Timeline
Indian Professional Development Grant Competition for fiscal year (FY) 2018.
For FY 2018 there is a new Indian Professional Development (PD) grant competition in which the Office of Indian Education will be soliciting applications. The notice inviting applications was published on June 14, 2018 in the Federal Register.
Application Dates Application Opens: June 14, 2018 Application Available: June 14, 2018 Application Due Date: July 30, 2018
Pre-Application Webinar: June 27, 2018 Notice of Intent to Apply Deadline: June 29, 2018 Awards Announced: By September 30, 2018
APPLICATION
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- The notice inviting application for the PD Competition, published on June 14, 2018, may be found here: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-06-14/pdf/2018-12823.pdf.
- Applications must be submitted electronically through http://www.grants.gov.
See the original Federal Register Notice for more information.
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- Applicants will need to set up a Grants.Gov account in order to access the 2018 PD grant application. The direct link to locate the application package on Grants.gov is: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html.
- For printed applications contact:
Angela Hernandez-Marshall
US Department of Education
Office of Indian Education
400 Maryland Ave, SW
LBJ, Room 3W113
Washington, DC 20202-6335
Telephone: 1-202-205-1909
EMail: Angela.Hernandez-Marshall@ed.gov
- If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-800-877-8339
All applications must be submitted by the closing date of July 30, 2018 (4:30 PM Washington, DC time) and meet the submission requirements identified in the Notice Inviting Applications in order to be considered for FY 2018 funding.
Projects selected for funding should plan start dates of October 1, 2018.
Dear Indian Professional Development Applicants:
It has come to our attention that some applicants of the Department of Education FY2018 discretionary grant competitions have experienced difficulties renewing or completing their system for Award Management (SAM) registrations, the system operated by the General Services Administration (GSA), because of a new GSA requirement concerning the submission of a notorized letter appointing a designated entity administrator. As you know, successful registration in SAM is a prerequisite to being able to register in Grants.gov and submit an application electronically.
Because of this issue, the U.S. Department of Education is allowing any impacted Indian Professional Development applicants that have experienced or are experiencing difficulty in registering or renewing their SAM registration the opportunity to submit their applications as a PDF attachment to an email to Angela.Hernandez-Marshall@ed.gov by the deadline, July 30, 2018 by 4:30pm Eastern time. This deadline was established in the Notice of Inviting Application for the Professional Development program, which was published on June 14, 2018: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-06-14/pdf/2018-12823.pdf. We note that the Departments email system will not accept attachments that are larger than 25 MB. Therefore, applicants that have encountered this SAM registration issue and that choose to submit an application as a single PDF file attached to an e-mail are responsible for confirming that it is not larger than 25 MB and confirm the maximum file size that their own respective e-mail systems can transmit. If an application exceeds the 25 MB limit for files submitted to the Department by e-mail, or exceeds the file size that an applicants e-mail will transmit, the applicant should divide their applications into sections and submit in multiple e-mails, using an “easy to understand” naming convention, e.g. Institution Name Section 1 of 3, Institution Name Section 2 of 3, and so on.
An applicant, which has not been able to access Grants.gov because of the notarized letter requirement and cannot submit an application as an attachment to an e-mail, has the option of submitting a hard copy through a delivery service that provides next day delivery. If you exercise the option to submit a hardcopy with a next day delivery, rather than e-mailing your application or submitting it electronically through Grants.gov, please include with your application a dated invoice or mail receipt that proves your application was mailed or submitted for delivery by July 30, 2018. Your application must be sent to the following address:
U.S. Department of Education Application Control Center Attention: CFDA Number 84.215J LBJ Basement Level 1 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20202-4260
Please note that applicants that receive an Professional Development grant must complete their SAM registration before they can draw down grant award funds. If there are any other issues please contact the PD inbox at Angela.Hernandez-Marshall@ed.gov and please remember to document your issue by making available upon request from the Department any emails you received from or submitted to SAM or Grants.gov and other relevant material concerning your issue.
NOTICE OF INTENT TO APPLY
Instructions for Submitting Intent to Apply:
A. Prospective applicants are encouraged to notify the Department of their intent to apply for a grant under the PD program. Prospective applicants should submit the following information, with “Notice of Intent to Apply” in the subject line, to: Angela.Hernandez-Marshall@ed.gov by July 29, 2018 and include the following:
B. Applicant’s name, address and contact person’s email
C. Contact person’s name and email address
D. The name of the lead applicant
E. Consortium partners, if applicable
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRE-APPLICATION WEBINAR
On Wednesday, June 27, 2018, a 90-minute webinar event will be hosted by the Office of Indian Education to walk through the FY 2018 Indian Professional Development Notice Inviting Applications and provide application guidance. Please contact Angela.Hernandez-marshall@ed.gov for details on how to participate.
