[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 168 (Monday, August 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46370-46371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23263]



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Part VII





Department of Education





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Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program, et al., 
Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year 1999; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.019A, 84.021A, 84.022A]


Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program, 
Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program, and Fulbright-Hays 
Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program; Notice 
Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1999

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary invites applications for new awards 
for FY 1999 and announces closing dates for the transmittal of 
applications under the Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad 
Fellowship Program (Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program), 
Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program (Group Projects Abroad 
Program), and Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad 
Fellowship Program (Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship 
Program).

Purpose of Programs

    (a) The Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program offers 
opportunities to faculty members of higher education for research and 
study in modern foreign languages and area studies.
    (b) The Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program 
provides opportunities for graduate students to engage in full-time 
dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area 
studies.
    (c) The Group Projects Abroad Program provides grants to support 
overseas projects in training, research, and curriculum development in 
modern foreign languages and area studies by teachers, students, and 
faculty engaged in a common endeavor. Projects may include short-term 
seminars, curriculum development, group research or study, or advanced 
intensive language projects.
    Eligible Applicants: (a) Institutions of higher education are 
eligible to participate in the Faculty Research Abroad and Doctoral 
Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Programs.
    (b) Institutions of higher education, State departments of 
education, nonprofit private educational organizations, and consortia 
of these types of institutions, departments, and organizations are 
eligible to participate in the Group Projects Abroad Program.
    Dates: The date of availability of applications and the deadline 
for the transmittal of applications under each of these competitions 
are indicated in the chart in this notice.
    Available Funds: The Congress has not yet enacted a FY 1999 
appropriation for the Department of Education. However, the Department 
is publishing this notice in order to give potential applicants 
adequate time to prepare applications. The estimated amount of funds 
available for new awards under these competitions, as shown in the 
chart in this notice, is based on the President's 1999 budget.

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

                                                                   Fiscal Information                                                                   
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                                                             Deadline for                      Estimated                                                
                                               Applications   transmittal   Estimated range     average     Estimated                                   
       CFDA number and name of program           available        of           of awards        size of     number of            Project period         
                                                             applications                        awards       awards                                    
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84.019A  Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research           9/8/1998     11/6/1998    $18,000-$70,000      $43,000           21  3-12 Months                     
 Abroad Fellowship Program.                                                                                                                             
84.021A  Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad      9/4/1998    10/26/1998   $30,000-$120,000      $65,000           36  4-6 Weeks (Short-term seminars  
 Program.                                                                                                                and curriculum development     
                                                                                                                         projects).                     
                                                                                                                        2-12 Months (Group research or  
                                                                                                                         study projects).               
                                                                                                                        Up to 36 Months (Advanced       
                                                                                                                         overseas intensive language    
                                                                                                                         training projects).            
84.022A  Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation      9/8/1998     11/6/1998    $12,000-$60,000      $24,000           87  6-12 Months.                    
 Research Abroad Fellowship Program.                                                                                                                    
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    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80 (this 
applies to part 664 only), 81, 82, 85, and 86; and (b) the regulations 
for each of these programs as follows: Fulbright-Hays Doctoral 
Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program, 34 CFR part 662; 
Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program, 34 CFR part 
663; and Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program, 34 CFR part 664.

Priorities

Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program and Doctoral Dissertation 
Research Abroad Fellowship Program

    Absolute Priority. The Secretary gives an absolute preference to 
applications that meet the priority in the next paragraph. The 
Secretary funds only applications that meet this absolute priority (34 
CFR 75.105(c)(3); and either 34 CFR 662.21(d) or 663.21(d), as 
applicable).
    Research projects that focus on one or more of the following: 
Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia, Eurasia, the Near East, 
South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, and the Western Hemisphere 
(Canada, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Mexico).

    Note: Applications that propose projects focused on Western 
Europe will not be funded.

Group Projects Abroad Program

    Absolute Priority. The Secretary gives an absolute preference to 
applications that meet the priority in the next paragraph. The 
Secretary funds only applications that meet this absolute priority (34 
CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 664.32).
    Group projects that focus on one or more of the following: Africa, 
Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia, Eurasia, the Near East, South 
Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, and the Western

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Hemisphere (Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Mexico).

    Note: Applications that propose projects focused on Australia, 
Canada, and Western Europe will not be funded.

    Competitive Priority. Within the absolute priority specified for 
the Group Projects Abroad Program, the Secretary gives preference to 
applications that meet the competitive priority in the next paragraph. 
The Secretary awards up to five points to an application that meets 
this competitive priority in a particularly effective way. These points 
are in addition to any points the application earns under the selection 
criteria for the program (34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) and 34 CFR 664.30(b)).
    Short-term seminars that develop and improve foreign language and 
area studies at elementary and secondary schools.

For Applications or Information Contact

    For Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program: Eliza Washington, 
U.S. Department of Education, International Education and Graduate 
Programs Service, 600 Independence Avenue, SW, Suite 600, Portals 
Building, Washington, D.C. 20202-5331. Telephone: (202) 401-9777.
    For Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program: Karla 
Ver Bryck Block, U.S. Department of Education, International Education 
and Graduate Programs Service, 600 Independence Avenue, SW, Suite 600, 
Portals Building, Washington, D.C. 20202-5331. Telephone: (202) 401-
9774.
    For Group Projects Abroad Program: Dr. Lungching Chiao, U.S. 
Department of Education, International Education and Graduate Programs 
Service, 600 Independence Avenue, SW, Suite 600, Portals Building, 
Washington, D.C. 20202-5332. Telephone: (202) 401-9772.
    Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) 
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FRS) 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

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    Note: The official version of a document is the document 
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    Program Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2452(b)(6).

    Dated: August 25, 1998.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 98-23263 Filed 8-28-98; 8:45 am]
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