OpportunityTitle: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education  (OESE): Program and Grantee Support Services: Comprehensive Centers Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.283B
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: 1.  Eligible Applicants: Research organizations, institutions, agencies, IHEs, or partnerships among such entities, or individuals, with the demonstrated ability or capacity to carry out the activities described in this notice, including regional entities that carried out activities under the Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994 (as such Act existed on the day before November 5, 2002) and title XIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (as such title existed on the day before January 8, 2002). A group of eligible entities may apply as a consortium, in accordance with the requirements in 34 CFR 75.127-129.
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. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Revised Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on December 7, 2022. Purpose of Program: The Comprehensive Centers Program supports the establishment of Comprehensive Centers to provide capacity-building services to State educational agencies (SEAs), regional educational agencies (REAs), local educational agencies (LEAs), and schools that improve educational opportunities and outcomes, close achievement gaps, and improve the quality of instruction for all students, and particularly for groups of students with the greatest need, including students from low-income families and students attending schools implementing comprehensive support and improvement or targeted or additional targeted support and improvement activities under section 1111(d) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA). Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.283B.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Program Mailbox
GrantorContactText: Julius C Cotton &lt;br/&gt;ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. &lt;br/&gt;julius.cotton@ed.gov &lt;br/&gt;Program Manager: &lt;br/&gt;Dr. Michelle Daley,  &lt;br/&gt;U.S. Department of Education,  &lt;br/&gt;400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Room 4B112,  &lt;br/&gt;Washington, DC 20202-5970.  &lt;br/&gt;Telephone: (202) 987-1057.  &lt;br/&gt;Email: OESE.ComprehensiveCenters@ed.gov.
CloseDateExplanation: Applications Available: May 16, 2024.        Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: June 7, 2024.       Notice of Intent to Apply: The Department will be able to review grant applications more efficiently if we know the approximate number of applicants that intend to apply. Therefore, we strongly encourage each potential applicant to notify us of their intent to submit an application. To do so, please email the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT with the subject line &#8220;Intent to Apply,&#8221; and include the applicant&apos;s name and a contact person&#8217;s name and email address. Applicants that do not submit a notice of intent to apply may still apply for funding; applicants that do submit a notice of intent to apply are not bound to apply or bound by the information provided.        Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to notify the Department of their intent to apply to support us in planning for a more efficient review of applications. Notification is optional and non-binding. For more information see Section IV: Application and Submission Information.        Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 24, 2024.        Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: August 22, 2024.       Pre-Application Webinar Information: No later than May 30, 2024, the Department will begin holding webinars to provide technical assistance to interested applicants on key application-related topics. Interested applicants are strongly encouraged to participate or review the accompanying materials available online. Updated information can be found on the Comprehensive Center website at https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-formula-grants/program-and-grantee-support-services/comprehensive-centers-program/. Recordings of all webinars will be available on the Comprehensive Center website following the sessions.       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Michelle Daley, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Room 4B112, Washington, DC 20202-5970. Telephone: (202) 987-1057. Email: OESE.ComprehensiveCenters@ed.gov.