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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education;
Overview Information; Jacob K. Javits
Fellowship Program; Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2008
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.170A.
Dates: Applications Available: August
29, 2007. Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: October 15, 2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of the Free
Application for Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA): January 31, 2008.
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Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
the Jacob K. Javits (JKJ) Fellowship
Program is to award fellowships to
eligible students of superior ability,
selected on the basis of demonstrated
achievement, financial need, and
exceptional promise, to undertake
graduate study in specific fields in the
arts, humanities, and social sciences
leading to a doctoral degree or to a
master’s degree in those fields in which
the master’s degree is the terminal
highest degree awarded in the selected
field of study at accredited institutions
of higher education. The selected fields
in the arts are: creative writing, music
performance, music theory, music
composition, music literature, studio
arts (including photography), television,
film, cinematography, theater arts,
playwriting, screenwriting, acting, and
dance. The selected fields in the
humanities are: American history, art
history (including architectural history),
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archeology, area studies, classics,
comparative literature, English language
and literature, folklore, folk life, foreign
languages and literature, foreign
languages that are less commonly taught
as follows: Arabic, Chinese, Japanese,
Korean, Russian, Indic family (including
Hindi, Urdu, Sinhala, Bengali, Nepali,
Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Oriya,
Assamese); Iranian family (including
Dari, Farsi, Tajiki, Kurdish, Pashto,
Balochi); and Turkic family (including
Turkish, Azerbaijani/Azeri, Kazakh,
Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Uzbek, Uyghur),
linguistics, non-American history,
philosophy, religion (excluding study of
religious vocation), speech, rhetoric,
and debate. The selected fields in the
social sciences are: anthropology,
communications and media,
criminology, economics, ethnic and
cultural studies, geography, political
science, psychology (excluding clinical
psychology), public policy and public
administration, and sociology
(excluding the master’s and doctoral
degrees in social work).
Invitational Priority: For FY 2008, this
priority is an invitational priority.
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do not
give an application that meets this
invitational priority a competitive or
absolute preference over other
applications.
This priority is:
Students Studying Less Commonly
Taught Languages.
Within the eligible fields under
Humanities, the Secretary is particularly
interested in receiving applications from
students studying foreign languages that
are less commonly taught as follows:
Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean,
Russian, Indic family (including Hindi,
Urdu, Sinhala, Bengali, Nepali, Punjabi,
Marathi, Gujarati, Oriya, Assamese);
Iranian family (including Dari, Farsi,
Tajiki, Kurdish, Pashto, Balochi); and
Turkic family (including Turkish,
Azerbaijani/Azeri, Kazakh, Kyrgyz,
Turkmen, Uzbek, Uyghur).
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1134–1134d.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75 (except as provided
in 34 CFR 650.3(b)), 77, 82, 84, 85, 86,
97, 98 and 99. (b) The regulations for
this program in 34 CFR part 650.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grant.
Estimated Available Funds:
$2,782,212.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$42,892.
Estimated Number of Awards: 64.
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Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 48 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Individuals
who at the time of application—(1) Have
not completed their first full year of
study for a doctoral degree or a master’s
degree in those fields in which the
master’s degree is the terminal highest
degree awarded in the selected field of
study, or will be entering a doctoral
degree program or a master’s degree
program in those fields in which the
master’s degree is the terminal highest
degree awarded in the selected field of
study in academic year 2008–2009; (2)
are eligible to receive grant, loan, or
work assistance pursuant to section 484
of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended (HEA); and (3) intend to
pursue a doctoral or master’s degree in
fields selected by the JKJ Fellowship
Board at accredited U.S. institutions of
higher education. An individual must
be a citizen or national of the United
States, a permanent resident of the
United States, in the United States for
other than a temporary purpose and
intending to become a permanent
resident, or a citizen of any one of the
Freely Associated States.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
program does not require cost sharing or
matching.
IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address To Request Application
Package: You can obtain an application
package via the Internet or from the
Department. To obtain a copy via the
Internet, use the following address for
the JKJ Fellowship Program Web site:
https://www.ed.gov/programs/
jacobjavits/.
To obtain a copy from the
Department, write, fax, or call the
following: Carmen Gordon, Jacob K.
Javits Fellowship Program, U.S.
Department of Education, Teacher and
Student Development Service, 1990 K
St., NW., Suite 6000, Washington, DC
20006–8524. Telephone: (202) 502–7542
or by e-mail:
ope_javits_program@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at
1–800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities can
obtain a copy of the application package
in an alternative format (e.g., Braille,
large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) by contacting the program
contact person listed in this section.
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Note: The FAFSA can be obtained from the
institution of higher education’s financial aid
office or accessed at: https://www.fafsa.ed.gov.
2. Content and Form of Application
Submission: Requirements concerning
the content of an application, together
with the forms you must submit, are in
the application package for this
program.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: August 29,
2007. Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: October 15, 2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of the FAFSA:
January 31, 2008.
Applications for grants under this
program must be submitted in paper
format by mail or hand delivery. For
information (including dates and times)
about how to submit your application
by mail or hand delivery, please refer to
section IV. 6. Other Submission
Requirements in this notice.
We do not consider an application
that does not comply with the deadline
requirements.
Individuals with disabilities who
need an accommodation or auxiliary aid
in connection with the application
process should contact the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT in section VII in this notice. If
the Department provides an
accommodation or auxiliary aid to an
individual with a disability in
connection with the application
process, the individual’s application
remains subject to all other
requirements and limitations in this
notice.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This
program is not subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34
CFR part 79.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference
regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable
Regulations section in this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements:
Applications for grants under this
program must be submitted in paper
format by mail or hand delivery.
a. Submission of Applications by
Mail. If you submit your application by
mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or
a commercial carrier), you must mail the
original and two copies of your
application, on or before the application
deadline date, to the Department at the
applicable following address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal
Service: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.170A), 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202–
4260; or
By mail through a commercial carrier:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center—Stop 4260,
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Attention: (CFDA Number 84.170A),
7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD
20785–1506.
Regardless of which address you use,
you must show proof of mailing
consisting of one of the following:
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service
postmark.
(2) A legible mail receipt with the
date of mailing stamped by the U.S.
Postal Service.
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or
receipt from a commercial carrier.
(4) Any other proof of mailing
acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S.
Department of Education.
If you mail your application through
the U.S. Postal Service, we do not
accept either of the following as proof
of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark.
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by
the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after
the application deadline date, we will
not consider your application.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not
uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before
relying on this method, you should check
with your local post office.
b. Submission of Applications by
Hand Delivery. If you submit your
application by hand delivery, you (or a
courier service) must deliver the
original and two copies of your
application by hand, on or before the
application deadline date, to the
Department at the following address:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.170A), 550 12th
Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center
Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260.
The Application Control Center
accepts hand deliveries daily between 8
a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC
time, except Saturdays, Sundays, and
Federal holidays.
Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper
Applications: If you mail or hand deliver
your application to the Department—
(1) You must indicate on the envelope
and—if not provided by the Department—in
Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number,
including suffix letter, if any, of the
competition under which you are submitting
your application; and
(2) The Application Control Center will
mail to you a notification of receipt of your
grant application. If you do not receive this
notification within 15 business days from the
application deadline date, you should call
the U.S. Department of Education
Application Control Center at (202) 245–
6288.
V. Application Review Information
1. Selection Criteria: The selection
criteria for this program are established
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by the JKJ Program Fellowship Board,
pursuant to section 702(a)(2) of the HEA
and 34 CFR 650.20(a). The selection
criteria for applications in the
humanities and social sciences are—(a)
Statement of purpose (150 points); (b)
Letters of recommendation (100 points);
(c) Academic record (100 points); and
(d) Scholarly awards/honors (50 points).
