[Federal Register: January 28, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 18)] [Notices] [Page 4401] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr28ja99-47] [[Page 4401]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [CFDA No. 84.305T] Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI); National Research Institutes' Field-Initiated Studies (FIS) Research Grant Program; Notice of Extension of Deadline for Receipt of Applications and Applications Availability Date for Fiscal Year 1999 On December 14, 1998, the Secretary published in the Federal Register (63 FR 68985) a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year 1999 for the FIS Research Grant Program. The Secretary extends the deadline date for the receipt of applications for the OERI fiscal year 1999 FIS grants from February 19, 1999, to March 26, 1999. Application packages will be available on January 29, 1999. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR APPLICATION: To request an application or to obtain further information, write to the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education, 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Room 604, Washington, DC 20208, or contact Veda Bright by e-mail at veda__bright@ed.gov or by telephone at (202) 219-1935. Application packages will be available electronically on the World Wide Web at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/FIS/ Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday. 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. Electronic Access to This Document Anyone may view this document, as well as all other Department of Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or portable document format (pdf) via the Internet at either of the following sites: http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm http://www.ed.gov/news.html To use the pdf you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader Program with Search, which is available free at either of the previous sites. If you have questions about using the pdf, call the U.S. Government Printing Office at (202) 512-1530 or, toll free, at 1-888-293-6498. Anyone may also view these documents in text copy only on an electronic bulletin board of the Department. Telephone: (202) 219-1511, or toll free, 1-800-222-4922. The documents are located under Option G--Files/Announcements, Bulletins and Press Releases. Note: The official version of a document is the document published in the Federal Register. Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6031(c)(2)(B) Dated: January 25, 1999. C. Kent McGuire, Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement. [FR Doc. 99-2128 Filed 1-27-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P