Job Opportunities Supports demonstration, evaluation and information dissemination projects on ways of creating new employment and business opportunities for low-income individuals through the provision of technical and financial assistance to private employers. Successful program-research partnerships would form a Quality Research Center Consortium with the goal of developing and evaluating program quality enhancements to promote child outcomes in school readiness, broadly defined. Colleges and Universities are eligible to apply. Proposal should clearly articulate how a project offers the possibility for significant advances within any given field of expertise.
Preference is given to collaborative efforts.
Awards grants to academic departments, programs and other academic units that offer graduate degree courses. The program allows grantees to provide fellowships to graduate students with financial need who plan to teach or conduct research in designated area of national need. Postsecondary Programs for Individuals who are Deaf Provides support for four regional centers on postsecondary education for individuals who are deaf, including students with a wide range of hearing loss. Each center would provide technical assistance to range of postsecondary institutions, including academic, vocational, technical, continuing, and adult education programs to expand the array of educational opportunities within the region that are available to students who are deaf. The program aims to encourage promising students to pursue studies related to environmental research, education, assessment, restoration and preservation efforts.