# **MS Powerpoint Presentation: Selection Criteria II**

# **FY 2009 Technical Assistance Workshop**

# **Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Program (GAANN)**

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# GAANN Selection Criteria Presentation

## GAANN Technical Assistance Workshop

## Rebecca Green

## January 30, 2009

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# Highlights

## Selection Criteria

### Recruitment Plan

### Quality of Key Personnel

### Budget

### Adequacy of Resources

## Program Forms

### GAANN Statutory Assurances 

### GAANN Budget Spreadsheet(s)

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# Selection Criteria

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# Recruitment Plan (5 points) 

## Assessment of the applicant's recruitment plan.

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# Recruitment Plan (continued)

## Provide a plan to identify, recruit, and retain underrepresented groups. 

## Provide a plan to identify eligible students for GAANN, taking 648.40 into consideration.

## Highlight past success for recruiting from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds using statistical data to support your claims.

## Highlight past success for enrolling talented graduate students using statistical data to support your claims. 

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# Recruitment Plan (continued)

## GAANN Regulation 648.31:

### Carefully address **[how]{.underline}** you plan to recruit students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds.

#### Be **[realistic]{.underline}** when describing you plans for recruiting students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds.

#### Describe strategies you may already have in place to assist in the retention of students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds.

#### Use recent statistics and data to provide evidence of your success in recruiting students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds.

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# Quality of Key Personnel (5 points)

## Each application will be reviewed to determine the quality of key personnel the applicant plans to use on the project.

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# Quality of Key Personnel (continued)

## The qualifications of the project director and other key personnel to be used in the project.

### Applicant should designate either a department chair, graduate program director or other faculty member with leadership responsibilities as the project director. 

### Provide narratives regarding the background and experience of the project director and other key personnel that will be associated with the GAANN.

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# Quality of Key Personnel (continued)

## The time commitments of the principal investigator (PI) and other key personnel.

### GAANN regulations do not provide specific time commitments, however:

#### Most PI's will devote about 10 percent and the key personnel about five percent to 10 percent of their academic year to the project. 

#### State time commitment as a percentage.

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# Quality of Key Personnel (continued)

## Applicant should include a statement that will attest to its nondiscrimination employment practices to ensure that personnel are not selected without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, etc.

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# Budget (5 points)

## The applicant shows a clear understanding of the acceptable uses of program funds; and

## The costs of the project are reasonable in relation to the objectives of the project.

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# Budget (continued)

## Neither GAANN funds nor the institutional matching funds may be used to pay for overhead. 

### Section 648.64 (What are unallowable costs?) of the GAANN Program regulations. 

## Both federal GAANN funds and institutional matching funds are strictly for fellowships.

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# Budget (continued)

## Federal GAANN funds include:

### The maximum FY 2009 stipend amount is \$30,000.

#### For a fellow's subsistence 

### The FY 2009 institutional payment is \$13,552.

#### For a fellow's tuition and fees

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# Budget - Stipend

## A fellow's demonstrated level of financial need is determined under Title IV, Part F of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.

### GAANN Regulation 648.51 (What is the amount of a stipend?) 

## GAANN fellowship is awarded [after]{.underline} a student's need is determined

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# Budget - Institutional Payment

## Accepted in lieu of charging tuition and fees.

## Refer to Section 648.62 (How can the institutional payment be used?) of the GAANN Program regulations.

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# Matching/Cost-Share

## May be used to provide additional fellowships (fellows' need is to be determined using Title IV, Part F). 

## Refer to Sec. 648.63 (How can the institutional matching contribution be used?) of GAANN Program regulations.

## Each budget period the match/cost-share must be at least 25 percent of federal funds drawn down.

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# Adequacy of Resources (5 points)

## Offer details about Facilities, Equipment and Supplies specific to the fellow's field of study:

#### Facilities:

##### Laboratory and Office space available to fellows

##### Computer Labs

#### Equipment: 

##### Specific equipment and/or machines used for research in the project area

##### Laptops/computers available to fellows

#### Supplies:

##### Paper

##### Books

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# Program Forms

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# Program Forms

## Found only in the application booklet:

### GAANN Statutory Assurances Form

### GAANN Budget Spreadsheet(s) Form

### Instruction provided in application booklet on how to upload documents.

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# GAANN Budget Spreadsheet(s) Form Single Disciplinary Programs

## Single Disciplinary Programs

### Requests funding for one program of study in one of the GAANN areas of need.

### Must state the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code of the area in which the Master's or Doctoral degree will be awarded.

### Number of fellowships awarded from federal funds range from three to six.

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# GAANN Budget Spreadsheet(s) Form Interdisciplinary Programs

## Interdisciplinary Programs

### Requests funding for a program of study that involves academic fields in two or more disciplines.

### Must list the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) codes in for each of the areas in which the Master's or Doctoral degree will be awarded.

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# GAANN Budget Spreadsheet(s) Form Multidisciplinary Programs

## Multidisciplinary Programs:

### Consist of two or more programs of study in the GAANN areas of need that are independent and unrelated to each other.

### Funds are split between the departments that are awarded a GAANN.

### Use Sections A, B, C, and D of the budget forms.

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# GAANN Information

## <http://www.ed.gov/programs/gaann/index.html> 

## <OPE_GAANN_PROGRAM@ED.GOV>

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