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NOFO Fields:
Announcement Type
Funding Opportunity Number
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s)

NOFO Location: Required Overview Content - 3rd through 5th fields
- Preceding Field: Notice of Funding Opportunity Title
- Subsequent Field: Dates

OMB Guidance:
Announcement Type -- Required. Indicate whether this is the initial announcement of this funding opportunity or a modification of a previously announced opportunity. If it modifies a previous announcement, provide the date of that announcement and identify the portions that are being modified. Note that a modification does not need to include all of the sections of the full announcement text.

Notice of Funding Opportunity Number -- Required, if applicable. Your agency may wish to assign identifying numbers to announcements. If you assign a number, you must include it. If it modifies a previous announcement, provide the number of that announcement.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s) -- Required. You also may wish to include the program name listed in the CFDA for each CFDA number that you give.

Additional Guidance:

Published Examples:

Announcement Type: Initial Announcement
Notice of Funding Opportunity Number: NOS-IPO-2007-2000794
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 11.463, Habitat Conservation

Announcement Type: Initial Announcement
Notice of Funding Opportunity Number: NOS-NCCOS-2007-2000700
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 11.478, Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research, Coastal Ocean Program (CSCOR/COP)