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Subject: Javits 2014 Demonstration Grants announced<br>

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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:">Today the Department of Education posted the announcement for the 2014 Javits Demonstration Grants.  The applications will be due June 24.  Here’s the link in the
<i>Federal Register</i> for all the details (note that there is a pdf icon to the right of the page to make reading easier) 
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2014/05/01/2014-10004/applications-for-new-awards-jacob-k-javits-gifted-and-talented-students-education-program">
https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2014/05/01/2014-10004/applications-for-new-awards-jacob-k-javits-gifted-and-talented-students-education-program</a>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:">Also, the Institute for Education Sciences released information earlier this week about the competition for the National Research Center on the Gifted & Talented.  Here’s the link for more
 info on that:  <a target="_blank" href="http://ies.ed.gov/funding/ncer_rfas/gifted.asp">http://ies.ed.gov/funding/ncer_rfas/gifted.asp</a>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:">The grant competitions represent the successful conclusion of advocacy efforts to fund the Javits program in fiscal year 2014.  The fiscal year 2015 process is underway;  I’ll keep you posted
 when the House/Senate education appropriations subcommittees release their subcommittee versions of the 2015 education funding levels.</span></div>




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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:">Please let others know about the Javits grant announcement – time is short to get applications in. 
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<div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Jane Clarenbach, J.D.</span></i></div>




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