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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education;
Overview Information; Erma Byrd
Scholarship Program; Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2010
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.116E.
Dates:
Applications Available: February 24,
2010.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: March 26, 2010.
Applicable Regulations: The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84,
85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grant.
Estimated Available Funds for New
Awards: $833,750.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$2,500 (associate’s degree student);
$5,000 (bachelor’s degree student);
$10,000 (graduate degree student).
Estimated Number of Awards: 120.
The number of scholarships awarded
will be allocated between undergraduate
students and graduate students in the
same proportion as the number of
fundable applications received from
those groups of students, taking into
account the size of the awards to be
made to students in those groups.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 24 months.
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III. Eligibility Information and Program
Requirements
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The Erma Byrd
Scholarship Program provides
scholarships to individuals pursuing a
course of study that will lead to a career
in industrial health and safety
occupations, including mine safety.
This program is designed to increase the
skilled workforce in these fields at both
the fundamental skills level and the
advanced skills level. The program has
a service obligation component, which
requires recipients of the scholarship to
begin employment in a career position
related to industrial health and safety no
later than six months after completion
of the degree program, and to continue
to work in a career position related to
industrial health and safety, including
mine safety, for a period of one year.
The scholarships are available to
students in the following eligible areas
of study related to industrial health and
safety: Mining and mineral engineering,
industrial engineering, occupational
safety and health technology/technician,
quality control technology/technician,
industrial safety technology/technician,
hazardous materials information
systems technology/technician, mining
technology/technician, and
occupational health and industrial
hygiene.
Program Authority: For Federal fiscal
year 2010, the Erma Byrd Scholarship
Program is established by division D,
title III of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2010, Public Law
111–117.
1. Eligible Applicants: Individuals
who, at the time of application, are: (1)
Enrolled or planning to enroll in an
associate’s, bachelor’s, or graduate
degree program at an accredited U.S.
institution of higher education; (2)
within two years of completing a degree
in an eligible field of study under the
Erma Byrd Scholarship Program; (3) a
citizen, national, or permanent resident
of the United States; and (4) eligible to
receive Federal grants, loans, or work
assistance pursuant to section 484 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended (HEA).
2. Program Requirements:
(a) Satisfactory academic progress.
Scholarship recipients must maintain
satisfactory academic progress in
accordance with 34 CFR 668.34
throughout the period of funding;
additionally, they must submit a
Student Activities Report to the
Secretary at the end of each year of
funding, with a certification from an
authorized representative of the
institution that the student is
maintaining satisfactory academic
progress. If an Erma Byrd Scholarship
recipient does not maintain satisfactory
academic progress throughout the
period of funding or does not submit a
Student Activities Report to the
Secretary at the end of each year of
funding, the recipient is not eligible for
any additional funding and must repay
the scholarship amount as a Direct
Unsubsidized Student Loan with all the
associated repayment conditions,
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including interest charges and fees as
provided under title IV, part D of the
HEA.
(b) Service obligation. Scholarship
recipients must be employed in a career
position related to industrial health and
safety, including mine safety, for a
period of one year following the
completion of their degree program.
Scholarship recipients must begin such
employment no more than six months
after the completion of their degree
program. A scholarship recipient must
submit a verification of employment
report to the Secretary no more than six
months immediately after completion of
his or her degree program, reporting on
post-graduation activities, including
changes in their permanent address, email, phone number, and employment
status. Additionally, scholarship
recipients must submit a final
employment report to the Secretary at
the end of the one-year service
obligation period.
If an Erma Byrd Scholarship recipient
does not fulfill the complete service
obligation within eighteen months after
completion of his or her degree
program, the scholarship amount must
be repaid as a Direct Unsubsidized
Student Loan with all the associated
repayment conditions, including
interest charges and fees as provided
under title IV, part D of the HEA.
3. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
program does not require cost sharing or
matching.
4. Applicability of Rulemaking
Requirements. Under the
Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5
U.S.C. 553) and section 437 of the
General Education Provisions Act
(GEPA), 20 U.S.C. 1232(d)(1), the
Department generally offers interested
parties the opportunity to comment on
proposed eligibility and other program
requirements. Division D, title III of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010,
Public Law 111–117 provides, however,
that the provisions of section 553 of the
APA and section 437 of GEPA do not
apply to this program.
