[Federal Register: September 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 176)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No: 84.200]
Office of Postsecondary Education, Graduate Assistance in Areas
of National Need (GAANN); Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2001
Purpose of Program: GAANN provides fellowships through academic
programs and departments of institutions of higher education to assist
graduate students with excellent records who demonstrate financial need
and plan to pursue the highest degree available in their course of
study.
Eligible Applicants: Academic programs and departments of
institutions of higher education that meet the requirements in 34 CFR
648.2.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: December 15, 2000.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: February 13, 2001.
Applications Available: October 10, 2000.
Available Funds: $13,353,640. The estimated amount of funds
available for new awards under this competition is based on the
Administration's request for this program for FY 2001. The actual level
of funding, if any, is contingent on congressional action.
Estimated Range of Awards: $110,040-$750,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $165,060.
Estimated Number of Awards: 80.
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, 86, 97, 98, 99; and (b) the regulations for this program in 34 CFR
part 648.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Stipend Level: The Secretary will determine the GAANN fellowship
stipend for the academic year 2001-2002 based on the level of support
provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) graduate fellowships,
except that the amount will be adjusted as necessary so as not to
exceed the GAANN fellow's demonstrated level of financial need.
Institutional Payment: The Secretary will determine the
institutional payment for the academic year 2001-2002 by adjusting the
academic year 2000-2001 institutional payment, which is $10,500 per
fellow, by the U.S. Department of Labor's Consumer Price Index for the
previous calendar year.
Priorities
Absolute Priority: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 648.33 the
Secretary gives an absolute preference to applications that meet the
following priority. The Secretary funds only applications that meet
this absolute priority:
A project funded under this priority must propose to provide
fellowships in one or more of the following areas of national need:
Biology, Chemistry, Computer and Information Sciences, Engineering,
Geological and Related Sciences, Mathematics, and Physics.
Invitational Priority: Within the absolute priority specified in
this notice, the Secretary is particularly interested in applications
from programs in one or more of the academic areas of national need
that will provide students with the opportunity for research or
training in a foreign country. However, under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) an
application that meets this invitational priority does not receive
competitive preference over other applications.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cosette H. Ryan, Graduate Assistance
in Areas of National Need Program, U.S. Department of Education,
International Education and Graduate Programs Service, 1990 K Street,
NW., 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20006-8521. Telephone: (202) 502-7637.
The e-mail address for the GAANN Program is: ope_gaann_program@ed.gov.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternate format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the appropriate contact person listed in the
preceding paragraph. However, the Department is not able to reproduce
in an alternate format the standard forms included in the application
package.
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For Applications Contact: Education Publications Center (ED Pubs),
PO Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Telephone (toll free): 1-877-4-ED-
PUBS, FAX: (301) 470-1244. Individuals who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call (toll free): 1-877-576-7734. You may
also contact ED Pubs via its Web site at: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/
edpubs.html.
The e-mail address is: edpubs@inet.ed.gov. If you request an
application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify this competition as
follows: CFDA #84.200.
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Regulations is available on GPO Access at:http://www.access.gpo.gov/
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1135-1135ee.
Dated: September 5, 2000.
A. Lee Fritschler,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary Education.
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