[rtpnet-tact] TOP Announces FY 2003 Grant Round (fwd)

[Judy Hallman]

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   -- Judy
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Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 10:26:24 -0500
From: Stephen Ronan <sronan at ctcnet.org>
To: connect at ctcnet.org
Subject: [CTC] TOP Announces FY 2003 Grant Round

  Thanks to Peter Miller for alerting us to the TOP announcement below
    - Steve Ronan

  TOP Announces FY 2003 Grant Round
  The Technology Opportunities Program (TOP) awards grants
through an annual competition. On March 17, 2003, the Commerce
Department's National Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA) announced the Fiscal Year 2003 grant round
for TOP. For FY 2003, approximately $12.4 million is available
for matching grants. The deadline for submission is Wednesday,
April 23, 2003. TOP's Notice of Availability of Funds (Notice)
was released in the Federal Register on March 17, 2003. The
Application Kit for FY 2003, including Notice and Guidelines for
Preparing an Application­FY 2003, provides information on the
program, rules for applying, suggestions for preparing an
application, and the standard forms you need to prepare a TOP
application.  The Application Kit is available for downloading on
TOP's website, http://www.ntia.doc.gov/top. Completed
applications must be postmarked no later than April 23, 2003, or
hand-delivered to the Department of Commerce no later than 5:00
P.M. EDT on April 23, 2003.  More details on the postmark
deadline are contained in the Application Kit. If you are
interested in applying, we urge you to visit the TOP website to
determine the eligibility of your project. For additional
information or technical assistance, please contact the TOP staff
at (202) 482-2048 or email top at ntia.doc.gov.