Publication Date: November 19, 2015
Posted Date: November 19, 2015
Subject: Annual Process for Title III and Title V Designation, including waivers of the FWS and FSEOG Matching Requirements
FR Type: Notice
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 223 (Thursday, November 19, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 72422-72426] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2015-29527] ======================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Eligibility Designations and Applications for Waiver of Eligibility Requirements; Programs Under Parts A and F of Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as Amended (HEA), and Programs Under Title V of the HEA AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education (Department). ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Overview Information Notice announcing process for designation of eligible institutions, and inviting applications for waiver of eligibility requirements, for fiscal year (FY) 2016. This notice applies to the following programs: 1. Programs authorized under Part A, Title III of the HEA: Strengthening Institutions Program (Part A SIP), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (Part A ANNH), Predominantly Black Institutions (Part A PBI), Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions (Part A NASNTI), and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (Part A AANAPISI). 2. Programs authorized under Part F, Title III of the HEA: Hispanic-Serving Institutions STEM and Articulation (Part F, HSI STEM and Articulation), Predominantly Black Institutions (Part F PBI), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (Part F ANNH), Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions (Part F NASNTI) and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (Part F AANAPISI). 3. Programs authorized under Title V of the HEA: Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) and Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA). Dates: Applications Available: December 1, 2015. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: January 4, 2016. For Applications and Further Information Contact Christopher Smith or Jeffrey Hartman, Institutional Service, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room 6134, Request for Eligibility Designation, Washington, DC 20006-8513. You can contact these individuals at the following email addresses or phone numbers: Christopher.Smith@ed.gov, 202-219-7012, Jeffrey.Hartman@ed.gov, 202-502-7607. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf or a text telephone, call the Federal Relay Service, toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.