[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
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Part III
Department of Education
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Office of Postsecondary Education; Direct Grant Program and Fellowship
Programs; Notice
Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 162 / Tuesday, August 20, 1996 /
Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education: Direct Grant Programs and
Fellowship Programs
AGENCY: Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year
1997.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education invites
applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 1997 under a number of
the Department's direct grant and fellowship programs and announces
deadline dates for the transmittal of applications under these
programs. This combined notice also lists other FY 1997 programs and
competitions of the Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) previously
announced in the Federal Register, as well as FY 1997 programs and
competitions to be announced at a later date.
DATES: For each program and competition announced in this notice, the
chart includes the following dates: The date on which applications will
be available, the deadline for submission of applications, and--for
programs subject to Executive Order (EO) 12372 (Intergovernmental
Review of Federal Programs)--the deadline date for transmittal of State
Process Recommendations by State Single Points of Contact (SPOCs) and
comments by other interested parties.
ADDRESSES: For Applications or Further Information: The address and
telephone number for obtaining applications for, or further information
about, an individual program are in the application notice for that
program.
For Users of TDD or FIRS: Individuals who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the TDD number, if any, listed in
the individual application notices. If a TDD number is not listed for a
given program, individuals who use a 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.
For Intergovernmental Review: The address for transmitting
recommendations and comments under Executive Order 12372 is in the
appendix to this notice. The appendix also contains the addresses of
individual SPOCs.
For Electronic Access to Information: 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; on the Internet Gopher Server (at gopher://gcs.ed.gov/); or on
the World Wide Web (at http://gcs.ed.gov). However, the official
application notice for a discretionary grant competition is the notice
published in the Federal Register.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This combined application notice contains
those application announcements that the Assistant Secretary for
Postsecondary Education is able to publish at this time and references
an announcement previously published.
Later the Assistant Secretary intends to announce additional
programs and competitions of the Office of Postsecondary Education
under which the Department plans to make new awards for FY 1997. These
include the following:
CFDA No. 84.015. Higher Education Programs in Modern
Foreign Language Training and Area Studies--National Resource Centers
Program for Foreign Language and Area Studies or Foreign Language and
International Studies and Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships
Program.
CFDA No. 84.031H. Designation as an Eligible Institution
for the Strengthening Institutions and Endowment Challenge Grant
Programs.
CFDA No. 84.200. Graduate Assistance in Areas of National
Need Program.
Program Previously Announced
CFDA No. 84.042. Student Support Services Program.
Published in the Federal Register on August 14, 1996 (61 FR 42368).
Available Funds
The Congress has not yet enacted a fiscal year 1997 appropriation
for the Department of Education. The Assistant Secretary for
Postsecondary Education is publishing this notice in order to give
potential applicants adequate time to prepare applications. The
estimates of the amounts of funds that will be available for these
programs are based in part on the President's 1997 budget request and
in part on the level of funding available for fiscal year 1996.
Potential applicants should note, however, that the Congress is
considering proposals to eliminate or reduce funding in 1997 for some
of the discretionary grant programs administered by the Department.
Final action on the 1997 appropriation may require the Department to
cancel some of the competitions announced in this notice, as well as
some of those the notice indicates will be announced at a later date.
The Department of Education is not bound by any of the estimates in
this notice.
Programs To Be Announced at a Future Date
For FY 1997 some direct grant or fellowship programs of OPE will be
governed by new regulations. Application notices for these programs
will be published when final regulations are completed. For further
information regarding some of these programs, readers are referred to
the following notices of proposed rulemaking that have been published
in the Federal Register:
Higher Education Programs in Modern Foreign Language Training and Area
Studies--National Resource Centers Program for Foreign Language and
International Studies--Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 61 FR 13996 (3/
28/96)
Higher Education Programs in Modern Foreign Language Training and Area
Studies--Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships Program--Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking, 61 FR 14006 (3/28/96)
National Education Goals
In developing this combined application notice the Assistant
Secretary for Postsecondary Education has sought to ensure that
programs awarding grants during FY 1997 will further achievement of the
National Education Goals, as found in Pub.L. 103-227 (the Goals 2000:
Educate America Act, enacted March 31, 1994). The Secretary encourages
applicants under these programs to consider the National Education
Goals in developing their applications.
The National Education Goals for the year 2000 are as follows:
All children in America will start school ready to learn.
The high school graduation rate will increase to at least
90 percent.
