[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 355-356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-129]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 84.120A]


Office of Postsecondary Education; Minority Science and 
Engineering Improvement Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New 
Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2001

    Purpose of Program: The Minority Science and Engineering 
Improvement Program (MSEIP) is designed to effect long-range 
improvement in science and engineering education at predominantly 
minority institutions and to increase the flow of underrepresented 
ethnic minorities, particularly minority women, into scientific 
careers.
    Eligibility for Grants: Under Section 361 of Title III of the 
Higher Education Act (HEA), as amended, the following entities are 
eligible to receive a grant under the MSEIP:
    (1) Public and private nonprofit institutions of higher education 
that:
    (A) Award baccalaureate degrees; and
    (B) Are minority institutions;
    (2) Public or private nonprofit institutions of higher education 
that:
    (A) Award associate degrees; and
    (B) Are minority institutions that:
    (i) Have a curriculum that includes science or engineering 
subjects; and
    (ii) Enter into a partnership with public or private nonprofit 
institutions of higher education that award baccalaureate degrees in 
science and engineering;
    (3) Nonprofit science-oriented organizations, professional 
scientific societies, and institutions of higher education that award 
baccalaureate degrees, that:
    (A) Provide a needed service to a group of minority institutions; 
or
    (B) Provide in-service training for project directors, scientists, 
and engineers from minority institutions;
    (4) Consortia of organizations that provide needed services to one 
or more minority institutions, the membership of which may include:
    (A) Institutions of higher education that have a curriculum in 
science and engineering;
    (B) Institutions of higher education that have a graduate or 
professional program in science or engineering;
    (C) Research laboratories of, or under contract with, the 
Department of Energy;
    (D) Private organizations that have science or engineering 
facilities; or
    (E) Quasi-governmental entities that have a significant scientific 
or engineering mission.
    Eligible Applicants: (a) For institutional, design, and special 
projects described respectively in 34 CFR 637.14 (a), (b), and (c): 
public and nonprofit private minority institutions as defined in 
section 361 (1) and (2) of the HEA.
    (b) For special projects described in 34 CFR 637.14 (b) and (c): 
nonprofit organizations, institutions, and consortia as defined in 
section 361(3) and (4) of the HEA.
    (c) For cooperative projects described in 34 CFR 637.15: groups of 
nonprofit accredited colleges and universities whose primary fiscal 
agent is an eligible minority institution as defined in 34 CFR 
637.4(b).


    Notes: 1. A minority institution is defined in 34 CFR 637.4(b) 
as an accredited college or university whose enrollment of a single 
minority group or combination of minority groups, as defined in 34 
CFR 637.4(b), exceeds 50 percent of the total enrollment.
    2. Section 365(4) of the HEA now defines the term ``science'' to 
include ``behavior science.''

    Applications Available: February 2, 2001.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 19, 2001.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: May 18, 2001.
    Estimated Available Funds: $8,500,000.
    Estimated Range of Awards: $15,000-$500,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: The amounts referenced are 
advisory and represent the Department's best estimate at this time. The 
average size of an award is the estimate for a single-year project or 
for the first budget period of a multi-year project.

Institutional

    Estimated Range of Awards: $100,000-$200,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $120,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 23.

Design

    Estimated Range of Awards: $15,000-$20,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $19,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 3.

Special

    Estimated Range of Awards: $20,000-$150,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $75,000.

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    Estimated Number of Awards: 12.

Cooperative

    Estimated Range of Awards: $100,00-$500,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $280,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 3.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 41.


    Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this 
notice.

    Project Period: Up to 36 months.
    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 83, 
86, 97, 98, and 99; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR 
part 637.


    Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of 
higher education only.


For Applications and Further Information Contact: Mr. Kenneth Waters or 
Ms. Deborah Newkirk, Institutional Development and Undergraduate 
Education Service, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW, 6th 
Floor, Washington, DC 20006-8517. Telephone: (202) 502-7591 or via 
Internet: [email protected].
    The government encourages applicants to FAX requests for 
applications to (202) 502-7861.
    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 persons listed under For 
Applications and Further Information Contact.
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application 
in an alternative format by contacting those persons. However, the 
Department is not able to reproduce in an alternative format the 
standard forms included in the application package.

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    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1067-1067k.

    Dated: December 27, 2000.
A. Lee Fritschler,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary Education.
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