[Federal Register: September 5, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 172)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA Nos. 84.019A, 84.021A, 84.022A]
Office of Postsecondary Education; Fulbright-Hays Faculty
Research Abroad Fellowship Program, Fulbright-Hays Group Projects
Abroad Program, and Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research
Abroad Fellowship Program
Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY)
2002.
Purpose of Programs: (a) The Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship
Program offers opportunities to faculty members of institutions of
higher education for research and study in modern foreign languages and
area studies.
(b) The Group Projects Abroad Program supports overseas projects in
training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign
languages and area studies for groups of teachers, students, and
faculty engaged in a common endeavor. Projects may include advanced
intensive language projects, short-term seminars, curriculum
development, or group research or study.
(c) 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: (a) Institutions of higher education are
eligible to participate in the Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship
Program and the Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship
Program.
(b) Institutions of higher education, State departments of
education, nonprofit private educational organizations, and consortia
of these entities are eligible to participate in the Group Projects
Abroad Program.
DATES: The dates of availability of applications and the deadlines for
the transmittal of applications under each of these competitions are
listed in the chart in this notice.
Estimated Available Funds: The Administration has requested for FY
2002 (a) $1,400,000 for the Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program;
(b) $3,459,000 for the Group Projects Abroad Program; and (c)
$3,141,000 for the Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship
Program. The actual level of funding, if any, depends on final
congressional action. However, we are inviting applications to allow
enough time to complete the grant process if Congress appropriates
funds for these programs.
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Deadline for
CFDA number and name of Applications transmittal of Estimated range Estimated average Estimated number of Project period
program available applications of awards size of awards awards
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84.019A Fulbright-Hays September 12, 2001... October 29, 2001..... $10,000-100,000 $46,667 30 fellowships...... 3-12 months.
Faculty Research Abroad
Fellowship Program.
84.021A Fulbright-Hays Group September 5, 2001.... October 22, 2001..... 35,000-200,000 72,063 48.................. 4-6 weeks for
Projects Abroad Program. short-term
seminars and
curriculum
development
projects.
3-12 months for
group research
or study
projects.
36 months for
advanced
intensive
language
projects.
84.022A Fulbright-Hays September 12, 2001... October 29, 2001..... 10,000-70,000 26,846 117 fellowships..... 6-12 months.
Doctoral Dissertation
Research Abroad Fellowship
Program.
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Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice.
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 these programs as follows:
34 CFR part 662 governing the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation
Research Abroad Fellowship Program; 34 CFR part 663 governing the
Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program; and 34 CFR
part 664 governing the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of
higher education only.
Priorities
Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program and
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program
These competitions focus on projects designed to meet the following
priority established by the Secretary for the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral
Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program (34 CFR 662.21(d)) and
the Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program (34 CFR
663.21(d)):
A research project funded under this priority must focus on one or
more of the following areas: Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the
Pacific, South Asia, the Near East, East Central Europe and Eurasia,
and the Western Hemisphere (Canada, Central and South America, Mexico,
and the Caribbean). Please note that applications that propose projects
focused on Western Europe will not be funded.
For FY 2002 this priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 CFR
75.105(c)(3) we consider only applications that meet the priority.
Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program
This competition focuses on projects designed to meet the following
priority established by the Secretary for this program (34 CFR
664.32(a)(2)):
A group project funded under this priority must focus on one or
more of the following areas: Africa, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast
Asia and the Pacific, the Western Hemisphere (Central and South
America, Mexico, and the Caribbean), East Central Europe and Eurasia,
and the Near East. Please note that applications that propose projects
focused on Canada or Western Europe will not be funded.
For FY 2002 this priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 CFR
75.105(c)(3) we consider only applications that meet the priority.
Competitive Priority
Within the absolute priority specified in this notice for the
Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program, this competition focuses
on projects designed to meet the following priority (34 CFR 664.30(b)
and 34 CFR 664.31(g)):
Short-term seminars that develop and improve foreign language and
area studies at elementary and secondary schools.
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award up to an additional five
points to an application, depending on how well the application meets
the priority.
Invitational Priority
Within the absolute priority specified in this notice for the
Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program, we are particularly
interested in applications that meet the following invitational
priority:
Group study projects that provide opportunities for regionally or
nationally recruited undergraduate students to study in a foreign
country for either a semester or a full academic year.
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do not give an application that meets
the invitational priority a competitive or absolute preference over
other applications.
For Applications and Further Information Contact
Applications for all the programs are available at: www.ed.gov/
offices/OPE/HEP/iegps/
Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program: Eliza Washington, U.S.
Department of Education, International Education and Graduate Programs
Service, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20006-8521.
Telephone: (202) 502-7633, or via Internet: eliza.washington@ed.gov.
Group Projects Abroad Program: Lungching Chiao, U.S. Department of
Education, International Education and Graduate Programs Service, 1990
K Street, NW., 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20006-8521. Telephone: (202)
502-7624, or via Internet: lungching.chiao@ed.gov.
Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program: Karla Ver
Bryck Block, U.S. Department of Education, International Education and
Graduate Programs Service, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th Floor, Washington,
DC 20006-8521. Telephone: (202) 502-
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7632, or via Internet: karla.verbryckblock@ed.gov.
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Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
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diskette) on request to the program contact persons listed under For
Applications and Further Information Contact.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternative format by contacting those persons. However,
the Department is not able to reproduce in an alternative format the
standard forms included in the application package.
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Program Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2452(b)(6).
Dated: August 29, 2001.
Maureen A. McLaughlin,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning and Innovation, Office
of Postsecondary Education.
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