corporations (CDCs) that are experienced in implementing economic development projects. OCS intends that grant funds awarded under this announcement will provide resources to eligible CDCs for their job creation and business projects, as a strategy to address broader objectives such as arresting tendencies toward financial dependency, chronic unemployment, and community deterioration in both urban and rural areas. Eligible CDCs must submit a business plan that demonstrates the economic viability of the venture.

OCS Full Announcement


An applicant must be a private, non-profit CDC experienced in developing and managing economic development projects. For purposes of this grant program, the CDC must be governed by a Board of Directors consisting of residents of the community and business and civic leaders. The CDC must have as a principal purpose: planning, developing, or managing low-income housing or community development activities. An applicant must document its eligibility as a CDC for the purposes of this grant program. The application must include a list of governing board members that provides a designations as one of the three types: a community resident, business, or civic leader. In addition, the application must include documentation that the organization has as a primary purpose: planning, developing, or community development or managing low-income housing activites. This documentation may include incorporation documents or other CDC organizational documents (e.g., article of incorporation papers, by-laws, official documents that identify the organization). Faith-based and community organizations are eligible to apply. Foreign entities are not eligible under this announcement.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2008-ACF-OCS-EE-0024
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Apr 23, 2008
Creation Date: Apr 23, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jun 25, 2008
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jun 25, 2008
See link to full announcement for details. IMPORTANT NOTE: Applications submitted electronically via Grants.gov must be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m., eastern time, on the due date referenced above.
Archive Date: Jul 25, 2008
Funding Instrument Type: Grant

Category of Funding Activity: Income Security and Social Services

Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 45
Estimated Total Program Funding: $29,000,000
Award Ceiling: $700,000
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number: 93.570 -- Community Services Block Grant_Discretionary Awards
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) Program

The Office of Community Services' (OCS) Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) program helps low-income individuals achieve economic self-sufficiency. The purpose of the JOLI program is to create jobs to be filled by low-income individuals. JOLI applicants provide technical and/or financial assistance to private employers in the community to assist them in creating employment and business opportunities for individuals receiving TANF and other low-income individuals. In order to create these sustainable employment and other opportunities, funded projects should focus on the following three program strategies: (1) new business ventures, (2) business expansion, and (3) self-employment/micro-enterprise projects.

OCS Full Announcement


Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2008-ACF-OCS-EO-0054
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Apr 23, 2008
Creation Date: Apr 23, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jun 02, 2008
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jun 02, 2008
See link to full announcement for details. IMPORTANT NOTE: Applications submitted electronically via Grants.gov must be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m., eastern time, on the due date referenced above.
Archive Date: Jul 02, 2008
Funding Instrument Type: Grant

Category of Funding Activity: Income Security and Social Services

Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 11
Estimated Total Program Funding: $4,838,000
Award Ceiling: $475,000
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number: 93.593 -- Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Applicants must state clearly both in the abstract and at the beginning of the project, which one of these three program strategies they will be using. While OCS will accept applications that propose projects containing more than one of these program strategies, OCS encourages applicants to focus on one. Applicants are required to allot a minimum of 20 percent of the JOLI funds received for the provision of financial assistance to program participants for the purpose of creation or expansion of a business created by the applicant's project.

EPA Broad Agency Announcement for Conferences, Workshops, and/or Meetings

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) soliciting applications from eligible applicants for the planning, arranging, administering and/or conducting of conferences, workshops, and/or meetings (hereinafter referred to as “conferences”) that focus on research to protect human health and safeguard the environment. Specifically, EPA is interested in supporting scientific and technical research conferences that address the following research program areas: (1) human health; (2) ecosystems; water and security; (3) economics and sustainability; (4) air and global climate change; and (5) technology.

This BAA is open from December 10, 2007 through December 9, 2008. Applications must be received by January 7, 2008; June 5, 2008; and December 9, 2008 depending upon the cycle (as identified in Section II of this BAA) for which the applicant is requesting funding.

Broad Agency Announcement for Conferences, Workshops, and/or Meetings


Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-C2008-BAA-C3
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Apr 16, 2008
Creation Date: Apr 16, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: Dec 09, 2008 See Sections I and IV for additional information on submission dates.
Current Closing Date for Applications: Dec 09, 2008 See Sections I and IV for additional information on submission dates.
Archive Date: Jan 08, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Grant

Category of Funding Activity: Environment

Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 15
Estimated Total Program Funding: $500,000
Award Ceiling:
Award Floor:
CFDA Number: 66.510 -- Surveys, Studies, Investigations and Special Purpose Grants within the Office of Research and Development
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

Environmental Justice Small Grants Program

The Environmental Justice Small Grants Program (EJSG) is designed to provide funding for eligible applicants working on, or planning to work on, a project that addresses a local environmental and public health issue within an affected community. The EJSG Program is a multi-statute program designed to help communities understand and address their exposure to multiple environmental harms and risks. Applications are due June 30, 2008.

Link to Environmental Justice Small Grants Program annoucement



Document Type: Modification to Previous Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-OECA-OEJ-08-01
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Apr 08, 2008
Creation Date: Apr 09, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jun 30, 2008 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV for additional information on submission methods and due dates.
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jun 30, 2008 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV for additional information on submission methods and due dates.
Archive Date: Jul 30, 2008
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Environment
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 40
Estimated Total Program Funding: $800,000
Award Ceiling: $20,000
Award Floor:
CFDA Number: 66.604 -- Environmental Justice Small Grant Program
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No