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ED-GRANTS-081423-001: Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE): Perkins Innovation and Modernization Grant Program), Assistance Listing Number 84.051F

Closed Closed October 13, 2023 Opportunity ED-GRANTS-081423-001 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$1.5 million
• Total funding$24.3 million
• Expected awards20
• Cost sharingRequired
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

1. Eligible Applicants: The following entities are eligible to apply under this competition:(a) An eligible entity. (b) An eligible institution.(c) An eligible recipient. Note: An eligible entity must comply with the regulations in 34 CFR 75.127 through 75.129, which address group applications. 2. Rural Applicants: To qualify as a rural applicant under section 114(e)(5)(A) of Perkins V, an applicant must meet Absolute Priority 3.Note: For the purposes of meeting the statutory rural set-aside, an applicant must meet the requirements as listed above and provide the necessary locale codes in its grant application. Applicants are encouraged to retrieve locale codes from the NCES School District search tool (https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/), where districts can be looked up individually to retrieve locale codes.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Career and Technical Education -- National Programs awards averaged $898,358; this notice allows up to $1.5 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (81% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• The notice requires cost sharing or matching funds, so you must contribute part of the project cost.

What the grant funds

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 purpose of the PIM grant program is to identify, support, and rigorously evaluate evidence-based and innovative strategies and activities to improve and modernize career and technical education (CTE) and ensure workforce skills taught in CTE programs funded under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, as amended by the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V), align with labor market needs. Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.051F. Dear Colleagues, The Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE), Division of Academic and Technical Education (DATE) invites all parties interested in submitting an application to the FY23 Perkins Innovation and Modernization (PIM) grant program to view the Pre-Application Webinar. The webinar covers a variety of topics, including PIM grant program requirements and selection criteria. To view the webinar, please copy and paste the following link into your browser: https://cte.ed.gov/grants/innovation-and-modernization-grant-program. Also, please continue to stay tuned to the Perkins Collaborative Resource Network (PCRN) at the link provided above for answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the competition process. Best regards, Bryan Jenkins

Category: Education.

Applying now

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