[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 150 (Thursday, August 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42679-42681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20155]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No.: 84.019A, 84.021A, 84.022A]
Office of Postsecondary Education: 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) 2000
Purpose of Programs
(a) The Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program offers
opportunities to faculty members of institutions of higher education
for research and study in modern foreign languages and area studies.
(b) The Group Projects Abroad Program provides grants to support
overseas projects in training, research, and curriculum development in
modern foreign languages and area studies for groups of teachers,
students, and faculty engaged in a common endeavor. Projects may
include short-term seminars, curriculum development or group research
or study. The program does not support advanced intensive language
projects under this competition.
(c) 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.
Eligible Applicants
(a) Institutions of higher education are eligible to participate in
the Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program
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and the Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program.
(b) Institutions of higher education, State departments of
education, nonprofit private educational organizations, and consortia
of these entities are eligible to participate in the Group Projects
Abroad Program.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications
The dates of availability of applications and the deadlines for the
transmittal of applications under each of these competitions are
indicated in the chart contained in this notice.
Available Funds
The estimated amount of funds available for new awards under these
competitions, as shown in the chart below, is based on the
Administration's request for these programs for FY 2000. The actual
level of funding, if any, is contingent on final congressional action.
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Estimated
Applications Deadline for Estimated range average Estimated number of
CFDA number and name of program available transmittal of of awards size of award Project period
applications awards
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84.019A--Fulbright-Hays Faculty August 25, 1999..... October 25, 1999.... $20,800-$75,000 $43,000 23 fellowships...... 3-12 months.
Research Abroad Fellowship
Program.
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84.021A--Fulbright-Hays Group August 16, 1999..... October 25, 1999.... 30,000-65,000 55,000 28.................. 4-6 weeks for short-
Projects Abroad Program. term seminars and
curriculum
development
projects.
2-12 months for
group research or
study projects.
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84.022A--Fulbright-Hays Doctoral August 25, 1999..... October 25, 1999.... 10,000-70,000 23,800 87 fellowships...... 6-12 months.
Dissertation Research Abroad
Fellowship Program.
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Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Applicable Regulations
(a) The Education Department General Administrative Regulations
(EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 85, and 86; and (b) The
regulations for these programs as follows: 34 CFR part 662 governing
the Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program; 34 CFR
part 663 governing the Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program; and
34 CFR part 664 governing the Group Projects Abroad Program.
Priorities
Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program and
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program
Absolute Priority: Under 34 CFR 105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 662.21(d)
governing the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad
Fellowship Program and 34 CFR 105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 663.21(d) governing
the Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program, the
Secretary gives an absolute preference to applications that meet the
following priority. The Secretary funds only applications that meet
this absolute priority:
A research project funded under this priority must focus on one or
more of the following areas: Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the
Pacific, South Asia, the Near East, East Central Europe and Eurasia,
and the Western Hemisphere (Canada, Central and South America, Mexico,
and the Caribbean). Please note that applications that propose projects
focused on Western Europe will not be funded.
Group Projects Abroad Program
Absolute Priority: Under 34 CFR 105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 664.34
governing the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program, the
Secretary gives an absolute preference to applications that meet the
following priority. The Secretary funds only applications that this
absolute priority:
A group project funded under this priority must propose to focus on
one or more of the following areas: Africa, East Asia, South Asia,
Southeast Asia and the Pacific, the Western Hemisphere (Central and
South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean), East Central Europe and
Eurasia, and the Near East. Please note that applications that propose
projects focused on Australia, Canada or Western Europe will not be
funded.
Competitive Priority: Within the absolute priority specified in
this notice for the Group Projects Abroad Program, the Secretary gives
preference to applications that meet the following competitive
priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) and 34 CFR 664.30(b), the
Secretary awards up to five points to an application depending upon how
well the application meets the priority. These points are in addition
to any points the application earns under the selection criteria for
the program.
Short-term seminars that develop and improve foreign language and
area studies at elementary and secondary schools.
For Applications or Information Contact:
Faculty Research Abroad Program: Eliza Washington, U.S. Department
of Education, International Education and Graduate Programs Service,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Suite 600 Portals Building, Washington, DC
20202-5331. Telephone: (202) 401-9777. The e-mail address for Ms.
Washington is [email protected].
Group Projects Abroad: Lungching Chiao, U.S. Department of
Education, International Education and Graduate Programs Service, 400
Maryland Avenue, SW., Suite 600 Portals Building, Washington, DC 20202-
5332. Telephone: (202) 401-9772. The e-mail address for Ms. Chiao is
[email protected].
Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program: Karla Ver Bryck
Block, U.S. Department of Education, International Education and
Graduate
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Programs Service, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Suite 600 Portals Building
Washington, DC 20202-5331. Telephone: (202) 401-9774. The e-mail
address for Ms. Ver Bryck Block is [email protected].
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD)
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-
8339.
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alternate format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the appropriate contact persons listed in the
preceding paragraphs. 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.
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Program Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2452(b)(6).
Dated: July 30, 1999.
Claudio R. Prieto,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary Education.
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