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Description

This block describes a single available funding opportunity. All currently-available opportunities should be included in the feed using this block. The PUBLISHEDDATE field is used by consumers to determine which technologies have been added since the last time they checked the feed.

Tag Listing

TagTitleDescription
<OPPORTUNITY>Opening Tag
<TITLE> </TITLE>TitleThis is the title/short name of the funding opportunity. Each funding opportunity from a given foundation MUST HAVE A UNIQUE TITLE and titles must never be repeated for future opportunities. To avoid repeating titles, the year of the award may be included as part of the title, as in "Community Outreach Program - 2005" and "Community Outreach Program - 2006."
<FUNDTYPE> </FUNDTYPE>Funding TypeThis field should have a value of "INDIVIDUAL" for opportunities that are available to individuals (such as scholarships or fellowships), "ORGANIZATION" for those opportunities that are only available to organizations, or "BOTH" for opportunities that are available to both individuals and organizations.
<POSTDATE> </POSTDATE>Post DateThis is the date the opportunity was made available / posted online.
<DUEDATE> </DUEDATE>Due DateThis is the date that applications for this opportunity are due.
<AWARDFUNDING> </AWARDFUNDING>Award FundingThis is the estimated dollar amount for each award. For opportunities with only a single award, this is the esimated total dollar amount that will be awarded. A value of 0 should be used for this field if no funding estimate is available.
<AWARDCOUNT> </AWARDCOUNT>Number of AwardsThis is the number of awards that will be issued. For opportunities that issue only a single award, this should be 1.
<AWARDCOSTSHARING> </AWARDCOSTSHARING>Cost SharingThis field specifies whether cost sharing is required. A value of 1 indicates that cost sharing is required, a value of 0 or the absence of this field indicates that cost sharing is not required.
<AWARDMATCHING> </AWARDMATCHING>MatchingThis field specifies whether matching is required. A value of 1 indicates that matching is required, a value of 0 or the absence of this field indicates that matching is not required.
<AWARDDETAILS> </AWARDDETAILS>Award DetailsThis optional field allows additional details regarding awards to be specified. For example, if cost sharing or matching is required, details should be provided in this field.
<DESCR> </DESCR>Detailed DescriptionThe detailed description and overview of the funding opportunity and what it entails.
<ELIGIBILITY> </ELIGIBILITY>EligibilityDetails regarding eligibility requirements, such as US citizenship, academic status, or background in a specific field.
<CATEGORY> </CATEGORY>CategoryIf the foundation uses a specific set of categories to identify its funding opportunities, then the categories for this opportunity should be included in a set of CATEGORY tags, one per category. Alternatively, a set of related keywords may be provided in these tags.
<POP_ADDR> </POP_ADDR>Place of Performance (POP) AddressFor opportunities that require the awardee to perform services/activities in a specific location, this field should contain the street address of the location.
<POP_ZIP> </POP_ZIP>Place of Performance (POP) ZIPFor opportunities that require the awardee to perform services/activities in a specific location, this field should contain the ZIP code of the location.
<POP_COUNTRY> </POP_COUNTRY>Place of Performance (POP) CountryFor opportunities that require the awardee to perform services/activities in a specific location, this field should contain the name of the country (US for United States).
<APPLICATIONINFO> </APPLICATIONINFO>Application InformationDetailed instructions on how to apply for this opportunity, including requirements such as including letters of reference, vitas, essays, etc.
<APPLICATIONFORM URL=""> </APPLICATIONFORM>Application Form URLThis is a link to the printable or electronic submission form for this opportunity on the organization's web site. The URL attribute should be used to specify the URL of the page and the title of the page or other descriptive title for the link should be provided between the tags.
<OPPFULLPAGE URL=""> </OPPFULLPAGE>Full Description PageThis is a link to the full description of the opportunity on the organization's web site. The URL attribute should be used to specify the URL of the page and the title of the page or other descriptive title for the link should be provided between the tags.
<CONTACTINFO>ContactInfo Opening TagThis begins the CONTACTINFO block that contains the NAME, PHONE, FAX, EMAIL, and MAIL fields. This is the person that a party interested in licensing the technology would contact for further details. If this field is left blank, the DEFAULTCONTACT information found in the file is used.
<NAME> </NAME>NameThis is the name of the responsible party that interested parties should contact for more information about licensing the technologies in this file.
<PHONE> </PHONE>Phone NumberThis is the phone number that interested parties should contact for more information about licensing the technologies in this file.
<FAX> </FAX>Fax NumberThis is the fax number that interested parties should contact for more information about licensing the technologies in this file.
<EMAIL> </EMAIL>EmailThis is the email that interested parties should contact for more information about licensing the technologies in this file.
<MAIL> </MAIL>Mailing AddressThis is the mailing address that interested parties should contact for more information about licensing the technologies in this file.
</CONTACTINFO>Closing Tag of ContactInfo block.
</OPPORTUNITY>Closing Tag

Example

Example Foundation Funding Listing Feed