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[FR Doc No: 94-25288]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA NO.: 84.200]
Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Program Notice
Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1995.
Purpose of program: This program provides fellowships through
academic departments and programs of institutions of higher education
to assist graduate students of superior ability who demonstrate
financial need. The purpose of the program is to sustain and enhance
the capacity for teaching and research in areas of national need.
Eligible applicants: An academic department of an institution of
higher education that meets the requirements in 34 CFR 648.2.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: December 2, 1994.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: February 2, 1995.
Applications Available: October 19, 1994.
Available Funds: $11,080,188.
Estimated Range of Awards: $100,000-$750,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $224,609.
Estimated Number of Awards: 50
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR Parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82,
85, and 86; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR Part
648.
Supplementary Information: The Graduate Assistance in Areas of
National Need Program furthers the National Education Goals that call
for U.S. students to be first in the world in science and mathematics
achievement, and that every adult American will be literate and will
possess the knowledge and skills necessary to compete in a global
economy and exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.
The program furthers both goals by providing fellowship assistance to
increase the number of graduate students who complete doctoral degrees
in mathematics, science, and engineering, as well as teachers with a
substantive background in mathematics and science. The program also
furthers these goals by providing fellowship assistance to graduate
students so that these students can provide an example for American
youth on the importance of continued learning throughout an
individual's life. Stipend level: The Secretary has determined that
the maximum fellowship stipend for the academic year 1995-1996 is
$14,400, which is equal to the level of support that the National
Science Foundation is providing for its graduate fellowships.
Institutional payment: The institutional payment for academic year
1994-1995 was $9,243. The Secretary will adjust the institutional
payment for academic year 1995-1996 prior to the issuance of grant
awards based on the Department of Labor's determination of the Consumer
Price Index for 1994.
Priorities
Absolute Priorities: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 648.3,
the Secretary gives an absolute preference to applications that meet
one or more of the following priorities. The Secretary funds under this
competition only applications that meet one or more of these absolute
priorities:
Applications that propose to provide fellowships in one or more of
the following areas of national need: Biology, Chemistry, Computer and
Information Sciences, Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics.
FOR APPLICATIONS OR INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. John E. Bonas, U.S.
Department of Education, Division of Higher Education Incentive
Programs, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., Portals Building, Suite C80,
Washington, D. C. 20202-5329. Telephone: (202) 260-3265; Internet
address: [email protected]; Fax: (202) 260-7615. Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8
p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
Information about the Department's funding opportunities, including
copies of application notices for discretionary grant competitions, can
be viewed on the Department's electronic bulletin board (ED Board),
telephone (202) 260-9950; or on the Internet Gopher Server at
GOPHER.ED.GOV (under Announcements, Bulletins, and Press Releases).
However, the official application notice for a discretionary grant
competition is the notice published in the Federal Register.
Program authority: 20 U.S.C. 1134l-1134q-1.
Dated: October 6, 1994.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 94-25288 Filed 10-12-94; 8:45 am]
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