[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 136 (Friday, July 14, 2000)]
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Office of Educational Research and Improvement: Field-Initiated Studies 
Education Research Grant Program; Inviting Applications for New Awards 
for Fiscal Year 2001; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.305T]


Office of Educational Research and Improvement: Field-Initiated 
Studies (FIS) Education Research Grant Program; Notice Inviting 
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2001

    Purpose of Program: The Field-Initiated Studies (FIS) Education 
Research Grant Program awards grants to conduct education research in 
which topics and methods of study are generated by investigators.
    Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education; State and 
local education agencies; public and private organizations, 
institutions, and agencies; and individuals.
    Applications Available: July 21, 2000.
    Application packages will be available by mail and electronically 
on the World Wide Web at the following sites:

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

    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: September 15, 2000.
    Deadline for Receipt of Letters of Intent: August 18, 2000.

    Note: A Letter of Intent is optional, but encouraged, for each 
application. The Letter of Intent is for OERI planning purposes and 
will not be used in the evaluation of the application. Instructions 
for the Letter of Intent will be in the application package.

    Tentative Award Date: December 15, 2000.
    Estimated Available Funds: $15 million for two FY 2001 FIS cycles.
    The estimated amount of funds available for new awards is based on 
the Administration's request for this program for FY 2001. The actual 
level of funding, if any, depends on final congressional action. We are 
inviting applications before an appropriation for FY 2001 in order to 
allow enough time to consider holding two grant competition cycles in 
FY 2001.
    Estimated Range of Awards: The size of the awards will be 
commensurate with the nature and scope of the work proposed. In the 
most recent FIS competition, the grant awards ranged from approximately 
$270,000 (for 18 months) to about $1,740,000 (for 36 months).
    Budget Period: 12-month period.
    Project Period: 12 to 36 months.

    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, 86 (part 86 applies to IHEs only), 97, 98, and 99. (b) The 
regulations in 34 CFR part 700.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FIS Education Research Grant Program is 
highly competitive. Strong applications for FIS grants clearly address 
each of the applicable selection criteria. They make a well-reasoned 
and compelling case for the national significance of the problems or 
issues that will be the subject of the proposed research, and present a 
research design that is complete, clearly delineated, and incorporates 
sound research methods. In addition, the personnel descriptions 
included in strong applications make it apparent that the project 
director, principal investigator, and other key personnel possess 
training and experience commensurate with their duties.
    The project period of the grant may be from one to three years. In 
the application, the project period should be divided into 12-month 
budget periods. Each 12-month budget should be clearly delineated and 
justified in terms of the proposed activities.
    Collaboration: We encourage collaboration in the conduct of 
research. For example, major research universities and institutions may 
collaborate with historically underrepresented institutions, such as 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving 
Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and Universities.
    For Applications Contact: Education Publications Center (ED Pubs), 
P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Telephone (toll free): 1-877-433-
7827. FAX: (301) 470-1244. If you use a telecommunications device for 
the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll free): 1-877-576-7734.
    You may also contact ED Pubs at its web site: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html
    Or you may contact ED Pubs at its E-mail address:
    [email protected]
    If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify 
this competition as follows: CFDA Number 84.305T.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Seresa Simpson, Field-Initiated 
Studies Education Research Grants Program, Office of Educational 
Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education, 555 New Jersey 
Avenue, NW., room 606c, Washington, DC 20208-5510. Telephone: (202) 
219-1591. E-Mail: [email protected].
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may 
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an 
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer 
diskette) on request to the program contact person listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application 
package in an alternative format by contacting that person. However, 
the Department is not able to reproduce in an alternative format the 
standard forms included in the application.

Electronic Access to This Document

    You may view this document, as well as all other Department of 
Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or Adobe 
Portable Document Format (PDF) on the Internet at either of the 
following sites:

http//ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm
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about using PDF, call the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), toll 
free, at 1-888-293-6498 or in the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512-
1530.


    Note: The official version of this document is the document 
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    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6031(c)(2)(B).

    Dated: July 11, 2000.
C. Kent McGuire,
Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement.
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