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[FR Doc No: 94-20568]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 84.170]

 

Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program; Notice Inviting Applications 
for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1995

    Purpose of Program: To award fellowships to eligible students of 
superior ability, selected on the basis of demonstrated achievement and 
exceptional promise to undertake graduate study leading to a doctoral 
degree or the Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) at accredited institutions of 
higher education in selected fields of the arts, humanities, or social 
sciences. 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: Eligibility is limited to students who at the 
time of application have no more than 30-semester hours or 45-quarter 
hours or equivalent of graduate credit. Eligibility for fellowships to 
pursue a doctoral degree or the Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) that will 
not lead to an academic career is limited to U.S. citizens, permanent 
residents of the U.S., persons in the process of becoming U.S. citizens 
or permanent residents, and permanent residents of the Trust 
Territories of the Pacific Islands. Eligibility for fellowships to 
pursue a doctoral or MFA degree that will lead to an academic career is 
limited to U.S. citizens.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: November 28, 1994.
    Applications Available: August 31, 1994.
    Estimated Available Funds: $1,980,000.
    Estimated Range of Awards: 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. 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.
    Estimated Average Size of the Awards: $23,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 80-100 individual fellowships.
    Supplementary Information: Sixty percent of new awards will be 
available for fellowships to eligible applicants who have earned no 
credit hours applicable to a graduate degree. The remaining forty 
percent of new awards will be available for fellowships to all 
otherwise eligible applicants. In each of these two categories, sixty 
percent of these new fellowships will be awarded to applicants in the 
humanities, twenty percent to applicants in the social sciences, and 
twenty percent in the arts.

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

    Project Period: Up to 48 months.
    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR Parts 74, 75 (except as 
provided in 34 CFR 650.3(b)), 77, 82, 85 and 86; and (b) The 
regulations for this program in 34 CFR Part 650.
    For Applications or Information Contact: Audrey M. Smith, Jacob K. 
Javits Fellowship Program, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland 
Avenue, SW, Portals C80, Washington, DC 20202-5329. Telephone: (202) 
260-3574. 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 Release). 
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, 1134h-k.

    Dated: August 17, 1994.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 94-20568 Filed 8-22-94; 8:45 am]
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