[Federal Register: September 24, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 186)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No.: 84.015]
National Resource Centers Program for Foreign Language and Area
Studies or Foreign Language and International Studies and Foreign
Language and Area Studies Fellowships Program
Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY)
1997
Purpose of Program: The National Resource Centers Program makes
awards to institutions of higher education for general assistance in
strengthening nationally recognized centers of excellence in foreign
language and area or international studies. National Resource Centers
awards are used to support undergraduate centers or comprehensive
centers, which include undergraduate, graduate, and professional school
components. The Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships Program
makes awards to institutions of higher education for fellowship
assistance to meritorious students undergoing graduate training in
modern foreign languages and related area or international studies.
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship monies are used to support
academic year and summer fellowships.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education, public and
private, or combinations of those institutions.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: November 4, 1996.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: January 3, 1997.
Applications Available: September 27, 1996.
Available Funds: For FY 1997 the Administration has requested
$19,035,400 for new awards under the National Resource Centers Program
and $13,400,000 for the Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships
Program. However, the actual level of funding is contingent on final
congressional action.
Estimated Range of Awards: $125,000 to $225,000 for the National
Resource Centers Program.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $173,050 for the National
Resource Centers Program.
Estimated Number of Awards: 110 grant awards for the National
Resource Centers Program; for the Foreign Language and Area Studies
Fellowships Program 580 academic year fellowships and 300 summer
fellowships. It is anticipated that 130 institutions will receive
grants of fellowship allocations.
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships Program Cost-of-
Education Allowance: For the new grant cycle, student subsistence
allowance levels will be $10,000 for an academic year fellowship and
$2,400 for a summer fellowship. Institutional payments in lieu of
tuition will be $10,000 for an academic year fellowship and $3,600 for
a summer fellowship. Summer fellowships to be used on campuses other
than that of the student's home institution may also include travel
awards of $1,000 or the actual cost of travel, whichever is less. The
amount of the award will not include allowances for dependents. Foreign
Language and Area Studies Fellowships Program budgets should,
therefore, reflect costs of $20,000 per academic year fellowship,
$6,000 per summer fellowship requested, and summer travel awards, if
requested.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: 36 months, beginning August 15, 1997.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR Parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82,
85, and 86; (b) The regulations in 34 CFR Part 655; and (c) The final
regulations as published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal
Register, which will be codified in 34 CFR Parts 656 and 657.
Priorities for National Resource Centers
Absolute Priority: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR
656.23(a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(4), the Secretary gives an absolute
preference to applications that meet the following priority. The
Secretary funds under this program only applications that meet this
absolute priority:
Projects that include teacher training activities on the language,
languages, area studies, or general topic of the center.
Invitational Priorities: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) the Secretary is
particularly interested in applications that meet the following
invitational priorities. However, an application that meets these
invitational priorities does not receive competitive or absolute
preference over other applications:
Projects that include the following activities:
(1) Development and implementation of plans for evaluating and
improving foreign language programs in ways compatible with developing
national standards.
(2) Summer intensive language programs that are conducted in
cooperation with other institutions of higher education and offer
instruction providing the equivalent of a full academic year's work in
language training.
(3) Special library projects for acquiring or cataloging, or both,
unique collections carried out in cooperation with other institutions
of higher education.
(4) Initiating or strengthening linkages between language and area
studies programs and professional disciplines, including, but not
limited to, business, education, forestry, hotel management,
journalism, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, public administration, public
health, and social work.
(5) Developing new courses or curricula in disciplines and issues
that are currently underrepresented in the Center's basic program.
Page Limits for the Application Narrative: 35 pages for a single
institution application; 45 pages for a consortium application. FOR
Applications or Information Contact: Cheryl Gibbs, Karla Ver Bryck
Block, or Sara West, U.S. Department of Education, 600 Independence
Avenue, S.W., Suite 600-B, Portals Building, Washington, D.C. 20202-
5331. Telephone (202) 401-9798. 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.
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; on the Internet Gopher Server (at gopher://
gcs.ed.gov/); or on the World Wide Web (at http://gcs.ed.gov). However,
the official application notice for a discretionary grant competition
is the notice published in the Federal Register.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1122.
Dated: September 18, 1996.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
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