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Part III
Department of Education
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Patricia Roberts Harris Fellowship Program; Notices
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA NO: 84.094B]
Patricia Roberts Harris Fellowship Program--Master's Level and
Professional Study Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for
Fiscal Year (FY) 1995.
Purpose of Program: To provide, through institutions of higher
education, grants to assist in making available the benefits of
master's level and professional study education programs to women and
individuals from minority groups who are underrepresented in these
programs. This program supports the National Education Goal that calls
for adult Americans to possess the knowledge and skills necessary to
compete in a global economy and exercise the rights and
responsibilities of citizenship.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education that offer a
program of postbaccalaureate study leading to a master's level or
professional degree other than schools or departments of divinity, are
eligible to receive grants under this program.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: October 14, 1994.
Note: The notice inviting applications for new grants under the
FY 1995 Patricia Roberts Harris Fellowship Program--Doctoral Study
competitions is published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal
Register.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: December 13, 1994.
Applications Available: September 1, 1994.
Available Funds: The funding level is expected to be $6,333,101. Of
the expected funds for this competition, not less than 75 percent is
expected to be available for applications for master's level and
professional study fellowships in academic areas of high national
priority, and up to 25 percent is expected to be available for
applications for master's level and professional study fellowships in
other areas.
Estimated Range of Awards: $19,167 to $460,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $140,735.
Estimated Number of Awards: 45.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Budget Period: 12 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
649.
Supplementary Information: The Secretary will hold two separate
competitions. One competition will be for master's level and
professional study fellowships in academic areas of high national
priority only. The second competition will be for master's level and
professional study fellowships in other areas. This second competition
will give a competitive preference to master's level fellowships in
academic fields that will lead to careers that serve the public
interest only. The Secretary has established absolute priorities for
each competition. Only those applications that meet the priorities will
be considered for funding. An applicant may submit no more than one
application under the master's level and professional study program. An
applicant who wishes to apply for funding under both competitions must
indicate its intention to compete under both competitions within its
single application.
Priorities
Master's Level and Professional Study in Academic Areas of High
National Priority Fellowships Competition
Absolute Priorities
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 649.22 (a) and (c) the
Secretary gives an absolute preference to applications that meet the
following priorities. The Secretary funds under this competition only
applications for master's level and professional study fellowships that
meet both of these absolute priorities:
Absolute Priority 1--
Fellowships in the award of which priority is given to women or
individuals from minority groups, or both, who are pursuing master's
level or professional study and are underrepresented in the academic
field for which a grant award is sought.
Absolute Priority 2--
Fellowships in the following academic career fields that the
Secretary has identified, from among the academic areas listed in the
appendix of the regulations for this program, as high national priority
for the purpose of the master's level and professional study
competition in FY 1995:
Business Administration & Management/Accounting
Biological & Life Sciences
Computer Science
Engineering
Health Sciences
Visual & Performing Arts
Master's Level and Professional Study in Other Areas Fellowships
Competition
Absolute Priority
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) and 34 CFR 649.22(a) the Secretary
gives an absolute preference to applications that meet the following
priority. The Secretary funds under this competition only applications
for master's level and professional study fellowships that meet the
following absolute priority:
Fellowships in the award of which priority is given to women or
individuals from minority groups, or both, who are pursuing master's
level or professional study and are underrepresented in the academic
field for which a grant award is sought.
Competitive Priority
Within the absolute priority specified above, the Secretary under
34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) and 34 CFR 649.22(b) gives preference to
applications that meet the following competitive priority. The
Secretary awards one point to each applicant that meets this
competitive priority. This point is in addition to any points the
applicant earns under the institutional and academic field selection
criteria for this program.
Fellowships in the award of which priority is given to women or
individuals from minority groups, or both, who are pursuing master's
level study leading to careers that serve the public interest.
Stipend level: The Secretary has determined that the maximum
fellowship stipend for 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.
For Applications or Information Contact: Ms. Cosette Ryan, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Portals Bldg, Suite
C80, Washington, DC 20202-5329. 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.
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. 1134, 1134d-1134g.
Dated: August 11, 1994.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
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