Okay, I think it's, I think we've got a full house here. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to day two of the federal funding task force debriefs. My name is Meg Natter and I'm the director of community colleges and foundations with CASE. Also from CASE here is Christy Grimm, our director of online education. She's in the background making sure everything goes smoothly because I don't know, everything went so well yesterday. I'm a little nervous today, but we've got some really great grants professionals here who have been doing this a lot longer than I have. A big thank you to everyone who contributed to the FFTF's report, especially those who were in Washington a few weeks ago in October. This is being recorded and if you could just keep your mutes on mute, that would be very helpful. The speakers know that they can unmute when it's their time. Also one, just a little housekeeping thing. Yesterday's PDF, if you did download it and check out the slides from yesterday, go back in. There have been some updates to it. So please go back into the learning module and get the updated slides from yesterday. We think two, I think three or four people did download them. So please download them again. Their housekeeping, again, this is being recorded. You can watch the recording anytime after, I guess tomorrow morning. And these slides are already in the learning module. So you can look there too. I'll go over how to get to all of those materials again at the end. But right now I'm gonna pass this on to Michelle Alexander, one of the co-chairs of the task force. Rachel Johnson's not with us today, but a big thank you to her because she'll watch this recording. So thank you, Rachel. But Michelle, I'm gonna pass it over to you. All right, thank you. A few FFTF housekeeping. We'll be going through the agencies you see on the intro slide. And each presenter will have five minutes per agency or per report. Please select speaker view in your Zoom view options to be sure to see the person presenting each slide deck. Presenters, please let me know when you're ready to advance to the next slide. And listeners, there will be a brief window for questions right after each presenter, and hopefully time at the end for the session as well. Feel free to use the chat box to ask questions throughout as we can also likely answer some of them as we go along. So first, we'd like to tell you a little bit about the Federal Funding Task Force. The task force itself is over 30 years old. More than 1,700 grants professionals have participated in the task force since its inception. In our meetings, we not only learn about current grants and upcoming grant programs, we also talk when program officers can about anticipated funding levels, program priorities. We visit with agency contacts and non-grant programs and other non-partnership opportunities within the agency. One of the roles of the task force members is to advocate for institutions of higher education, explaining the role we play in our communities and the impact we have on our students. And then of course, after each visit, not only do we prepare these debrief slides, but we do draft our assigned parts of the case annual federal funding report for education, which is available on the case website. This year, 61 task force members. We had a full room. 32 agency meetings across 17 federal departments and agencies, 13 amazing team captains and wonderful dedicated team members. And thank you each and every one of you. Also, we want to thank the case support staff who were with us every step of the way. And of course, your amazing co-chairs. This is the timeline. It will be in the slide deck. I'll let you devour it later on. But as you can see, we start in February and we'll go all the way through till next January. And then February, we will start again on FFTF 2024. This is the group and we could not have done it without each and every one of them. So once again, from Rachel and I, And now our first report will be Dr. Anthony Fanari. Dr. Anthony. Thank you, Michelle. I had the pleasure of leading an amazing team to the Department of Education's International Education of Foreign Language. Members of my team were Amber Cole, Marian Chikopalan, Rachel Alvarez, and Solomon Tenshin. We met with two program officers, Corey Neal and Jessica Luck. Next slide, please. Just wanna make you aware of some updates. First off, the useful competition or the Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program will not hold a competition this year. The next competition will be in fiscal year 25. They expressed a need for more community colleges to apply for the Fulbright-Hayes and Useful Programs. Last competition, only one community college applied to the Fulbright-Hayes GPA. Last and was awarded, and that particular application was awarded. They've learned some lessons since COVID. Suggestions are for applicants to make sure they have a contingency plan built into their application. Excuse me. So for example, they suggested if you budget for 14 participants, but as backup, maybe only 12 participants would travel in a cohort. They're very excited to meet with potential applicants, both Jessica and Corey will be at the Community College International Development Conference from February 23rd to February 26th next year in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Next slide, please. Some agency takeaways. If having institutional partners, make sure that you have articulation agreements or MOUs in place, as well as letters of commitment. This is especially important for the Fulbright-Hayes projects. The calendar for the release and deadlines will be the same as last year. It was noted that the Fulbright-Hayes and Useful applicants should be planning one to two years out from applying. These are projects that take a lot of legwork to get