Teaching with Primary Sources - Continuing Awards for FY25-FY27
Agency: Library of Congress
Posted: 2024-04-10 | Closing date: 2024-05-24
May 24, 2024 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time
Award ceiling: 75000
Award floor: 0
Expected number of awards: 25
Cost sharing or matching requirement: No

Teaching with Primary Sources Program (TPS) The Teaching with Primary Sources program has been the Library of Congress’s premier educational outreach program. The goals of the program have included providing instructional materials, tools, education and professional development that enhance teachers’ ability to integrate digitized primary sources from the Library of Congress into instruction that builds student literacy, critical thinking skills, content knowledge and ability to conduct original research. Since the establishment of the Center for Learning, Literacy and Engagement in 2018, and the release of the Library’s 2019-23 and 2024-2028 Strategic Plans, the TPS goals are both influencing and reflecting the Library’s broader outreach goals. TPS Consortium members are valued as “Connectors” who help the Library achieve its vision of connecting to all Americans. www.loc.gov/teachers Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Continuing Awards (FY25-FY27) With this Notice, the Library seeks to solicit project proposals from current TPS Consortium members that expand the use of teaching materials, tools, and strategies they developed under previous TPS awards. This opportunity is only open to Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Program Consortium Members who have received grants directly from the Library and who meet the eligibility requirements as stated in this Notice. Specifically, the Library of Congress seeks to provide funding to experienced TPS providers to disseminate their TPS teaching materials, tools, programming, and research to meet the needs of learners representing specific professions, ethnicities, geographic locations, abilities, interests, affiliations, and other attributes. Successful applicants will extend their outreach to groups of educators and learners they have identified as being underserved by the TPS program. Applicants must describe how they will support current and new audiences by reviewing and revising products they developed under TPS; modifying TPS products to enhance their value to educators and learners; and developing strategies and networks that facilitate outreach to targeted populations. Applicants must submit project proposals that address demonstrated educational needs of specific recipient populations with solutions that standard practice, documented experience, or research suggest would be effective. Submission Information All proposals must be submitted electronically via email to tps-grant@loc.gov. Proposals submitted through Grants.gov will not be accepted. For full NOFO details, award project criteria, eligibility, and requirements, please view the Related Documents tab for this listing. Amendments April 26, 2024: Section B of the Notice of Funding Opportunity has been amended to reflect that Questions and Answers will now be posted directly to grants.gov. Navigate to the "Related Documents" tab to download or view all Q&A files. The instructions listed in the "Previous Awards" tab of the Budget Plan Workbook Template have been updated. May 16, 2024: Section B of the Notice of Funding Opportunity has been amended to reflect that the deadlines for Technical Question Submission and Proposal Submission have been moved out to May 23 and May 24, 2024 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time, respectively. The extended deadlines are to accommodate an upcoming outage of grants.gov from May 18-21, 2024. 

Eligibility: Eligible Applicants must: a) Be continuing TPS Consortium member organizations that have received no more than three years of TPS funding directly from the Library of Congress and have created teaching materials, tools, programs, and approaches based on Library of Congress primary sources, using TPS awards; and b) Present a compelling plan to disseminate the materials, tools, and approaches developed during their previous TPS grant funding to expanded audiences, through new and established partners and networks – within and outside of the TPS Consortium, and the other Library networks associated with the Center of the Book, Literacy Awards Program and Connecting Communities Digital Initiative.