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 Erma Byrd Scholarship Program
Web site: https://www.ed.gov/programs/
ermabyrd/.
To obtain a copy from the
Department, write, fax, or call the
following: Lauren Kennedy, Erma Byrd
Scholarship Program, U.S. Department
of Education, Teacher and Student
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Development Programs Service, 1990 K
Street, NW., room 6133, Washington,
DC 20006–8524. Telephone: (202) 502–
7630. Fax: (202) 502–7852 or by e-mail:
ermabyrdprogram@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 accessible format (e.g., braille,
large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) by contacting the person listed
in this section.
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: February 24,
2010.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: March 26, 2010.
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 of this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements:
All applications must be submitted
electronically by e-mailing the
application in the form of a Microsoft
Word (.DOC or .DOCX) document to
ermabyrdprogram@ed.gov. Please note
that an electronic application in a
format other than Microsoft Word will
not be accepted.
If you are unable to submit your
application by e-mail and wish to
submit your application by mail, you
must submit a request for permission to
submit it by mail, no less than 10 days
prior to the application deadline date, to
Lauren Kennedy by e-mail to
ermabyrdprogram@ed.gov or by postal
mail to U.S. Department of Education,
Teacher and Student Development
Programs Service, 1990 K Street, NW.,
Room 6133, Washington, DC 20006–
8524. In your request, you must include
the reason why you are unable to submit
the application electronically.
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 of 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
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remains subject to all other
requirements and limitations in this
notice.
V. Application Review Information
1. Selection Criteria:
All applicants are required to
complete and submit the Erma Byrd
Scholarship Program Applicant
Information Form, which will be used to
determine the applicant’s eligibility for
the scholarship.
2. Review and Selection Process:
(a) Undergraduate applicants. In
selecting undergraduate students to
receive a scholarship, the Secretary will
award scholarships to students in the
order that the applications are received.
Priority will be given first to students
who have demonstrated financial need
and are eligible to receive a Federal Pell
Grant.
Qualified undergraduate applicants
who wish to have their Federal Pell
Grant eligibility considered as part of
their application must demonstrate
financial need by submitting a Free
Application for Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA), which may be obtained at
https://www.fafsa.ed.gov or from their
institution’s financial aid office, and by
submitting their Social Security Number
via postal mail using the Pell Grant
Eligibility Certification Sheet contained
in the Erma Byrd Scholarship Program
application package. Applicants who
have already submitted their FAFSA for
the 2010–2011 award year do not need
to resubmit the FAFSA.
The Secretary will award scholarships
to applicants who are eligible for
Federal Pell Grants and who are
enrolled in eligible fields of study in the
order that the applications are received.
If additional funds are available after
awards are made to undergraduate
students who are eligible for a Federal
Pell Grant, scholarships will be awarded
to qualified undergraduate students who
are not eligible for a Federal Pell Grant
in the order that their applications are
received.
(b) Graduate applicants. In selecting
graduate students to receive a
scholarship, the Secretary will award
scholarships to qualified students in the
order that the applications are received.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application
is successful, we notify you and your
U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators
and send a Grant Award Notification
(GAN) directly to the institution you
will be attending. The institution will
disburse funds to scholarship recipients
in accordance with its regular payment
schedule.
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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 of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining
the terms and conditions of an award in
the Applicable Regulations section of
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: Scholarship recipients
must submit a Student Activities Report
to the Secretary at the end of each year
of funding, which includes certification
from an authorized representative of the
institution that the student is
maintaining satisfactory academic
progress. In addition, a scholarship
recipient must submit a verification of
employment report to the Secretary no
more than six months immediately after
completion of his or her degree
program, reporting on post-graduation
activities, including changes in their
permanent address, e-mail, phone
number, and employment status.
Finally, scholarship recipients must
submit a final employment report to the
Secretary at the end of the service
obligation period.
