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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA NO, 84.094B]

 

Patricia Roberts Harris Fellowship Program--Doctoral Study Notice 
Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1995

    Purpose of Program: To provide, through institutions of higher 
education, grants to assist in making available the benefits of 
doctoral study education programs to women and individuals from groups 
traditionally underrepresented in these programs. This program supports 
the National Education Goal that calls for adult Americans to possess 
the knowledge and skills necessary to compete in a global economy and 
exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.
    Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education that offer a 
program of postbaccalaureate study leading to a doctoral degree, other 
than schools or departments of divinity, are eligible to receive grants 
under this program.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: October 14, 1994.

    Note: The notice inviting applications for new grants under the 
FY 1995 Patricia Roberts Harris Fellowship Program--Master's Level 
and Professional Study competitions is published elsewhere in this 
issue of the Federal Register.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: December 13, 1994.
    Applications Available: September 1, 1994.
    Available Funds: The funding level is expected to be $10,213,500. 
Of the expected funds for this competition, not less than 75 percent is 
expected to be available for applications for doctoral study 
fellowships in academic areas of high national priority, and up to 25 
percent is expected to be available for applications for doctoral study 
fellowships in other areas.
    Estimated Range of Awards: $23,243 to $575,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $130,942.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 78.

    Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this 
notice.

    Project Period: Up to 36 months.
    Budget Period: 12 months.
    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR Parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 
85, and 86; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR Part 
649.
    Supplementary Information: The Secretary will hold two separate 
competitions for doctoral study fellowships. One competition will be 
for fellowships in areas of high national priority only. The second 
competition will be for fellowships in academic areas other than those 
designated as areas of high national priority only. The Secretary has 
established absolute priorities for each competition. Only those 
applications that meet the priorities will be considered for funding. 
An applicant may submit no more than one application under the doctoral 
study fellowships program. An applicant who wishes to apply for funding 
under both competitions must indicate its intention to compete under 
both competitions within its single application.

Priorities

Doctoral Study in Academic Areas of High National Priority Fellowships 
Competition

Absolute Priorities
    Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 649.32 the Secretary gives an 
absolute preference to applications that meet the following priorities. 
The Secretary funds under this competition only applications for 
doctoral fellowships that meet both of these absolute priorities:
Absolute Priority 1--
    Fellowships in the award of which priority is given to women 
undertaking doctoral study, or individuals from traditionally 
underrepresented groups undertaking doctoral study, or both.
Absolute Priority 2--
    Fellowships in the following academic career fields that the 
Secretary has identified, from among the academic areas listed in the 
appendix of the regulations for this program, as high national priority 
for the purpose of the doctoral study competition in FY 1995:

Biological & Life Sciences
Business Administration & Management
Clinical Psychology
Computer Science
English/American Literature & Language
Engineering
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Visual & Performing Arts

Doctoral Study Fellowships in Other Fields Competition

Absolute Priority
    Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 649.32 the Secretary gives an 
absolute preference to applications that meet the following priority. 
The Secretary funds under this competition only applications that meet 
this absolute priority:
    Fellowships in the award of which priority is given to women 
undertaking doctoral study, or individuals from traditionally 
underrepresented groups undertaking doctoral study, or both.
    Stipend level: The Secretary has determined that the maximum 
fellowship stipend for academic year 1995-1996 is $14,400, which is 
equal to the level of support that the National Science Foundation is 
providing for its graduate fellowships.
    Institutional payment: The institutional payment for academic year 
1994-1995 was $9,243. The Secretary will adjust the institutional 
payment for academic year 1995-1996 prior to the issuance of grant 
awards based on the Department of Labor's determination of the Consumer 
Price Index for 1994.
    For Applications or Information Contact: Ms. Cosette Ryan, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Portals Bldg., Suite 
C80, Washington, DC 20202-5329. Telephone: (202) 260-3608. 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.
    Information about the Department's funding opportunities, including 
copies of application notices for discretionary grant competitions, can 
be viewed on the Department's electronic bulletin board (ED Board), 
telephone (202) 260-9950; or on the Internet Gopher Server at 
GOPHER.ED.GOV (under Announcements, Bulletins and Press Releases). 
However, the official application notice for a discretionary grant 
competition is the notice published in the Federal Register.

    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1134, 1134d-1134g.

    Dated: August 11, 1994.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
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