All students will leave grades 4, 8, and 12 having
demonstrated competency in challenging subject matter, including
English, mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics and
government, economics, arts, history, and geography; and every school
in America will ensure that all students learn to use their minds well,
so they may be prepared for responsible citizenship, further learning,
and productive employment in our Nation's modern economy.
United States students will be first in the world in
mathematics and science achievement.
Every adult American will be literate and will possess the
knowledge
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and skills necessary to compete in a global economy and exercise the
rights and responsibilities of citizenship.
Every school in the United States will be free of drugs,
violence, and the unauthorized presence of firearms and alcohol and
will offer a disciplined environment conducive to learning.
The Nation's teaching force will have access to programs
for the continued improvement of their professional skills and the
opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to instruct and
prepare all American students for the next century.
Every school will promote partnerships that will increase
parental involvement and participation in promoting the social,
emotional, and academic growth of children.
Applicability of Section 5301 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988
A number of programs listed in this announcement provide that a
grant, fellowship, traineeship, or other monetary benefit may be
awarded to an individual. This award may be made to the individual
either directly by the Department or by a grantee that receives Federal
funds for the purpose of providing, for example, fellowships,
traineeships, or other awards to individuals.
Section 5301 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-690;
21 U.S.C. 862) provides that a sentencing court may deny eligibility
for certain Federal benefits to an individual convicted of drug
trafficking or possession. Thus, an individual who applies for a grant,
fellowship, or other monetary benefit under a program covered by this
notice should understand that, if convicted of drug trafficking or
possession, he or she is subject to denial of eligibility for that
benefit if the sentencing court imposes such a sanction. This denial
applies whether the Federal benefit is provided to the individual
directly by the Department or is provided through a grant, fellowship,
traineeship, or other award made available with Federal funds by a
grantee.
Any persons determined to be ineligible for Federal benefits under
the provisions of section 5301 are listed in the General Services
Administration's ``Lists of Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement
or Nonprocurement Programs.''
Applicability of the Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act of 1990
The programs listed in the chart make discretionary awards subject
to the eligibility requirements of the Federal Debt Collection
Procedures Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-647; 28 U.S.C. 3201). The Act
provides that if there is a judgment lien against a debtor's property
for a debt to the United States, the debtor is not eligible to receive
a Federal grant or loan, except direct payments to which the debtor is
entitled as beneficiary, until the judgment is paid in full or
otherwise satisfied.
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs
Certain programs in this notice are subject to the requirements of
EO 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. These programs are
identified in the chart by a date in the column headed ``Deadline for
intergovernmental review.'' For further information, an applicant under
a program subject to the Executive order--and other parties interested
in that program--are directed to the appendix to this notice.
Chart 5.--Office of Postsecondary Education
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Deadline for Estimated
CFDA No. and name Applications Application intergovernmental Estimated range average size of Estimated number of awards
available deadline date review of awards awards
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84.016A Undergraduate 8/30/96 11/4/96......... 1/3/97 $40,000-90,000.. $68,000......... 26.
International Studies and
Foreign Language Program.
84.017A International 8/30/96 11/4/96......... N/A 30,000-110,000.. 94,031.......... 19.
Research and Studies Program.
84.019A Fulbright-Hays 9/16/96 11/8/96......... N/A 23,000-65,000... 36,309 (per 23 (indiv. fellowships).
Faculty Research Abroad fellow).
Program.
84.021A Fulbright-Hays Group 8/26/96 10/21/96........ N/A 35,000-65,000... 58,000.......... 27.
Projects Abroad Program.
84.022A Fulbright-Hays 9/16/96 11/8/96......... N/A 14,000-72,000... 28,573 (per 63 (indiv. fellowships).
Doctoral Dissertation fellow).
Research Abroad Program.
84.031G Endowment Challenge 4/15/97 6/16/97......... N/A 50,000-500,000.. 350,000......... 6.
Grant Program.
84.120A Minority Science 9/13/96 11/22/96........ 1/31/97 Institutional 120,000......... 15.
Improvement Program-- Projects:
Institutional, Design, 100,000-300,000.
Special, and Cooperative
Projects.
.............. xl Design Projects: 18,000.......... 2.
16,000-20,000.
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.............. xl Special 25,000.......... 10.
Projects:
20,000-150,000.
.............. xl Cooperative 293,000......... 2.