the application pulled together and a lot of logistics to plan. So they recommend this is not something you start two weeks out from the application date. With regards to the project performance measurement form, that is gonna be going away. They're phasing that out. It will no longer be required for Useful and Fulbright-Hayes will be, excuse me, phasing that out as well. They suggested there will be then more emphasis placed upon the project narrative. Next slide, please. Okay, I just wanna highlight a couple of the grant programs. First off, obviously, is the Fulbright-Hayes Group Projects Abroad. Some funding tips are that all funds must be spent outside the US. For long-term projects, partner with larger institutions. If you have a short-term project, smaller institutions are fine. External evaluators are preferred but not required. Make sure if you are not having an external evaluator, make sure it at least is someone external to the project. And again, it will be similar release dates as last year, January announcement with a March deadline. Fulbright-Hayes Abroad, bilateral projects. Again, this is a great one for educators, K through 12 and post-secondary, who will spend up to four weeks abroad attending a seminar. A one-pager will be, we're gonna be, will be sent to the FFTF and we will post it. Actually, they're saying it might have been released sometime in the past week. There will be a, and there will be a 60-day application window. Next slide, please. And our last project, again, is the Undergraduate International Studies in Foreign Language. This is also known as the USFL. They have suggested, you know, Title III and Title V higher education institutions can apply for a waiver for the match requirement on this. There is a one-to-one match. If you are hiring a new position that will be supported by grant funds, please provide the job description. And if partnering, best to apply as a consortium. The language component is vital here. No limits on which languages, but there are competitive preference points for certain less commonly taught languages. And again, this is a competition that will not be running until next year. So no competition in 2024, but one in 2025. Thank you, Anthony, very much. Our next presenter for the next three reports will be Carla Zahn. Carla. Hi, thank you. Welcome, everyone. Good afternoon. My name is Carla Zahn. I work for Ellucian Grant Services. And the first visit on my list for today was the Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The program officer was Dr. Victoria Hammer, and there were some other staff that were part of the conversation. And I was joined by colleagues, Caroline and Sharon, listed there on the slide. And so the priority that was really highlighted is the whole teacher shortage problem that is hitting the whole nation. And so they're really anything you can do to infuse into your projects, advocating for the teacher shortages. Their go-to platform is the Raise the Bar, Lead the World. So if you're not familiar with that, I would recommend checking it out. And really, the goal of the program is to really get the kids out and really looking to transform P through 12 education. They highlighted the reminder of the final priorities, the Secretary's Supplemental Priorities and the definitions for the discretionary grant programs. There's a link there as well. Really, they also have part of their portfolio are earmarks through the congressionally funded community projects. So if you're not familiar with earmarks or you don't have a relationship with your legislative units in your college area, they recommended making that connection and considering looking at the projects that have been funded and considering projects that are related to addressing the teacher shortages. For example, rural areas are struggling to get teachers just like the physician problem. So that was an example. And then they're really looking at the full-service community schools area as well. So as two-year institutions don't discount this office and the opportunities that they have available. And again, the key word is partnering, right? And collaborating with the K-12s in your area. Next slide. And I mentioned the partnerships, that Dr. Hammer is the congressional liaison for those community projects with the earmarks and that the fiscal year 24 budget is locked down, but they'll start taking 2025. Notice my typo there. I apologize in that bullet point. So talk to your congressional representatives. And then there's a bunch of links on that slide that will give you more information as well. A one example of a currently funded HSC project is with Madison College in Wisconsin. So if you're interested in that program, they recommended to check that one out as a best practice. And then they also oversee the teacher quality partnership program. They did fund down the slate in fiscal year 23. And then there wasn't any information right now about the next competition for that. They're also in charge of the college assistant migrant program. Next slide. And then the full service community schools. And so many of their projects are dependent on where the budget, when the budget gets settled for the coming year. Thank you. Next slide. Okay, and then we had a large team that visited the Department of Education, Hispanic Serving Institutions Office. Beatrice is the lead, and she has recently been promoted. There's some details about that in the other slides. We had a large team, Cathy, Sherry, Anissa, Tomoko, Catherine, Shannon, and Kelly. So all listed there. And so there's Beatrice's new position was a big deal because she's transitioning. We're not sure where the new leadership hasn't really been announced yet. And so I'm sure that'll be coming out. The new competitions are based on the secretary's priorities. They highlighted making