OpportunityTitle: Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information; Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)--Special Focus Competition: European Union-United States Atlantis Program CFDA 84.116J
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education (IHEs) or  combinations of IHEs and other public and private nonprofit institutions and agencies.
Description: &#149;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 of Program: The purpose of the program is to provide grants to or enter into cooperative agreements with eligible applicants to improve postsecondary education. Applications for grants under the EU-U.S. Atlantis Program, CFDA Number 84.116J, 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 e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us. We will reject your application if you submit it in paper format unless, as described elsewhere in this section, you qualify for one of the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement and submit, no later than two weeks before the application deadline date, a written statement to the Department that you qualify for one of these exceptions. Further information regarding calculation of the date that is two weeks before the application deadline date is provided later in this section under Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement. You may access the electronic grant application for the EU-U.S. Atlantis Program at www.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 84.116, not 84.116J). The telephone number for the Grants.gov Helpdesk is 1-800-518-4726 or e-mail: support@grants.gov.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: e-mail: Program Manager
GrantorContactText: Joyce Mays &lt;br/&gt;Management Analyst &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-245-6122 &lt;br/&gt;joyce.mays@ed.gov &lt;br/&gt;Program Manager: &lt;br/&gt;Frank Frankfort &lt;br/&gt;U.S. Department of Education &lt;br/&gt;1990 K Street, NW., room 6152, Washington, DC 20006 &lt;br/&gt;Telephone: (202) 502-7513 &lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: Applications Available: December 22, 2008.  Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 23, 2009.