[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 18 (Thursday, January 28, 1999)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 84.305T]


Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI); National 
Research Institutes' Field-Initiated Studies (FIS) Research Grant 
Program; Notice of Extension of Deadline for Receipt of Applications 
and Applications Availability Date for Fiscal Year 1999

    On December 14, 1998, the Secretary published in the Federal 
Register (63 FR 68985) a notice inviting applications for new awards 
for fiscal year 1999 for the FIS Research Grant Program. The Secretary 
extends the deadline date for the receipt of applications for the OERI 
fiscal year 1999 FIS grants from February 19, 1999, to March 26, 1999. 
Application packages will be available on January 29, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR APPLICATION: To request an application or to 
obtain further information, write to the Office of Educational Research 
and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education, 555 New Jersey Avenue, 
NW, Room 604, Washington, DC 20208, or contact Veda Bright by e-mail at 
[email protected] or by telephone at (202) 219-1935. Application 
packages will be available electronically on the World Wide Web at the 
following site:

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/FIS/

 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) via the Internet at either of the 
following sites:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm
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    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 at (202) 512-1530 or, 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, 
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. 6031(c)(2)(B)

    Dated: January 25, 1999.
C. Kent McGuire,
Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement.
[FR Doc. 99-2128 Filed 1-27-99; 8:45 am]
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