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$500,000 Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Application Window Opens
Colleagues,
As reported in Telemedicine Information Exchange (TIE), What's New in the World of Telemedicine...Fiscal Year 2009 application window is open for the Rural Development's Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grant Program, subject to the availability of funding.
The maximum amount of an application for a 100 percent grant in Fiscal Year 2009 is $500,000, and the minimum amount of a grant is $50,000.
Distance Learning and Telemedicine grants are specifically designed to provide access to education, training and health care resources for people in rural America. The DLT Program provides financial assistance to encourage and improve telemedicine services and distance learning services in rural areas through the use of telecommunications, computer networks, and related advanced technologies to be used by students, teachers, medical professionals, and rural residents.
The grants may be used to fund telecommunications-enabled information, audio and video equipment and related advanced technologies extend educational and medical applications into rural locations. Grants are made for projects where the benefit is primarily delivered to end users that are not at the same location as the source of the education or health care service.
The application deadline is March 24, 2009, for Fiscal Year 2009 funding. Application guides and materials may be obtained on the DLT website or by contacting the DLT program at 202-720-0413. Further information and application requirements can also be found in The Federal Register.
Read on at: http://www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/dlt/dlt.htm
ENJOY!
CC
As reported in Telemedicine Information Exchange (TIE), What's New in the World of Telemedicine...Fiscal Year 2009 application window is open for the Rural Development's Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grant Program, subject to the availability of funding.
The maximum amount of an application for a 100 percent grant in Fiscal Year 2009 is $500,000, and the minimum amount of a grant is $50,000.
Distance Learning and Telemedicine grants are specifically designed to provide access to education, training and health care resources for people in rural America. The DLT Program provides financial assistance to encourage and improve telemedicine services and distance learning services in rural areas through the use of telecommunications, computer networks, and related advanced technologies to be used by students, teachers, medical professionals, and rural residents.
The grants may be used to fund telecommunications-enabled information, audio and video equipment and related advanced technologies extend educational and medical applications into rural locations. Grants are made for projects where the benefit is primarily delivered to end users that are not at the same location as the source of the education or health care service.
The application deadline is March 24, 2009, for Fiscal Year 2009 funding. Application guides and materials may be obtained on the DLT website or by contacting the DLT program at 202-720-0413. Further information and application requirements can also be found in The Federal Register.
Read on at: http://www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/dlt/dlt.htm
ENJOY!
CC
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