What can you do with 400 characters? Describe the area covered by the grant, the purpose of the grant (anchor institutions served and key statistics about the area), and the technology used.
You have to say what makes your application different. Is it the libraries, telemedicine, or a local green energy project?
Finally, say something about the skills your team brings to the project.
= 386 characters
Get a writer.
= 397 characters
Showing posts with label stimulus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stimulus. Show all posts
Monday, August 17, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Interested in Stimulus Funds? Start Planning NOW!
I have not seen much commentary on this but any company hoping to obtain simulus funds must submit basic information by August 4th, according to the NOFA.
The NTIA and RUS prefer electronic applications, saying that electronic applications will be judged faster.
Applicants must have a DUNS number and must be in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database (I'll describe how to do this in a later post).
Applicants have to provide a business plan including milestones and a description of offerings and their service area in step one. The business plan must cover at least 15 other topic areas, but the requirements are slightly different for the RUS and NTIA programs.
More later -- but start making plans now!
Electronic applications must be submitted between July 14, 2009, at
8 a.m. ET and 5 p.m. ET on August 14, 2009...Paper submissions must be postmarked no later than August 14, 2009, or hand-delivered no later than 5 p.m. ET on August 14, 2009.
The NTIA and RUS prefer electronic applications, saying that electronic applications will be judged faster.
Applicants must have a DUNS number and must be in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database (I'll describe how to do this in a later post).
Applicants have to provide a business plan including milestones and a description of offerings and their service area in step one. The business plan must cover at least 15 other topic areas, but the requirements are slightly different for the RUS and NTIA programs.
More later -- but start making plans now!
Thursday, June 11, 2009
For-Profit Corporations Must Follow Microsoft to Stimulus Cash
Microsoft today announced that it is joining the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition.
While some commentators see this as a big win formedical and educational institutions, I find it to be a big win for Microsoft.
I've been telling those I advise for some time that they need to contact any educational or medical customers to get stimulus cash because the stimulus is directed at key institutions and the money can only go to non-profits.
In fact, the money will be directed by the net's powerhouses, such as Microsoft, but it will be nominally granted to institutions that are the lynchpin of their community.
The goal of the act is that for-profit institutions be binded to non-profits in a patriotic network that serves the national interest.
I'm hoping for the best, but watching closely.
While some commentators see this as a big win formedical and educational institutions, I find it to be a big win for Microsoft.
I've been telling those I advise for some time that they need to contact any educational or medical customers to get stimulus cash because the stimulus is directed at key institutions and the money can only go to non-profits.
In fact, the money will be directed by the net's powerhouses, such as Microsoft, but it will be nominally granted to institutions that are the lynchpin of their community.
The goal of the act is that for-profit institutions be binded to non-profits in a patriotic network that serves the national interest.
I'm hoping for the best, but watching closely.
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