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Alaska: Juneau*

Arizona: Arizona Border* (Cochise, Santa

Cruz and Yuma Counties), Phoenix,

Window Rock*

Arkansas: East Central* (Cross, Lee, Monroe,

and St. Francis Counties), Mississippi

County*, Pulaski County

California: Imperial County*, Los Angeles,

Huntington Park, San Diego, San

Francisco, Bayview, Hunter’s Point,

Watonsville*, Orange Cove*

Colorado: Denver

Connecticut: Bridgeport, New Haven

Delaware: Wilmington

District of Columbia: Washington

Florida: Jackson County*, Miami, Dade

County, Tampa, Immokalee*

Georgia: Albany, Central Savannah River*

(Burke, Hancock, Jefferson, McDuffie,

Tallafero, and Warren Counties), Crisp

County*, Dooley County*

Hawaii: Kaunakakai*

Illinois: East St. Louis, Springfield

Indiana: Indianapolis, Austin*

Iowa: Des Moines

Kansas: Leoti*

Kentucky: Louisville, Bowling Green*

Louisiana: Macon Ridge* (Catahoula,

Concordia, Franklin, Morehouse, and

Tensas Parishes), New Orleans, Northeast

Louisiana Delta* (Madison Parish),

Ouachita Parish

Maine: Lewiston*

Massachusetts: Lowell, Springfield

Michigan: Five Cap*, Flint, Muskegon,

Harrison*

Minnesota: Minneapolis, St. Paul

Mississippi: Jackson, North Delta Area*

(Panola, Quitman, and Tallahatchie

Counties)

Missouri: East Prairie*, St. Louis

Montana: Poplar*

Nebraska: Omaha

Nevada: Clarke County, Las Vegas

New Hampshire: Manchester

New Jersey: Newark

New Mexico: Albuquerque, La Jicarita*

(Mora, Rio Arriba, Taos Counties),

Deming*

New York: Albany, Schenectady, Troy,

Buffalo, Newburg, Kingston, Rochester

North Carolina: Charlotte, Edgecombe,

Halifax, Wilson*, Robeson Counties

Ohio: Akron, Columbus, Greater Portsmouth*

(Scioto County)

Oklahoma: Choctaw, McCurtain Counties*,

Oklahoma City, Ada*

Oregon: Josephine County*, Portland

Pennsylvania: Lock Haven*, Harrisburg,

Pittsburgh, Uniontown*

Rhode Island: Providence

South Carolina: Hallandale*, Charleston,

Williamsburg, Florence County*

South Dakota: Beadle, Spink Counties*

Tennessee: Fayette*, Haywood Counties*,

Memphis, Nashville, Rutledge*

Tennessee/Kentucky: Scott, McCreary

Counties*

Texas: Dallas, El Paso, San Antonio, Waco,

Uvalde*

Utah: Ogden

Vermont: Burlington

Virginia: Accomack* (Northhampton

County), Norfolk

Washington: Lower Yakima County*, Seattle,

Tacoma, Collie*

West Virginia: Charleston*, Huntington,

McDowell County*, West Central

Appalachia* (Braxton, Clay, Fayette,

Nicholas, and Roane)

Wisconsin: Milwaukee, Keshena*

[FR Doc. 01–128 Filed 1–2–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

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 singleyear 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

You may view this document, as well

as all other Department of Education

documents published in the Federal

Register, in text or Adobe Portable

Document Format (PDF) on the Internet

at either of the following sites: http://

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

www.ed.gov/news.html.

To use PDF you must have Adobe

Acrobat Reader, which is available free

at either of the previous sites. If you

have questions about using PDF, call the

U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO),

toll free, at 1–888–293–6498; or in the

Washington, DC area at (202) 512–1530.

Note: The official version of this document

is the document published in the Federal

Register. Free Internet access to the official

edition of the Federal Register and the Code

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO

Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/

index.html

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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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Science; Office of Science

Financial Assistance Program Notice

01–15: Energy Biosciences

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy

(DOE).

ACTION: Notice inviting grant

applications.

SUMMARY: The Office of Basic Energy

Sciences of the Office of Science (SC),

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites

preapplications from potential

applicants for research funding in the

Energy Biosciences program area. The

intent in asking for a preapplication is

to save the time and effort of applicants

in preparing and submitting a formal

project application that may be

inappropriate for the program. The

preapplication should consist of a two

to three page concept paper that focuses

on the scientific objectives and basic

research approaches planned. No budget

information or biographical data need

be included; nor is an institutional

endorsement necessary. The

preapplication gives us the opportunity

to advise potential applicants on the

suitability of the scope of the research

proposed to the mission of the DOE

Energy Biosciences program. A response

indicating the appropriateness of

submitting a formal application will be

sent from the Energy Biosciences

program office in time to allow for an

adequate preparation period for a formal

application.

DATES: For timely consideration, all

preapplications should be received by

March 1, 2001. However, earlier

submissions will be gladly accepted. A

response to timely preapplications will

be communicated to the applicant by

April 12, 2001. The deadline for receipt

of formal applications is June 13, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Preapplications referencing

Program Notice 01–15 should be

forwarded to: U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences,

SC–143, Chemical Sciences,

Geosciences and Biosciences Division,

19901 Germantown Road, Germantown,

MD 20874–1290, Attn: Program Notice

01–15. Fax submissions are acceptable

(Fax Number (301) 903–1003).

Formal applications, referencing

Program Notice 01–15, must be sent to:

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of

Science, Grants and Contracts Division,

SC–64, 19901 Germantown Road,

Germantown, MD 20874–1290, ATTN:

Program Notice 01–15. This address

must also be used when submitting

applications by U.S. Postal Service

Express Mail or any commercial

overnight delivery service, or when

hand-carried by the applicant.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Pat Snyder, Chemical Sciences,

Geosciences and Biosciences Division,

Office of Basic Energy Sciences, SC–

143, 19901 Germantown Road,

Germantown, MD 20874–1290,

telephone (301) 903–2873; E-mail

pat.snyder@science.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Potential

applicants should submit a brief

preapplication which consists of two to

three pages of narrative describing

research objectives. These will be

reviewed relative to the scope and the

research needs of the Energy

Biosciences program. The principal

purpose in using preapplications is to

reduce the expenditure of time and

effort of all parties.

The Energy Biosciences program has

the mission of generating knowledge

about plants and non-medical related

microorganisms that provide scientific

foundations for future energy related

biotechnologies. The objective is to

pursue basic biochemical, genetic and

physiological investigations that may

contribute towards providing alternate

fuels, petroleum replacement products,

energy conservation measures as well as

other technologies related to DOE

programs. Areas of interest include

bioenergetic systems, including

photosynthesis; control of plant growth

and development, including metabolic,

genetic, and hormonal and ambient

factor regulation, metabolic diversity,

ion uptake, transport and accumulation,

stress physiology and adaptation;

genetic transmission and expression;

plant-microbial interactions; plant cell

wall structure and function;

lignocellulose degradative mechanisms;

mechanisms of fermentations, genetics

of neglected microorganisms, energetics

and membrane phenomena;

thermophily (molecular basis of high

temperature tolerance); microbial

interactions; and one-carbon

metabolism, which is the basis of