[Federal Register: January 3, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 2)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No. 84.120A]
Office of Postsecondary Education; Minority Science and
Engineering Improvement Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New
Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2001
Purpose of Program: The Minority Science and Engineering
Improvement Program (MSEIP) is designed to effect long-range
improvement in science and engineering education at predominantly
minority institutions and to increase the flow of underrepresented
ethnic minorities, particularly minority women, into scientific
careers.
Eligibility for Grants: Under Section 361 of Title III of the
Higher Education Act (HEA), as amended, the following entities are
eligible to receive a grant under the MSEIP:
(1) Public and private nonprofit institutions of higher education
that:
(A) Award baccalaureate degrees; and
(B) Are minority institutions;
(2) Public or private nonprofit institutions of higher education
that:
(A) Award associate degrees; and
(B) Are minority institutions that:
(i) Have a curriculum that includes science or engineering
subjects; and
(ii) Enter into a partnership with public or private nonprofit
institutions of higher education that award baccalaureate degrees in
science and engineering;
(3) Nonprofit science-oriented organizations, professional
scientific societies, and institutions of higher education that award
baccalaureate degrees, that:
(A) Provide a needed service to a group of minority institutions;
or
(B) Provide in-service training for project directors, scientists,
and engineers from minority institutions;
(4) Consortia of organizations that provide needed services to one
or more minority institutions, the membership of which may include:
(A) Institutions of higher education that have a curriculum in
science and engineering;
(B) Institutions of higher education that have a graduate or
professional program in science or engineering;
(C) Research laboratories of, or under contract with, the
Department of Energy;
(D) Private organizations that have science or engineering
facilities; or
(E) Quasi-governmental entities that have a significant scientific
or engineering mission.
Eligible Applicants: (a) For institutional, design, and special
projects described respectively in 34 CFR 637.14 (a), (b), and (c):
public and nonprofit private minority institutions as defined in
section 361 (1) and (2) of the HEA.
(b) For special projects described in 34 CFR 637.14 (b) and (c):
nonprofit organizations, institutions, and consortia as defined in
section 361(3) and (4) of the HEA.
(c) For cooperative projects described in 34 CFR 637.15: groups of
nonprofit accredited colleges and universities whose primary fiscal
agent is an eligible minority institution as defined in 34 CFR
637.4(b).
Notes: 1. A minority institution is defined in 34 CFR 637.4(b)
as an accredited college or university whose enrollment of a single
minority group or combination of minority groups, as defined in 34
CFR 637.4(b), exceeds 50 percent of the total enrollment.
2. Section 365(4) of the HEA now defines the term ``science'' to
include ``behavior science.''
Applications Available: February 2, 2001.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 19, 2001.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: May 18, 2001.
Estimated Available Funds: $8,500,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $15,000-$500,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: The amounts referenced are
advisory and represent the Department's best estimate at this time. The
average size of an award is the estimate for a single-year project or
for the first budget period of a multi-year project.
Institutional
Estimated Range of Awards: $100,000-$200,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $120,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 23.
Design
Estimated Range of Awards: $15,000-$20,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $19,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 3.
Special
Estimated Range of Awards: $20,000-$150,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $75,000.
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Estimated Number of Awards: 12.
Cooperative
Estimated Range of Awards: $100,00-$500,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $280,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 3.
Estimated Number of Awards: 41.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 83,
86, 97, 98, and 99; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR
part 637.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of
higher education only.
For Applications and Further Information Contact: Mr. Kenneth Waters or
Ms. Deborah Newkirk, Institutional Development and Undergraduate
Education Service, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW, 6th
Floor, Washington, DC 20006-8517. Telephone: (202) 502-7591 or via
Internet: deborah_newkirk@ed.gov.
The government encourages applicants to FAX requests for
applications to (202) 502-7861.
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 program contact persons listed under For
Applications and Further Information Contact.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
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.
Electronic Access to This Document
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1067-1067k.
Dated: December 27, 2000.
A. Lee Fritschler,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary Education.
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