Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII): Ready-to-Learn Television CFDA Number 84.295A
•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.
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Purpose of Program:
The Ready-to-Learn Television Program (Ready-to-Learn) is designed to:
(1) Facilitate school readiness and academic achievement by supporting the development and national distribution of educational television and interactive media programming for preschool and elementary school children and their parents; (2) develop and disseminate educational outreach materials and programs that are designed to deepen and extend the effectiveness of the educational television and interactive media and (3) build social and virtual communities of parents, educators, and children devoted to using the media materials.
Applications for grants under the Ready-to-Learn Television Program, CFDA Number 8 4. 295A, must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at www.Grants.gov.
You may access the electronic grant application for the Ready-to-Learn program at www.Grants.gov.
You must search for the downloadable application package for this competition by the CFDA number.
Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 8 4. 295, not 8 4. 295A).
The telephone number for the Grants.gov Helpdesk is 1-800-518-4726 or e-mail:
support@grants.gov.
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.
Purpose of Program:
The Ready-to-Learn Television Program (Ready-to-Learn) is designed to:
(1) Facilitate school readiness and academic achievement by supporting the development and national distribution of educational television and interactive media programming for preschool and elementary school children and their parents; (2) develop and disseminate educational outreach materials and programs that are designed to deepen and extend the effectiveness of the educational television and interactive media and (3) build social and virtual communities of parents, educators, and children devoted to using the media materials.
Applications for grants under the Ready-to-Learn Television Program, CFDA Number 8 4. 295A, must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at www.Grants.gov.
You may access the electronic grant application for the Ready-to-Learn program at www.Grants.gov.
You must search for the downloadable application package for this competition by the CFDA number.
Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 8 4. 295, not 8 4. 295A).
The telephone number for the Grants.gov Helpdesk is 1-800-518-4726 or e-mail:
support@grants.gov.
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
Ready-to-Learn Television CFDA Number 84.295A
Additional Information of Eligibility:
Eligible Applicants: To receive a cooperative agreement under this competition, an entity must be a public telecommunications entity (as defined in this notice) that is able to demonstrate: (A) A capacity to develop and nationally distribute educational and instructional television programming of high quality that is accessible by a large majority of disadvantaged preschool and elementary school children; (B) A capacity to contract with the producers of children's television programming for the purpose of developing educational television programming of high quality; (C) A capacity, consistent with the entity's mission and nonprofit nature, to negotiate such contracts in a manner that returns to the entity an appropriate share of any ancillary income from sales of any program-related products; and (D) A capacity to localize programming and materials to meet specific State and local needs and to provide educational outreach at the local level.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
Contact:
Agency Email Description:
Agency Email:
readytolearn@ed.gov
Date Posted:
2015-03-25
Application Due Date:
2015-05-26
Archive Date:
2015-06-25
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