How to apply...
Application Procedure:
Applications are not being accepted in Fiscal Year 2004. NICE3 is in closeout mode. There is no appropriation for grant project funding in Fiscal Year 2004.
Note: Each program will indicate whether applications are to be submitted to the Federal headquarters, regional or local office, or to a State or local government office.
Award Procedure:
The size of the Federal grant award ranged up to $525,000 A maximum of $25,000, or 10 percent of the total amount to industry, whichever is less, could be used to support a State agency's costs associated with financial assistance administration, technology transfer/dissemination, marketing, etc. (This portion of the Federal contribution was not required to be cost shared.) Nonfederal cost share from a combination of State and industrial partner sources for a single award had to be at least 50 percent of the total cost of the project (if $500,000 in federal funding is requested, cost-share must equal at least $500,000).
Note: Grant payments may be made by a letter of credit, advance by Treasury check, or reimbursement by Treasury check.
Awards may be made by the headquarters office directly to the applicant, an agency field office, a regional office,
or by an authorized county office. The assistance may pass through the initial applicant for further distribution by
intermediate level applicants to groups or individuals in the private sector.