Projects:
200,000-500,000.
84.153A Business and 8/30/96 11/8/96......... 1/7/97 50,000-90,000... 77,000.......... 18.
International Education
Program.
84.274A American Overseas 8/30/96 11/1/96......... 1/2/97 35,000-75,000... 50,000.......... 10.
Research Centers Program.
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Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)
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84.116A and B Comprehensive 8/20/96 10/18/96 5/15/97 15,000-150,000.. 75,000.......... 73.
Program. (Preapplication
s).
3/15/97 (Final
applications)
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84.016A Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language
Program
Purpose of Program: To provide grants to strengthen and improve
undergraduate instruction in international studies and foreign
languages in the United States.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education; combinations
of institutions of higher education; and public and nonprofit private
agencies and organizations, including professional and scholarly
associations.
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 parts
655 and 658.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of
higher education only.
Priority: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), 34 CFR 658.35, and section
604(a)(4) of title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended
by the Higher Education Amendments of 1992, the Secretary gives
preference to applications that meet the following competitive
priority. The Secretary awards five points to an application that meets
this competitive priority in a particularly effective way. These points
are in addition to any points the application earns under the selection
criteria for the program:
Applications from institutions of higher education or combinations
of institutions that--
(a) Require entering students to have successfully completed at
least two years of secondary school foreign language instruction;
(b) Require each graduating student to earn two years of
postsecondary credit in a foreign language or have demonstrated
equivalent competence in the foreign language;
(c) In the case of a two-year degree granting institution, offer
two years of postsecondary credit in a foreign language.
Supplementary Information: An institutional grantee shall pay a
minimum of 50 percent of the cost of the project for each fiscal year.
Project Period: 24 to 36 months.
For Applications or Information Contact: Christine Corey, U.S.
Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20202-5332. Telephone: (202) 401-9783.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1124.
84.017A International Research and Studies Program
Purpose of Program: To provide grants to conduct research and
studies to improve and strengthen instruction in modern foreign
languages, area studies, and other international fields to provide full
understanding of the places in which the foreign languages are commonly
used.
Eligible Applicants: Public and private agencies, organizations,
and institutions; and individuals.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 82,
85, and 86; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR parts
655 and 660.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of
higher education only.
Priorities: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), and 34 CFR 660.34(a)(1)
and 660.10(f), the Secretary gives preference to applications that meet
the following competitive priority. The Secretary awards five points to
an application that meets this competitive priority in a particularly
effective way. These points are in addition to any points the
application earns under the selection criteria for the program:
Studies and surveys to assess the use of graduates of programs
supported under title VI of the Higher Education Act, as amended, by
governmental, educational, and private sector organizations; and other
studies assessing the outcomes and effectiveness of programs supported
under title VI.
Project Period: 12 to 36 months.
For Applications or Information Contact: Jose L. Martinez, U.S.
Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20202-5331. Telephone: (202) 401-9784.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1125.
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84.019A Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Program
84.022A Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad
Program
Purpose of Programs: (a) The Faculty Research Abroad Program offers
opportunities to faculty members of higher education for research and
study in modern foreign languages and area studies. (b) The Doctoral
Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program provides opportunities
for graduate students to engage in full-time dissertation research
abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 81, 82,
85, and 86; and (b) The regulations for these programs in 34 CFR parts
662 and 663.
Priorities: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), 34 CFR 663.32(c) (Higher
Education Programs in Modern Foreign Language Training and Area
Studies--Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program), and 34 CFR
662.32(c) (Higher Education Programs in Modern Foreign Language
Training and Area Studies--Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad
Fellowship Program) the Secretary gives an absolute preference to
applications that meet the following priority. The Secretary funds only
applications that meet this absolute priority:
Research projects that focus on one or more of the following:
Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, South Asia, the Near
East, Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and the Western
Hemisphere (Central and South America, Canada, Mexico, and the
Caribbean).
Note: Applications that propose projects focused on Western
Europe will not be funded.
Project Period: Three to 12 months for Faculty Research Abroad; and
6 to 12 months for Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad.
For Applications or Information Contact:
For Faculty Research Abroad Program: Eliza Washington, U.S.
Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20202-5331. Telephone: (202) 401-9777.
For Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program: Karla Ver Bryck
Block, U.S. Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20202-5331. Telephone: (202) 401-9774.
Program Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2452(b)(6).
