OpportunityTitle: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Comprehensive Centers Program CFDA Number 84.283B
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible Applicants: Research organizations, institutions, agencies, institutions of higher education, or partnerships among such entities, or individuals, with the demonstrated ability or capacity to carry out the activities described in this notice.
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. Purpose of Program: The Comprehensive Centers program supports the establishment of no fewer than 20 comprehensive technical assistance centers to provide technical assistance to State educational agencies (SEAs) that builds their capacity to support local educational agencies (LEAs or districts) and schools, especially low-performing districts and schools; improve educational outcomes for all students; close achievement gaps; and improve the quality of instruction. Regional Advisory Committees: To help inform the Secretary&apos;s priorities for the centers funded under this program, the Secretary (in accordance with section 206 of the Education Technical Assistance Act of 2002 (ETAA)) established Regional Advisory Committees (RACs) and charged them with conducting educational needs assessments within the geographic regions served by the 10 Regional Educational Laboratories (RELs) and making recommendations for how those needs might be addressed. The RACs conducted their needs assessments from June 2011 to August 2011 and submitted their reports on regional needs and recommendations for how to address those needs to the Secretary on November 15, 2011. The full RAC reports are available at: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/newccp/resources.html. Potential applicants for the centers are encouraged to consider the results of these needs assessments and the recommendations contained in the RAC reports when preparing their applications.Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number 84.283B.Applications for grants under the Comprehensive Centers program, CFDA number 84.283B, must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at 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 email an electronic copy of a grant application to us.You may access the electronic grant application for the Comprehensive Centers program at www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this program by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number&apos;s alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.283, not 84.383B). On June 6, 2012, we published in the Federal Register (77 FR 33564) a notice inviting applications for new awards using fiscal year (FY) 2012 funds for the Comprehensive Centers program (2012 notice). The 2012 notice erroneously listed deadline dates for intergovernmental review under Executive Order (EO) 12372 and its implementing regulations in 34 CFR part 79. The Secretary had decided to waive the EO 12372 review of the 2012 notice, as authorized under part 79, but the notice did not reflect that decision. The Secretary made the decision to waive this review because we would otherwise not be able to make timely grant awards for the Comprehensive Centers program for FY 2012. We are correcting the 2012 notice to remove the requirement that applicants submit their applications for intergovernmental review. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We make the following corrections: 1. On page 33564, first column, under the heading DATES, we are removing the last sentence, which reads ``Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: October 4, 2012&apos;&apos;. 2. On page 33567, second column, under the heading ``3. Submission Dates and Times&apos;&apos;, we are removing the last sentence, which reads ``Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: October 4, 2012&apos;&apos;. 3. On page 33567, second column, under the heading ``4. Intergovernmental Review&apos;&apos;, we are removing the second sentence.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: e-Mail: Program Manager
GrantorContactText: Julius Cotton &lt;br/&gt;ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-245-6140 &lt;br/&gt;julius.cotton@ed.gov &lt;br/&gt;Program Manager: &lt;br/&gt;Fran Walter &lt;br/&gt;U.S. Department of Education, &lt;br/&gt;400 Maryland Avenue SW., room 3W115 &lt;br/&gt;Washington, DC 20202-0001 or by email: fran.walter@ed.gov. &lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: Applications Available: June 6, 2012. Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: June 26, 2012. Notice of Intent to Apply: We will be able to develop a more efficient process for reviewing grant applications if we have an understanding of the number of applications we are likely to receive. Therefore, we strongly encourage each potential applicant to send an email notice of its intent to apply for funding to the following address: OESE.compcenters@ed.gov. The notice of intent to apply is optional and should not include information about the potential applicant&apos;s proposal. Applicants that do not provide us with the notice of intent to apply may still submit an application. Dates of Pre-Application Briefings: Applicants for Regional Centers: June 19, 2012 and June 22, 2012.     Applicants for Content Centers: June 20, 2012 and June 22, 2012. Pre-application briefings: We will conduct briefings on this competition via conference calls to clarify the purposes of the program and the selection criteria and application process. Please email Fran Walter at fran.walter@ed.gov to register for a call date and time and to obtain the conference call number. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 6, 2012.