The selection criteria for applications in
the arts are—(a) Statement of purpose
(100 points); (b) Letters of
recommendation (100 points); (c)
Academic record (50 points); (d)
Scholarly awards/honors (50 points);
and (e) Supporting arts materials (100
points).
2. Review and Selection Process: The
review and selection process for the JKJ
Fellowship Program consists of a twopart process. Eligible applications are
read and rated by a panel of
distinguished scholars and academics in
the arts, humanities, and social sciences
on the basis of demonstrated scholarly
achievements and exceptional promise.
The second part of the evaluation is a
determination of financial need.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application
is successful, we will notify you by
telephone and we will send a Grant
Award Notice (GAN) directly to the
institution you will be attending.
If your application is not evaluated or
not selected for funding, we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy
Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy
requirements in the application package
and reference these and other
requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section in this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining
the terms and conditions of an award in
the Applicable Regulations section in
this notice and include these and other
specific conditions in the GAN. The
GAN also incorporates your approved
application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: On an annual basis,
fellows must submit their Student Aid
Report to the Javits Program Coordinator
at their institution, as directed by the
Secretary pursuant to 34 CFR 650.37. In
addition, Javits fellows are required to
submit an annual performance report.
The Department will contact fellows
regarding the completion of the annual
performance report.
4. Performance Measures: The
effectiveness of the JKJ Fellowship
Program will be measured by graduate
completion rates, time-to-degree
completion rates, and the costs per Ph.D
or master’s degree of talented graduate
students with demonstrated financial
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need who are pursuing the highest
degree available in their designated
fields of study. Institutions of higher
education in which the fellows are
enrolled are required to submit an
annual report documenting the fellows’
satisfactory academic progress and the
determined financial need. Javits
fellows are also required to submit an
annual performance report to assist
program staff in tracking time-to-degree
completion rates, graduation rates, as
well as the employment status of
individual fellows. The Department will
use the reports to assess the program’s
success in assisting fellows in
completing their course of study and
receiving their degree.
VII. Agency Contacts
For Further Information Contact:
Carmen Gordon, Jacob K. Javits
Fellowship Program, U.S. Department of
Education, Teacher and Student
Development Service, 1990 K St., NW.,
Suite 6000, Washington, DC 20006–
8524. Telephone: (202) 502–7542 or by
e-mail: ope_javits_program@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll
free, at 1–800–877–8339.
VIII. Other Information
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Alternative Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document
and a copy of the application package in
an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large
print, audiotape, or computer diskette)
on request to the program contact
person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII in
this notice.
Electronic Access to This Document:
You may view this document, as well as
all other documents of this Department
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Dated: August 24, 2007.
Diane Auer Jones,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
August 21, 2007.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric corporate
filings:
Docket Numbers: EC07–45–002.
Applicants: Morgan Stanley.
Description: Morgan Stanley responds to
FERC’s informal request for information
concerning the 12/29/06 Application for
Blanket Authorization to Acquire and Sell
Securities.
Filed Date: August 15, 2007.
Accession Number: 20070821–0155.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on
Wednesday, August 29, 2007.
Take notice that the Commission received
the following electric rate filings:
Docket Numbers: ER98–4109–002.
Applicants: El Dorado Energy, LLC.
Description: El Dorado Energy, LLC
submits an updated market power analysis
and revisions to its FERC Electric Tariff,
Original Volume 1.
Filed Date: August 16, 2007.
Accession Number: 20070820–0143.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on
Thursday, September 6, 2007.
Docket Numbers: ER01–2508–003.
Applicants: ENMAX Energy Marketing,
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Description: ENMAX Energy Marketing,
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Accession Number: 20070821–0056.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on
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Docket Numbers: ER02–2263–008.
Applicants: Southern California Edison
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Description: Southern California Edison
submits a notice of change in status.
Filed Date: August 16, 2007.
Accession Number: 20070820–0141.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on
Thursday, September 6, 2007.