84.021A Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program
Purpose of Program: To provide grants to support overseas projects
in training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign
languages and area studies by teachers, students, and faculty engaged
in a common endeavor. Projects may include short-term seminars,
curriculum development, group research or study, or advanced intensive
language projects.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education; State
departments of education; nonprofit private educational organizations;
and consortia of these types of institutions, departments, and
organizations.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81,
82, 85, and 86; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR part
664.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of
higher education only.
Priorities
Absolute Priority: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 664.32 the
Secretary gives an absolute preference to applications that meet the
following priority. The Secretary funds only applications that meet
this absolute priority:
Group projects that focus on one or more of the following: Africa,
East Asia, the Western Hemisphere (Central and South America, Mexico,
and the Caribbean), Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Central and Eastern
Europe and Eurasia, the Near East, and South Asia.
Note: Applications that propose projects focused on Western
Europe or Canada will not be funded.
Competitive Priority: Within the absolute priority specified in
this notice, the Secretary, under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) and 34 CFR
664.32, gives preference to applications that meet the following
competitive priority. The Secretary awards up to five points to an
application that meets this competitive priority in a particularly
effective way. These points are in addition to any points the
application earns under the selection criteria for the program:
Short-term seminars that develop and improve foreign language and
area studies at elementary and secondary schools.
Project Period: four to six weeks.
For Applications or Information Contact: Dr. Lungching Chiao, U.S.
Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20202-5332. Telephone: (202) 401-9772.
Program Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2452(b)(6).
84.031G Endowment Challenge Grant Program
Purpose of Program: To provide matching grants to eligible
institutions of higher education to establish or increase their
endowment funds.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education that are
designated as eligible. The Secretary publishes separately in the
Federal Register a notice informing interested parties how to be
designated as eligible to apply for Endowment Challenge Grant funds.
Note: In the fiscal year 1997 budget request, the President has
proposed to limit eligibility. If the President's proposal is
enacted, only historically black colleges and universities that meet
the eligibility requirements of this program would be eligible to
apply for support.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR 74.61(h) or 34 CFR 80.26
and the appendix to 34 CFR part 80, as applicable; 74.80, 74.84 and
74.85; 75.100 through 75.102 and 75.217; and in 34 CFR parts 82, 85,
and 86; and (b) the regulations for this program in 34 CFR part 628.
Project Period: 240 months (20 years).
For Applications or Information Contact: Dr. Louis Venuto, U.S.
Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20202-5337. Telephone: (202) 708-8839. Applications will be sent to
those institutions designated as eligible.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1065.
84.120A Minority Science Improvement Program--Institutional, Design,
Special, and Cooperative Projects
Purpose of Program: To effect long-range improvement in science
education at predominantly minority institutions and to increase the
flow of underrepresented ethnic minorities, particularly minority
women, into scientific careers.
Eligible Applicants
(a) For institutional, design, and special projects described in 34
CFR 637.14 (a), (b) and (c): Public and nonprofit private minority
institutions.
Note: A minority institution is defined in 34 CFR 637.4(b) as an
accredited college or university whose enrollment of a single
minority group or combination of minority groups, as defined in 34
CFR 637.4(b), exceeds 50 percent of the total enrollment.
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(b) For special projects described in 34 CFR 637.14 (b) and (c):
Non-profit science-oriented organizations; professional scientific
societies; and nonprofit accredited colleges and universities that
render a needed service to a group of eligible minority institutions,
as defined in 34 CFR 637.4(b), or that provide inservice training of
project directors, scientists, and engineers from eligible minority
institutions.
(c) For cooperative projects: Groups of nonprofit accredited
colleges and universities whose primary fiscal agent is an eligible
minority institution, as defined in 34 CFR 637.4(b).
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
637.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of
higher education only.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
For Applications or Information Contact: Dr. Argelia Velez-
Rodriguez, U.S. Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Courtyard Suite C-80, Portals Building, Washington, DC 20202-5329.
Telephone: (202) 260-3261 or by internet to
([email protected]). The Department encourages
applicants to FAX requests for applications to: (202) 260-7615.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1135b-1135b-3, 1135d-1135d-6.
84.153A Business and International Education Program
Purpose of Program: To provide grants both to enhance international
business education programs and expand the capacity of the business
community to engage in international economic activities.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education that have
entered into agreements with business enterprises, trade organizations,
or associations engaged in international economic activity.
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 parts
655 and 661.
