Grant Opportunity for planning and design of federal offices

Envisioning the Future Federal Workplace in the Washington DC Region
The General Services Administration (GSA) is seeking grant proposals
that would help to cultivate innovative regional coordination, design,
and planning practices for accommodating federal offices in the
Washington region over the next half-century. In short, the federal
government seeks to encourage regional coordination to plan
intelligently, based upon mutual stakeholder concerns, including
sustainability, transportation, and security, as well as the changing
regional dynamics of land use, housing, and workforce issues.

In order to promote a guiding vision for the future of federal work in
the Washington region, GSA will award competitive grants in the range of
$50,000 to $500,000 for coordination, planning, and research efforts
that explore fundamental questions related to the form, location, and
design of federal offices over the next 10 to 50 years in the National
Capital Region. The maximum aggregate value of the grants is $500,000.
Eligible recipients include institutions of higher education, nonprofit
organizations, commercial organizations, and state or local governments,
as well as qualified individuals.

Grant proposals will be evaluated by a panel consisting of federal
officials and GSA Design Excellence Peers, who are nationally recognized
private sector experts in the field of urban planning and design. Grant
proposals must be received by June 20, 2008. Successful grantees will
be notified in July 2008.

For more information: http://www.gsa.gov/grantfedfuture