# Eighth Annual National Security Education Program (NSEP) Institutional Grants Competition
**AGENCY:**
National Defense University, National Security Education Program (NSEP), DoD.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
The NSEP announces the opening of its eighth Annual Competition for Grants to U.S. Institutions of Higher Education.
**DATES:**
The 2001 NSEP Grants Competition begins on Monday, February 5, 2001. Preliminary five-page proposals are due Monday, April 9, 2001.
**ADDRESSES:**
Grants Solicitations (applications and guidelines) will be available and may be downloaded from the NSEP home page ( *http://www.ndu.edu/nsep* ) beginning Monday, February 5, 2001. As alternate methods, you may obtain copies of the solicitation package by writing to: NSEP, Institutional Grants, Rosslyn PO Box 20010, 1101 Wilson Blvd, Suite 1210, Arlington, VA 22209-2248; by facsimile request (703) 696-5667; or by sending an electronic mail request to: *[email protected].*
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Carol Anne Spreen, Program Officer for Institutional Grants, National Security Education Program, 1101 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1210, Arlington, Virginia 22209-2248; electronic mail address: *[email protected].*
Dated: January 11, 2001.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.