[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 239 (Friday, December 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65419-65420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32545]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No. 84.170]
Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program; Notice Inviting Applications
for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1998
Purpose of Program: To award fellowships to eligible students of
superior ability, selected on the basis of demonstrated achievement and
exceptional promise, to undertake graduate study leading to a doctoral
degree or the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree at accredited
institutions of higher education in selected fields of the arts,
humanities, or social sciences.
Eligible Applicants: Eligibility is limited to students who at the
time of application have not yet completed their first year of graduate
study or will be entering graduate school in academic year 1998-1999.
Eligibility is limited to
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students pursuing a doctoral degree or MFA degree in fields selected by
the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Board at accredited institutions of
higher education in the U.S. Students must be U.S. citizens, permanent
residents of the U.S., certain persons in the process of becoming U.S.
citizens or permanent residents, or permanent residents of the Northern
Mariana Islands.
Deadline For Transmittal Of Applications: February 17, 1998.
Applications Available: December 15, 1997.
Estimated Available Funds: $1,875,000.
Estimated Range Of Awards: The Secretary has determined that the
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, or the fellow's financial need,
as determined by Part F of Title IV of the Higher Education Act,
whichever is less. The institutional payment for academic year 1997-
1998 was $10,051. 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 Consumer Price Index for
1998.
Estimated Average Size Of The Awards: $25,000.
Estimated Number Of Awards: 75 individual fellowships.
Supplementary Information: Sixty percent of new awards will be
available for fellowships to eligible applicants who have earned no
credit hours applicable to a graduate degree. The remaining 40 percent
of new awards will be available for fellowships to all otherwise
eligible applicants. In each of these two categories, 60 percent of
these new fellowships will be awarded to applicants in the humanities,
20 percent to applicants in the social sciences, and 20 percent to
applicants in the arts.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 48 months.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR Parts 74, 75 (except as
provided in 34 CFR 650.3(b)), 77, 82, 85, and 86; and (b) The
regulations for this program in 34 CFR Part 650.
For Applications Or Information Contact: Richard Scarfo, Jacob K.
Javits Fellowship Program, U.S. Department of Education, 600
Independence Avenue, SW., Portals 600, Washington, DC 20024-5329.
Telephone: (202) 260-3574. 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.
Electronic Access to This Document
Anyone may view this document, as well as all other Department of
Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or
portable document format (pdf) on the World Wide Web at either of the
following sites:
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To use the pdf you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader Program with
Search, which is available free at either of the previous sites. If you
have questions about using the pdf, call the U.S. Government Printing
Office toll free at 1-888-293-6498.
Anyone may also view these documents in text copy only on an
electronic bulletin board of the Department. Telephone: (202) 219-1511
or, toll free, 1-800-222-4922. The documents are located under Option
G--Files/Announcements, Bulletins and Press Releases.
Note: The official version of a document is the document
published in the Federal Register.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1134, 1134h-k-1.
Dated: December 5, 1997.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
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