Current Competitions: No competitions in FY 2008. Awards will be made only to those entities identified in the appropriation legislation.

Closing date: To ensure timely processing and prompt access to the grant funds, the Department strongly encourages all applicants to submit completed applications by April 18, 2008. However, if applicants are unable to meet the April 18th deadline, the latest that applications should be submitted is June 30, 2008.

Please Note: The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-161) directed the Office of Innovation and Improvement to award grants under the Fund for the Improvement of Education, Programs of National Significance to 383 institutions and organizations specified in the explanatory statement accompanying the Act. Only those institutions and organizations named in the explanatory statement accompanying the Act may receive these grants. These earmarked institutions should review the application guidelines carefully before preparing an application.

A letter inviting applications for the earmark grants will be mailed beginning March 14, 2008, to the designated contact person for each project. The application guidelines, which will be mailed with the letter, instruct applicants that they may choose to submit their application by carrier, courier, or by using the Department's e-Grants system, at http://e-Grants.ed.gov. The letter will include the PIN for accessing the application package in e-Grants.

• 2008 Application Package
  MS Word (750KB) | PDF (322KB)

• Applications for grants under this competition may be submitted electronically using the Department's e-Grants system.

• For printed applications contact:
  Linda Jones
  U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue, SW
  Room 4W203
  LBJ Building
  Washington, DC 20202
  Telephone: (202) 205-4352
  (TDD) 1-800-877-8339
  Email: linda.jones@ed.gov