Foreign Commercial Service, Department of Commerce, Room 1235, HCHB, Washington, DC 20230. Telephone: (202) 482-2902. Fax: (202) 482- 2456. Award Procedure: Each application will be evaluated by a panel of at least three independent International Trade Administration (ITA) reviewers qualified to evaluate applications submitted under the program. Applications will be evaluated on a competitive basis in accordance with the evaluation criteria. Awards will be based on the highest total accumulated score and geographic location. Deadlines: Proposals must be submitted to the Russia/NIS Program Office on or before 4:30 p.m. (E.S.T.) on the deadline date which is published in the applicable Federal Register notice which will be 30 days after the date of publication. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Approximately 2 months. Appeals: All award decisions are final. There is no appeal process. Renewals: Grantee's receipt of future funding is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds, and satisfactory performance, and will be at the sole discretion of ITA. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Formula and Matching Requirements: Grantees must supply at least 50 percent of total project costs, with the Federal portion of total project costs to be no more than fifty percent. A minimum of one-half of the support supplied by the grantee must be in the form of cash. The remaining portion of the grantee's support may consist of cash
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