[Federal Register: April 26, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 82)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA Nos. 84.036A and B]
Office of Educational Research and Improvement--Library Education
and Human Resource Development Program (Higher Education Act, Title II-
B, Institutes and Fellowships); Notice Inviting Applications For New
Awards for Fiscal Year 1996
Purpose of Program: Promotes high quality library and information
science education and provides fellowship and institute grants to
institutions of higher education and library organizations or agencies
to recruit, educate, and train persons, and to establish, develop, or
expand programs, through courses of study or staff development in
library and information science.
Eligible Applicants: Eligible applicants are institutions of higher
education, library organizations, and library agencies.
For Fellowship Projects for FY 1996, only new Master's degree level
applications will be accepted.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: 6/10/96.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: 8/9/96.
Applications Available: 5/1/96.
Estimated Available Funds:
(a) Institute Projects (84.036A): $1,000,000.
(b) Fellowship Projects (84.036B): $1,000,000.
Note: Applicants should note that Congress has not yet enacted
final appropriations for Department of Education programs for FY
1996. As a result of final action, funds available for this
competition could be reduced or even eliminated.
Estimated Range of Awards:
(a) Institute Projects (84.036A): $15,000-150,000.
(b) Fellowship Projects (84.036B): $22,000-170,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
(a) Institute Projects (84.036A): $82,000.
(b) Fellowship Projects (84.036B): $54,000.
Estimated Number of Awards:
(a) Institute Projects (84.036A): 12.
(b) Fellowship Projects (84.036B): 19.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Periods:
(a) Institute Grants. A long-term institute project must provide at
least one academic year but no more than 12 months of training; a
short-term institute project must provide at least one week but no more
than six weeks of training.
(b) Fellowship Grants. A new fellowship grant at the master's level
must be at least one academic year.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The regulations for this program in 34
CFR Part 776; and (b) The Education Department General Administrative
Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR Parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 85, and 86.
Priorities: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 776.5 the
Secretary gives an absolute preference to applications that meet one or
more of the following priorities. The Secretary funds under this
competition only applications that meet one or more of these absolute
priorities:
Institute Projects and Fellowship Projects
Absolute Priority 1: To recruit, educate, train, retrain and retain
minorities in library and information sciences.
Absolute Priority 2: To educate, train, or retrain library
personnel in areas of library specialization where there are currently
shortages, such as school media, children's services, young adult
services, science reference, cataloging, and library service
evaluation.
Absolute Priority 3: To educate, train, or retrain library
personnel in new techniques of information acquisition, transfer, and
management of communication technology.
Institute Projects Only
Absolute Priority 4: To educate, train, or retrain library
personnel to serve the information needs of the elderly, the
illiterate, the disadvantaged, or residents of rural America, including
Native Americans.
For Applications or Information Contact: Neal Kaske, U.S.
Department of Education, 555 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Room 300,
Washington, DC 20208-5571. Telephone (202) 219-1315. 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.
For Electronic Access to Information: Information about the
Department's funding opportunities, including copies of application
notices for discretionary grant competitions, can be viewed on the
Department's electronic bulletin board (ED Board), telephone (202) 260-
9950; or on the Internet Gopher Server at GOPHER.ED.GOV (under
Announcements, Bulletins and Press Releases) or the WWW server at
http://www.ed.gov/ (under Money Matters, Funding Opportunities).
However, the official application notice for a discretionary grant
competition is the notice published in the Federal Register.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1021, 1032.
Dated: April 23, 1996.
Sharon P. Robinson,
Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement.
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