sure that your evaluation is based on those four tiers, those evidence tiers that are then related to the What Works Clearinghouse. They highlighted a new evaluation term, exit evidence standards. And so evaluate one intervention so that you have a plan to use a methodology that results in moderate or strong evidence right from the beginning and is tied to the discretionary funding. And so just a real, they made a huge emphasis about that. And then other sources of funding is the IES. Next slide. So agency takeaways. Don't forget that the last application your institution submit is the one that counts. And some of this might be repeated on some of the other slides. There was a large group of us combined. And so I'm not gonna read all of these to you because they are going to repeat possibly, but working with your institution on the single audit, they were really promoting their online courses like for internal fiscal management. Don't submit a letter from your congressman. It just adds work to their office. It doesn't gain you any points for your application. Focus on how you're gonna address your needs. But on the flip side, do let your legislative representatives know about your awards. So I'll let you finish reading out those bullet points and then you can go on to the next slide. And so then here's the highlight of their programs coming up with funding. So HSI STEM, nothing's for sure yet, but if it continues the cycle that it's on, it'll probably compete in 2025 or 2026, get posted. The Title V, there may be a competition in 2024 depending on appropriation. So that's a TBD right now based on the funding. Next slide. And then the PPOHA project falls under that office and they just had a closing date in February and there was a high probability that that will compete again in fiscal year 2024. Okay, and then the last team that I led as a captain was for the Department of Labor. And we met with Cheryl Martin and there was a slew of staff in that meeting and they will be added to the report once we get that ready and we did not capture all of that information yet. So I think there were five or six staff that came in and out of the meeting that day, either in-person or online. And then our team members were Alicia, Amber, Ellen, Carrie, and Natalie. So they're listed there. The agency updates continue the emphasis on equity. Don't forget about their four pillars listed there, expanding opportunities, new partnerships, came up a ton, build a better care economy and action today, get familiar with their eight job quality principles. And they really see that core, their core is steadfast to quality jobs for underserved populations. Agency takeaways, we're sounding like a repetitive system here. They're waiting on appropriations for fiscal year 2024 funding. And they mentioned to always be sure you're signed up for the alerts. So they gave the example of the current competition that is open for SCC4. If you were signed up for the alerts, you would have gotten a message that there's an amendment one that was posted out in grants.gov. So that was just a great reminder for everyone. Don't waste time introducing your institution. They don't want the three or four pages that maybe some of us use in some of our projects. They said to keep it short. Match the page allotment to the rubric. So if it's a hundred points and it's a 25 page grant, do the math for the two points, the eight points, the four points, as far as how you lay out your project narrative. They want the partnerships and letters of commitment to be customized. They're not excited anymore about those templates that many of us maybe use or all the healthcare partners are gonna do X, Y, Z. They wanna see the three healthcare partners. They may all be doing X, Y, Z, but then one is gonna do A and one's gonna do a B thing and one's gonna do a C thing. That was kind of the example that they gave. The engagement with the worker entity is not going away. They need more colleges applying for youth build and REO and highlighted their websites. So the workforce, GPS, the college connections and I thought there was three and apprenticeships.gov. So they're always looking for reviewers. They really recommend that you try to encourage faculty that are subject matter experts to consider becoming a reviewer so they get familiar with their programs and their projects. Next slide. So many of you are maybe in the thick of SCC4 right now, it's due next week. I'm not sure when that start date will be, possibly early February. And at this point, again, appropriation funding is dependent on whether there'll be an SCC5. So in case you've missed one, two, three, or I think there was a 3.1 in there as well. So really no update on H-1B skills training just is gonna vary. So we really didn't get any information on that. Next slide. Apprenticeships, nothing really new there either. That was just kind of the information from last year as well. Youth build would be the one that has a high probability of this coming in this month. So it's maybe gonna come out, I forgot about that. Next slide. Nursing expansion grant. They are expecting a release date in fiscal year 2024. And then the critical sector job quality grants, there was that tier two that might be available depending on the funding again. So waiting and watching on that one. Next slide. And then the building pathways to infrastructure, also a potential for that second round in the spring of 2024. So you can be putting your, logging in for the highlights of that to get notified. Next slide. Thank you, Carla. Great, thank you so much, everyone. Have a great rest of your day. Next is Barb Jones, who's a long time FFTF team captain, and she will talk about the next three reports. Barb, take it away. Okay, our first team was with the Department of Education, Student Support Services, which include