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Federal NOFO IC

NOFO Information Collection

The Notice of Funding Opportunity Information Collection and its sub-models, composed from the Standard Data Elements. Each field links to the SDE or sub-model it references.

NofoIc

Section titled “NofoIc”

A Notice of Funding Opportunity Information Collection (NOFO IC) instance: one funding opportunity plus its projects, composed from the federal Standard Data Elements.

Typeobject
PropertyTypeRequiredDescription
idstringNoOpportunity id (not part of the IC; derived if absent)
statusstringNoOpportunity status (not part of the IC)
createdDatestringNoRecord creation timestamp (not part of the IC)
lastModifiedDatestringNoRecord last-modified timestamp (not part of the IC)
fundingOpportunityfunding-opportunityYes
projectsarray of projectNo
{
  "id": "573525f2-8e15-4405-83fb-e6523511d893",
  "status": "posted",
  "createdDate": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "lastModifiedDate": "2026-01-15T00:00:00.000Z",
  "fundingOpportunity": {
    "awardingAgencyCode": "075",
    "awardingAgencyName": "Department of Health and Human Services",
    "awardingSubTierAgencyCode": "7529",
    "awardingSubTierAgencyName": "National Institutes of Health",
    "fundingOpportunityNumber": "HHS-2025-001",
    "fundingOpportunityTitle": "STEM Education Grant Program",
    "fundingOpportunityDescription": "Supports State educational agencies in expanding access to high-quality science, technology, engineering, and mathematics instruction in high-need elementary schools. Awards fund teacher professional development, evidence-based curriculum adoption, and laboratory equipment.",
    "relatedAssistanceListings": [
      {
        "identifier": "93.123",
        "title": "STEM Education"
      }
    ],
    "assistanceType": "F001",
    "fiscalYear": "2026",
    "anticipatedAmount": "1000000"
  },
  "projects": [
    {
      "projectIdentifier": "HHS-2025-001-01",
      "projectName": "STEM Education Capacity Building",
      "anticipatedApplicationPeriodStartDate": "2026-01-01",
      "anticipatedApplicationPeriodEndDate": "2026-03-01",
      "anticipatedAwardDate": "2026-06-01",
      "anticipatedProjectStartDate": "2026-09-01",
      "eligibleApplicantTypes": [
        "ET22010"
      ],
      "eligibleBeneficiaryTypes": [
        "ET53020"
      ],
      "otherEligibilityRequirements": "Applicants must be a State educational agency, or a consortium of State educational agencies, serving at least one district in which 40 percent or more of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.",
      "costSharing": {
        "formulaCostSharingMoeRequirement": "S",
        "requirementType": "M",
        "percentage": "25",
        "description": "Recipients must provide a non-federal match of 25 percent of total project costs, in cash or third-party in-kind contributions. Waivers are available for applicants serving high-need districts."
      },
      "pocRoleType": "N",
      "pocTitle": "Program Officer, Division of STEM Education",
      "pocEmail": "stem-grants@nih.gov",
      "pocPhone": "3014435555"
    }
  ]
}

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NofoIcCostSharing

Section titled “NofoIcCostSharing”

A NOFO IC project's cost-sharing / matching / MOE requirement (subset 2.07).

Typeobject
PropertyTypeRequiredDescription
formulaCostSharingMoeRequirementAgencyFormulaCostSharingMOERequirementCodeNo
requirementTypeAgencyCostSharingCodeNo
percentageAgencyMatchingRequirementPercentageNo
descriptionAgencyCostSharingDescriptionNo
{
  "formulaCostSharingMoeRequirement": "S",
  "requirementType": "M",
  "percentage": "25",
  "description": "Recipients must provide a non-federal match of 25 percent of total project costs, in cash or third-party in-kind contributions. Waivers are available for applicants serving high-need districts."
}

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NofoIcFundingOpportunity

Section titled “NofoIcFundingOpportunity”

The funding-opportunity level of a NOFO IC (subsets 1.01, 1.02, 1.09).

