OpportunityTitle: Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA): National Professional Development Program CFDA Number 84.365Z
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Entities eligible to apply for NPD grants are IHEs in consortia with LEAs or SEAs.
Description: &#8226;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 Purpose: The National Professional Development (NPD) program, authorized by section 3131 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA), awards grants on a competitive basis, for a period of not more than five years, to institutions of higher education (IHEs), in consortia with State educational agencies (SEAs) or local educational agencies (LEAs). The purpose of these grants is to support professional development activities that will improve classroom instruction for English Learners (ELs) and assist educational personnel working with such children to meet high professional standards, including standards for certification and licensure for teachers who work in language instruction educational programs to serve ELs. Applications for grants under the NPD program, CFDA number 84.365Z, must be submitted electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov). You must search for the downloadable application package for this competition by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number&apos;s alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.365, not 84.365Z). The telephone number for the Grants.gov Helpdesk is 1-800-518-4726 or e-mail: support@grants.gov.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Program Manager
GrantorContactText: Joyce Mays, (202)245-6122 &lt;br/&gt;Samuel Lopez, (202)401-4300
CloseDateExplanation: Applications Available: December 11, 2015.  Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: December 31, 2015.  Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: February 19, 2016.