At the request of the student, an
institution of higher education in which
a scholarship recipient is enrolled must
provide the student with written
certification from an authorized
representative of the institution that the
student is maintaining satisfactory
academic progress.
4. Performance Measures: The
effectiveness of the Erma Byrd
Scholarship Program will be measured
by graduation completion rates, time-todegree completion rates, and the
percentage of students fulfilling the oneyear service obligation within eighteen
months of graduation. The Department
will use the verification of employment
and final employment reports to assess
the program’s success in assisting
scholarship recipients in completing
their course of study and receiving their
degree, and entering the specified fields.
VII. Agency Contacts
For Further Information Contact:
Lauren Kennedy, Erma Byrd
Scholarship Program, U.S. Department
of Education, Teacher and Student
Development Programs Service, 1990 K
Street, NW., Room 6133, Washington,
DC 20006–8524. Telephone: (202) 502–
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7630 or by e-mail:
ermabyrdprogram@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll
free, at 1–800–877–8339.
VIII. Other Information
Accessible Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document
and a copy of the application package in
an accessible 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 of
this notice.
Electronic Access to This Document:
You can 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.
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/
index.html.
Delegation of Authority: The Secretary
of Education has delegated authority to
Daniel T. Madzelan, Director,
Forecasting and Policy Analysis for the
Office of Postsecondary Education, to
perform the functions and duties of the
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
Education.
Dated: February 19, 2010.
Daniel T. Madzelan,
Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis.
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Comment Request.
SUMMARY: The EIA has submitted the
Petroleum Supply Reporting System to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for a revision under section
3507(h)(1) of the Paperwork Reduction
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March 26, 2010. If you anticipate that
you will be submitting comments but
find it difficult to do so within that
period, you should contact the OMB
Desk Officer for DOE listed below as
soon as possible.
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Desk Officer for DOE, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget. To
ensure receipt of the comments by the
due date, submission by FAX at 202–
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Christine_Kymn@omb.eop.gov is
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20503. The OMB DOE Desk Officer may
be telephoned at (202) 395–4638. (A
copy of your comments should also be
provided to EIA’s Statistics and
Methods Group at the address below.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Grace Sutherland.
To ensure receipt of the comments by
the due date, submission by FAX (202–
586–5271) or e-mail
(grace.sutherland@eia.doe.gov) is also
recommended. The mailing address is
Statistics and Methods Group (EI–70),
Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of
Energy, Washington, DC 20585–0670.
Ms. Sutherland may be contacted by
telephone at (202) 586–6264.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
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the Department of Energy component;
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new, revision, extension, or
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categorical description of the likely
respondents; and (8) an estimate of the
total annual reporting burden (i.e., the
estimated number of likely respondents
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1. Forms EIA–800, 801, 802, 803, 804,
805, 809, 810, 812, 813, 814, 815, 816,
817, 819, 820 ‘‘Petroleum Supply
Reporting System’’
2. Energy Information Administration.
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of crude oil, petroleum products, and
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Respondents are operators of petroleum
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pipelines, natural gas plant facilities,
tankers, barges, and oil importers.
7. Business or other for-profit.
8. 209,958 total annual hours; 4,173
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EIA–800–805, and EIA–809—weekly;
EIA–810 and EIA–812–819—monthly;
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information; Erma
Byrd Scholarship Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.116E.
Dates:
Applications Available: February 24, 2010.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 26, 2010.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The Erma Byrd Scholarship Program provides
scholarships to individuals pursuing a course of study that will lead
to a career in industrial health and safety occupations, including mine
safety. This program is designed to increase the skilled workforce in
these fields at both the fundamental skills level and the advanced
skills level. The program has a service obligation component, which
requires recipients of the scholarship to begin employment in a career
position related to industrial health and safety no later than six
months after completion of the degree program, and to continue to work
in a career position related to industrial health and safety, including
mine safety, for a period of one year.
The scholarships are available to students in the following
eligible areas of study related to industrial health and safety: Mining
and mineral engineering, industrial engineering, occupational safety
and health technology/technician, quality control technology/
technician, industrial safety technology/technician, hazardous
materials information systems technology/technician, mining technology/
technician, and occupational health and industrial hygiene.