Supplementary Information: A grantee shall pay a minimum of 50
percent of the cost of the project for each fiscal year.
Project Period: 24 months.
For Applications or Information Contact: Sarah T. Beaton, U.S.
Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC
20202-5332. Telephone: (202) 401-9778.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1130-1130b.
84.274 American Overseas Research Centers Program
Purpose of Program: To provide assistance to eligible consortia to
establish or operate overseas research centers that promote
postgraduate research, exchanges, and area studies.
Eligible Applicants: Consortia of U.S. institutions of higher
education.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82,
85, and 86; and (b) Because there are no program-specific regulations
for this program, applicants are directed to the authorizing statute
for the American Overseas Research Centers, section 610 of part A,
title VI, of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C.
1130-1).
Selection Criteria: In evaluating applications for grants under
this program, the Secretary uses the EDGAR selection criteria in 34 CFR
75.210. The selection criteria and the points assigned to each criteria
are included in the application package.
Project Period: 36 months.
For Applications or Information Contact: Cheryl E. Gibbs, U.S.
Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20202-5331. Telephone: (202) 401-9782.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1127.
84.116A; 84.116B Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education--
Comprehensive Program (Preapplications and Applications)
Purpose of Program: To provide grants or enter into cooperative
agreements to improve postsecondary education opportunities.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education (IHEs);
combinations of IHEs; and nonprofit private educational institutions
and agencies.
Note: All applicants must submit a preapplication to be eligible
to submit a final application.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR Parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
82, 85, and 86, with the exceptions noted in 34 CFR 630.4a(2); and (b)
The regulations for this program in 34 CFR Part 630.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of
higher education only.
Priorities
Absolute Priority: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), 34 CFR 630.12 and 34
CFR 630.11(a), 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:
Projects that respond to immediate problems or issues and that seek
to improve postsecondary educational opportunities.
Invitational Priorities: Within the absolute priority specified in
this notice, the Secretary, under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) and 34 CFR
630.12, is particularly interested in applications that meet one or
more of the following invitational priorities. However, an application
that meets one or more of these invitational priorities does not
receive competitive or absolute preference over other applications:
Invitational Priority 1--Projects to support new ways of ensuring
equal access to postsecondary education, and to improve rates of
retention and program completion, especially for low income and
underrepresented minority students, whose retention and completion
rates continue to lag disturbingly behind those of other groups.
Invitational Priority 2--Projects to create programs that (1)
prepare students for entering the workforce and (2) serve the
continuing education and retraining needs of workers.
Invitational Priority 3--Projects to improve the campus climate by
creating an environment that is safe, welcoming, and conducive to
learning for all students.
Invitational Priority 4--Projects (1) to restructure institutions
in ways that reassert the primacy of teaching and learning; and (2) to
increase learning productivity; that is, to transform programs and
teaching to promote more student learning relative to institutional
resources expended.
Invitational Priority 5--Projects to promote cooperation between
colleges and universities and elementary and secondary schools in order
to improve students' preparation for, access to, and success in
college. In particular, the Secretary seeks innovative school-college
partnerships to improve articulation and develop new ways to improve
both pre-service and in-service teacher education at both the
elementary and secondary level.
Invitational Priority 6--Projects to support innovative reforms of
undergraduate, graduate, and professional curricula that improve not
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only what students learn, but how they learn.
Invitational Priority 7--Projects to support the development of
faculty as professionals by (1) assessing and rewarding effective
teaching; (2) helping institutions and faculty find ways to increase
their emphasis on teaching and other means of involvement with student
learners; (3) promoting new and more effective teaching methods; and
(4) improving the preparation--especially the teaching skills--of
graduate students who will be future faculty members.
Invitational Priority 8--Projects to disseminate to other
institutions innovative postsecondary educational programs that have
been locally developed and implemented.
Selection Criteria
In evaluating applications for grants under this program
competition, the Secretary uses the following selection criteria chosen
from those listed in 34 CFR 630.32:
(a) Significance for postsecondary education. The Secretary reviews
each proposed project for its significance in improving postsecondary
education by determining the extent to which it would--
(1) Address an important problem or need;
(2) Represent an improvement upon, or important departure from,
existing practice;
(3) Involve learner-centered improvements;
(4) Achieve far-reaching impact through improvements that will be
useful in a variety of ways and in a variety of settings; and
(5) Increase the cost-effectiveness of services.
