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 Application–FY 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 [email protected].