Program Authority: For Federal fiscal year 2010, the Erma Byrd
Scholarship Program is established by division D, title III of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, Public Law 111-117.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81,
82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grant.
Estimated Available Funds for New Awards: $833,750.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $2,500 (associate's degree
student); $5,000 (bachelor's degree student); $10,000 (graduate degree
student).
Estimated Number of Awards: 120. The number of scholarships awarded
will be allocated between undergraduate students and graduate students
in the same proportion as the number of fundable applications received
from those groups of students, taking into account the size of the
awards to be made to students in those groups.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 24 months.
III. Eligibility Information and Program Requirements
1. Eligible Applicants: Individuals who, at the time of
application, are: (1) Enrolled or planning to enroll in an associate's,
bachelor's, or graduate degree program at an accredited U.S.
institution of higher education; (2) within two years of completing a
degree in an eligible field of study under the Erma Byrd Scholarship
Program; (3) a citizen, national, or permanent resident of the United
States; and (4) eligible to receive Federal grants, loans, or work
assistance pursuant to section 484 of the Higher Education Act of 1965,
as amended (HEA).
2. Program Requirements:
(a) Satisfactory academic progress. Scholarship recipients must
maintain satisfactory academic progress in accordance with 34 CFR
668.34 throughout the period of funding; additionally, they must submit
a Student Activities Report to the Secretary at the end of each year of
funding, with a certification from an authorized representative of the
institution that the student is maintaining satisfactory academic
progress. If an Erma Byrd Scholarship recipient does not maintain
satisfactory academic progress throughout the period of funding or does
not submit a Student Activities Report to the Secretary at the end of
each year of funding, the recipient is not eligible for any additional
funding and must repay the scholarship amount as a Direct Unsubsidized
Student Loan with all the associated repayment conditions, including
interest charges and fees as provided under title IV, part D of the
HEA.
(b) Service obligation. Scholarship recipients must be employed in
a career position related to industrial health and safety, including
mine safety, for a period of one year following the completion of their
degree program. Scholarship recipients must begin such employment no
more than six months after the completion of their degree program. A
scholarship recipient must submit a verification of employment report
to the Secretary no more than six months immediately after completion
of his or her degree program, reporting on post-graduation activities,
including changes in their permanent address, e-mail, phone number, and
employment status. Additionally, scholarship recipients must submit a
final employment report to the Secretary at the end of the one-year
service obligation period.
If an Erma Byrd Scholarship recipient does not fulfill the complete
service obligation within eighteen months after completion of his or
her degree program, the scholarship amount must be repaid as a Direct
Unsubsidized Student Loan with all the associated repayment conditions,
including interest charges and fees as provided under title IV, part D
of the HEA.
3. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not require cost
sharing or matching.
4. Applicability of Rulemaking Requirements. Under the
Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553) and section 437 of
the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA), 20 U.S.C. 1232(d)(1), the
Department generally offers interested parties the opportunity to
comment on proposed eligibility and other program requirements.
Division D, title III of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010,
Public Law 111-117 provides, however, that the provisions of section
553 of the APA and section 437 of GEPA do not apply to this program.
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 Erma Byrd
Scholarship Program Web site: https://www.ed.gov/programs/ermabyrd/.
To obtain a copy from the Department, write, fax, or call the
following: Lauren Kennedy, Erma Byrd Scholarship Program, U.S.
Department of Education, Teacher and Student
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Development Programs Service, 1990 K Street, NW., room 6133,
Washington, DC 20006-8524. Telephone: (202) 502-7630. Fax: (202) 502-
7852 or by e-mail: ermabyrdprogram@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 accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape,
or computer diskette) by contacting the person listed in this section.
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: February 24, 2010.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 26, 2010.
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 of this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements: All applications must be
submitted electronically by e-mailing the application in the form of a
Microsoft Word (.DOC or .DOCX) document to ermabyrdprogram@ed.gov.
Please note that an electronic application in a format other than
Microsoft Word will not be accepted.