(b) Feasibility. The Secretary reviews each proposed project for
its feasibility by determining the extent to which--
(1) The proposed project represents an appropriate response to the
problem or need addressed;
(2) The applicant is capable of carrying out the proposed project,
as evidenced by, for example--
(i) The applicant's understanding of the problem or need;
(ii) The quality of the project design, including objectives,
approaches, and evaluation plan;
(iii) The adequacy of resources, including money, personnel,
facilities, equipment, and supplies;
(iv) The qualifications of key personnel who would conduct the
project; and
(v) The applicant's relevant prior experience;
(3) The applicant and any other participating organizations are
committed to the success of the proposed project, as evidenced by, for
example--
(i) Contribution of resources by the applicant and by participating
organizations;
(ii) Their prior work in the area; and
(iii) The potential for continuation of the proposed project beyond
the period of funding (unless the project would be self-terminating);
and
(4) The proposed project demonstrates potential for dissemination
to or adaptation by other organizations, and shows evidence of interest
by potential users.
(c) Appropriateness of funding projects. The Secretary reviews each
application to determine whether support of the proposed project by the
Secretary is appropriate in terms of availability of other funding
sources for the proposed activities.
Under 630.32, the Secretary determines the methods to be used in
applying the selection criteria.
For preapplications (preliminary applications) the Secretary gives
greater weight to the selection criteria under (a) Significance for
Postsecondary Education. The Secretary gives equal weight to (b)
Feasibility and (c) Appropriateness of funding projects.
For final applications (applications) the Secretary gives equal
weight to all three criteria and, within each of these criteria, equal
weight to each of the subcriteria.
In applying the criteria, the Secretary first analyzes a
preapplication or application in terms of each individual criterion and
subcriterion. The Secretary then bases the final judgment of an
application on an overall assessment of the degree to which the
applicant addresses all selection criteria.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
For Applications or Information Contact: Fund for the Improvement
of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education, 600
Independence Avenue, SW., room 3100, ROB-3, Washington, D.C. 20202-
5175. Telephone: (202) 708-5750.
Through World Wide Web at: <http://www.ed.gov/prog__info/FIPSE>.
Through Internet E-mail: [email protected] (Application materials will
be mailed to you via U.S. Postal Service. Please indicate
``Comprehensive Program'' and give us your postal mailing address.
Informational inquiries by e-mail will be given to the appropriate
staff member and will be answered by return e-mail.)
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1135-1135a-3.
Dated: August 14, 1996.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
Appendix--Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs
This appendix applies to each program that is subject to the
requirements of Executive Order 12372 (Intergovernmental Review of
Federal Programs) and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
The objective of the Executive order is to foster an
intergovernmental partnership and to strengthen federalism by
relying on State and local processes for State and local government
coordination and review of proposed Federal financial assistance.
Applicants must contact the appropriate State Single Point of
Contact to find out about, and to comply with, the State's process
under Executive Order 12372. Applicants proposing to perform
activities in more than one State should immediately contact the
Single Point of Contact for each of those States and follow the
procedure established in each of those States under the Executive
order. A listing containing the Single Point of Contact for each
State is included in this appendix.
In States that have not established a process or chosen a
program for review, State, areawide, regional, and local entities
may submit comments directly to the Department.
Any State Process Recommendation and other comments submitted by
a State Single Point of Contact and any comments from State,
areawide, regional, and local entities must be mailed or hand-
delivered by the date indicated in this notice to the following
address: The Secretary, EO 12372--CFDA# [commenter must insert
number--including suffix letter, if any], U.S. Department of
Education, room 6213, 600 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20202-0124.
Proof of mailing will be determined on the same basis as
applications (see 34 CFR 75.102). Recommendations or comments may be
hand-delivered until 4:30 p.m. (Washington, DC time) on the date
indicated in this notice.
Please note that the above address is not the same address as
the one to which the applicant submits its completed application. Do
not send applications to the above address.
State Single Points of Contact
Note: In accordance with Executive Order #12372, this listing
represents the designated State Single Points of Contact. Because
participation is voluntary some States no longer participate in the
process. These include: Alaska, American Samoa, Colorado,
Connecticut, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts,
Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Oregon, Palau,
Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, and Washington.
