Funding Opportunity Number: L14AS00067
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Natural Resources
Eligible Applicants: Unrestricted (i.  e.  , open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Agency Name: DOI-BLM
Closing Date: 2014-05-02
Award Ceiling: $100,000
Expected Number of Awards: 1

Description: The project will monitor the long-term population trends of various songbird species in the Farmington Field Office Area in Farmington, New Mexico and incorporate these findings in habitat management activities.  A total of 44.  5 miles over 10 survey routes will be conducted during the spring approximately May 15-June 15; eight of the routes will be traversed by motorized vehicle and two will be on foot.  Stops will be made at the beginning and end points and every 0.  5 miles for the vehicle routes and every 250 meters for the walking routes.  All bird species and the numbers of birds within each species that are detected either aurally or visually will be recorded.  Upon completion of all transects a summary report will be reported and submitted to the Farmington District Office (by September 1) along with all field data sheets, individuals within each species will be recorded at each stop.
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CFDA Number 84.351D
Funding Opportunity Number: ED-GRANTS-022514-001
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Education
Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Agency Name: ED
Closing Date: 2014-04-28
Expected Number of Awards: 17

Description: Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information.
Purpose of Program: The Arts in Education Model Development and Dissemination (AEMDD) program supports the enhancement, expansion, documentation, evaluation, and dissemination of innovative, cohesive models that are based on research and have demonstrated that they effectively–(1) integrate standards-based arts education into the core elementary and middle school curriculum; (2) strengthen standards-based arts instruction in these grades; and (3) improve students' academic performance, including their skills in creating, performing, and responding to the arts. Projects funded through the AEMDD program are intended to increase the amount of nationally available information on effective models for arts education that integrate the arts with standards-based education programs.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.351D.
Applications for Grants under the Arts in Education Model Development and Dissemination program,
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