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     Recent grant opportunities from the U.S. Department of
     Education (ED) include...

       *  Emergency Management for Higher Education Grants -- CFDA#
          84.184T

       *  Center on Postsecondary Education for Students with
          Intellectual Disabilities -- CFDA# 84.133A-12

       *  Centers for Independent Living -- CFDA# 84.132A

     Below are excerpts from the "notice inviting applications" for
     each grant opportunity.  For more complete information, please
     see the full notice inviting applications in the Federal
     Register.  We try to ensure that the web version and the
     Federal Register notice are the same; however, the Federal
     Register notice should be consulted for complete and
     authoritative information.

     For application packages and other information related to ED
     funding opportunities, please see:

               http://www.ed.gov/fund/landing.jhtml.

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  Emergency Management for Higher Education Grants (Federal
  Register: April 24, 2008 [CFDA# 84.184T])
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Purpose of Program: Emergency Management for Higher Education
(EMHE) Grants support efforts by higher education institutions to
develop, or review and improve, and fully integrate, campus-based
all-hazards emergency management planning efforts within the
framework of the four phases of emergency management [Prevention-
Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery].
    Applications Available: April 24, 2008.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 27, 2008.
    Eligible Applicants: Higher education institutions and
consortia thereof.  For the purposes of this competition, the term
"higher education institutions" includes those institutions
described in sections 101(a), 101(b), and 102 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), except that institutions
included in section 102 of the HEA are eligible only to the extent
that they are located within the United States (including Puerto
Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands).  A copy of the
relevant provisions from the HEA will be included in the
application package.
    Estimated Available Funds: $5,374,000.
    Estimated Range of Awards: $50,000-$500,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $50,000 for small-sized
institutions; $250,000 for medium-sized institutions; and $500,000
for large-sized institutions.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 18.

    Additional Information: Applicable regulations, priorities, and
other information are available in the Federal Register notice.

Additional information is available online at:
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-2/042408a.html

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  Center on Postsecondary Education for Students with Intellectual
  Disabilities (Fed. Register: April 25, 2008 [CFDA# 84.133A-12])
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Purpose of Program: The purpose of the DRRP program is to improve
the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, as amended, by developing methods, procedures, and
rehabilitation technologies that advance a wide range of
independent living and employment outcomes for individuals with
disabilities, especially individuals with the most severe
disabilities.  DRRPs carry out one or more of the following types
of activities, as specified and defined in 34 CFR 350.13 through
350.19: Research, training, demonstration, development,
dissemination, and technical assistance.
    Applications Available: April 25, 2008.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 24, 2008.
    Date of Pre-Application Meeting: May, 21, 2008.
    Eligible Applicants: States; public or private agencies,
including for-profit agencies; public or private organizations,
including for-profit organizations; IHEs; and Indian tribes and
tribal organizations pursuant to Section 104 of the Federally
Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 U.S.C. 479.1.
    Estimated Available Funds: $500,000.
    Estimated Range of Awards: $490,000-$500,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 1.

    Additional Information: Applicable regulations, priorities, and
other information are available in the Federal Register notice.

Additional information is available online at:
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-2/042508a.html

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  Centers for Independent Living (Federal Register: May 2, 2008
  [CFDA# 84.132A])
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Purpose of Program: This program provides support for planning,
conducting, administering, and evaluating centers that comply with
the standards and assurances in section 725 of part C of title VII
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Act), consistent
with the design included in the State plan for establishing a
statewide network of centers.
    Applications Available: May 2, 2008.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 2, 2008.
    Eligible Applicants: To be eligible to apply, an applicant
must:  (a) Be a consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-
disability, nonresidential, private nonprofit agency; (b) Have the
power and authority to: (1) Carry out the purpose of part C of
title VII of the Act and perform the functions listed in section
725(b) and (c) of the Act and subparts F and G of 34 CFR part 366
within a community located within a State or in a bordering State;
and (2) Receive and administer:  (i) Funds under 34 CFR part 366;
(ii) Funds and contributions from private or public sources that
may be used in support of a center; and (iii) Funds from other
public and private programs; (c) Be able to plan, conduct,
administer, and evaluate a center consistent with the standards and
assurances in section 725(b) and (c) of the Act and subparts F and
G of 34 CFR part 366; (d) Either: (1) Not currently be receiving
funds under part C of chapter 1 of title VII of the Act; or (2)
Propose the expansion of an existing center through the
establishment of a separate and complete center (except that the
governing board of the existing center may serve as the governing
board of the new center) at a different geographical location; (e)
Propose to serve one or more of the geographic areas that are
identified as unserved or underserved by the States and territories
listed under Estimated Number of Awards; and (f) Submit appropriate
documentation demonstrating that the establishment of a new center
is consistent with the design for establishing a statewide network
of centers in the State plan of the State or territory whose
geographic area or areas the applicant proposes to serve.
    Estimated Available Funds: $154,046.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
    States and territories: American Samoa.

    Additional Information: Applicable regulations, priorities, and
other information are available in the Federal Register notice.

Additional information is available online at:
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-2/050208b.html