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Lincoln University officials who wrote in support of petitioner's
MARC application expected petitioner to return to Lincoln. In
his application, petitioner indicated that if granted a MARC
faculty fellowship, he would be able to complete his Ph.D. thesis
research and thereafter return to Lincoln University to teach
physics and establish a research program. Petitioner requested a
fellowship award extending for a period of 2 years and 9 months
during which time petitioner would attend Drexel University to
pursue his Ph.D. thesis research with Dr. Frank A. Ferrone, an
assistant professor there. Under the direction of Dr. Ferrone,
petitioner was to pursue biophysics research, specifically
studying depolymerization of sickle cell hemoglobin. Petitioner
indicated on his MARC application that he expected to receive his
Ph.D. at the conclusion of the faculty fellowship in May 1989.
On January 15, 1986, petitioner was notified by NIGMS that
he had been awarded a MARC faculty fellowship. The notification
of award received by petitioner indicated that he would receive a
$25,000 stipend and a $3,000 institutional allowance1 for the
initial 12-month period. The award notice listed additional
funds for the second and third year of petitioner's requested
grant in a box containing the preprinted statement "Future
Support Recommended (Subject to Availability of Funds and
1 The institutional allowance is a payment to the sponsoring
institution to help defray the cost of research supplies,
equipment, travel to scientific meetings, and other related
items.
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