FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 5, 2006
CPB Contact: Michael Levy, press@cpb.org
or (202) 879-9758
IMLS Contact: Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov
or (202) 653-4630
Partnership to Hold Technical
Assistance Audioconferences for
Community Collaboration Grant Applicants
WASHINGTON, DC—The Partnership for
a Nation of Learners (PNL), a leadership initiative of
the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and the
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), will
host two audio conferences to assist potential applicants
for Community Collaboration Grants in fiscal year 2006.
In FY05, PNL awarded seven Community Collaboration Grants
totaling $1.4 million. The grant program is designed to
help build and strengthen working relationships among
libraries, museums, and public broadcasting licensees.
The deadline for the program’s second year of funding
is March 1, 2006.
Applicants for the 2006 PNL Community Collaboration
Grant have two opportunities to participate in technical
assistance audio conference calls:
January 9, 2006 2:00-3:00 PM ET
and
February 8, 2006 2:00-3:00 PM ET.
The phone number for the call is (866)
814-8482.
The conference you want to join is "Partnership
for a Nation of Learners."
Registration not required.
Visit http://www.partnershipforlearners.org
for information about Community Collaboration Grants and
other PNL resources.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting,
a private, nonprofit corporation created by Congress in
1967, is the steward of the federal government's investment
in public broadcasting. It helps support the operations
of more than 1,000 locally owned and operated public television
and radio stations nationwide, and is the largest single
source of funding for research, technology, and program
development for public radio, television, and related
on-line services.
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