Docket Numbers: ER03–198–008.
Applicants: Pacific Gas and Electric
Company.
Description: Amended Notice of Change in
Status of Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
Filed Date: August 21, 2007.
Accession Number: 20070821–5015.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on
Tuesday, September 11, 2007.
Docket Numbers: ER07–799–003; EL07–
61–002.
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Applicants: Norwalk Power LLC.
Description: Norwalk Power, LLC submits
its revised Reliability Must-Run Agreement
in compliance with FERC’s 7/16/07 Order.
Filed Date: August 15, 2007.
Accession Number: 20070820–0027.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on
Wednesday, September 5, 2007.
Docket Numbers: ER07–1085–001.
Applicants: Niagara Mohawk Power
Corporation.
Description: Niagara Mohawk submits the
non-redacted version of the Fulton Cogen
Agreement.
Filed Date: August 17, 2007.
Accession Number: 20070821–0057.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on
Friday, September 7, 2007.
Docket Numbers: ER07–1199–000.
Applicants: Airtricity Munnsville Wind
Farm, LLC.
Description: Airtricity Munnsville Wind
Farm, LLC submits an errata to correct the
inadvertent pagination of its initial rate
schedule FERC Electric Tariff Original
Volume 1.
Filed Date: August 16, 2007.
Accession Number: 20070820–0063.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on
Tuesday, August 28, 2007.
Docket Numbers: ER07–1289–000.
Applicants: ISO New England Inc.
Description: Participating Transmission
Owners submits proposed revisions to the
ISO New England Open Access Transmission
Tariff and the Transmission Operating
Agreement.
Filed Date: August 16, 2007.
Accession Number: 20070820–0160.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on
Thursday, September 6, 2007.
Docket Numbers: ER07–1290–000.
Applicants: Mid-Continent Area Power
Pool.
Description: Mid-Continent Area Power
Pool submits seventeen non-conforming
service agreements for reassignment of nonfirm transmission service and requests
waiver of the Commission’s filing
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Filed Date: August 16, 2007.
Accession Number: 20070820–0144.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on
Thursday, September 6, 2007.
Docket Numbers: ER07–1291–000.
Applicants: PacifiCorp.
Description: PacifiCorp submits revisions
to its Open Access Transmission Tariff,
effective 7/13/07 pursuant to Order 890.
Filed Date: August 17, 2007.
Accession Number: 20070820–0148.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on
Friday, September 7, 2007.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211
and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date. It
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information; Jacob K.
Javits Fellowship Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.170A.
Dates: Applications Available: August 29, 2007. Deadline for
Transmittal of Applications: October 15, 2007. Deadline for Transmittal
of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA): January 31,
2008.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of the Jacob K. Javits (JKJ)
Fellowship Program is to award fellowships to eligible students of
superior ability, selected on the basis of demonstrated achievement,
financial need, and exceptional promise, to undertake graduate study in
specific fields in the arts, humanities, and social sciences leading to
a doctoral degree or to a master's degree in those fields in which the
master's degree is the terminal highest degree awarded in the selected
field of study at accredited institutions of higher education. The
selected fields in the arts are: creative writing, music performance,
music theory, music composition, music literature, studio arts
(including photography), television, film, cinematography, theater
arts, playwriting, screenwriting, acting, and dance. The selected
fields in the humanities are: American history, art history (including
architectural history), archeology, area studies, classics, comparative
literature, English language and literature, folklore, folk life,
foreign languages and literature, foreign languages that are less
commonly taught as follows: Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian,
Indic family (including Hindi, Urdu, Sinhala, Bengali, Nepali, Punjabi,
Marathi, Gujarati, Oriya, Assamese); Iranian family (including Dari,
Farsi, Tajiki, Kurdish, Pashto, Balochi); and Turkic family (including
Turkish, Azerbaijani/Azeri, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Uzbek, Uyghur),
linguistics, non-American history, philosophy, religion (excluding
study of religious vocation), speech, rhetoric, and debate. The
selected fields in the social sciences are: anthropology,
communications and media, criminology, economics, ethnic and cultural
studies, geography, political science, psychology (excluding clinical
psychology), public policy and public administration, and sociology
(excluding the master's and doctoral degrees in social work).
