[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]
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