Alabama
Jon C. Strickland, Alabama Department of Economic and Community
Affairs, Planning and Economic Development Division, 401 Adams
Avenue,
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Montgomery, Alabama 36103-5690, Telephone: (205) 242-5483, FAX:
(205) 242-5515
Arizona
Joanne Saad, Arizona State Clearinghouse, 3800 N. Central Avenue,
Fourteenth Floor, Phoenix, Arizona 85012, Telephone: (602) 280-1315,
FAX: (602) 280-8144
Arkansas
Mr. Tracy L. Copeland, Manager, State Clearinghouse, Office of
Intergovernmental Services, Department of Finance and
Administration, 1515 W. 7th Street, room 412, Little Rock, Arkansas
72203, Telephone: (501) 682-1074, FAX: (501) 682-5206
California
Grants Coordinator, Office of Planning and Research, 1400 Tenth
Street, room 121, Sacramento, California 95814, Telephone: (916)
323-7480, FAX: (916) 323-3018
Delaware
Francine Booth, State Single Point of Contact, Executive Department,
Thomas Collins Building, P.O. Box 1401, Dover, Delaware 19903,
Telephone: (302) 739-3326, FAX: (302) 739-5661
District of Columbia
Charles Nichols, State Single Point of Contact, Office of Grants
Management and Development, 717 14th Street, N.W., Suite 500,
Washington, DC 20005, Telephone: (202) 727-6554, FAX: (202) 727-1617
Florida
Florida State Clearinghouse, Department of Community Affairs, 2740
Centerview Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100, Telephone: (904)
922-5438, FAX: (904) 487-2899
Georgia
Tom L. Reid, III, Administrator, Georgia State Clearinghouse, 254
Washington Street, SW., room 401J, Atlanta, Georgia 30334,
Telephone: (404) 656-3855 or 656-3829, FAX: (404) 656-7938
Illinois
Barbara Beard, State Single Point of Contact, Department of Commerce
and Community Affairs, 620 East Adams, Springfield, Illinois 62701,
Telephone: (217) 782-1671, FAX: (217) 534-1627
Indiana
Amy Brewer, State Budget Agency, 212 State House, Indianapolis,
Indiana 46204, Telephone: (317) 232-5619, FAX: (317) 233-3323
Iowa
Steven R. McCann, Division for Community Assistance, Iowa Department
of Economic Development, 200 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa
50309, Telephone: (515) 242-4719, FAX: (515) 242-4859
Kentucky
Ronald W. Cook, Office of the Governor, Department of Local
Government, 1024 Capitol Center Drive, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-
8204, Telephone: (502) 573-2382, FAX: (502) 573-2512
Maine
Joyce Benson, State Planning Office, State House Station #38,
Augusta, Maine 04333, Telephone: (207) 287-3261, FAX: (207) 287-6489
Maryland
William G. Carroll, Manager, State Clearinghouse for
Intergovernmental Assistance, Maryland Office of Planning, 301 W.
Preston Street--Room 1104, Baltimore, Maryland 21201-2365, Staff
Contact: Linda Janey, Telephone: (410) 225-4490, FAX: (410) 225-4480
Michigan
Richard Pfaff, Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, 1900
Edison Plaza, 660 Plaza Drive, Detroit, Michigan 48226, Telephone:
(313) 961-4266, FAX: (313) 961-4869
Mississippi
Cathy Mallette, Clearinghouse Officer, Department of Finance and
Administration, 455 North Lamar Street, Jackson, Mississippi 39202-
3087, Telephone: (601) 359-6762, FAX (601): 359-6764
Missouri
Lois Pohl, Federal Assistance Clearinghouse, Office of
Administration, P.O. Box 809, room 760, Truman Building, Jefferson
City, Missouri 65102, Telephone: (314) 751-4834, FAX: (314) 751-7819
Nevada
Department of Administration, State Clearinghouse, Capitol Complex,
Carson City, Nevada 89710, Telephone: (702) 687-4065, FAX: (702)
687-3983
New Hampshire
Jeffrey H. Taylor, Director, New Hampshire Office of State Planning,
Attn: Intergovernmental Review Process/Mike Blake, 2\1/2\ Beacon
Street, Concord, New Hampshire 03301, Telephone: (603) 271-2155,
FAX: (603) 271-1728
New Mexico
Robert Peters, State Budget Division, room 190, Bataan Memorial
Building, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503, Telephone: (505) 827-3640,
FAX: (505) 827-3861
New York
New York State Clearinghouse, Division of the Budget, State Capitol,
