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FY 2001 Competitions - Award Announcements for Cycle 1 & Cycle 2

• Cycle 1:
• Cycle 2:

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FY 2002 Competition

The Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) will not hold a competition this fiscal year for Field-Initiated Studies (FIS) Education Research grants. We do expect to hold a competition next year, Fiscal Year 2003.

The announcements for other competitions can be found at the OERI Web site http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI under "OERI News."

Information and projected deadlines on all new discretionary grant competitions sponsored by the U. S. Department of Education can be found in the Grants Forecast at http://www.ed.gov/offices/OCFO/grants/forecast.html. The online Forecast is updated periodically.

Program Information:

The Field-Initiated Studies Program (FIS) provides grants for education research projects that are proposed by researchers and practitioners in universities, schools, and other institutions around the country, reflecting their sense of what is important and constructive to study. The purpose of this grant program is to encourage and support ideas about new research from the field. Investigators are encouraged to disseminate information on their work through a wide variety of means, including research and practitioner journals, conference presentations, newspapers and magazines, and newsletters, as appropriate.

FIS program applications compete under one general competition. Applicants apply to the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education. When the peer review process is completed and grants are awarded, each grant will be assigned to, and monitored by, one of the OERI's five National Research Institutes.

Summaries of FIS Awards Made in Previous Years:

• FY 2000 Awards
• FY 1999 Awards
• FY 1997 Awards
• FY 1996 Awards

For more information, please contact:

• Elizabeth Payer
  Office of the Assistant Secretary
  U.S. Department of Education, OERI
  555 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Room 502E
  Washington, D.C. 20208-5645
  Telephone: (202) 219-1310
  Email: [email protected]

Last modified September 3, 2002 (jca)