TRIO and some other programs. And my team was Michelle, Rachel, Authryn, Solomon, Megan, and Dory. And they were great, and we kind of had some different circumstances. We actually went from having an in-person meeting to at the last minute having a virtual meeting with some different people from the Department of Education, mainly because of some emergency illnesses on the part of the people that we were supposed to meet with. So our actual written report will have more information. But one of the important agency updates we got was that always read the secretary's supplemental priorities because they influence upcoming competitions. And then evidence-based standards will be priorities either as standard or absolute priorities. So pay special attention to those evidence-based standards. Next slide. Agency takeaways. Any extra funds from grants that have ended can fund a new competition. So if somebody doesn't spend their money and it goes back to the department, it could fund a new competition. If new appropriations are not enough to fund a new competition, they can be awarded to existing grantees as supplemental funds, or they can fund down the slate. And then, this has been mentioned already, don't have your congressman or senator send a support letter for your grant application, but make sure you notify them after you receive an award and explain how it benefits your students, your institutions, and your community. And then, again, make sure your single audit is completed on time. And then these are the supportive services programs. In addition to TRIO, Child Care Access means parents and school see campus, and they don't know when the expected release date for this will be. They just finished a competition for this. And then the GEAR UP program is expected to release in 2024. And this is a program to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in post-secondary education. So you would partner with high school on this program. Next slide. And then TRIO Student Support Services, it's expected to be released in fiscal year 2024, probably late in the year, and then applications will be due early 2025. That's a five-year program. The Ronald McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program is not expected to have a new release until 2027. Next slide. And then Talent Search, next competition also won't be till 2027. Education Opportunity Centers, next competition, 2026. Next slide. TRIO Training for Project Directors, watch for this. They did not have a date, but it will be released sometime in fiscal year 2024. And that's training for existing project directors. And then there are three Upward Bound programs, Regular Upward Bound, Veterans Upward Bound, and Upward Bound Math and Science. And those will be expected to be released in 2027. And I think that's it for these. And then the next agency I had a team visit was the Environmental Protection Agency. Michael Band was the Education Grant Specialist, and he had a well-organized presentation for us. My team consisted of Beth Henrique, Heather Layton, and Anjali Fainwala. And they were a small but mighty team. Next slide, please. Agency Updates. The EPA has a National Environmental Youth Advisory Council for students ages 16 to 29, and they provide advice on environmental issues to EPA. And they're recruiting people for this now. So there's something that we forwarded to the case website that you can look at, but this would be a great opportunity for students. There's a new Office of Environmental and Climate Community Justice Program. There's a new P2 Focus on Environmental Justice, and a new Innovative Water Workforce Grant Program, which provides workforce training for people working in water programs. And then there's a new Technical Assistance and Research Program for Land Banking, Building Capacity for Nonprofits, and a University of Massachusetts Research Project on minimizing displacement when a brownfield is cleaned up. Next slide, please. Also, there are new funds from a bipartisan infrastructure law that have added a justice priority to several of the EPA grant program budgets. 2.8 billion was added to grants, and 200 million for technical assistance. So in other words, they have a lot more money available. There are also 18 new technical assistance hubs throughout the country that can serve as resources, and there is a map of these hubs on the EPA website. The best way to get up-to-date information is to join EPA Listservs. Next slide, please. And then program overviews. Environmental education, and this is a grant that's open right now. It helps provide people with skills to take responsible actions to protect the environment. There's a new work plan template and optional templates for this program. There's also a grant calculator to calculate your budgets, and you need to include one EPA educational priority and one EPA environmental priority. And they particularly stress reviewing Appendix E of the Notice of Funding Opportunity for step-by-step instructions. And then the next is the Pollution Prevention Program, or P-2 grants, that can provide technical assistance to businesses to help them learn about and adopt source reduction practices. And the website says that these grants are available to fund state and tribal programs, and community colleges that are public state institutions are eligible under this state eligibility criteria. And they focus on preventing pollution before it starts. And there's a new focus in this grant on environmental justice. Environmental justice was a big theme during our conversations. Next slide. People, Prosperity, and the Planet, or P-3. And teams of college students can benefit people, promote prosperity, and protect the planet with these grants. We don't know the release date yet for these. And then there's a Brownfields and Job Training Grant for