HUD Urban Scholars Fellowship Grants (14.518)
Program
14.518 HUD Urban Scholars Fellowship Grants
Federal Agency
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Authorization
Housing and Community Development Act of 1970, Title V, Public Law 91-609.
Program Number
14.518
Last Known Status
Deleted 05/26/2005 (Department no longer funds this program.)
Objectives
To provide financial encouragement to scholars with recent Ph.D.s and academic appointments at institutions of higher education to undertake research now, and throughout their careers, on research topics of interest to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Types of Assistance
Project Grants.
Uses and Use Restrictions
Costs incurred in the timely completion of a research project including salary for two summers, graduate assistants to work on the research project, partial cost of paying for replacements to cover a reduced course load, computer software, the purchase of data, travel expenses to collect data and make presentations at meetings, transcription services, compensation for interviews, and partial coverage of the university's indirect costs attributable to the project. Grants cannot be used for tuition, relocation, computer hardware, meals, or other costs not directly related to the research project.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicant Eligibility
Applicants must have their Ph.D.s and meet the following conditions: (1) they must have an academic appointment with an institution of higher education. This means that they must either be on a tenure track or be on a term (teaching or research) appointment that will extend beyond the 15-month duration of this fellowship; (2) they must have received their Ph.D.s no earlier than January 1, 1996; (3) it is realistic to believe that the proposed research project can be completed within the 15-month fellowship period; and (4) they must have specific support from their institutions. Support from the applicant's university is required. Institutions will be required to contribute, at a minimum, the following: (a) reducing the applicant's course load by at least one course per term or semester, but continuing to pay the applicant his/her full salary; (b) designating a member of the faculty to monitor the applicant's progress on his/her research project; (e) office space, computer usage, etc.; and (f) waived indirect costs above the eight percent allowed to be covered by this fellowship.
Beneficiary Eligibility
Beneficiaries are education professionals or researchers with Ph.Ds.
Credentials/Documentation
Applicants must demonstrate that they meet the eligibility requirements of: (1) having an academic appointment with an institution of higher education. This means that they must either be on a tenure track or be on a term (teaching or research) appointment that will extend beyond the 15-month duration of his fellowship; (2) receiving their Ph.D.s no earlier than January 1, 1996; (3) demonstrating that the proposed research project can be completed within the 15-month fellowship period; and (4) having specific support from their institutions.
Application and Award Process
Preapplication Coordination
Announcement of funding availability will appear in the Federal Register on an annual cycle. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372 and OMB Circular A-102.
Application Procedure
Application requirements will appear in a Federal Register Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). A State Plan is not required. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular A-110.
Award Procedure
Applicants who respond to the yearly NOFA and compete successfully by being selected by a review panel will be awarded a grant. Factors for award published in the NOFA will be used as the basis for selection. Announcement of award will be made by September 1 of the year of the solicitation.
Deadlines
Determined by the NOFA date published in the Federal Register.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time
Appeals
None.
Renewals
None.
Assistance Considerations
Formula and Matching Requirements
Applicant's institution is required to provide support to the applicant during the grant period.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance
This grant is for a 15- month period.
Post Assistance Requirements
Reports
Grantees must submit a report on progress halfway through the grant period. Grantees must submit their research projects at the end of the grant period.
Audits
None.
Records
The institution must maintain information on grant disbursement.
Program Accomplishments
Program helps 10 new scholars (those who have recently received their Ph.D.s) who are in academic appointments undertake research on HUD-related research topics.
Financial Information
Account Identification
86-0108-0-1-451.
Obligations
(Grants) FY 02 $0; FY 03 est $800,000; and FY 04 est $800,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance
$55,000.
Regulations, Guidelines and Literature
None.
Related Programs
14.516, Doctoral Dissertation Research Grants; 14.517, Early Doctoral Student Research Grants.
Information Contacts
Regional or Local Office
Not applicable.
Headquarters Office
Armand Carriere, Office of University Partnerships, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 8110, 451 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410. Telephone: 202-708-3061, ext. 3181. Email: Armand_W._Carriere@hud.gov.
Web Site Address
Examples of Funded Projects
None.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals
A competitive process is used in selecting grants. Criteria will be published in the annual NOFA.