Invitational Priority: For FY 2008, this priority is an
invitational priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do not give an
application that meets this invitational priority a competitive or
absolute preference over other applications.
This priority is:
Students Studying Less Commonly Taught Languages.
Within the eligible fields under Humanities, the Secretary is
particularly interested in receiving applications from students
studying foreign languages that are less commonly taught as follows:
Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Indic family (including
Hindi, Urdu, Sinhala, Bengali, Nepali, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati,
Oriya, Assamese); Iranian family (including Dari, Farsi, Tajiki,
Kurdish, Pashto, Balochi); and Turkic family (including Turkish,
Azerbaijani/Azeri, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Uzbek, Uyghur).
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1134-1134d.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75 (except as
provided in 34 CFR 650.3(b)), 77, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98 and 99. (b)
The regulations for this program in 34 CFR part 650.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grant.
Estimated Available Funds: $2,782,212.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $42,892.
Estimated Number of Awards: 64.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 48 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Individuals who at the time of
application--(1) Have not completed their first full year of study for
a doctoral degree or a master's degree in those fields in which the
master's degree is the terminal highest degree awarded in the selected
field of study, or will be entering a doctoral degree program or a
master's degree program in those fields in which the master's degree is
the terminal highest degree awarded in the selected field of study in
academic year 2008-2009; (2) are eligible to receive grant, loan, or
work assistance pursuant to section 484 of the Higher Education Act of
1965, as amended (HEA); and (3) intend to pursue a doctoral or master's
degree in fields selected by the JKJ Fellowship Board at accredited
U.S. institutions of higher education. An individual must be a citizen
or national of the United States, a permanent resident of the United
States, in the United States for other than a temporary purpose and
intending to become a permanent resident, or a citizen of any one of
the Freely Associated States.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not require cost
sharing or matching.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address To Request Application Package: You can obtain an
application package via the Internet or from the Department. To obtain
a copy via the Internet, use the following address for the JKJ
Fellowship Program Web site: https://www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/
index.html.
To obtain a copy from the Department, write, fax, or call the
following: Carmen Gordon, Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program, U.S.
Department of Education, Teacher and Student Development Service, 1990
K St., NW., Suite 6000, Washington, DC 20006-8524. Telephone: (202)
502-7542 or by e-mail: ope_javits_program@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities can obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the program contact
person listed in this section.
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Note: The FAFSA can be obtained from the institution of higher
education's financial aid office or accessed at: https://
www.fafsa.ed.gov.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements
concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you
must submit, are in the application package for this program.
3. Submission Dates and Times: Applications Available: August 29,
2007. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: October 15, 2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of the FAFSA: January 31, 2008.
Applications for grants under this program must be submitted in
paper format by mail or hand delivery. For information (including dates
and times) about how to submit your application by mail or hand
delivery, please refer to section IV. 6. Other Submission Requirements
in this notice.
We do not consider an application that does not comply with the
deadline requirements.
Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or
auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact
the person listed under For Further Information Contact in section VII
in this notice. If the Department provides an accommodation or
auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability in connection with the
application process, the individual's application remains subject to
all other requirements and limitations in this notice.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This program is not subject to
Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section in this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under
this program must be submitted in paper format by mail or hand
delivery.
a. Submission of Applications by Mail. If you submit your
application by mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a commercial
carrier), you must mail the original and two copies of your
application, on or before the application deadline date, to the
Department at the applicable following address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: U.S. Department of
Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.170A), 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-4260; or
By mail through a commercial carrier:
U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center--Stop
4260, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.170A), 7100 Old Landover Road,
Landover, MD 20785-1506.