environmental workforce development and job training programs that recruit, train, and place local and unemployed and underemployed residents with the skills needed to secure full-time employment in the environmental field. And that is expected to be released in April of 2024. So watch for that. Next slide. And then there's the Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration that brings together local groups with students to provide environmental education and training through projects that restore wetlands and streams. And we're not sure when the release date for that will be. And I think that's it for EPA slides. And then the last team I was with was the Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Services. And we met with John Oliphant, Nikita Chambers, and Latoya Austin. And my team members were Alicia Hodge, Carl Malaret, and Lisa Shiveler. Next slide, please. They don't predict any major changes in their budgets, but they are waiting for their budget appropriation. And that will determine what their annual funding opportunities are. Two areas of emphasis that are a theme throughout their grant opportunities are de-escalation and mental health. And you can send technical assistance questions to askcops at this email address. New programs are rare. Their programs don't change much. They just might have a different emphasis in some areas. So look at their past history to see what has been funded. Electronic training is a new resource for them. Next slide. Takeaways are local law enforcement agencies are actually the eligible applicants, but they can partner with post-secondary institutions to write the grant applications, which could benefit both because the community college could end up doing some training for the law enforcement agency or something. Your proposals must include research and evidence that what you are proposing works. They have simplified their application. Be sure to answer the survey questions at the end to determine your specific eligibility. Even if you call and ask program staff if you're eligible, they will tell you to take the survey. They don't publish abstracts of grant applications, which is somewhat unusual, but they do have a simple process for a FOIA request, and that's on their website, and it's very easy to find and do. You can also look at recent grantee success stories on their website. Next slide, please. So the first program is the Collaborative Reform Initiative. They will be looking for solicitations for this from January to March in 2024. You can sign up for email updates to get the solicitation announcements and check their resources page for more information. There's community policing development accreditation. There will be a solicitation for this between January and March in 2024. That helps develop the capacity of law enforcement to implement community policing strategies. Next slide, please. Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act. They'll publish a solicitation between January and March in 2024, and you can get a list of publications and information on their website and also sign up for updates. And then the Preparing for Active Shooter Situations. No open solicitations at this time, but again, they'll be publishing between January and March in 2024. Next slide. The Blue Alert Program. That, again, will be available between January and March. They're gonna have a lot of solicitations open January to March of 2024. And then the COPS Hiring Program is listed under local law enforcement agencies. And that, again, will have a solicitation at January to March of next year. Next slide. Community Policing Development De-escalation Training. And this is, again, something community colleges could help with providing. There'll be a solicitation for that between January and March next year. And then Community Policing Development Critical Topics, Innovations in Recruitment, Retention, and Workforce Diversification. Again, there'll be a solicitation for that January to March. And you can look at the 2023 solicitations if you're interested in applying for any of these programs. And as I said, they don't change much from year to year. So information from prior solicitations should give you a pretty good idea of what they can provide. Next slide, I think. And then Tribal Resources Grant Program provides technical assistance. And that will have a solicitation sometime in January to March of next year. And I think that's it. Thank you, Barb, very much. Barb, there is a question in the chat from Nicole. She's asking if campus police are ineligible as leads for the COPS programs. They are, but they can partner with a local law enforcement agency. So take a look at their website to get more information about that or ask them for specific information. Because there is a way that they could tie in with the local law enforcement agency. Great question. Are there any other questions in the chat, Meg? Nope, nope, everything's... And Mark has arrived, by the way. So all of your speakers are here. Thank you. Well, Mark Malasani, perfect timing because you're up. Make sure you're unmuted. Okay, I am reviewing the slides that my team developed working with the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women. And are you still on the... I can't tell which page you're on. You're still on the first page? Yes, with your team. Oh, okay, I'm sorry. Okay, you can next page. Basically, we were lucky because we got a chance to sit. It seemed like it was the entire OVW department. Most of their grants are gonna be coming out in early January. But one of the interesting announcements was that they are going to get about a 6% increase in funding. That's what they're hoping for in 2024. So that'll mean they'll be getting another $300 million to support some of the programs that we've already reached out to. The other