[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6830-6831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3282]
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Part VII
Department of Education
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Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)--Special
Focus Competition: European Community/United States of America Joint
Consortia for Cooperation in Higher Education and Vocational Education;
Notice
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No. 84.116J]
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)--
Special Focus Competition: European Community/United States of America
Joint Consortia for Cooperation in Higher Education and Vocational
Education
Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY)
1998.
Purpose of Program: To provide grants or enter into cooperative
agreements to improve postsecondary education opportunities by focusing
on problem areas or improvement approaches in postsecondary education.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education or
combinations of institutions and other public and private nonprofit
educational institutions and agencies.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 17, 1998.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 17, 1998.
Applications Available: February 17, 1998.
Available Funds: $1,485,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $100,000-$175,000 for up to three years.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $160,000 for up to three years.
Estimated Number of Awards: 8.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
82, 85 and 86.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For FY 1998, the competition also includes
an invitational priority to encourage proposals designed to support the
formation of educational consortia of institutions in the U.S. and the
European Union to encourage cooperation in the coordination of
curricula, the exchange of students and the opening of educational
opportunities between the U.S. and the European Union. The invitational
priority is issued in cooperation with the European Union. European
institutions participating in any consortium proposal responding to the
invitational priority may apply to the European Commission Directorate
Generale for Education, Training, and Youth for additional funding
under a separate European competition.
Priority
Invitational Priority
The Secretary is particularly interested in applications that meet
the following invitational priority. However, an application that meets
this invitational priority does not receive competitive or absolute
preference over other applications (34 CFR 75.105(c)(1)).
Invitational Priority: Projects that support consortia of
institutions of higher education that promote institutional cooperation
and student mobility between the United States and the member states of
the European Union.
Methods for Applying Selection Criteria
The Secretary gives equal weight to the listed criteria. Within
each of the criteria, the Secretary gives equal weight to each of the
factors.
Selection Criteria
In evaluating applications for grants under this program
competition, the Secretary uses the following selection criteria chosen
from those listed in 34 CFR 75.210.
1. The significance of the proposed project, as determined by--
a. The significance of the problem or issue to be addressed by the
proposed project;
b. The extent to which the proposed project involves the
development or demonstration of promising new strategies that build on,
or are alternatives to, existing strategies;
c. The importance or magnitude of the results or outcomes likely to
be attained by the proposed project, especially improvements in
teaching and student achievement;
d. The potential replicability of the proposed project or
strategies, including, as appropriate, the potential for implementation
in a variety of settings; and
e. The likely utility of the products (such as information,
materials, processes, or techniques) that will result from the proposed
project, including the potential for their being used in a variety of
other settings.
2. The quality of the design of the proposed project, as determined
by--
a. The extent to which the design of the proposed project is
appropriate to, and will successfully address, the needs of the target
population or other identified needs;
b. The extent to which the goals, objectives, and outcomes to be
achieved by the proposed project are clearly specified and measurable;
and
c. The quality of the proposed demonstration design and procedures
for documenting project activities and results.
3. The adequacy of resources, as determined by--
a. The extent to which the costs are reasonable in relation to the
objectives, design, and potential significance of the proposed project;
b. The relevance and demonstrated commitment of each partner in the
proposed project to the implementation and success of the project;
c. The potential for continued support of the project after Federal
funding ends, including, as appropriate, the demonstrated commitment of
appropriate entities to such support.
FOR APPLICATIONS OR INFORMATION CONTACT: Fund for the Improvement of
Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education, 7th & D
Streets, S.W., Room 3100, ROB-3, Washington, D.C. 20202-5175. You may
also request application forms by calling 732-544-2504 (fax on demand),
or application guidelines by calling 202-358-3041 (voice mail) or
submitting the name of the competition and your name and postal address
to [email protected] (e-mail). Applications are also listed on the FIPSE Web
Site <http://www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/FIPSE>. For additional program
information call Beverly Baker at the FIPSE office (202-708-5750)
between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through
Friday. 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.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternate format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the contact person listed in the preceding
paragraph.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternate format, also, by contacting that person.
However, the Department is not able to reproduce in an alternate format
the standard forms included in the application package.
Electronic Access to This Document
Anyone may view this document, as well as all other Department of
Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or
portable document format (pdf) on the World Wide Web at either of the
following sites:
http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm
http://www.ed.gov/news.html
To use the pdf you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader Program with
Search, which is available free at either of the previous sites. If you
have questions about using the pdf, call the U.S. Government Printing
Office toll free at 1-888-293-6498.
Anyone may also view these documents in text copy only on an
electronic bulletin board of the Department. Telephone: (202) 219-1511
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or, toll free, 1-800-222-4922. The documents are located under Option
G--Files/Announcements, Bulletins, and Press Releases.
Note: The official version of a document is the document
published in the Federal Register.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1135-1135a-3.
Dated: January 29, 1998.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
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