[Federal Register: September 26, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 187)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No. 84.015A and B]
Office of Postsecondary Education; National Resource Centers
(NRC) Program for Foreign Language and Area Studies or Foreign Language
and International Studies and Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS)
Fellowships Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for
Fiscal Year (FY) 2003
Purpose of Programs: The NRC Program makes awards to institutions
of higher education for establishing or strengthening nationally
recognized foreign language and area or international studies centers
or programs. NRC awards are used to support undergraduate centers or
comprehensive centers, which include undergraduate, graduate, and
professional school components.
The FLAS Program awards allocations of fellowships to institutions
of higher education to assist meritorious students undergoing graduate
training in modern foreign languages and related areas or international
studies. FLAS allocations may be used for academic year and summer
fellowships.
For fiscal year (FY) 2003 the competition focuses on projects
designed to meet the priorities we describe in the Priorities section
of this notice.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education and consortia
of institutions of higher education.
Applications Available: September 25, 2002.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: November 12, 2002.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: January 11, 2003.
Estimated Available Funds: The Administration has requested
$28,715,000 for the NRC Program and $26,435,000 for the FLAS Program
for FY 2003. 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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Estimated Range of Awards: $202,000--$318,000 per year for the NRC
Program and $31,000--$372,000 per year for the FLAS Program.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $231,573 per year for the NRC
Program and $204,922 per year for the FLAS Program.
Estimated Number of Awards: 124 NRC awards and 129 FLAS awards. We
anticipate the 129 FLAS awards to yield 923 academic year fellowships
and 560 summer fellowships.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: 36 months, beginning August 15, 2003.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FLAS Program Subsistence Allowance
The subsistence allowance for a fellowship for academic year 2003-
2004 will be $14,000 and the allowance for a summer 2004 fellowship
will be $2,400.
FLAS Program Institutional Payment
The institutional payment in lieu of tuition for a fellowship for
academic year 2003-2004 will be $11,000 and the payment for a summer
2004 fellowship will be $3,600.
FLAS Program Travel Award
A travel award for $1,000 or the actual cost of travel, whichever
is less, may be requested in conjunction with summer fellowships that
are to be used at language program sites other than the student's home
institution.
An applicant's FLAS Program budget should reflect $25,000 for each
academic year fellowship requested, $6,000 for each summer fellowship
requested, and $1,000 for each summer travel award requested.
Note: FLAS Program awards do not include allowances for
dependents.
Page Limit
The application narrative (Section C of the application) is where
you, the applicant, address the selection criteria that reviewers use
to evaluate your application. You must limit the narrative to the
equivalent of no more than 35 pages for a single institution
application or the equivalent of no more than 45 pages for a consortium
application, using the following standards:
[sbull] A ``page'' is 8.5'' x 11'', on one side only, with 1''
margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.
[sbull] Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch)
all text in the application narrative, including titles, headings,
footnotes, quotations, references, and captions. However, you may
single space all text in charts, tables, figures and graphs.
[sbull] Use a font that is either 12-point or larger or no smaller
than 10 pitch (characters per inch). However you may use a 10-point
font in charts, tables, figures, and graphs.
The page limit does not apply to the cover sheet; the budget
section, including the narrative budget justification; the assurances
and certifications; or the one-page abstract or the appendices.
However, you must include all of the application narrative in Section
C.
We will reject your application if--
[sbull] You apply these standards and exceed the page limit; or
[sbull] You apply other standards and exceed the equivalent of the
page limit.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82,
85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The regulations for the NRC Program in 34
CFR part 656. (c) The regulations for the FLAS Program in 34 CFR part
657. (d) The regulations in 34 CFR part 655.
Priorities
Absolute Priority
This competition focuses on projects designed to meet a priority in
the regulations for the NRC Program (34 CFR 656.23(a)(4)).
Teacher training activities: An NRC project funded under this
priority must focus on teacher training activities on the language,
languages, area studies, or general topic of the center.
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only applications that meet
the priority.
Invitational Priorities
Within the absolute priority listed in this application notice, we
are particularly interested in applications that meet one or more of
the following invitational priorities.
NRC Program Invitational Priority 1
Activities designed to increase the number of international
experts, including those entering government service and various
professional disciplines, with in-depth knowledge of Islamic societies
and high-level language proficiency in the languages of those
societies.
NRC Program Invitational Priority 2
Activities designed to strengthen the quality of the center's
language program so that students can attain advanced language
proficiency in the less and least commonly taught languages.
NRC Program Invitational Priority 3
Linkages with schools of education designed to improve teacher
training in foreign languages, area, or international studies with an
emphasis on the less commonly taught languages and areas of the world
where those languages are spoken.
NRC Program Invitational Priority 4
Activities that engage the language resources of local heritage
communities where appropriate.
NRC Program Invitational Priority 5
Collaboration with Title VI language resource centers, the centers
for international business education, and the American overseas
research centers with a focus on the less and least commonly taught
languages and underrepresented professional disciplines.
FLAS Program Invitational Priority 1
Fellowships to students in the least commonly taught languages who
are pursuing advanced level language proficiency.
FLAS Program Invitational Priority 2
Fellowships to talented students pursuing master's degrees who may
be more likely to pursue government service.
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do not give an application that meets
one or more of the invitational priorities a competitive or absolute
preference over other applications.
For Applications AND FURTHER Information Contact: Cheryl E. Gibbs, Ed
McDermott, Karla Ver Bryck Block, or Amy Wilson, International
Education and Graduate Programs Service, U.S. Department of Education,
1990 K Street, NW., Suite 6000, Washington, DC 20006-8521. Telephone:
(202) 502-7700 or via Internet: OPE--NRC-FLAS@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to a program contact person listed under FOR
APPLICATIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Individuals with disabilities also may obtain a copy of the
application package in an alternative format by contacting that person.
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. 1122.
Dated: September 23, 2002.
Sally L. Stroup,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary Education.
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