FR Doc 03-160
[Federal Register: January 6, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 3)]
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Part IV
Department of Education
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Institute of Education Sciences; Notice Inviting Applications for
Grants to Support Education Research for Fiscal Year (FY) 2003; Notice
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA Nos. 84.305G, 84.305H, 84.305J, 84.305K, 84.305L, 84.305M, and
84.305W]
Institute of Education Sciences; Notice Inviting Applications for
Grants To Support Education Research for Fiscal Year (FY) 2003
SUMMARY: The Director of the Institute of Education Sciences
(Institute) announces seven FY 2003 competitions for grants to support
educational research. The Director takes this action under the
Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (Act), Title I of Public Law 107-
279. The intent of these grants is to provide national leadership in
expanding fundamental knowledge and understanding of education from
early childhood education through postsecondary study.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Mission of Institute: A central purpose of
the Institute is to provide parents, educators, students, researchers,
policymakers, and the general public with reliable information about
educational practices that support learning and improve academic
achievement and access to educational opportunities for all students.
In carrying out its mission, the Institute provides support for
programs of research in areas of demonstrated national need.
Competitions in this notice: The following are the seven
competitions in this notice for grants to support educational research
in FY 2003:
[sbull] Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research
[sbull] Interagency Education Research, in partnership with the
National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health
[sbull] Cognition and Student Learning Research
[sbull] Reading Comprehension Research
[sbull] Teacher Quality Research
[sbull] Effective Mathematics Education Research
[sbull] Social and Character Development Research
Organization of Notice: This notice is organized in a way to be
helpful to a potential applicant. The notice provides information on
eligibility; application availability; data--such as key dates, length
of project period, and program contacts--for each competition;
indication of intent to apply; and application procedures.
Eligible Applicants: Applicants that have the ability and capacity
to conduct scientifically valid research are eligible to apply.
Eligible applicants include, but are not limited to, non-profit and
for-profit organizations and public and private agencies and
institutions, such as colleges and universities.
Request for Applications and Other Information: Information
regarding program and application requirements for each of the
competitions is contained in the applicable Request for Applications
package (RFA), which will be available at the following Web site:
http://www.ed.gov/offices/IES/funding.html.
The RFAs will be available--
(1) On or before January 6, 2003 for Preschool Curriculum
Evaluation Research, Reading Comprehension Research, Cognition and
Student Learning Research, and Interagency Education Research;
(2) On or before January 15, 2003 for Effective Mathematics
Education Research, and Social and Character Development Research; and
(3) On or before February 14, 2003 for Teacher Quality.
Interested potential applicants should check the Web site
periodically.
Information regarding selection criteria and review procedures will
also be posted at this Web site.
Key Dates and Contacts
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Due date for Deadline for
CFDA number and program of optional letter receipt of Project period For further
research of intent applications information contact
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84.305J Preschool Curriculum Jan. 24, 2003.... Mar. 14, 2003.... Up to 48 months.. Caroline Ebanks
Evaluation Research. Email:
caroline.ebanks@ed.go
v
84.305W Interagency Education Jan. 24, 2003.... Mar. 14, 2003.... Up to 60 months.. Mark Constas
Research. Email:
mark.constas@ed.gov
84.305H Cognition and Student Jan. 29, 2003.... Mar. 21, 2003.... Up to 36 months.. Elizabeth Albro
Learning Research. Email:
elizabeth.albro@ed.go
v
84.305G Reading Comprehension Jan. 30, 2003.... Mar. 21, 2003.... Up to 36 months.. Elizabeth Albro
Research. Email:
elizabeth.albro@ed.go
v
84.305M Teacher Quality Mar. 26, 2003.... Apr. 18, 2003.... Up to 36 months.. Harold Himmelfarb
Research. Email:
harold.himmelfarb@ed.
gov
84.305K Effective Mathematics Mar. 6, 2003..... Apr. 18, 2003.... Up to 48 months.. Heidi Schweingruber
Education Research. Email:
heidi.schweingruber@e
d.gov
84.305L Social and Character Mar. 6, 2003..... Apr. 25, 2003.... Up to 48 months.. Tamara Haegerich
Development Research. Email:
tamara.haegerich@ed.
ov
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Fiscal Information: Although a final appropriation for FY 2003 has
not been enacted, the Institute is inviting applications now, in
accordance with the schedule in the preceding chart, so that it may be
prepared to make awards following final action by Congress on the
Department's appropriation bill. The President's Budget for the
Institute for FY 2003 includes sufficient funding for all of the
competitions included in this notice. The actual award of grants is
pending the availability of funds.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 77, 80, 81, 82,
85, 86 (part 86 applies only to Institutions of Higher Education), 97,
98, and 99. In addition 34 CFR part 75 is applicable, except for the
provisions in 34 CFR 75.102, 75.103, 75.105, 75.109(a), 75.200, 75.201,
75.209, 75.210, 75.217, 75.219 (except that the Department may select
an application for funding without following the applicable procedures
if the application was evaluated under the preceding competition of the
program; the application rated high enough to deserve selection; and
the application was not selected for funding because the application
was mishandled by the Department), 75.220 and 75.230.
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Letter of Intent: A letter indicating a potential applicant's
intent to submit an application is optional, but encouraged, for each
application. The letter of intent should be submitted by e-mail by the
date listed in the chart included in this notice to the following
address: IES-LOI@asciences.com. Receipt of the letter of intent will be
acknowledged by e-mail.
The letter of intent should not exceed one page in length and
should include: (1) A descriptive title and brief description of the
research project; (2) the name, institutional affiliation, address,
telephone number and e-mail address of the principal investigator(s);
and (3) the name and institutional affiliation of any key
collaborators.
The letter of intent should also: (1) Indicate the duration of the
proposed project; (2) provide an estimated budget request by year and a
total budget request; and (3) indicate in the e-mail subject line the
RFA number and title of the relevant program of research as indicated
at the following Web site: http://www.ed.gov/offices/IES/funding.html.
The letter of intent is optional and is not binding on applicants.
Moreover, it does not enter into or affect the subsequent review of
applications. The information in the optional letter of intent will
help Institute staff estimate the potential workload involved in
planning the review of applications.
Application Procedures
The Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA) of 1998, (Pub. L.
105-277) and the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement
Act of 1999, (Pub. L. 106-107) encourage us to undertake initiatives to
improve our grant processes. Enhancing the ability of individuals and
entities to conduct business with us electronically is a major part of
our response to these Acts. Therefore, we are taking steps to adopt the
Internet as our chief means of conducting transactions in order to
improve services to our customers and to simplify and expedite our
business processes.
We are requiring that applications to the FY 2003 competitions be
submitted electronically to the following Web site: http://ies.asciences.com.
Information on the software to be used in submitting
applications is available at the same Web site.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The contact person associated with a
particular program of research is listed in the chart included in this
notice.
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 the program contact person listed in the chart
included in this notice.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternative format by contacting the program contact
person. However, the Department is not able to reproduce in an
alternative format the standard forms included in the application
package.
Electronic Access to This Document
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 9501 et seq. (the "Education
Sciences Reform Act of 2002", Title 1 of Public Law 107-279,
November 5, 2002).
Dated: December 30, 2002.
Grover J. Whitehurst,
Director, Institute of Education Sciences.
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