[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 4759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-1690]




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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.047]


Upward Bound Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards 
for Fiscal Year (FY) 1995

    Purpose of Program: To enable grantees to generate in low-income, 
potential first-generation college students the skills and motivation 
necessary to complete a program of secondary education and to enter and 
succeed in a program of postsecondary education.
    This program supports the National Education Goals. Specifically, 
the program funds projects designed to improve high school graduation 
rates, and to improve academic competency of program participants.
    Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education, public and 
private agencies and organizations, combinations of institutions, 
agencies, and organizations, and, in exceptional cases, secondary 
schools, if there are no other applicants capable of providing an 
Upward Bound project in the proposed target area.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: February 24, 1995 for 
Regular Upward Bound and Veterans Upward Bound; March 17, 1995 for Math 
and Science Upward Bound.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: April 15, 1995 for Regular 
and Veterans Upward Bound; May 16, 1995 for Math and Science Upward 
Bound.
    Applications Available: January 24, 1995.
    Available Funds: $171 million for Regular and Veterans Upward 
Bound; $19 million for Math and Science Upward Bound.
    Estimated Range of Awards: $190,000-$610,000 for Regular and 
Veterans Upward Bound; $190,000-$250,000 for Math and Science Upward 
Bound.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $300,000 for Regular Upward 
Bound; $250,000 for Veterans Upward Bound; $240,000 for Math and 
Science Upward Bound.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 550 for Regular Upward Bound; 30 for 
Veterans Upward Bound; 80 for Math and Science Upward Bound.

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

    Project Period: 48 or 60 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 645 
as amended in this issue of the Federal Register.
    For Applications or Information Contact: Carlos Stewart, U.S. 
Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., Portals 
Building, Suite 600, Washington, D.C. 20202-5249. Telephone: (202) 708-
4804. 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. 1070 a-13.

    Dated: January 17, 1995.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 95-1690 Filed 1-23-95; 8:45 am]
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