Grants.gov

Applicants for this program competition must use the government-wide website, grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov), to apply. We strongly encourage you to familiarize yourself with Grants.gov and strongly recommend that you register early and submit early.

Register Early: Grants.gov registration may take five or more days to complete. You must be fully registered to submit an application. Please follow the detailed Step-by-Step instructions on the Grants.gov Get Started page (http://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp).

Submit Early: Do not wait until the last day to submit your application! To submit successfully, you must enter the DUNS number in the application that your organization used when it registered with the CCR.

You will want to ensure your application is submitted (i.e. has a date/time stamp from Grants.gov before 4:30 pm on the deadline date) AND that the application is processed and validated successfully. Grants.gov processing times may vary, so you need to allow at least 3 days for any unanticipated problems with your submission. If Grants.gov rejects your application, you will need to resubmit before the deadline date and time.

Application Deadline: Closed.

• Federal Register Notice Inviting Applications (January 6, 2009)

• Notice of Final Priority for LSL 2007 (February 16, 2007) PDF (98K)

• Federal Register Notice of Final Clarification of Eligible Local Activities for Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (April 5, 2004) PDF (108K)

FY 2009

This application package is for archival information only:

• MS Word (776K)

• PDF (535K)

• Forms can be found at http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/
  appforms/appforms.html

• e-APPLICATIONS are available at: http://www.grants.gov.

• For printed applications contact: Education Publications Center (ED Pubs),
  P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398,
  Telephone (toll free): 1-877-433-7827, fax (301) 470-1244.
  If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) you may call (toll free) 1-877-576-7734.
  Web site: http://www.edpubs.ed.gov/webstore/Content/search.asp.
  E-mail: edpubs@inet.ed.gov

• Department staff have prepared a general guide for applicants to use when preparing the application. The Guidebook provides generic information on the Department's discretionary grant procedures. (2009)
  MS WORD (357K)