General Services Administration’s (GSA) Planning Grant for Federal Offices in the Washington, DC Region

The General Services Administration’s (GSA), Public Building Service (PBS) seeks to cultivate innovative regional coordination, design, and planning practices for accommodating federal offices in the Washington region over the next half-century. Decisions about the form, nature, and location of federal work will have a tremendous influence on the long-term social, economic, environmental, and cultural health of the region. Developing an urban planning vision for how to locate and develop federal work places will require close collaboration with both public and private stakeholders. The federal government seeks to encourage this effective regional coordination and plan intelligently, guided by mutual regional concerns such as sustainability, energy consumption, transportation infrastructure, security, new technologies, including those that facilitate telework opportunities, as well as the changing regional economics of land, housing, and workforce issues. Proposals are due by June 20, 2008.

In order to promote a guiding vision for the future of federal work in the Washington region, GSA's PBS will award competitive grants in the range of $50,000 to $500,000 for coordination, planning, and research efforts that explore fundamental questions related to the form, location, and design of federal offices over the next 10 to 50 years in the National Capital Region. The maximum aggregate value of the grants is $500,000.

This grant opportunity is derived from Public Law 110-161, which gives GSA the authority to make these competitive grants to institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, commercial organizations, and state or local governments as well as to qualified individuals.

Grant proposals will be evaluated by a panel consisting of GSA officials and GSA Design Excellence Peers, who are nationally recognized private sector experts in the field of urban planning and design. Successful grantees will be notified in July 2008.

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Broad Agency Announcement for Innovative Small Research Projects to Advance Public Participation Related to Public Transportation Planning

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is soliciting proposals for applied research in the area of public participation as it relates to the planning of public transportation projects and programs. The purpose of the Public Transportation Participation (PTP) Program, as called for under Section 3046 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), is to support the research and development of innovative approaches to enhance the quality and level of public participation in public transportation planning.

Public Transportation Participation Pilot Program

FTA has budgeted approximately $1,028,000 for conducting research under this third phase of the PTP Program. Funding for future years of the Program will be based on availability of funds. In keeping with that concept, FTA anticipates awarding 6-10 proposals for work to be completed within 12-18 months of receipt of the funding award. FTA also may choose to fund only a part of a proposed project. FTA will consider projects of longer duration, but the work activities and product delivery must be phased in such a way as to produce a viable first-phase product. After the first phase of a project, funding for subsequent phases will be contingent on availability of funds and satisfactory progress against planned work to that point. FTA also reserves the right to not fund proposed projects. FTA also may withdraw its obligation to provide Federal assistance if the recipient does not submit the formal application (to be completed after selection) within 90 days following the date of the offer.

Document Type: Modification to Previous Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: 2008-DOT-FTA-PTPP
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Mar 18, 2008
Creation Date: May 01, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: May 01, 2008
Current Closing Date for Applications: May 12, 2008
Archive Date: Jun 11, 2008
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement

Category of Funding Activity: Transportation

Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 10
Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,028,000
Award Ceiling: $0
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number: 20.514 -- Public Transportation Research
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
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NEH Fellowships - Modification to Previous Grants Notice

Due to technical difficulties at Grants.gov, NEH will accept applications for Fellowships, Challenge Grants, Faculty Research Awards, and Japan Fellowships through 11:59 PM ET on Monday, May 5th, 2008. The regular deadline for these programs is May 1.

NEH Fellowships support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to scholars and general audiences in the humanities. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, and other scholarly tools. Fellowships support continuous full-time work for a period of six to twelve months. NEH Fellowships may not be used for: curricular or pedagogical methods, theories, or surveys; preparation or revision of textbooks; projects that seek to promote a particular political, philosophical, religious, or ideological point of view; projects that advocate a particular program of social action; works in the creative and performing arts, e.g., painting, writing fiction or poetry, dance performance, etc.; or doctoral dissertations or theses.

NEH Fellowships Modification Full Announcement


Document Type: Modification to Previous Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: 20080501-FA
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Feb 29, 2008
Creation Date: May 01, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: May 01, 2008
Current Closing Date for Applications: May 05, 2008
Archive Date: May 31, 2008
Funding Instrument Type: Grant

Category of Funding Activity: Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)

Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $50,400
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number: 45.160 -- Promotion of the Humanities_Fellowships and Stipends
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
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