The U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) has announced three new Federal Funding Opportunities under its Research and National Technical Assistance programs, which fund research and technical assistance projects to promote competitiveness and innovation in distressed rural and urban regions throughout the United States and its territories.
All submissions under these competitive solicitations should propose methodologically rigorous, peer-review quality, feasible proposals that meet the requirements outlined in the individual Federal Funding Opportunity notices. Applications for each are due on August 15, 2011.
Please click on the links below to read the full Federal Funding Opportunity notices for the three solicitations:
- Solicitation for Applications for the Promoting Sustainable Working Waterfronts: A Toolkit for Community and Economic Development Practitioners(PDF) – Research and Evaluation program under section 207 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. § 3147)
- Solicitation for Applications for the Research Design Project(PDF) to Assess and Evaluate Economic Development Investments – National Technical Assistance program under section 207 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 3147)
- Solicitation for Applications for Best Practices in Attracting Foreign Direct Investment and Expanding Exports in U.S. Regions and the Role of Regional Industry Clusters(PDF) – Research and Evaluation program under section 207 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 3147)
