[Federal Register: April 2, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 63)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No. 84.116J]
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)--
Special Focus Competition: European Community-United States of America
Cooperation Program in Higher Education and Vocational Education and
Training; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year
(FY) 2001
Purpose of Program: To provide grants or enter into cooperative
agreements to improve postsecondary education opportunities by focusing
on problem areas or improvement approaches in postsecondary education.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education and
vocational education and training or combinations of institutions and
other public and private nonprofit educational institutions and
agencies.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 29, 2001.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 30, 2001.
Applications Available: April 2, 2001.
Available Funds: $840,000 in fiscal year 2001; $2,370,000 over
three years.
Estimated Range of Awards: $25,000-$200,000 total for up to three
years.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $25,000 for one-year preparatory
projects; $50,000 per year for one- or two-year complementary
activities projects; $50,000 for year one of a three-year consortia
implementation project, with a $200,000 three-year total.
Estimated Number of Awards: 10-15.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR Parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
82, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Special Focus Competition, we will
award grants or enter into cooperative agreements that focus on problem
areas or improvement approaches in postsecondary education. We have
included an invitational priority to encourage proposals designed to
support the formation of educational consortia of institutions and
organizations in the U.S. and the European Union to encourage
cooperation in the coordination of curricula, the exchange of students
and the opening of educational opportunities between the U.S. and the
European Union. The invitational priority is issued in cooperation with
the European Union. European institutions participating in any
consortium proposal responding to the invitational priority may apply
to the European Commission's Directorate General for Education and
Culture for additional funding under a separate European competition.
Priority
Invitational Priority
The Secretary is particularly interested in applications that meet
the following invitational priority. However, an application that meets
this invitational priority does not receive competitive or absolute
preference over other applications (34 CFR 75.105(c)(1)).
Invitational Priority: Projects that support consortia of
institutions of higher education and vocational education and training
to promote institutional cooperation and student mobility between the
United States and the Member States of the European Union.
Methods for Applying Selection Criteria: The Secretary gives equal
weight to the listed criteria. Within each of the criteria, the
Secretary gives equal weight to each of the factors.
Selection Criteria: In evaluating applications for grants under
this program competition, the Secretary uses the following selection
criteria chosen from those listed in 34 CFR 75.210.
1. The significance of the proposed project, as determined by--
a. The extent to which the proposed project involves the
development or demonstration of promising new strategies that build on,
or are alternatives to, existing strategies;
b. The likely utility of the products (such as information,
materials, processes, or techniques) that will result from the proposed
project, including the potential for their being used in a variety of
other settings; and
c. The importance or magnitude of the results or outcomes likely to
be attained by the proposed project, especially improvements in
teaching and student achievement.
2. The quality of the design of the proposed project, as determined
by--
a. The extent to which the goals, objectives, and outcomes to be
achieved by the proposed project are clearly specified and measurable;
and
b. The extent to which the design of the proposed project is
appropriate to, and will successfully address, the needs of the target
population or other identified needs.
3. The adequacy of resources, as determined by--
a. The extent to which the costs are reasonable in relation to the
objectives, design, and potential significance of the proposed project;
b. The potential for continued support of the project after Federal
funding ends, including, as appropriate, the demonstrated commitment of
appropriate entities to such support; and
c. The relevance and demonstrated commitment of each partner in the
proposed project to the implementation and success of the project.
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 number 84.116J.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beverly Baker, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 8034, Washington, DC 20006-8544,
Telephone 202-502-7500.
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
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request to the contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the
application package in an alternative format, also, by contacting that
person. 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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Note: The official version of a document is the document as
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Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1135-1135a-3.
Dated: March 19, 2001.
Maureen McLaughlin,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning, and Innovation, Office
of Postsecondary Education.
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