thing that they did say that they are providing what they're calling technical assistance grants, but they're funding to provide advice and guidance for the development of consortia to work together to advance the OVW mission through the various programs that they have. Next slide. Okay, I think the agency takeaways that we got, obviously, from where we were centered, it was not too easy to get to. And they also, like every place else, have a tight security system. But once we develop possible programs to partner with them, or if you have additional questions, feel free to go to their website and you can contact them. They did emphasize the fact that they do, everybody who was in the room with us are the ones who read and review the grants as they come in. So it does make sense to reach out to that office in general because chances are you'll hit one of the people that we did sit around the table with. Okay, next. Okay, so the grants that we're looking at, there weren't any new developments that were listed. So these are the standard grants, which we'll be upgrading as the year comes to a close so we can put that information in our report. Next slide. Okay, so to segue into my next group. Okay, we also did review opportunities through the Rural Development Office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and I guess the main issue that they're trying to deal with is the Farm Bill. You can go to the next page. I think the Farm Bill is a five-year program that comes up for review every five years, and every five years Congress does not pass a new bill by the September 30th deadline of that year. So depending on who you look at, some of the articles that I've read talk about maybe, you know, at least we're looking into February to find out what funding levels are, and they would support a number of the programs that they currently operate. Although I did read that programs are going to be up, most of the programs will operate until the end of the year. Next. Okay, so the agency's updates, I would, oops, I'm sorry. They do say that a lot of community colleges are taking advantage of funding in telecommunications. Most of that deals with rural areas, but what I did learn was that their definition of a rural area is not the only one that they'll look at. So in whatever state you're in, if your equivalent agency in that state, agriculture department or whatnot, identifies certain areas within your state as rural, then you could apply for funds. But they do want to know in great detail why specifically you're in a rural area and what the needs are. I think they also have resources where students, your students can look for pathways into agricultural jobs, and that's an important resource you should definitely take advantage of. Next. Okay, this was emphasized quite loudly that you can get a USDA grant. A number of community colleges have received them, but they are very willing to listen to you and your ideas and will guide you to where the funding is or where the partnership should be. The other thing that I wasn't clear exactly and will follow up on before the report is written about why they are moving to a Salesforce program, you know, to replace Grants.gov. I don't know why, but I guess every agency has to create its own imprint, but there'll be more on that in the report. I think that's it. Okay, programs that we were looking at, since we're not sure if the funding will continue, these are those that community colleges have accessed in the past, and they will be available. It's just that we don't know when the funding will come out or what the amount of that funding will be based on the Farm Bill passage. Next. Okay. Thank you, Mark. Robin's going to present this one, NIH? I believe so. Is she on? She is here. All right. Take it away, Robin. I will stand aside. Thank you, everyone. My name is Robin Donovan. I was privileged to follow the lead of Mark in this NIH team. I was joined with Adam, Kim, Pauline, and Beth. Next slide. Thank you. Unfortunately, some of the agency updates we were providing are from the web. We were unable to meet with the agency in person, but we did find and wanted to make sure you guys were aware of this opportunity. This is the Community College Summer Enrichment Program. It is not a grant in itself, but it is an opportunity for our community college students to participate in research experiences. That application is in January, and that is available. It is a nine-week program for our students, so please check that out. Next slide. As we said, unfortunately, we were unable to set up a meeting with the agency. I would also encourage you to pay attention when our report comes out. We are going to continue our efforts to reach out and connect to the agency to hopefully get some better updated information for you, but there may be some gaps in information available today, so please check the report when that comes out. Some of the programs we looked into in general, I would say with most of these, they have really great webinar slides posted on the opportunity pages. Please look at those. We found them to be very, very useful, but some of the information we wanted to go ahead and highlight here for you is the INBRE program. That is the Idea Network for Biomedical Research Excellence. Again, those webinar slides are quite useful. That is really available to a consortium of educational institutions, and the lead applicant should have a strong biomedical research base, so our community college probably wouldn't be the lead in that. Really great opportunities to partner in those projects. They are funding full research projects as well as pilot projects. The Native American Research Centers for Health, this is another opportunity, again, research focused, and again, a great opportunity to partner. Those deadlines will be in June, so pay attention