66890 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 248 / Thursday, December 27, 2001 / Notices

Correction

In the Federal Register of December

14, 2001, in FR Doc. 01–30843, on page

64806, in the second column, under

SUMMARY, paragraph 4. The entire

paragraph is corrected to read as

follows:

A total of up to 400

AmeriCorps*VISTA members may be

allocated for placement. Applicant

organizations will be expected to place

no less than three (3)

AmeriCorps*VISTA members per site.

Under this announcement, small

supervision grants for all sponsors

selected for a supervisory grant of up to

approximately $200,000 total, will be

considered based on the size and scope

of the project. Short-term, eight-to-ten

week summer placements may also be

requested under this announcement.

Dated: December 19, 2001.

Matt Dunne,

Director, AmeriCorps*VISTA.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Science Financial Assistance

Notice 02–06: Albert Einstein

Distinguished Educator Fellowship

Program Administration

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy

(DOE).

ACTION: Notice inviting grant

applications.

SUMMARY: The Office of Science of the

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

announces its interest in receiving grant

applications for support to administer

the Albert Einstein Distinguished

Educator Fellowship Program.

Applications should be from not-forprofit organizations that have

experience in administering national

programs. The purpose of the program

is designed to provide outstanding

elementary and secondary mathematics

and science teachers the opportunity to

bring to Congress and appropriate

branches of the Federal government the

insights, extensive knowledge, and

practical experience of classroom

teachers. As Albert Einstein Fellows,

teachers can help to increase the

understanding, communication, and

cooperation between Congress, the

Department of Energy, other Federal

Agencies, and the mathematics and

science education community.

DATES: To permit timely consideration

for awards in FY 2002, formal

applications in response to this notice

should be received on or before January

30, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Completed formal

applications referencing Program Notice

02–06 should be forwarded to: U.S.

Department of Energy, Office of Science,

Grants and Contracts Division, SC–64,

19901 Germantown Road, Germantown,

Maryland 20874–1290, ATTN: Program

Notice 02–06. The above address must

also be used when submitting

applications by U.S. Postal Service

Express, any other commercial mail

delivery service or when hand carried

by the applicant.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cindy Musick, U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Science, SC–1

(FRSTL), 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20585. E-mail:

Cindy.Musick@science.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Albert

Einstein Distinguished Educator

Fellowship Act was signed into law in

November 1994. The law gives the

Department of Energy responsibility for

administering the program of

Distinguished Educator Fellowships for

elementary and secondary school

mathematics and science teachers.

Selected teachers spend up to one year

in a Congressional Office, the

Department of Energy (DOE), or in one

of several other participating agencies,

including the National Science

Foundation (NSF), the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration

(NASA), the National Institutes of

Standards and Technology (NIST), the

National Institutes of Health (NIH), the

Department of Education (ED), or the

White House Office of Science and

Technology Policy (OSTP).

Administration of the Albert Einstein

Distinguished Educator Fellowship

program must include, but is not limited

to, the following: (1) Advertise and

market the program, which may include

a website, electronic bulletin boards,

educational journals, professional

meetings, or through local, state and

national alliances; (2) administer the

application and review process,

including responding to inquiries

regarding the application process and

conducting the review of all

applications; (3) administer the

interview process of semi-finalists who

come to Washington, including travel

and lodging logistics and interview

arrangements with all participating

agencies; (4) plan and organize the

orientation of all new Fellows; (5)

provide letters and news releases of

Fellow appointments; (6) facilitate the

10-month fellowships, including

coordinating all Hill interviews and

placements, and planning professional

development activities; (7) monitor the

quality of each fellowship experience

and provide evaluation of the program

to the Department; and (8) prepare and

submit an annual report to the

Department and to the Congress, as

directed by the legislation.

It is anticipated that the funding level

for FY 2002 will be up to $460,000.

Contingent upon the availability of

appropriated funds, DOE expects to

make one grant in FY 2002 to meet the

objectives of this program. Multiple year

funding of this grant is expected,

ranging from $450,000 to $500,000 per

year for up to a five-year project period,

with funding provided on an annual

basis subject to availability of funds.

Merit Review

Applications will be subjected to a

scientific merit review and will be

evaluated against the following criteria,

which are listed in descending order of

importance as set forth in 10 CFR Part

605:

1. Educational benefits of the Project;

2. Appropriateness of the proposed

method or approach;

3. Competency of applicant’s

personnel and adequacy of proposed

resources; and

4. Reasonableness and

appropriateness of the proposed budget.

General information about

development and submission of

applications, eligibility, limitations,

evaluations and selection processes, and

other policies and procedures are

contained in the Application Guide for

the Office of Science Financial

Assistance Program and 10 CFR part 605

which is available on the World Wide

Web at: http://www.science.doe.gov/

production/grants/grants.html. DOE is

under no obligation to pay for any costs

associated with the preparation or

submission of applications if an award

is not made.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Number for this program is 81.049, and the

solicitation control number is ERFAP 10 CFR

part 605.

Issued in Washington, DC on December 17,

2001.

John Rodney Clark,

Associate Director of Science for Resource

Management.

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