Opportunity title from S2S | 11172018 KV 1

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This grant opportunity, listed in S2S under the title "Opportunity title from S2S," is categorized as an earmark and uses the grant funding instrument type. It is associated with the funding opportunity number "11172018 KV 1" and is described as supporting activities that fall within the Agriculture and Education funding activity categories. The official description provided in the listing is minimal and reads: "Descripiton of opportunity is updated here," which suggests the narrative summary may be a placeholder or an entry that has not been fully populated. The opportunity is linked to CFDA numbers 00.000 and 10.001, indicating it is mapped to federal assistance catalog categories, although the presence of 00.000 can sometimes signal a generic, unknown, or not-yet-finalized CFDA mapping in certain data feeds.

Eligibility is broadly defined to include state governments, county governments, and city or township governments. In addition to those government entities, the listing notes an "unrestricted" eligibility posture, meaning it is open to any entity type listed above, with the caveat that applicants should rely on any further limitations or clarifications that might appear in the "Additional Information on Eligibility" text field (no additional eligibility text is included in the source data you provided). In practical terms, the way the eligibility line is written points to public-sector applicants as the primary intended recipients, while leaving room for eligibility to be narrowed or clarified elsewhere in the full notice package.

The opportunity is attributed to "General Dynamics Information Technology" as the agency name in the source data. That is unusual for a typical federal grant posting, since agencies are generally federal departments or federal sub-agencies rather than private contractors. In many systems, however, the "agency" field can reflect the system-of-record, a servicing organization, a data integration source, or an entity involved in administering or publishing the record rather than the statutory awarding agency. Anyone planning to pursue this should verify the true awarding agency and administering office in the full announcement or in the application package details.

Key timeline details show a creation date of November 17, 2018, and an original closing date of October 10, 2028. That is an exceptionally long open period for a grant opportunity and can indicate a standing/rolling program, an umbrella solicitation, or a record that is being used to represent a long-lived funding vehicle. Applicants should not assume that funds are continuously available over that entire period without confirming current-year availability, application windows, and any periodic review cycles that may exist outside this brief extract.

In terms of funding scale and volume, the listing reports an award ceiling of 50 (as stated, without a unit). Because the value is not labeled as dollars, thousands, or millions, and no award floor is provided, the ceiling figure should be treated as ambiguous until confirmed in the full solicitation. The listing also shows an expected 1,000 awards, which is a very large number and may reflect an estimate, a maximum count, a placeholder, or an aggregated figure across multiple sub-awards or jurisdictions rather than a single, discrete competitive round. Taken together, the extremely long closing date and the high expected award count suggest this record may function more like a programmatic or administrative container rather than a conventional single competition.

Overall, the opportunity appears to be a grant-based earmark associated with agriculture and education-related activities, with broad governmental eligibility and data elements that look incomplete or placeholder in key narrative sections. If you are using this summary for decision-making, the next step would be to retrieve the full notice text and application instructions (including any "Additional Information on Eligibility," program objectives, allowable costs, matching requirements, and reporting obligations) to confirm what the funding actually supports, who can apply, and how the award ceiling and expected number of awards should be interpreted.

• The General Dynamics Information Technology in the agriculture, education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Opportunity title from S2S" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 00.000, 10.001.
• This funding opportunity was created on Nov 17, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 10, 2028.
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $50.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1,000 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.

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