Pre-Application Webinars (all times are Washington, DC time): April 24, 2012 from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; April 26, 2012 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; May 3, 2012 from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and May 9, 2012 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Please RSVP to charterschools@ed.gov and include contact information and the date of webinar you would like to attend. There is no registration fee.

Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 6, 2012 at 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time.

Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: August 5, 2012.

Applications must be submitted electronically through the Grants.gov system at: http://www.grants.gov/.The easiest way to find the application is to visit that website and click on “Apply for Grant”, then on “Download an Application Package”, and search by the CFDA number (84.282). Please do not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us.

Grants.gov registration may take five or more business days to complete. You may begin working on your application while completing the registration process, but you cannot submit an application until all of the registration steps are complete. For detailed information on the registration steps, please go to: http://www.grants.gov/applicants/organization_registration.jsp. Note: Your organization will need to update its Central Contractor Registry (CCR) registration annually.