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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA NO, 84.094B]
Patricia Roberts Harris Fellowship Program--Doctoral 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
doctoral study education programs to women and individuals from groups
traditionally 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 doctoral 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--Master's Level
and Professional 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 $10,213,500.
Of the expected funds for this competition, not less than 75 percent is
expected to be available for applications for doctoral study
fellowships in academic areas of high national priority, and up to 25
percent is expected to be available for applications for doctoral study
fellowships in other areas.
Estimated Range of Awards: $23,243 to $575,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $130,942.
Estimated Number of Awards: 78.
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 for doctoral study fellowships. One competition will be
for fellowships in areas of high national priority only. The second
competition will be for fellowships in academic areas other than those
designated as areas of high national priority 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 doctoral
study fellowships 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
Doctoral Study in Academic Areas of High National Priority Fellowships
Competition
Absolute Priorities
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 649.32 the Secretary gives an
absolute preference to applications that meet the following priorities.
The Secretary funds under this competition only applications for
doctoral fellowships that meet both of these absolute priorities:
Absolute Priority 1--
Fellowships in the award of which priority is given to women
undertaking doctoral study, or individuals from traditionally
underrepresented groups undertaking doctoral study, or both.
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 doctoral study competition in FY 1995:
Biological & Life Sciences
Business Administration & Management
Clinical Psychology
Computer Science
English/American Literature & Language
Engineering
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Visual & Performing Arts
Doctoral Study Fellowships in Other Fields Competition
Absolute Priority
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 649.32 the Secretary gives an
absolute preference to applications that meet the following priority.
The Secretary funds under this competition only applications that meet
this absolute priority:
Fellowships in the award of which priority is given to women
undertaking doctoral study, or individuals from traditionally
underrepresented groups undertaking doctoral study, or both.
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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