[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 155 (Thursday, August 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48977-48978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20234]


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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) 2001

    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 supports 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 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 in this 
notice.
    Available Funds: The estimated amount of funds available for new 
awards under these competitions, as shown in the chart, is based on the 
Administration's request for these programs for FY 2001. The actual 
level of funding, if any, is contingent on final congressional action.

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                                                           Deadline for
 CFDA number and name of program      Applications        transmittal of     Estimated range   Estimated average   Estimated number     Project period
                                       available           applications         of awards        size of awards        of award
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84.019A--Fulbright-Hays Faculty   August 28, 2000....  October 27, 2000...    $20,000-$75,000            $47,000  30 fellow ships...  3-12 months.
 Research Abroad Fellowship
 Program.
84.021A--Fulbright-Hays Group     September 1, 2000..  October 23, 2000...    $30,000-$75,000            $69,000  36................  4-6 weeks for
 Projects Abroad Program.                                                                                                              short-term
                                                                                                                                       seminars and
                                                                                                                                       curriculum
                                                                                                                                       development
                                                                                                                                       projects.
                                                                                                                                      2-12 months for
                                                                                                                                       group research or
                                                                                                                                       study projects.
84.022A--Fulbright-Hays Doctoral  August 28, 2000....  October 27, 2000...    $10,000-$70,000            $27,000  115 fellow ships..  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, 86, 97, 98, and 99; 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

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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 meet 
this absolute priority:
    A group project funded under this priority must 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 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.
    Invitational Priority: Within the absolute priority specified in 
this notice, the Secretary is particularly interested in applications 
that meet the following invitational priority. However under 34 CFR 
75.105(c)(1) an application that meets this invitational priority does 
not receive competitive preference over other applications.
    Group study projects that provide opportunities for nationally 
recruited undergraduate students to study in a foreign country for 
either a semester or a full academic year.
    For Applications or Information Contact: Applications for all the 
programs are available at
www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/HEP/iegps/

    Faculty Research Abroad Program: Eliza Washington, U.S. Department 
of Education, International Education and Graduate Programs Service, 
1990 K Street, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20006-8521. Telephone: 
(202) 502-7633. 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, 1990 
K Street, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20006-8521. Telephone: (202) 
502-7624. 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 Programs Service, 1990 K Street, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC 
20006-8521. Telephone: (202) 502-7632. The e-mail address for Ms. Ver 
Bryck Block is:
[email protected]

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    Program Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2452(b)(6).

    Dated: August 4, 2000.
A. Lee Fritschler,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 00-20234 Filed 8-9-00; 8:45 am]
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