97-2071. Learn and Serve America: Higher Education  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 1997)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 4035]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 97-2071]
    
    
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    CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
    
    
    Learn and Serve America: Higher Education
    
    AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.
    
    ACTION: Notice of availability of funds for new grants and notice of 
    availability of fiscal year 1997 application guidelines.
    
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    SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service 
    (Corporation) announces the availability of approximately $10.5 million 
    to support new grants for Learn and Serve America: Higher Education 
    Programs (CFDA # 94.005). Institutions of higher education, consortia 
    of institutions of higher education, and higher education partnerships 
    may apply for these grants. The application form and guidelines for 
    completing an application for these funds are contained in the Learn 
    and Serve America: Higher Education Fiscal Year 1997 Application 
    Guidelines.
    
    DATES: All applications must be received by 3:30 p.m. (E.S.T.), March 
    19, 1997.
    
    ADDRESSES: Applications should be submitted to Box HE at the 
    Corporation for National Service, 1201 New York Ave., NW, Washington, 
    DC 20525. Facsimiles will not be accepted.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain a copy of the Learn and 
    Serve America: Higher Education 1997 Application Guidelines, call (202) 
    606-5000 ext. 260. Further inquiries may be directed to Hugh Bailey at 
    ext. 117.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Learn and Serve America: Higher 
    Education Programs support efforts to make service an integral 
    component of the pedagogical approach to teaching and learning in the 
    nation's colleges and universities. The Corporation supports a wide 
    variety of initiatives that include the implementation and design of 
    service-learning curricula, professional development and training for 
    faculty in the practice of service-learning, clinical programs using 
    service-learning, student initiated and designed community projects, 
    and community leadership that works in partnership with institutions of 
    higher education. The Corporation invites applications that will engage 
    students in meeting the educational, public safety, environmental, or 
    other human needs of neighboring communities through the following 
    types of projects:
        1. Strengthening and Building Foundations in Service-Learning 
    Programs. These projects might include such activities as (a) 
    introducing and promoting service-learning in an established 
    discipline; (b) encouraging professional disciplines (e.g., medical, 
    legal) to adopt service-learning as an integral component of the 
    academic curriculum; or (c) providing technical assistance to teacher 
    education institutions to incorporate service-learning into the 
    curriculum of future school teachers.
        2. Innovative Campus-Based Model Programs. These projects might 
    include activities that focus on (a) faculty development in service-
    learning; (b) promoting service-learning in professional programs; (c) 
    student leadership; or (d) application of federal work-study funds to 
    community service and service-learning programs.
        3. Service-Learning Corps Programs. These projects engage 
    AmeriCorps Members in building the service-learning capacity within 
    communities and institutions of higher education, and in directly 
    addressing community needs. The Corporation expects these programs to 
    demonstrate how direct service and capacity-building can be mutually 
    reinforcing.
    
    I. Eligible Applicants
    
        The following entities may apply for these funds: (1) an 
    institution of higher education, (2) a consortium of institutions of 
    higher education, and (3) a higher education partnership. A higher 
    education partnership is one or more public or private nonprofit 
    organizations (including educational associations) or public agencies, 
    including States, and one or more institutions of higher education that 
    have entered into a written agreement specifying the responsibilities 
    of each partner.
    
    II. Estimated Number of Awards
    
        Although the actual number of awards is subject to the availability 
    of funds, the Corporation estimates there will be sufficient funds to 
    make up to seventy (70) grants.
    
    III. Suggested Amount of Awards
    
        The Corporation suggests that applicants limit their budget 
    requests to no more than the following: (1) $350,000 for Strengthening 
    and Building Foundations in Service-Learning Programs; (2) $150,000 for 
    Innovative Campus-Based Model Programs; and (3) $150,000 for Service-
    Learning Corps Programs.
    
    IV. Project Period
    
        The project period for all grants is up to twelve (12) months with 
    the possibility of renewal for two additional years contingent upon 
    performance and availability of appropriations.
    
    V. Applicable Regulations
    
        Regulations governing the Learn and Serve America: Higher Education 
    Programs of the Corporation for National and Community Service are 
    located in 45 CFR Part 2519.
    
    VI. Program Authority
    
        Corporation authority to make these grants is codified in 42 U.S.C. 
    Sec. 12561.
    
        Dated: January 23, 1997.
    Barry W. Stevens,
    Acting General Counsel, Corporation for National and Community Service.
    [FR Doc. 97-2071 Filed 1-27-97; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 6050-28-P
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
01/28/1997
Department:
Corporation for National and Community Service
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice of availability of funds for new grants and notice of availability of fiscal year 1997 application guidelines.
Document Number:
97-2071
Dates:
All applications must be received by 3:30 p.m. (E.S.T.), March 19, 1997.
Pages:
4035-4035 (1 pages)
PDF File:
97-2071.pdf