[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 4035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2071]


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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE


Learn and Serve America: Higher Education

AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.

ACTION: Notice of availability of funds for new grants and notice of 
availability of fiscal year 1997 application guidelines.

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SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service 
(Corporation) announces the availability of approximately $10.5 million 
to support new grants for Learn and Serve America: Higher Education 
Programs (CFDA # 94.005). Institutions of higher education, consortia 
of institutions of higher education, and higher education partnerships 
may apply for these grants. The application form and guidelines for 
completing an application for these funds are contained in the Learn 
and Serve America: Higher Education Fiscal Year 1997 Application 
Guidelines.

DATES: All applications must be received by 3:30 p.m. (E.S.T.), March 
19, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Applications should be submitted to Box HE at the 
Corporation for National Service, 1201 New York Ave., NW, Washington, 
DC 20525. Facsimiles will not be accepted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain a copy of the Learn and 
Serve America: Higher Education 1997 Application Guidelines, call (202) 
606-5000 ext. 260. Further inquiries may be directed to Hugh Bailey at 
ext. 117.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Learn and Serve America: Higher 
Education Programs support efforts to make service an integral 
component of the pedagogical approach to teaching and learning in the 
nation's colleges and universities. The Corporation supports a wide 
variety of initiatives that include the implementation and design of 
service-learning curricula, professional development and training for 
faculty in the practice of service-learning, clinical programs using 
service-learning, student initiated and designed community projects, 
and community leadership that works in partnership with institutions of 
higher education. The Corporation invites applications that will engage 
students in meeting the educational, public safety, environmental, or 
other human needs of neighboring communities through the following 
types of projects:
    1. Strengthening and Building Foundations in Service-Learning 
Programs. These projects might include such activities as (a) 
introducing and promoting service-learning in an established 
discipline; (b) encouraging professional disciplines (e.g., medical, 
legal) to adopt service-learning as an integral component of the 
academic curriculum; or (c) providing technical assistance to teacher 
education institutions to incorporate service-learning into the 
curriculum of future school teachers.
    2. Innovative Campus-Based Model Programs. These projects might 
include activities that focus on (a) faculty development in service-
learning; (b) promoting service-learning in professional programs; (c) 
student leadership; or (d) application of federal work-study funds to 
community service and service-learning programs.
    3. Service-Learning Corps Programs. These projects engage 
AmeriCorps Members in building the service-learning capacity within 
communities and institutions of higher education, and in directly 
addressing community needs. The Corporation expects these programs to 
demonstrate how direct service and capacity-building can be mutually 
reinforcing.

I. Eligible Applicants

    The following entities may apply for these funds: (1) an 
institution of higher education, (2) a consortium of institutions of 
higher education, and (3) a higher education partnership. A higher 
education partnership is one or more public or private nonprofit 
organizations (including educational associations) or public agencies, 
including States, and one or more institutions of higher education that 
have entered into a written agreement specifying the responsibilities 
of each partner.

II. Estimated Number of Awards

    Although the actual number of awards is subject to the availability 
of funds, the Corporation estimates there will be sufficient funds to 
make up to seventy (70) grants.

III. Suggested Amount of Awards

    The Corporation suggests that applicants limit their budget 
requests to no more than the following: (1) $350,000 for Strengthening 
and Building Foundations in Service-Learning Programs; (2) $150,000 for 
Innovative Campus-Based Model Programs; and (3) $150,000 for Service-
Learning Corps Programs.

IV. Project Period

    The project period for all grants is up to twelve (12) months with 
the possibility of renewal for two additional years contingent upon 
performance and availability of appropriations.

V. Applicable Regulations

    Regulations governing the Learn and Serve America: Higher Education 
Programs of the Corporation for National and Community Service are 
located in 45 CFR Part 2519.

VI. Program Authority

    Corporation authority to make these grants is codified in 42 U.S.C. 
Sec. 12561.

    Dated: January 23, 1997.
Barry W. Stevens,
Acting General Counsel, Corporation for National and Community Service.
[FR Doc. 97-2071 Filed 1-27-97; 8:45 am]
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