[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46437-46439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22187]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA Nos. 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) 
2002.
    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 advanced 
intensive language projects, short-term seminars, curriculum 
development, or group research or study.
    (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.

DATES: The dates of availability of applications and the deadlines for 
the transmittal of applications under each of these competitions are 
listed in the chart in this notice.
    Estimated Available Funds: The Administration has requested for FY 
2002 (a) $1,400,000 for the Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program; 
(b) $3,459,000 for the Group Projects Abroad Program; and (c) 
$3,141,000 for the Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship 
Program. The actual level of funding, if any, depends on final 
congressional action. However, we are inviting applications to allow 
enough time to complete the grant process if Congress appropriates 
funds for these programs.

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                                                           Deadline for
   CFDA number and name of          Applications          transmittal of      Estimated range   Estimated average   Estimated number of   Project period
           program                   available             applications          of awards        size of awards          awards
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84.019A Fulbright-Hays         September 12, 2001...  October 29, 2001.....    $10,000-100,000            $46,667  30 fellowships......  3-12 months.
 Faculty Research Abroad
 Fellowship Program.
84.021A Fulbright-Hays Group   September 5, 2001....  October 22, 2001.....     35,000-200,000             72,063  48..................  4-6 weeks for
 Projects Abroad Program.                                                                                                                 short-term
                                                                                                                                          seminars and
                                                                                                                                          curriculum
                                                                                                                                          development
                                                                                                                                          projects.
                                                                                                                                         3-12 months for
                                                                                                                                          group research
                                                                                                                                          or study
                                                                                                                                          projects.
                                                                                                                                         36 months for
                                                                                                                                          advanced
                                                                                                                                          intensive
                                                                                                                                          language
                                                                                                                                          projects.
84.022A Fulbright-Hays         September 12, 2001...  October 29, 2001.....      10,000-70,000             26,846  117 fellowships.....  6-12 months.
 Doctoral 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 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation 
Research Abroad Fellowship Program; 34 CFR part 663 governing the 
Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program; and 34 CFR 
part 664 governing the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program.

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

Priorities

Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program and 
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program

    These competitions focus on projects designed to meet the following 
priority established by the Secretary for the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral 
Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program (34 CFR 662.21(d)) and 
the Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program (34 CFR 
663.21(d)):
    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.
    For FY 2002 this priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 CFR 
75.105(c)(3) we consider only applications that meet the priority.

Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program

    This competition focuses on projects designed to meet the following 
priority established by the Secretary for this program (34 CFR 
664.32(a)(2)):
    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.
    For FY 2002 this priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 CFR 
75.105(c)(3) we consider only applications that meet the priority.

Competitive Priority

    Within the absolute priority specified in this notice for the 
Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program, this competition focuses 
on projects designed to meet the following priority (34 CFR 664.30(b) 
and 34 CFR 664.31(g)):
    Short-term seminars that develop and improve foreign language and 
area studies at elementary and secondary schools.
    Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award up to an additional five 
points to an application, depending on how well the application meets 
the priority.

Invitational Priority

    Within the absolute priority specified in this notice for the 
Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program, we are particularly 
interested in applications that meet the following invitational 
priority:
    Group study projects that provide opportunities for regionally or 
nationally recruited undergraduate students to study in a foreign 
country for either a semester or a full academic year.
    Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do not give an application that meets 
the invitational priority a competitive or absolute preference over 
other applications.

For Applications and Further Information Contact

    Applications for all the programs are available at: www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/HEP/iegps/
    Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship 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, or via Internet: [email protected].
    Group Projects Abroad Program: 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, or via Internet: [email protected].
    Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship 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-

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7632, or via Internet: [email protected].
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diskette) on request to the program contact persons listed under For 
Applications and Further Information Contact.
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package 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:  22 U.S.C. 2452(b)(6).

    Dated: August 29, 2001.
Maureen A. McLaughlin,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning and Innovation, Office 
of Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 01-22187 Filed 9-4-01; 8:45 am]
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