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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA NO.: 84.200]

 

Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Program Notice 
Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1995.

    Purpose of program: This program provides fellowships through 
academic departments and programs of institutions of higher education 
to assist graduate students of superior ability who demonstrate 
financial need. The purpose of the program is to sustain and enhance 
the capacity for teaching and research in areas of national need.
    Eligible applicants: An academic department of an institution of 
higher education that meets the requirements in 34 CFR 648.2.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: December 2, 1994.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review:  February 2, 1995.
    Applications Available:  October 19, 1994.
    Available Funds:  $11,080,188.
    Estimated Range of Awards:  $100,000-$750,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards:  $224,609.
    Estimated Number of Awards:  50

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

    Project Period:  Up to 36 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 
648.

Supplementary Information:  The Graduate Assistance in Areas of 
National Need Program furthers the National Education Goals that call 
for U.S. students to be first in the world in science and mathematics 
achievement, and that every adult American will be literate and will 
possess the knowledge and skills necessary to compete in a global 
economy and exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. 
The program furthers both goals by providing fellowship assistance to 
increase the number of graduate students who complete doctoral degrees 
in mathematics, science, and engineering, as well as teachers with a 
substantive background in mathematics and science. The program also 
furthers these goals by providing fellowship assistance to graduate 
students so that these students can provide an example for American 
youth on the importance of continued learning throughout an 
individual's life. Stipend level:  The Secretary has determined that 
the maximum fellowship stipend for the 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.

Priorities

    Absolute Priorities: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 648.3, 
the Secretary gives an absolute preference to applications that meet 
one or more of the following priorities. The Secretary funds under this 
competition only applications that meet one or more of these absolute 
priorities:
    Applications that propose to provide fellowships in one or more of 
the following areas of national need: Biology, Chemistry, Computer and 
Information Sciences, Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics.

FOR APPLICATIONS OR INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. John E. Bonas, U.S. 
Department of Education, Division of Higher Education Incentive 
Programs, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., Portals Building, Suite C80, 
Washington, D. C. 20202-5329. Telephone: (202) 260-3265; Internet 
address: [email protected]; Fax: (202) 260-7615. 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. 1134l-1134q-1.

    Dated: October 6, 1994.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 94-25288 Filed 10-12-94; 8:45 am]
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