to that and reach out to your local four-year institution. Next slide. The Bridges to Baccalaureate program is specifically looking at opportunities for two-year transfers to four-year programs. This is a partnership where it requires a two-year institution and a four-year institution to collaborate. Either can be the lead, and then we are looking for those opportunities to be, again, offered in September of 2024, but really great opportunity to partner there and support your transfer students. There's also the research supplements to promote diversity and health-related research. These are interesting because they're actually add-ons to existing research programs, so those are opportunities to kind of add on a focus for diversity in the research workforce, focus on top of an existing research project. Those have a rolling deadline, but again, you have to partner with an existing research project funded by NIH, so look into those as an opportunity to do some workforce development. Next slide. Then these two programs, they were last offered, it looked like, in 2023. There was some mixed information on the upcoming deadlines, but from what we could find, the next deadline for the training modules for Enhancing Biomedical Research Networks, Science Education Partnership Award, that is a heck of a program title. We anticipate those will be available again in September of 2024, and then the training modules for Enhancing Biomedical Research Workforce Training, we couldn't find the projected date for that, but that would involve training modules really in the development of the biomedical research workforce, so kind of keep an eye out for those, and hopefully we'll have more information when the report comes out. Next slide. All right, our last presenter for today is Eric Smith, who was one of the members of my NEA team. Eric? We can't hear you. I think you're still muted. And now I'm unmuted. I'm Eric Smith. I'm with the College of the Canyons. Our visit was to the National Endowment for the Arts. We met with Brandon Greed and Katrina Carter. They were very personable, very responsive, so if you have questions, reaching out to them is a great first move. They prefer email. They mentioned us, so that's something to bear in mind. Next slide, please. Okay, so agency updates. They've received some pass-through from regional arts to regional arts agencies. That's the 2024 Arts Here grant program. They've made significant revision of guidelines over the summer available in December. There's not much that's new or changed right now for this year. We'll be seeing things updated in the spring, probably. Most of their programs have more or less remained in place, with just things kind of being downplayed a little bit or scaled back during COVID, and we're starting to see more things come back, like a lot more challenge grants, which we'll get to here in a minute. But we're looking more at the organizational ecosystem or landscape of their projects is something they shared with us. They want things that benefit the community and that pay artists primarily. The chair of the NEA is interested in helping people to live artful lives, so engagement is a big thing and how people incorporate art into their lives. Gathering some data. The NEA is gathering data on HBCUs, and this may also have some impact on their understanding of other NSIs and TCUs currently. They may be sharing that in the next year or so. Their equity focus has a few different dimensions, and this would be geography, income, race, ethnicity, and disability. So these are things to bear in mind as you're writing proposals. Next slide, please. The NEA covers about 15 specific disciplines. This is things from opera to museums to everything in between. So it helps if you have a specific idea of what you want to fund, because then you can check their website and they actually have information on what will make a proposal competitive based on the discipline. So it helps to not come in with a generic sense of wanting to do something, but to know specifically what you want to do. It's not just about the audience. It's about the entire organization. They don't want to see DEI jargon. They would like to know specifics about what groups you're impacting, and stay away from philosophy. They want to know the who, the what, the where, etc., particularly what artists or what groups you're bringing in, you're funding, you're benefiting. As I mentioned, email is best, and they are willing to discuss project concepts, and they will schedule a call, they said, but email is a good introduction. There's a lot of really good resources. They have an excellent awards database, and I would encourage you to use that, and I'll get to why in just a moment. Next slide, please. So we want to make sure that a significant portion of the budget is paying the artist. Samples on the website are out of date, so just kind of check back and bear that in mind. They want to see clarity in their proposals, rather than a lot of grantsmanship was their word. They want things that are clear, exciting, and inspiring. They don't want to hear a lot of jargon about DEI. They want to know the specifics of who you're working for, avoid any triggering language, anything that might be, I think, patronizing, or possibly offensive, and then look for projects that address unmet needs was another big emphasis. They want to make sure that community colleges are not submitting insular proposals, but are reaching out to the community. Next slide, please. I'll just touch on these briefly, and then give an example. Their Grants for Arts project is their potentially biggest. It funds $10,000 to $100,000. Their Office of Research and Analysis is also a big one, if you happen to have a research project that's a little less accessible. Next slide, please. Challenge America does $10,000 