Estimated Available Funds for 84.304A: The Administration’s budget request for FY 2009 does not include funds for this program. However, we are inviting applications to allow enough time to complete the grant process before the end of the current fiscal year, if Congress appropriates funds for this program.

Estimated Range of Awards: $500,000 - $1,000,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $1,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 1-2.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.

Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice.

Fiscal Year 2006 - $12,076,060
Fiscal Year 2005 - $12,193,664
Fiscal Year 2004 - $11,851,660

Note: Appropriated funds must be allocated as follows: 37.5 percent for a grant to the Center for Civic Education and 37.5 percent for a grant to the National Council on Economic Education.

2006

Number of New Awards Anticipated: 0
Number of Continuation Awards: 3
Average Continuation Award: $1,000,000

2003

Amount available for awards: $11,922,000 (Beginning in FY 2002, 25 percent of the amount appropriated is available for one to three competitive grants or contracts (84.304A). The remaining portion of the funds appropriated must be allocated as follows: 37.5 percent for a grant to the Center for Civic Education, and 37.5 percent for a grant to the National Council on Economic Education (84.304B).

Estimated number of awards: 1