Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Postsecondary education Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need,
[Federal Register: July 8, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 130)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No: 84.200]
Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Inviting Applications for new Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000
Purpose of Program: This program provides fellowships in areas of national need through academic departments and programs of institutions of higher education to assist graduate students with excellent records who demonstrate financial need and plan to pursue the highest degree available in their course of study.
Eligible Applicants: Academic departments and programs of institutions of higher education that meet the requirements in 34 CFR 648.2.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: October 4, 1999.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: December 3, 1999.
Applications Available: July 16, 1999.
Available Funds: $18,054,000. The estimated amount of funds available for new awards is based on the Administration's request for this program for FY 2000. The actual level of funding, if any, is contingent on final congressional action.
Estimated Range of Awards: $126,875--$750,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $138,000 per year.
Estimated Number of Awards: 130.
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, 82, 85, and 86; and (b) The regulations in 34 CFR part 648.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Stipend Level: The Secretary has determined that the maximum fellowship stipend for academic year 1999-2000 is $15,000, which is equal to that provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) graduate fellowships. Should the NSF increase its graduate fellowship stipends for the academic year 2000-2001, we will make a parallel increase in GAANN fellowship stipends.
Institutional Payment: The Secretary estimates that the institutional payment for academic year 1999-2000 is $10,375. The Secretary will adjust the institutional payment prior to the issuance of grant awards based on the Department of Labor's projection in December 1999 of the Consumer Price Index for the year 2000.
Priorities
Absolute Priority--Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 648.33, the Secretary gives an absolute preference to applications that meet the following priority. The Secretary funds under this competition only applications that meet this absolute priority:
A project funded under this priority must propose to provide fellowships in one or more of the following areas of national need: Biology, Chemistry, Computer and Information Sciences, Engineering, Geological and Related Sciences, Mathematics, and Physics.
Invitational Priorities: Within the absolute priority specified in this notice, the Secretary is particularly interested in applications that meet the following invitational priorities. However, under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) an application that meets these invitational priorities does not receive competitive or absolute preference over other applications.
Invitational Priority 1--Applications from interdisciplinary programs for projects designed to involve academic fields in two or more of the designated areas of need.
Invitational Priority 2--Applications from geological science programs for projects that will train Ph.D. students for careers in the field of computational earth science.
FOR APPLICATIONS OR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cosette H. Ryan, Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Program, U.S. Department of Education, International Education and Graduate Program Service, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Suite 600-B, Portals Building, Washington, DC 20202-5247. Telephone: (202) 260-3608. The e-mail address for Ms. Ryan is cosette__ryan@ed.gov. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-888-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an alternate format, (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on request to the contact person listed in the preceding paragraph. Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application package in an alternate format, also, by contacting that person. However, the Department is not able to reproduce in an alternate format the standard forms included in the application package.
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1135-1135ee.
Dated: July 1, 1999. Claudio R. Prieto, Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary Education.
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