to $100,000, and then they have a grants for arts next slide, please. Challenge America does $10,000 awards, and then Our Town is also a big one that supports activities for communities. They all have one-to-one match, but a good example of how you could use this would be one community college. You can see in their database, brought in a composer to compose music that then accompanied their on-campus art gallery show. That's a way of paying an artist, but involving the community and also getting people onto your campus. That's all I've got. Thank you. Thank you, each and every one of you. We kept on time and on schedule. The report that several of our presenters talked about is the annual federal funding for aid to education. The report is open. It is on the case website, but it will be under construction between now and probably the end of January as our teams finish up their reports, ask questions, get answers back from program officers, and we start loading them in. If you've looked at it once, probably starting in the next couple of weeks, keep checking back because you'll start to see, slowly but surely, you'll start to see updates. Meg. Yeah, I'm still in shock. Once again, you made it through dozens of slides in under an hour. Way to go, everybody. Anthony, Carl, Barb, Mark, Robin, and Eric. Nice job. Michelle, of course, for moderating questions. To ask questions, you can either go down to reactions on the screen and raise your hand. You can put something in the chat. Oh, where is the report again? Michelle, I think they're talking about the report you just mentioned. Yes, it's editme.com, but I believe you can get to it through the case website. Yeah, that's news to me. I'll have to find out where it is. I just know about the slides from today and the recordings. I don't know that one, but as soon as I do, I can send a message out to everybody through our community college grants community online. Yeah, I'm sorry, I don't know where that is. I've been a case two and a half months, everyone, so be kind. I don't think we've shown it to you, to be real honest, Meg, but I will. Yes, if you will post it in the community so that everyone can see it. Some of it is going to be dated, but bear with us. It will be all updated by the time we're done with it. Yeah, and we know everyone's hungry for all of this information, so as soon as it's, I guess, as updated as it can be, Michelle, is that what usually happens? You send a blast out to everyone saying it's ready to go? Yes, that's what Ann did last year, so the blast should probably go out. If all the stars align and everything goes right, our goal is to be done by the 31st of January, and then Ann last year sent out a blast in February. Right, so again, we know you're eager. That is for, so everything today, though, the slides from today, the recordings from today and yesterday and tomorrow, that's in a different spot. That's where you logged in today to go onto this recording. That's under learn.case.org, and then you log in, so that's, I just didn't, people may be getting confused over what's where, but just to keep it simple, everything for today is under learn.case.org, log in, and then go to the debriefs, and you'll see the materials under course, the course tab. Adrian asked a question, what is the website that you just mentioned? Adrian, which report, please, and if you're just unmute yourself. Yeah, she's talking about the one you just mentioned, Michelle, and I don't know. It's the case website somewhere, maybe in our library, but I don't know. I think, yeah, it's not ready yet, everybody. Like, it's not going to be ready till January. That's why, I mean, it's being created right now. I guess it is visible, but you might just want to wait until it's ready to go, and again, all the materials are here, so. I asked that earlier, it was, and you answered it, it was the, that you'll send it out, and that it'll be under construction, so that was answered earlier. Thank you. Yeah, it's there. You can access it at any time, but what I'm saying is that, as Adrian just mentioned, you'll start seeing updates to the reports. For example, you know, FIPSE went away, and so most of the programs that were originally in the report were taken and moved to archives. Well, now FIPSE's back, so we'll be building an entire new set of pages, and there's only one report right now in the FIPSE section. We'll be building an entire new set of pages and uploading them with the new FIPSE programs, and that's why I say between now and the end of January, you'll start seeing more information, edited information, and just know it's under construction, but it is, it is available right now. Yeah, we didn't even mention this yesterday. That's why I wasn't prepared to find. I don't know what the website is, but I can find out, and we'll certainly, again, let everyone know. We know you're anxious to see this information. Any other questions about anything that was covered today? Wow, they're either typing, or they're shy, or you all just did a fantastic thorough job. Well, we have one more day tomorrow, and one of the reports that you'll hear tomorrow is NSF DUE. All right, we got a plug. Yes, we had a long visit with Celeste Carter, so they have lots of information. All right, everything in the chat, we're just getting lots of thank yous, so Michelle, thank you very much again, everyone who spoke today for leading those teams, and I mean, you volunteered your time, and that is probably most valuable out of anything you do, just to volunteer your time to put these things together, and your brains, but thank you very much. I'm going to stop the recording, and we will see you again tomorrow, four o'clock eastern for day three. All right, have a good day, everybody, or night. Take care. Bye. Bye.

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