FY 2018 Competition

LINKS TO OTHER COMPETITION-RELATED PAGES

• Call for Peer Reviewers: Closed.
• Application Info and Eligibility: For information on eligibility and funding restrictions.

What’s New

On Friday, March 9, 2018 the U.S. Department of Education announced the FY 2018 CSP Grants to State Entities Competition.

The FY 2018 CSP Grants to State Entities application period closed on April 20, 2018. The U.S. Department received applications from Entities in the following States:

For additional information, about the FY 2018 grantees, visit the Awards page.

FY 2018 CSP State Entities Notice Inviting Applications

Posted in the Federal Register on March 9, 2018     PDF       HTML

FY 2018 Competition Timeline

• Pre-Application Webinar: March 14, 2018 (closed)
• Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 20, 2018 (closed)
• Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 22, 2018 (closed)

FY2018 Application Information

Pre-Application Webinar:

• The PowerPoint slides from the Webinar are available HERE

Application Submission:

• Applications must be submitted electronically through the Grants.gov system at http://www.grants.gov/.
• Please do not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to U.S. Department of Education staff.

Registering on Grants.gov:

• Applicants must register at Grants.gov prior to submitting an application.
• The Grants.gov registration process takes approximately 5 business days to complete, but Grants.gov recommends allowing several weeks to complete all steps.
• You may begin working on your application while completing the registration process, but you cannot submit an application until all of the registration steps are complete.
• For detailed information on the registration steps, please go to: https://apply07.grants.gov/apply/OrcRegister.

Application Package: Application Package Instructions

• Please note this is an electronic copy of the application package instructions for you to download and use as a guide only.
• The application package that must be submitted can be found on the grants.gov website.

Hard Copy Applications: For hard copy application packages, contact:

Amy Huber U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue SW, RM 4W222 Washington, DC 20202 Phone: (202)453-6634 Email: Amy Huber

Required Application Forms

Please Note: most of these forms are already in the electronic application packet in Grants.gov. Here is a list of the required forms that must be completed, examples of which can be found here.

• ED Form 424–Application for Federal Education Assistance (Form and Instructions)
• ED Form 524–Budget Information, Non-Construction Programs
• ED Form 524–Instructions
• Standard Form 424B–Assurances, Non-Construction Programs
• Grants.gov Lobbying Form; Debarment, Suspension and Other Responsibility Matters; and Drug-Free Workplace Requirements
• Standard Form LLL–Disclosure of Lobbying Activities