67692 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 248 / Monday, December 29, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 84.103A]

Training Program for Federal TRIO

Programs (Training Program); Notice

Inviting Applications for New Awards

Under the Training Program for

Federal TRIO Programs for Fiscal Year

(FY) 1998

Purpose of Programs: (a) To provide

Federal financial assistance to train the

staff and leadership personnel

employed in, or preparing for

employment in, projects under the

Federal TRIO Programs.

Eligible Applicants: Institutions of

higher education; and public and

nonprofit private agencies and

organizations.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Priorities:

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2) and

642.34(a) the Secretary gives

competitive preference to applications

that meet one or more of the following

priorities. The Secretary awards up to

8 1⁄3 points to an application that

provides effective training in one or

more of the following subjects:

(1) Student financial aid.

(2) General project management for

new directors.

(3) Legislative and regulatory

requirements for the operation of the

Federal TRIO Programs.

(4) The design and operation of model

programs for projects funded under the

Federal TRIO Programs.

(5) Retention and graduation

strategies.

(6) Counseling.

(7) Reporting student and project

performance.

(8) Coordinating project activities

with other available resources and

activities.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: February 20, 1998.

Applications Available: December 22,

1997.

Available Funds: The estimated

amount of funds available for this

program is based on the FY 1998

Appropriation Act for the Department.

Estimated Range of Awards:

$170,000–$280,000.

Estimated Average Size of Awards:

$250,000.

Estimated Number of Awards: 16.

Note: The Department is not bound by any

of the estimates in this notice.

Project Period: Up to 24 months.

Applicable Regulations: (a) The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 85, and

86; and (b) The regulations for this

program in 34 CFR part 642.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patricia S. Lucas, Federal TRIO

Programs, U.S. Department of

Education, 600 Independence Avenue,

S.W., The Portals Building, Suite 600 D,

Washington, DC 20202–5249.

Telephone: (202) 708–4804 or by

Internet to TRIO @ed.gov. Individuals

who use a telecommunications device

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal

Information Relay Services (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339 between 8 a.m. and 8

p.m., Eastern time, Monday through

Friday. Individuals with disabilities

may obtain this document in an

alternate format (e.g., Braile, 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.

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.

Electronic Access to This Document

Anyone may view this document, as

well as all other Department of

Education documents published in the

Federal Register, in text or portable

document format (pdf) on the World

Wide Web at either of the following

sites:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg/htm

http://www.ed.gov/news.html

To use the pdf you must have the

Adobe Acrobat Reader Program with

Search, which is available free at either

of the previous sites. If you have

questions about using the pdf, call the

U.S., Government Printing Office toll

free at 1–888–293–6498.

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070d–1d.

Dated: December 18, 1997.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

[FR Doc. 97–33690 Filed 12–24–97; 8:45 am]

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