I recently called the United States Institute of Peace in an effort to track
down some information about their Unsolicited Grant Program.  I had located
a September Federal Register announcement about their Solicited Grant
Program, but was unable to find anything about their Unsolicted Grans.

I was told that USIP announces their Solicited Grants in the Federal
Register each fall because these topics change each year.  However, they do
not publish information about the Unsolicited Grant Program in the Federal
Register; instead, they announce it only in the CFDA because the funding
topics are the same from year to year.

Her question to me was, "Would it help if USIP put an annual announcement in
the Federal Register about the Unsolicited program in addition to the
Solicited program?"  I told her that it was my impression that most of us
dillegently read the Federal Register and use the CFDA as a secondary
source.  I offerred, though, to throw the question out to the listserv to
see if others agreed.

If you'd like to email me with your opinion or comments, I told her that I
would let her know the consensus.

Additionally, for general help from USIP, you can email to:
xxxxxx@usip.org.  They will have a web site up beginning in May at
http://www.usip.org.

Thanks for your input.

Judy
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 Judy Fredenberg
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