[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 70 (Monday, April 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19210-19211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8139]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4859-FA-02]


Announcement of Funding Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 Urban 
Scholars Fellowship Award Program

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research, Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

ACTION: Announcement of funding awards.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of the HUD Urban Scholar Fellowship Program is to

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provide encouragement to new scholars to undertake research now, and 
throughout their careers, on topics of interest to HUD. In accordance 
with the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 
1970, Title V, the purpose of this document is to announce to the 
public the names, research topics, and amounts awarded to the winners 
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Brunson, Office of University 
Partnerships, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 
8106, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410-6000, 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 General 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
    Eligible applicants for the Urban Scholar Fellowship Program 
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, 1998. The Urban Scholar Fellowship Program provides each 
participating scholar up to $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 October 10, 2003 (68 FR 57768), HUD published a Notice of 
Funding Availability (NOFA) announcing the availability of 
approximately $550,000 from the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution 
(Pub. L. 108-7; approved February 20, 2003), Division K for the 
Research and Technology Program, Office of Policy Development and 
Research for this program. Applications were reviewed, evaluated, and 
scored 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 2003 Urban Scholars 
Fellowship Program Funding Competition, by Name, Institution, Research 
Topic and Grant Amount

New England

    1. Scott W. Allard, Brown University, Department of Political 
Science, 36 Prospect Street, Providence, RI 02912. Title of Project: 
Access to Social Services in Urban America. Grant Amount: $54,590.
    2. Pascale Joassart-Marcelli, University of Massachusetts, 
Department of Economics, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125. 
Title of Project: Closing the Gap between Housing and Job Locations: 
The Role of Rental Assistance Programs. Grant Amount: $54,975.

New York/New Jersey

    3. Niki T. Dickerson, Rutgers University, Department of Labor 
Studies and Employment, 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. 
Title of Project: Residential Segregation and Access to Economic 
Opportunity for Blacks and Latinos. Grant Amount: $52,920.

Mid-Atlantic

    4. Tama Leventhal, Johns Hopkins University, Institute for Policy 
Studies, Wyman Building 546, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 
21218. Title of Project: The Influence of Neighborhood Transformation 
on Child and Adolescent Well-Being. Grant Amount: $55,000.

Midwest

    5. Christopher DeSousa, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 
Department of Geography, Milwaukee, WI 53201. Title of Project: 
Increasing residential development activity on urban brownfields: An 
examination of redevelopment trends, developer perceptions, and future 
prospects. Grant Amount: $51,084.

Midwest

    6. Nancy Theresa Kinney, University of Missouri, St. Louis, 
Department of Political Science SSB 347, 8001 Natural Bridge Road, St. 
Louis, MO 63121-4499. Title of Project: Strengthening the Participation 
of Faith-Based Organizations in Community Development: the Promise and 
Peril of the Congregational Spin-off Process. Grant Amount: $55,000.

Southeast/Caribbean

    7. Casey J. Dawkins, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State 
University, 211 Architecture Annex, Urban Affairs and Planning (0113), 
Blacksburg, VA 24061. Title of Project: Racial Gaps in the Transition 
to First-Time Homeownership: the Role of Residential Segregation. Grant 
Amount: $53,164.

Southeast/Caribbean

    8. Kristin E. Larsen, University of Florida, Department of Urban 
and Regional Planning P.O. Box 115706, Gainesville, FL 32611-5706. 
Title of Project: Defining Characteristics and Implementation: Analysis 
of Housing Trust Funds With a Focus on Florida's SHIP Program. Grant 
Amount: $52,862.

Pacific/Hawaii

    9. Thomas Davidoff, University of California, Berkeley, Haas School 
of Business, Berkeley, CA 94720. Title of Project: Prospects for 
Expansion of the U.S. Reverse Mortgage Industry. Grant Amount: $50,492.
    10. Stephanie Dyer, Sonoma State University, 222 Baja Avenue, 
Davis, CA 94928-3609. Title of Project: Markets in the Meadows: How 
Suburban Shopping Centers Changed the American City, 1920-1980. Grant 
Amount: $53,276.

    Dated: March 18, 2004.
Darlene F. Williams,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
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