Typeobject
PropertyTypeRequiredDescription
awardingAgencyCodeAwardingAgencyCodeNo
awardingAgencyNameAwardingAgencyNameNo
awardingSubTierAgencyCodeAwardingSubTierAgencyCodeNo
awardingSubTierAgencyNameAwardingSubTierAgencyNameNo
fundingOpportunityNumberFundingOpportunityIdentifierNo
fundingOpportunityTitleFundingOpportunityTitleNo
fundingOpportunityDescriptionFundingOpportunityDescriptionNo
relatedAssistanceListingsarray of objectNo
assistanceTypeAssistanceTypeCodeNo
fiscalYearFundingOpportunityFiscalYearNo
anticipatedAmountFundingOpportunityEstimatedAmountNo
{
  "awardingAgencyCode": "075",
  "awardingAgencyName": "Department of Health and Human Services",
  "awardingSubTierAgencyCode": "7529",
  "awardingSubTierAgencyName": "National Institutes of Health",
  "fundingOpportunityNumber": "HHS-2025-001",
  "fundingOpportunityTitle": "STEM Education Grant Program",
  "fundingOpportunityDescription": "Supports State educational agencies in expanding access to high-quality science, technology, engineering, and mathematics instruction in high-need elementary schools. Awards fund teacher professional development, evidence-based curriculum adoption, and laboratory equipment.",
  "relatedAssistanceListings": [
    {
      "identifier": "93.123",
      "title": "STEM Education"
    }
  ],
  "assistanceType": "F001",
  "fiscalYear": "2026",
  "anticipatedAmount": "1000000"
}

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NofoIcProject

Section titled “NofoIcProject”

A project within a NOFO IC (Project-level subsets: 1.10/1.11, 2.01/2.03/2.06/2.07, 6.06).

Typeobject
PropertyTypeRequiredDescription
projectIdentifierFundingOpportunityProjectIdentifierNo
projectNameFundingOpportunityProjectNameNo
anticipatedApplicationPeriodStartDateFundingOpportunityProjectApplicationPeriodStartDateNo
anticipatedApplicationPeriodEndDateFundingOpportunityProjectApplicationPeriodEndDateNo
anticipatedAwardDateFundingOpportunityProjectAwardDateNo
anticipatedProjectStartDateFundingOpportunityProjectStartDateNo
eligibleApplicantTypesarray of EligibleApplicantEntityTypeCodeNo
eligibleBeneficiaryTypesarray of EligibleBeneficiaryEntityTypeCodeNo
otherEligibilityRequirementsFundingOpportunityProjectOtherApplicantEligibilityRequirementsNo
costSharingcost-sharingNo
pocRoleTypeAgencyPOCRoleTypeCodeNo
pocTitleAgencyPOCTitleNo
pocEmailAgencyPOCEmailAddressNo
pocPhoneAgencyPOCDomesticTelephoneNumberNo
{
  "projectIdentifier": "HHS-2025-001-01",
  "projectName": "STEM Education Capacity Building",
  "anticipatedApplicationPeriodStartDate": "2026-01-01",
  "anticipatedApplicationPeriodEndDate": "2026-03-01",
  "anticipatedAwardDate": "2026-06-01",
  "anticipatedProjectStartDate": "2026-09-01",
  "eligibleApplicantTypes": [
    "ET22010"
  ],
  "eligibleBeneficiaryTypes": [
    "ET53020"
  ],
  "otherEligibilityRequirements": "Applicants must be a State educational agency, or a consortium of State educational agencies, serving at least one district in which 40 percent or more of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.",
  "costSharing": {
    "formulaCostSharingMoeRequirement": "S",
    "requirementType": "M",
    "percentage": "25",
    "description": "Recipients must provide a non-federal match of 25 percent of total project costs, in cash or third-party in-kind contributions. Waivers are available for applicants serving high-need districts."
  },
  "pocRoleType": "N",
  "pocTitle": "Program Officer, Division of STEM Education",
  "pocEmail": "stem-grants@nih.gov",
  "pocPhone": "3014435555"
}

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