[Federal Register: September 20, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 183)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No: 84.217A]
Office of Postsecondary Education; Ronald E. McNair
Postbaccalaureate Achievement (McNair) Program; Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2003
Purpose of Program: To provide grants for higher education
institutions to prepare low-income, first generation college students,
and students from groups underrepresented in graduate education, for
doctoral study.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education and
combinations of those institutions.
Applications Available: September 30, 2002.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: October 30, 2002.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: December 29, 2002.
Estimated Available Funds: The Administration has requested $36.9
million for this program for FY 2003. 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 if
Congress appropriates funds for this program.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Currently, there are McNair Program grantees
with both four and five-year grant award
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cycles that expire in FY 2003, FY 2004, and FY 2005, respectively.
However, to compete for a new four or five-year grant award, all
applicants, including those that have five-year grants that expire in
FY 2004 and 2005 must submit an application under the FY 2003
competition.
Grantees whose grants expire in FY 2004 and FY 2005: If such a
grantee is successful under this competition, its new award cycle will
begin when its existing grant expires on either October 1, 2004 or
October 1, 2005 subject to the availability of funds.
Estimated Range of Awards: $190,000-$316,000 per year.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $236,000 per year.
Estimated Number of Awards: 156.
Note: The Department is not bound by any of the estimates in
this notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Page Limit: 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:
[sbull] A ``page'' is 8.5'' by 11'', on one side only, with 1''
margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.
[sbull] 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.
[sbull] 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--
[sbull] You apply these standards and exceed the page limit; or
[sbull] 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, 80,
81, 82, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99; and (b) The regulations for this
program in 34 CFR part 647.
For Applications and Further Information Contact: Eileen S. Bland
or Reginald D. Williams, Office of Federal TRIO Programs, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW, Suite 7000, Washington, DC
20202-8510. Telephone: (202) 502-7600 or via Internet: TRIO@ed.gov.
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 contact persons listed under For
Applications and Further Information Contact.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternative format by contacting those persons. However,
the Department is not able to reproduce in an alternative format the
standard forms included in the application package.
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-11 and 1070a-15.
Dated: September 17, 2002.
Sally L. Stroup,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary Education.
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