[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 156 (Monday, August 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 42562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20165]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4630-N-33]


Announcement of Funding Awards for Fiscal Year 2001 Early 
Doctoral Student Research Grant Program

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research, HUD.

ACTION: Announcement of funding awards.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this document 
notifies the public of funding awards for the Fiscal Year 2001 Early 
Doctoral Student Research Grant (EDSRG) Program. The purpose of this 
document is to announce the names and addresses of the award winners 
and the amount of the awards to be used to help doctoral students 
cultivate their research skills through the preparation of research 
manuscripts that focus on housing and urban development issues.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane Karadbil, Office of University 
Partnerships, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 
8110, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 
708-1537, extension 5918. To provide service for persons who are 
hearing- or speech-impaired, this number may be reached via TTY by 
dialing the Federal Information Relay Service on (800) 877-8399, or 
202-708-1455. (Telephone numbers, other than the two ``800'' numbers, 
are not toll free.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EDSRG program is administered by the 
Office of University Partnerships under the Assistant Secretary for 
Policy Development and Research (PD&R). This Office also administers 
PD&R's other grant programs for academics.
    The EDSRG Program was created as a means of expanding the number of 
researchers conducting research on subjects of interest to HUD. 
Students, who are in the early stages of their doctoral studies, have 
15 months to complete a major research study. Grants can be up to 
$15,000 each.
    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program 
is 14.517.
    On February 26, 2001 (66 FR 12409) HUD published a Notice of 
Funding Availability (NOFA) announcing the availability of $150,000 in 
FY 2001 funds for the EDSRG Program. The Department reviewed, evaluated 
and scored the applications received based on the criteria in the NOFA. 
As a result, HUD has funded the applications announced below, and in 
accordance with Section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987, U.S.C. 3545), the 
Department is publishing details concerning the recipients of funding 
awards, as set forth below. More information about the winners can be 
found at www.oup.org.

List of Awardees for Grant Assistance Under the FY 2001 Early 
Doctoral Student Reseach Grant Program Funding Competition, by 
Name, Address, Phone Number, Grant Amount and Number of Students 
Funded

    1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. Langley Keyes, Urban 
Studies and Planning, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, 
(617) 253-1540. Grant: $15,000 to Laurie S. Goldman.
    2. Ohio State University, Dr. Robert Greenbaum, School of Public 
Policy and Management, 300 Fisher Hall, 2100 Neill Avenue, Columbus, OH 
43210, (614) 292-9578. Grant: $15,000 to Thomas Mlay.
    3. Ohio State University, Dr. Donald Haurin, College of Social and 
Behavioral Sciences, 1010 Derby Hall, 154 N. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 
43210, (614) 292-8448. Grant: $15,000 to Lariece M. Grant.
    4. University of Colorado, Dr. Willem van Vliet, College of 
Architecture and Planning, Campus Box 314, Boulder, CO 80309, (303) 
492-5015. Grant: $14,135 to Jennifer Steffel.
    5. University of Illinois at Chicago, Dr. Janet Smith, Urban 
Planning and Policy Program, 412 South Peoria Street, Chicago, IL 
60607, (312) 996-2151. Grant: $15,000 to Barbara A. Sherry.
    6. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Dr. Gerrit Knaap, 
Urban and Regional Planning, 111 Temple Buell Hall, 611 Taft Drive, 
Champaign, IL 61820, (217) 333-3890. Grant: $15,000 to Yan Song.
    7. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dr. Roberto 
Quercia, Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Howell Hall CB 3140, 
Chapel Hill, NC 27599, (919) 962-4766. Grant: $15,000 to Lisa K. Bates.
    8. University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Eugenie Birch, City and Regional 
Planning, 127 Meyerson Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104, (215) 898-8329. 
Grant: $15,000 to Laura Lanza.
    9. University of Southern California, Dr. Yongheng Deng, School of 
Policy, Planning and Development, Lewis Hall, Room 331, Los Angeles, CA 
90089, (213) 740-5000. Grant: $15,000 to Zhou Yu.
    10. Washington University, Dr. Michael Sherraden, George Warren 
School of Social Work, One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1196, St. Louis, 
MO 63130, (314) 935-6691. Grant: $15,000 to Michal Grinstein-Weiss.

    Dated: July 26, 2001.
Lawrence L. Thompson,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
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