[Federal Register: February 29, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 40)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No. 84.344]
Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education;
Inviting Applications for TRIO Dissemination Partnership Program New
Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000
Purpose of Program: The TRIO Dissemination Partnership (TRIO
Dissemination) Program provides grants to TRIO Program grantees to
enable them to work with institutions and organizations that are
serving low-income and first-generation college students, but do not
have TRIO Program grants. The purpose of the TRIO Dissemination Program
is to replicate or adapt successful TRIO program components, practices,
strategies, and activities for the institutions and organizations that
are not TRIO Program grantees. The TRIO Programs are the Talent Search,
Educational Opportunity Centers, Upward Bound, Student Support
Services, McNair and Training Programs. For FY 2000, we encourage
applicants to design projects that focus on the invitational priorities
summarized in the priorities section of this application notice.
Eligible applicants: Institutions of higher education and private
and public institutions and organizations that were carrying out a
Federal TRIO grant before October 7, 1998, the date of enactment of the
Higher Education Amendments of 1998.
Applications Available: March 17, 2000.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 15, 2000.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 14, 2000.
Available Funds: $5,000,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $130,000 to $200,000 for Year 1 of the
project period.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $167,000.
Maximum Award: The Secretary will reject, without consideration or
evaluation, an application that proposes a budget exceeding $200,000
for the Year 1 budget period. The Secretary may change the maximum
amount through a notice published in the Federal Register.
Estimated Number of Awards: 25 to 30.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Page Limit: Part III of the application, the application narrative,
is where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria reviewers
use in evaluating the application. You must limit Part III to the
equivalent of no more than 75 pages, using the following standards:
* A ``page'' is 8.5" x 11", on one side only, with 1"
margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.
* 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.
* 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 certification; 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.
If, to meet the page limit, you use a larger page or smaller print
size, spacing, or margins than the standards in this notice, we will
not consider your application for funding.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82,
85, 86, 97, 98 and 99.
Priorities
Invitational Priorities: The Secretary is particularly interested
in applications that meet one or more of the invitational priorities in
the next six paragraphs. However, under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) an
application that meets one or more of the invitational priorities does
not receive competitive or absolute preference over other applications.
Invitational Priority 1--Effective Use of Educational Technology
Projects designed to share effective strategies for using
technology in a variety of ways, including innovative technology-based
instructional programs; use of technology to provide better access to
educational opportunities; and technology-based programs to equip
disadvantaged students with the knowledge and skills to compete for
jobs in the emerging world economy that require the use of new and
sophisticated technologies.
Invitational Priority 2--Business and Community Partnerships and K-12
Collaborations
Projects to assist communities with large numbers of low-income,
first-generation college students to develop effective business and
community partnerships and K-12 collaborations.
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Invitational Priority 3--Program Evaluation and Assessments of Student
Outcomes
Projects to assist institutions and agencies in using or adapting
successful strategies for operating performance-based programs.
Invitational Priority 4--Access Retention, and College Completion
Projects to assist institutions and agencies that do not have TRIO
grants in replicating or adapting effective access and retention
strategies for low-income, first-generation and disabled students.
Invitational Priority 5--Increased Participation of Underrepresented
Groups in Graduate Study
Projects designed to share successful TRIO strategies for
increasing the access, retention, and completion rates of low-income
and minority students in graduate study.
Invitational Priority 6--Advance the Awareness of Underserved Groups in
the Benefits of TRIO Programs
Projects that develop partnerships with institutions and
organizations serving Hispanic American and American Indian students,
especially Hispanic Serving Institutions and Tribally Controlled
Colleges and Universities, for the purpose of increasing access,
retention and completion rates of these students in postsecondary
education. The term ``Hispanic Serving Institution'' has the meaning
given the term in Title V, section 502(a)(5) of the Higher Education
Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). The term ``Tribally Controlled College
and University'' has the meaning given the term in Title III, section
316(b)(3) of the HEA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eileen S. Bland, Office of Federal
TRIO Programs, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW,
Washington, DC 20202-8510. Telephone: (202) 502-7600. The e-mail
addresses for Ms. Bland is: eileen__bland@ed.gov Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
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.
Technical Assistance Workshops: We will conduct seven technical
assistance workshops for the Dissemination Partnership Program. At
these workshops, Department of Education staff will assist prospective
applicants in developing proposals and will provide budget information
regarding this program. The technical assistance workshops will be held
as follows:
1. Washington, DC: April 13, 2000, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Room 1E110,
Washington, DC 20202. Contact: Venus Blount at (202) 502-7600.
2. New York: April 17, 2000, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., at John Jay
College of Criminal Justice, 445 West 59th Street, North Hall, Room
1311 New York, New York 10019. Contact: Karen Texiera at (212) 237-
8274.
3. San Diego: April 17, 2000, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., at San Diego
State University, 55500 Campanile Drive, Student Services Building,
Room 1500, San Diego, CA 92182. Contact: Gretchen Mitchell at (619)
594-6451.
4. Atlanta: April 19, 2000, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., at Morehouse
College, 830 Westview Drive, SW, The Kilgore Center, Room 201-203,
Atlanta, Georgia 30314-3773. Contact: Rubye Byrd at (404) 215-2671.
5. Denver: April 19, 2000, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., at Metropolitan
State College at Denver, Auraria Campus, 900 Auraria Parkway, Tivoli
Building, Suite 444, Denver, Colorado 80204. Contact: Steve Pordon at
(303) 556-2812.
6. Miami: April 21, 2000, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., at Miami-Dade
Community College, Wolfson Campus, 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Room 3202, Miami,
FL 33132-2204. Contact: Bernice Belcher at (305) 237-0940.
7. San Antonio: April 21, 2000, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at University
of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 North Loop 1604 West, Business Building,
University Room 2.06.04, San Antonio, Texas 78249-0654. Contact: Rita
Cortez at (210) 458-5852.
This information is also available at the following web site:
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/HEP/trio/dissem/
Assistance to Individuals with Disabilities at the Technical Assistance
Workshops
The technical assistance workshop sites are accessible to
individuals with disabilities. If you will need an auxiliary aid or
service to participate in the workshop (e.g., interpreting service,
assistive listening device, or materials in an alternate format),
notify the contact person listed in this notice at least two weeks
before the scheduled workshop date. Although we will attempt to meet a
request we receive after that date, we may not be able to make
available the requested auxiliary aid or service because of
insufficient time to arrange it.
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. Individuals who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) 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 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 84.344.
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-18
Dated: February 23, 2000.
Maureen McLaughlin,
Acting Assistant Secretary Office of Postsecondary Education.
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