Office of Postsecondary Education; Talent Search and Educational Opportunity Centers Programs; Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2002 and Notice of Technical Assistance Workshops, CFDA Nos: 84.044 and 84.066 [OPE]


[Federal Register: June 11, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 112)]
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Office of Postsecondary Education; Talent Search and Educational 
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA Nos: 84.044 and 84.066]

Office of Postsecondary Education

 
Talent Search and Educational Opportunity Centers Programs

    Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 
2002 and Notice of Technical Assistance Workshops.

Purpose of Programs

    The Talent Search Program provides grants to enable applicants to 
conduct projects designed to (1) identify qualified youths with 
potential for education at the postsecondary level, and encourage such 
youths to complete secondary school and to undertake a program of 
postsecondary education; (2) publicize the availability of student 
financial assistance available to persons who pursue a program of 
postsecondary education; and (3) encourage persons who have not 
completed programs of education at the secondary or postsecondary 
level, but who have the ability to complete such programs, to reenter 
such programs.
    The Educational Opportunity Centers Program provides grants to 
conduct projects designed (1) to provide information with respect to 
financial and academic assistance available for individuals desiring to 
pursue a program of postsecondary education; and (2) to provide 
assistance to such persons in applying for admission to institutions at 
which a program of postsecondary education is offered, including 
preparing necessary applications for use by admissions and financial 
aid officers.
    Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education, public and 
private agencies and organizations, combinations of institutions, 
agencies, and organizations, and, in exceptional cases, secondary 
schools if there are no other applicants capable of providing a Talent 
Search or Educational Opportunity Centers project in the proposed 
target area.
    Applications Available: August 1, 2001.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: September 28, 2001--
Educational Opportunity Centers Program; October 19, 2001--Talent 
Search.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: November 28, 2001--
Educational Opportunity Centers Program; December 19, 2001--Talent 
Search Program.
    Estimated Available Funds: The Administration has requested 
$125,532,000 for the Talent Search Program and $37,890,000 for the 
Educational Opportunity Centers Program for FY 2002. 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 before the end of the fiscal year, if Congress appropriates 
funds for these programs.
    Estimated Range of Awards: $190,000-$553,000 for year 1 of a Talent 
Search project; $190,000-$953,000 for year 1 of an Educational 
Opportunity Centers project.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $317,000 for the Talent Search 
Program; $421,000 for the Educational Opportunity Centers Program.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 396 for the Talent Search Program; 90 
for the Educational Opportunity Centers Program.

    Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this 
notice.

    Project Period: Up to 60 months for both the Talent Search and 
Educational Opportunity Centers Programs.
    Page Limit for Talent Search and Educational Opportunity Centers 
Programs: The application narrative (Part III of the application) is 
where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria that reviewers 
use to evaluate your application. You must limit Part III to the 
equivalent of no more than 100 pages, using the following standards:
     A ``page'' is 8.5" x 11", on one side only, with 1" 
margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.
     Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch) 
all text in the application narrative, including titles, headings, 
footnotes, quotations, references, and captions, as well as all text in 
charts, tables, figures, and graphs.
     Use a font that is either 12-point or larger or no smaller 
than 10 pitch (characters per inch).
    The page limit does not apply to Part I, the cover sheet; Part II, 
the budget section, including the narrative budget justification; Part 
IV, the assurances and certifications; or the one-page abstract, the 
resumes, the bibliography, or the letters of support. However, you must 
include all of the application narrative in Part III.
    We will reject your application if--
     You apply these standards and exceed the page limit; or
     You apply other standards and exceed the equivalent of the 
page limit.
    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 
85, 86, 97, 98, and 99; and (b) The regulations for the Talent Search 
program in 34 CFR part 643 and the regulations for the Educational 
Opportunity Centers Program in 34 CFR part 644.
    For Applications Contact: Education Publications Center (ED Pubs), 
P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Telephone (toll free): 1-877-433-
7827. FAX: (301) 470-1244. If you use a telecommunications device for 
the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll free): 1-877-576-7734.
    You may also contact ED Pubs at its Web site: http://www.ed.gov/
pubs/edpubs.html.
    Or you may contact ED Pubs at its e-mail address: 
edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
    If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify 
this competition as follows: CFDA No. 84.044 (Talent Search) or CFDA 
No. 84.066 (Educational Opportunity Centers).
    Technical Assistance Workshops: We will conduct 10 technical 
assistance workshops for these programs. At these workshops, Department 
of Education staff will assist prospective applicants in developing 
proposals and will provide budget information regarding these programs. 
The dates and sites for the technical assistance workshops, which will 
be held in August, will be posted on the TRIO Web site in June. The 
TRIO Web site is: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/HEP/trio

Assistance to Individuals With Disabilities at the Technical 
Assistance Workshops

    The technical assistance workshops sites are accessible to 
individuals with disabilities. If you will need an auxiliary aid or 
service to participate in the workshop (e.g., interpreting service, 
assistive listening device, or materials in an alternative format), 
notify one of the contact persons listed under For Further Information 
Contact at least two weeks before the scheduled workshop date.
    For Further Information Contact: Talent Search Program: Clinton 
Black, Federal TRIO Programs, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K 
Street, NW, Suite 7000, Washington, DC 20006-8510. Telephone: (202) 
502-7600 or via Internet: TRIO@ed.gov; Clinton.Black@ed.gov.
    Educational Opportunity Centers Program: Margaret A. Wingfield, 
Federal TRIO Programs, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW, 
Suite 7000, Washington, DC 20006-8510. Telephone: (202) 502-7600 or via 
Internet: TRIO@ed.gov; Margaret.Wingfield@ed.gov.

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    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may 
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an 
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer 
diskette) on request to the program contact persons listed under For 
Further Information Contact.
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application 
package in an alternative format by contacting ED Pubs. However, the 
Department is not able to reproduce in an alternative format the 
standard forms included in the application package.

Electronic Access to This Document

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Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or Adobe 
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free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S. 
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    Note: The official version of this document is the document 
published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the 
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Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://
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    Program Authority:  20 U.S.C. 1070a-11 and 20 U.S.C. 1070a-12 
for the Talent Search Program; and 20 U.S.C. 1070a-16 for the 
Educational Opportunity Centers Program.

    Dated: June 6, 2001.
Maureen A. McLaughlin,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning, and Innovation, Office 
of Postsecondary Education.
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