[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.
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an 
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.
[FR Doc. 99-20155 Filed 8-4-99; 8:45 am]
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