If you are unable to submit your application by e-mail and wish to
submit your application by mail, you must submit a request for
permission to submit it by mail, no less than 10 days prior to the
application deadline date, to Lauren Kennedy by e-mail to
ermabyrdprogram@ed.gov or by postal mail to U.S. Department of
Education, Teacher and Student Development Programs Service, 1990 K
Street, NW., Room 6133, Washington, DC 20006-8524. In your request, you
must include the reason why you are unable to submit the application
electronically.
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
of 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.
V. Application Review Information
1. Selection Criteria:
All applicants are required to complete and submit the Erma Byrd
Scholarship Program Applicant Information Form, which will be used to
determine the applicant's eligibility for the scholarship.
2. Review and Selection Process:
(a) Undergraduate applicants. In selecting undergraduate students
to receive a scholarship, the Secretary will award scholarships to
students in the order that the applications are received. Priority will
be given first to students who have demonstrated financial need and are
eligible to receive a Federal Pell Grant.
Qualified undergraduate applicants who wish to have their Federal
Pell Grant eligibility considered as part of their application must
demonstrate financial need by submitting a Free Application for Federal
Student Aid (FAFSA), which may be obtained at https://www.fafsa.ed.gov
or from their institution's financial aid office, and by submitting
their Social Security Number via postal mail using the Pell Grant
Eligibility Certification Sheet contained in the Erma Byrd Scholarship
Program application package. Applicants who have already submitted
their FAFSA for the 2010-2011 award year do not need to resubmit the
FAFSA.
The Secretary will award scholarships to applicants who are
eligible for Federal Pell Grants and who are enrolled in eligible
fields of study in the order that the applications are received.
If additional funds are available after awards are made to
undergraduate students who are eligible for a Federal Pell Grant,
scholarships will be awarded to qualified undergraduate students who
are not eligible for a Federal Pell Grant in the order that their
applications are received.
(b) Graduate applicants. In selecting graduate students to receive
a scholarship, the Secretary will award scholarships to qualified
students in the order that the applications are received.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we notify you
and your U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send a Grant Award
Notification (GAN) directly to the institution you will be attending.
The institution will disburse funds to scholarship recipients in
accordance with its regular payment schedule.
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 of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award in the Applicable Regulations section of 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: Scholarship recipients must submit a Student
Activities Report to the Secretary at the end of each year of funding,
which includes certification from an authorized representative of the
institution that the student is maintaining satisfactory academic
progress. In addition, a scholarship recipient must submit a
verification of employment report to the Secretary no more than six
months immediately after completion of his or her degree program,
reporting on post-graduation activities, including changes in their
permanent address, e-mail, phone number, and employment status.
Finally, scholarship recipients must submit a final employment report
to the Secretary at the end of the service obligation period.
At the request of the student, an institution of higher education
in which a scholarship recipient is enrolled must provide the student
with written certification from an authorized representative of the
institution that the student is maintaining satisfactory academic
progress.
4. Performance Measures: The effectiveness of the Erma Byrd
Scholarship Program will be measured by graduation completion rates,
time-to-degree completion rates, and the percentage of students
fulfilling the one-year service obligation within eighteen months of
graduation. The Department will use the verification of employment and
final employment reports to assess the program's success in assisting
scholarship recipients in completing their course of study and
receiving their degree, and entering the specified fields.
VII. Agency Contacts
For Further Information Contact: Lauren Kennedy, Erma Byrd
Scholarship Program, U.S. Department of Education, Teacher and Student
Development Programs Service, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 6133,
Washington, DC 20006-8524. Telephone: (202) 502-
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7630 or by e-mail: ermabyrdprogram@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
VIII. Other Information
Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this
document and a copy of the application package in an accessible 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 of this notice.
Electronic Access to This Document: You can 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.
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/.
Delegation of Authority: The Secretary of Education has delegated
authority to Daniel T. Madzelan, Director, Forecasting and Policy
Analysis for the Office of Postsecondary Education, to perform the
functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
Education.
Dated: February 19, 2010.
Daniel T. Madzelan,
Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2010-3717 Filed 2-23-10; 8:45 am]
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