Application Deadline: June 10, 2009 at 4:30:00 P.M. Washington, D.C. time

Current Application

• Applications must be submitted electronically through grants.gov unless a waiver is given. See the Federal Register Notice for more information.
• Download the application instructions now: PDF (539K)
• Download the application package now: PDF (800K)

Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement: You qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may submit your application in paper format, if you are unable to submit an application through the Grants.gov system because––

• You do not have access to the Internet; or
• You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to the Grants.gov system;

and

• No later than two weeks before the application deadline date (14 calendar days or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception prevent you from using the Internet to submit your application.

If you mail your written statement to the Department, it must be postmarked no later than two weeks before the application deadline date. If you fax your written statement to the Department, we must receive the faxed statement no later than two weeks before the application deadline date.

Address and mail or fax your statement to:

Valerie Rogers, Group Leader
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3W241
Washington, DC 20202-6400
Telephone: (202) 260-2543
e-mail: Valerie.Rogers@ed.gov

OR

Donna Sabis-Burns, Team Leader
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3W219
Washington, DC 20202-6400
Telephone: (202) 260-1425
e-mail: Donna.Sabis-Burns@ed.gov

Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice.

Submission of Paper Applications by Mail:

If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, you may mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a commercial carrier) your application to the Department. You must mail the original and two copies of your application, on or before the application deadline date, to the Department at the following address:

U.S. Department of Education
Application Control Center
Attention: (CFDA Number 84.256A)
LBJ Basement Level 1
400 Maryland Avenue, SW.
Washington, DC 20202-4260

These discretionary grant applications must be submitted through the grants.gov system unless you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement. Please note that the Grants.gov site works differently than the U.S. Department of Education's (Department) e-Application system.

Federal Register Notices

• Federal Register Notice Inviting Applications (March 31, 2009)
  PDF (32K)
• Correction Notice Inviting Applications (April 10, 2009)
  PDF (27K)