Education Quality Award Ambassadorship
The Department of Commerce fosters and promotes the nation's economic development and technological advancement through vigilance in international trade policy, domestic business policy and growth, and promoting economic progress at all levels.
Program Accomplishments
Fiscal Year 2009: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2011: No Current Data Available
Uses and Use Restrictions
Grant money will be used for non-commercial award recipients to share information on their successful performance and quality strategies with other U. S. organizations.
Principal mechanisms to share information are attendance at the Quest for Excellence Conference, regional conferences, and hosting and speaking at different conferences, workshops/meetings.
Grant money will be used for non-commercial award recipients to share information on their successful performance and quality strategies with other U. S. organizations.
Principal mechanisms to share information are attendance at the Quest for Excellence Conference, regional conferences, and hosting and speaking at different conferences, workshops/meetings.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicant Eligibility
Anyone/general public - Business/Commerce, Elementary/Secondary Education, Health/Medical, Higher Education (includes Research), Vocational Education.
Beneficiary Eligibility
Anyone/general public.
Credentials/Documentation
Proposals with statements of work and detailed budgets. Costs will be determined in accordance with applicable federal cost principles. Grants are limited to recipients of the Baldrige National Quality Award. OMB Circular No. A-87 applies to this program.
Aplication and Award Process
Preapplication Coordination
Preapplication coordination is not applicable.
Environmental impact information is not required for this program.
This program is eligible for coverage under E.O.
12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review.
Application Procedures
OMB Circular No. A-102 applies to this program. OMB Circular No. A-110 applies to this program. Proposals are submitted in response to education award recipients financial requirements pursuant to 15 CFR 14.4.
Award Procedures
Award process based upon published selection criteria.
Deadlines
Not Applicable.
Authorization
Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act, 15 U.S.C 3706; Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act, 15 U.S.C 3711a.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time
Not Applicable.
Appeals
Not Applicable.
Renewals
Future or continued funding will be at the discretion of NIST, based on such factors as availability of funds and satisfactory performance.
Assistance Considerations
Formula and Matching Requirements
Statutory Formula: Chapter 15, Part 14.
Matching Requirements: Percent: 25.%. The applicant must match with a cost share 25% of the grant award.
MOE requirements are not applicable to this program.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance
Usually one to three years in length. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Dependent on when appropriation is received dictates when authorization is dispersed either in lump sum or quarterly.
Post Assistance Requirements
Reports
No reports are required.
Audits
In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133. Audits of all recipients shall be conducted in accordance with Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States (the Yellow Book). Recipients covered under OmB Circular No. A-133, Audits of States, Local Governments, and Nonprofit Organizations, should have an audit performed in accordance with the requirements of the OMB Circular.
Records
Pursuant to 15CFR 14.53(b)(2), all financial and programmatic records are required to remain available to the federal government for 3 years after final disposition.
Financial Information
Account Identification
13-0500-0-1-376.
Obigations
(Cooperative Agreements) FY 08 $100,000; FY 09 est $100,000; FY 10 est $100,000
Range and Average of Financial Assistance
None.
Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature
This program is subject to the provisions of CFR 15 part 14.
Information Contacts
Regional or Local Office
None.
Headquarters Office
National Institute of Standards and Technology 100 Bureau Drive, Bldg. TRF A143
Mail Stop 1650, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-1650 Phone: 301-975-6329
Criteria for Selecting Proposals
Not Applicable.
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