OpportunityTitle: Office of Innovation and Improvement: Ready To Teach Program--General Programming Grants CFDA 84.286A
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible Applicants: To be eligible to receive a General Programming Grant, an applicant must be a nonprofit telecommunications entity or partnership of such entities. Note:  If more than one non-profit telecommunications entity wishes to form a consortium and jointly submit a single application, they must follow the procedures for group applications described in 34 CFR 75.127 through 75.129 of EDGAR.
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. The Ready to Teach program (RTT) supports the use of telecommunications to improve teaching by assisting elementary school and secondary school teachers to prepare all students to achieve challenging State academic content and student academic achievement standards in core curriculum areas. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.286A Applications for grants under the Ready to Teach Program--CFDA Number 84.286A must be submitted electronically using e-Application, accessible through the Department&apos;s e-Grants Web site at: http://e-grants.ed.gov. While completing your electronic application, you will be entering data online that will be saved into a database. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: e-Mail: Program Mailbox
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;Sharon Harris &lt;br/&gt;U.S. Department of Education &lt;br/&gt;400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 4W216 &lt;br/&gt;Washington, DC 20202-5980 &lt;br/&gt;Telephone: (202) 205-5880 or by e-mail:
CloseDateExplanation: Applications Available: March 23, 2010.     Deadline for Notice of Intent To Apply: April 22, 2010. Notice of Intent to Apply: 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 entities that intend to apply for funding under this program. Therefore, the Secretary strongly encourages each potential applicant to notify the Department by sending a short e-mail message indicating the applicant&apos;s intent to submit an application for funding. The e-mail need not include information regarding the content of the proposed application, only the applicant&apos;s intent to submit it. This e-mail notification should be sent to Sharon Harris at readytoteach@ed.gov. Applicants that fail to provide this e-mail notification may still apply for funding. Date of Meeting for Prospective Applicants: April 15, 2010.  Meeting for Prospective Applicants: The Ready to Teach program will hold a webinar for prospective applicants on April 15, 2010 from 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Washington, DC time. The conference will offer information about how to apply for a Ready to Teach grant. For information and to register, please send an e-mail to Sharon.Harris@ed.gov. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 24, 2010.