[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 207 (Monday, October 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 55615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28425]
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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) 1998
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: Academic departments and programs of
institutions of higher education that meet the requirements in 34 CFR
648.2.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: January 5, 1998.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: March 5, 1998.
Applications Available: November 7, 1998.
Available Funds: $16,000,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $122,251-$750,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $243,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 60.
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 in 34 CFR Part 648.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Stipend Level: The Secretary has determined that the maximum
fellowship stipend for academic year 1998-1999 is $15,000, which is
equal to the level of support that the National Science Foundation is
providing for its graduate fellowships.
Institutional Payment: The Secretary estimates that the
institutional payment for academic year 1998-1999 will be $10,051,
which represents a 3.3 percent adjustment of the academic year 1997-
1998 payment based on the Department of Labor's projection in April
1997 of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for 1997. The Secretary will
adjust the institutional payment prior to the issuance of grant awards
based on the Department of Labor's projection in December 1997 of the
CPI for 1998.
Priorities
Absolute Priorities
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 648.33, 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, Geoscience, Mathematics, and
Physics.
Invitational Priority 1--
Within the absolute priority specified above, the Secretary is
particularly interested in receiving applications from mathematics
programs that train Ph.Ds in mathematics who will specialize in the
teaching of mathematics, to students at the K-12 level.
Invitational Priority 2--
Within the absolute priority specified above, the Secretary is
interested in receiving applications from biology, chemistry, and
physics programs that train Ph.Ds who will specialize in the teaching
of biology, chemistry or physics, to students at the K-12 level.
Invitational Priority 3--
Within the absolute priority specified above, the Secretary is
interested in receiving applications from engineering programs that
train Ph.Ds for careers in the fields of environmental/environmental
health and robotic technology.
For Applications or Information Contact
Cosette H. Ryan, U.S. Department of Education, International
Education and Graduate Program Service, 600 Independence Ave, S.W.,
Suite 600-B, Portals Building, Washington, D. C. 20202-5247. Telephone:
(202) 260-3608. 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.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternate format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the contact person listed in the preceding
paragraph.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternate format, also, by contacting that person.
However, the Department is not able to reproduce in an alternate format
the standard forms included in the application package.
Note: The official application notice for a discretionary grant
competition is the notice published in the Federal Register.
Electronic Access to This Document
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Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or
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Office toll free at 1-888-293-6498.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1134l-1134q-1.
Dated: October 20, 1997.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
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