[Sqg-program] REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: RURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS **** DEADLINE AUGUST 13, 2004

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS:  RURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS ****
DEADLINE AUGUST 13, 2004 ****

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The W.K. Kellogg Foundation will award up to $8 million in grants to =
foster
entrepreneurship across rural America. Four grants of up to $2 million =
each
will be awarded to four rural regional entrepreneurship development =
systems.
Each will promote entrepreneurial activity in their region, produce
entrepreneurial models for other communities, leverage significant
investment, and stimulate national and state interest in rural
entrepreneurship policies and strategies.   The application deadline is
August 13, 2004. Final awards will be announced in March 2005. More =
detailed
application information can be found on the Kellogg Foundation's Web =
site at
http://www.wkkf.org/ruralentrepreneurs or CFED's Web site at
www.eshipsystems.org.  For additional questions, please contact CFED at
202.408.9788 ext 261 or email CFED at eshipsystems@cfed.org.=20

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The W.K. Kellogg =
Foundation
will award up to $8 million in grants to foster entrepreneurship across =
rural America. Four =
grants of up
to $2 million each will be awarded to four rural regional =
entrepreneurship
development systems. Each will promote entrepreneurial activity in their
region, produce entrepreneurial models for other communities, leverage
significant investment, and stimulate national and state interest in =
rural
entrepreneurship policies and strategies.&nbsp;&nbsp; The application =
deadline is August 13, 2004. Final =
awards will
be announced in March 2005. More detailed application information can be =
found
on the Kellogg Foundation's Web site at <a
href=3D"http://www.wkkf.org/ruralentrepreneurs">http://www.wkkf.org/rural=
entrepreneurs</a>
or CFED's Web site at <a =
href=3D"www.eshipsystems.org">www.eshipsystems.org</a>.&nbsp;
For additional questions, please contact CFED at 202.408.9788 ext 261 or =
email
CFED at eshipsystems@cfed.org.

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