[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 13, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52736-52737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20395]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4724-FA-02]


Announcement of Funding Awards for Fiscal Year 2002; Urban 
Scholars Fellowship 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 the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Reform Act of 1970, Title V, this document notifies the 
public of funding awards for the Fiscal Year 2002 Urban Scholars 
Fellowship 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 attract scholars with recent Ph.D.'s and academic 
appointments at institutions of higher education to undertake research 
now, and throughout their careers, on research topics of interest to 
HUD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Brunson, Office of University 
Partnerships, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 8106, 
451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-
3061, extension 3852. 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 Urban Scholars Fellowship Program is 
administered by the Office of University Partnerships under the 
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research. The Office of 
University Partnerships administers HUD's ongoing grant programs to 
institutions of higher education and creates initiatives which colleges 
and universities can bring their traditional missions of teaching, 
research, service, and outreach to bear on the pressing local problems 
in their communities.
    Eligible applicants include only Ph.D.'s who have an academic 
appointment at an institution of higher education and have received 
their Ph.D. no earlier than January 1, 1997. The Urban Scholar 
Fellowship Program provides each participating scholar $55,000 for 
expenses such as salary for two summers, graduate assistants to work on 
the research project, partial cost of paying for replacements to cover 
a reduced course load, computer software, the purchase of data, and 
travel expenses to collect data and make presentations at meetings.
    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program 
is 14.518.
    On May 1, 2002 (67 FR 21970), HUD published a Notice of Funding 
Availability (NOFA) announcing the availability of $550,500 in 
carryover FY 2001 funds for the Urban Scholars Fellowship 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.

List of Awardees for Grant Assistance Under the FY 2002 Urban 
Scholars Fellowship Program Funding Competition, by Name, 
Institution, Grant Amount and Research Topic

New England

    1. Dr. Brian Jacob, Harvard University, $55,000. The Effects of 
Housing Vouchers on Low-Income Families: Evidence from a Randomized 
Lottery for Section 8 Vouchers.

Mid-Atlantic

    2. Dr. Angela Foster, University of Pittsburgh, $55,000. The Path 
to Home Ownership: Racial Difference in the Home Ownership Process.
    3. Dr. Amy Hillier, University of Pennsylvania, $55,000. Searching 
for Red Lines: A GIS and Spatial Statistical Analysis of Mortgage 
Discrimination.

Midwest

    4. Dr. Lincoln Quillian, University of Wisconsin--Madison, $55,000. 
Sources of the Spatial Concentration of Poverty in U.S. Metropolitan 
Areas.
    5. Dr. Rachel Weber, University of Illinois-Chicago, $55,000. The 
Impact of Tax Increment Financing on Residential Property Values.

Southwest

    6. Dr. Nathan Berg, University of Texas-Dallas, $55,000. 
Perceptions and Housing Prices: A Longitudinal Case Study of Scattered-
Site Public Housing in North Dallas.
    7. Dr. James Elliott, Tulane University, $55,000. Immigrant 
Redistribution and Adaptation through Gateway Cities.

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    8. Dr. Cecilia Giusti, Texas A&M University, $55,000. 
Microbusinesses in the Texas-Mexico Border Region: Potential for 
Economic Community Development.

Northwest/Alaska

    9. Dr. Rachel Garshick Kleit, University of Washington, $55,000. 
HOPE VI New Communities: Mapping Relationships in Mixed-Income Housing.

    Dated: August 2, 2002.
Harold Bunce,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs.
[FR Doc. 02-20395 Filed 8-12-02; 8:45 am]
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