Regardless of which address you use, you must show proof of mailing
consisting of one of the following:
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark.
(2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the
U.S. Postal Service.
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial
carrier.
(4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of the
U.S. Department of Education.
If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do
not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark.
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after the application deadline
date, we will not consider your application.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated
postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your
local post office.
b. Submission of Applications by Hand Delivery. If you submit your
application by hand delivery, you (or a courier service) must deliver
the original and two copies of your application by hand, on or before
the application deadline date, to the Department at the following
address: U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center,
Attention: (CFDA Number 84.170A), 550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041,
Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-4260.
The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily
between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, except Saturdays,
Sundays, and Federal holidays.
Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications: If you
mail or hand deliver your application to the Department--
(1) You must indicate on the envelope and--if not provided by
the Department--in Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, including
suffix letter, if any, of the competition under which you are
submitting your application; and
(2) The Application Control Center will mail to you a
notification of receipt of your grant application. If you do not
receive this notification within 15 business days from the
application deadline date, you should call the U.S. Department of
Education Application Control Center at (202) 245-6288.
V. Application Review Information
1. Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this program are
established by the JKJ Program Fellowship Board, pursuant to section
702(a)(2) of the HEA and 34 CFR 650.20(a). The selection criteria for
applications in the humanities and social sciences are--(a) Statement
of purpose (150 points); (b) Letters of recommendation (100 points);
(c) Academic record (100 points); and (d) Scholarly awards/honors (50
points). The selection criteria for applications in the arts are--(a)
Statement of purpose (100 points); (b) Letters of recommendation (100
points); (c) Academic record (50 points); (d) Scholarly awards/honors
(50 points); and (e) Supporting arts materials (100 points).
2. Review and Selection Process: The review and selection process
for the JKJ Fellowship Program consists of a two-part process. Eligible
applications are read and rated by a panel of distinguished scholars
and academics in the arts, humanities, and social sciences on the basis
of demonstrated scholarly achievements and exceptional promise. The
second part of the evaluation is a determination of financial need.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we will notify
you by telephone and we will send a Grant Award Notice (GAN) directly
to the institution you will be attending.
If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding,
we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy requirements in the application
package and reference these and other requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section in this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award in the Applicable Regulations section in this notice and
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: On an annual basis, fellows must submit their Student
Aid Report to the Javits Program Coordinator at their institution, as
directed by the Secretary pursuant to 34 CFR 650.37. In addition,
Javits fellows are required to submit an annual performance report. The
Department will contact fellows regarding the completion of the annual
performance report.
4. Performance Measures: The effectiveness of the JKJ Fellowship
Program will be measured by graduate completion rates, time-to-degree
completion rates, and the costs per Ph.D or master's degree of talented
graduate students with demonstrated financial
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need who are pursuing the highest degree available in their designated
fields of study. Institutions of higher education in which the fellows
are enrolled are required to submit an annual report documenting the
fellows' satisfactory academic progress and the determined financial
need. Javits fellows are also required to submit an annual performance
report to assist program staff in tracking time-to-degree completion
rates, graduation rates, as well as the employment status of individual
fellows. The Department will use the reports to assess the program's
success in assisting fellows in completing their course of study and
receiving their degree.
VII. Agency Contacts
For Further Information Contact: Carmen Gordon, Jacob K. Javits
Fellowship Program, U.S. Department of Education, Teacher and Student
Development Service, 1990 K St., NW., Suite 6000, Washington, DC 20006-
8524. Telephone: (202) 502-7542 or by e-mail: ope_javits_
program@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
VIII. Other Information
Alternative Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this
document and a copy of the application package in an alternative format
(e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the program contact person listed under For Further
Information Contact in section VII in this notice.
Electronic Access to This Document: You may view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the
Internet at the following site: https://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister.
To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available
free at this site. 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: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/
nara/.
Dated: August 24, 2007.
Diane Auer Jones,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
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