Albany, New York 12224, Telephone: (518) 474-1605
North Carolina
Chrys Baggett, Director, N.C. State Clearinghouse, Office of the
Secretary of Admin., 116 West Jones Street, Raleigh, North Carolina
27603-8003, Telephone: (919) 733-7232, FAX: (919) 733-9571
North Dakota
North Dakota Single Point of Contact, Office of Intergovernmental
Assistance, 600 East Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-
0170, Telephone: (701) 224-2094, FAX: (701) 224-2308
Ohio
Larry Weaver, State Single Point of Contact, State Clearinghouse,
Office of Budget and Management, 30 East Broad Street, 34th Floor,
Columbus, Ohio 43266-0411
Please direct correspondence and questions about
intergovernmental review to:
Linda Wise, Telephone: (614) 466-0698, FAX: (614) 466-5400
Rhode Island
Daniel W. Varin, Associate Director, Department of Administration,
Division of Planning, One Capitol Hill, 4th Floor, Providence, Rhode
Island 02908-5870, Telephone: (401) 277-2656, FAX: (401) 277-2083
Please direct correspondence and questions to:
Review Coordinator, Office of Strategic Planning
South Carolina
Omeagia Burgess, State Single Point of Contact, Grant Services,
Office of the Governor, 1205 Pendleton Street, room 477, Columbia,
South Carolina 29201, Telephone: (803) 734-0494, FAX: (803) 734-0385
Texas
Tom Adams, Governors Office, Director, Intergovernmental
Coordination, P.O. Box 12428, Austin, Texas 78711, Telephone: (512)
463-1771, FAX: (512) 463-1888
Utah
Carolyn Wright, Utah State Clearinghouse, Office of Planning and
Budget, room 116, State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah 84114,
Telephone: (801) 538-1535, FAX: (801) 538-1547
Vermont
Nancy McAvoy, State Single Point of Contact, Pavilion Office
Building, 109 State Street, Montpelier, Vermont 05609, Telephone:
(802) 828-3326, FAX: (802) 828-3339
West Virginia
Fred Cutlip, Director, Community Development Division, West Virginia
Development Office, Building #6, room 553, Charleston, West Virginia
25305, Telephone: (304) 558-4010, FAX: (304) 558-3248
Wisconsin
Martha Kerner, Section Chief, State/Federal Relations, Wisconsin
Department of Administration, 101 East Wilson Street, 6th Floor,
P.O. Box 7868, Madison, Wisconsin 53707, Telephone: (608) 266-2125,
FAX: (608) 267-6931
Wyoming
Sheryl Jeffreis, State Single Point of Contact Office of the
Governor, State Capitol, Room 124, Cheyenne, WY 82002, Telephone:
(307) 777-5930, FAX: (307) 632-3909
Territories
Guam
Mr. Giovanni T. Sgambelluri, Director, Bureau of Budget and
Management Research, Office of the Governor, P.O. Box 2950, Agana,
Guam 96910, Telephone: 011-671-472-2285, FAX: 011-671-472-2825
North Mariana Islands
Mr. Alvaro A. Santos, Executive Officer, Office of Management and
Budget, Office
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of the Governor, Saipan, MP 96950, Telephone: (670) 664-2256, FAX:
(670) 664-2272
Contact person:
Ms. Javoba T. Seman, Federal Programs Coordinator, Telephone: (670)
664-2289, FAX: (670) 664-2272
Puerto Rico
Norma Burgos/Jose B. Caro, Chairwoman/Director, Puerto Rico Planning
Board, Federal Proposals Review Office, Minillas Government Center,
P.O. Box 41119, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00940-1119, Telephone: (809)
727-4444 or 723-6190, FAX: (809) 724-3270 or 724-3103
Virgin Islands
Jose George, Director, Office of Management and Budget, #41
Norregade Emancipation Garden Station, Second Floor, Saint Thomas,
Virgin Islands 00802
Please direct all questions and correspondence about
intergovernmental review to:
Linda Clarke, Telephone: (809) 774-0750, FAX (809): 776-0069
Note: This list is based on the most current information
provided by the States. Information on any changes or apparent
errors should be provided to Sherron Duncan (Telephone (202) 395-
3914) at the Office of Management and Budget and to the State in
question. Changes to the list will only be made upon formal
notification by the State.
[FR Doc. 96-21155 Filed 8-19-96; 8:45 am]
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