proposed area and plan of training must be included in the application. For the Bridges Program, each institution should develop a unified plan to facilitate the transfer of its students from one institution to the other. Each applicant institution should delineate appropriate agreements and consortium arrangements with other institutions consistent with its own unified institutional plan. In addition, letters acknowledging participation in the program are required from each participating institution. The nature and extent of underrepresented minority student participation must be thoroughly delineated. The applicant should describe a system by which it would monitor and track the students participating in this program, including their future careers. However, applications may involve a consortium of several institutions and may include several institutions within a single State system. One institution or a single system of higher education must 443 be designated as the grantee institution and must submit the application. Proposals must include formal collaborative agreements or subcontracts with all the participating institutions. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: While there is no program requirement for preapplication, informed preapplication consultation to prospective applicants is available upon request from the information contacts listed below. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.
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