[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 1995)] [Notices] [Pages 5170-5171] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 95-2004] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [CFDA No. 252] Notice Inviting Applications for Designation as an Urban Grant Institution Under the Urban Community Service Program Purpose: The Urban Community Service Program provides grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) which have been designated urban grant institutions to devise and implement solutions to pressing and severe urban problems. The purpose of this notice is to invite requests for designation as an urban grant institution. Only IHEs with standing as urban grant institutions are eligible to apply for a grant under the Urban Community Service Program. Institutions seeking designation must submit an application to the Department by the deadline date set forth in this notice. All institutions determined to be eligible in 1992, 1993 or 1994 which intend to apply for a grant must first be re-designated. Once an IHE has been found eligible through this revised designation process, it need not apply for designation again. IHEs with ongoing UCS grants will retain their eligibility until their grants expire and should not apply for re- designation until that time. Requests for designation will be accepted each year. Institutions which for any reason are not named urban grant institutions this year may submit applications for designation in future years. A list of urban grant institutions will be published in the Federal Register. Congress appropriated $13 million for grants in Fiscal Year 1995. The Department will hold a competition for new awards later in the fiscal year. A separate notice inviting applications for grants from designated urban grant institutions will be published shortly which will announce the closing date and other important information concerning grant applications. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 1, 1995. Applications Available: January 31, 1995. Eligibility Information: To qualify as an urban grant institution, an IHE must demonstrate that it meets statutory requirements specified in Title XI, Part A, of the Higher Education Act of 1965, [[Page 5171]] as amended (HEA). These requirements provide that an eligible applicant be either-- (a) A nonprofit municipal university, established by the governing body of the city in which it is located, and operating as of July 23, 1992; or (b) An institution of higher education, or a consortium of such institutions any one of which meets all of the following requirements-- (1) It is located in an urban area. The term ``urban area'' means-- (i) A metropolitan area having a population of not less than 350,000; (ii) Two contiguous metropolitan areas having a combined total population of not less than 350,000; or (iii) In States without an urban area meeting either of the above criteria, the urban area designated by the Secretary. (2) It draws a substantial portion (at least 40%) of its undergraduate students from the urban area in which it is located or from contiguous areas. (3) It carries out programs to make postsecondary educational opportunities more accessible to residents of the urban area or contiguous areas. (4) It has the present capacity to provide resources responsive to the needs and priorities of the urban area and contiguous areas. (5) It offers a range of professional, technical, or graduate programs sufficient to sustain the capacity of the institution to provide these resources. (6) It has demonstrated and sustained a sense of responsibility to the urban area and contiguous areas and the people in those areas. Applicable Regulations: 34 CFR Part 636. For Applications or Information Contact: Sarah Babson, Division of Higher Education Incentive Programs, U.S. Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20202-5329. Telephone: (202) 260-3472. You are encouraged to fax your requests for applications to (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. 1136-1136h. Dated: January 20, 1995. David A. Longanecker, Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education. [FR Doc. 95-2004 Filed 1-25-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P