ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 11, Number 30 April 11, 2002 In This Issue: Teaching American History Grant Program; Notice Inviting Grant Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year 2002 (Re-printed from the Department of Education) Note to Applicants: This notice is a complete application package. Together with the statute authorizing these grants and the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), this notice contains all of the information, application forms, and instructions needed to apply for a Teaching American History grant under this competition. These grants are authorized by Title II, Part C, subpart 4, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.). Purpose of Program: Teaching American History grants support programs to raise student achievement by improving teachers' knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of traditional American history. Grant awards assist local educational agencies (LEAs), in partnership with entities that have extensive content expertise, to develop, document, evaluate, and disseminate innovative, cohesive models of professional development. By helping teachers to develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of traditional American history as a separate subject matter within the core curriculum, these programs will improve instruction and raise student achievement. Eligible Applicants: Local educational agencies (LEAs), working in partnership with one or more of the following entities: Institutions of higher education (IHEs); Non-profit history or humanities organizations; and Libraries and museums. Note 1: LEAs must provide evidence of a partnership with the entities described above in order to be eligible for a grant. Note 2: Groups of LEAs interested in submitting a single application must follow the procedures for group applications in 34 CFR 75.127-129 of EDGAR. E-Mail Notification of Intent to Apply for Funding: 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 LEAs that intend to apply for funding under this competition. Therefore, the Secretary strongly encourages each potential applicant to notify the Department with a short e-mail noting the 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 no later than May 3, 2002. The e-mail notification should be sent to Ms. Christine Miller at: TeachingAmericanHistory@ed.gov. Applicants that fail to provide this e-mail notification may still apply for funding. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 3, 2002. Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: August 1, 2002. Estimated Available Funds: $100,000,000. Estimated Range of Awards: $350,000-$1,000,000 (total funding per grant, for a three-year project period). Estimated Average Size: $500,000 (total for all three years). Maximum Award Amount: The total amount of funding that an LEA may receive under this competition is $1,000,000. Estimated Number of Awards: 150-200. Project Period: Up to 36 months. Please note that applicants for multi-year awards are required to provide detailed budget information for the total grant period requested. The Department will determine at the time of the initial award the funding levels for each year of the grant award. The Department of Education is not bound by any estimates in this notice. Note: To provide the applicant the capacity to effectively plan for and carry out the comprehensive long-term activities involved in ongoing, intensive professional development, to establish partnerships to support this work, and to document and demonstrate the effectiveness of its program for future dissemination, the Secretary anticipates awarding the entire three-year grant amount for the project at the time of the initial award. Page Limits: Applicants are strongly encouraged to limit the application narrative to no more than 20 double-spaced pages. The following standards are preferred: (1) A ``page'' is 8.5" x 11" (one side only) with one-inch margins (top, bottom, and sides). (2) Use 12-point font for all text in the application narrative. The page limit does not apply to the cover sheet, the one-page abstract, budget section, appendices, and forms and assurances. 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