[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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