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          portions of his fellowship grant to CUNY.  In these particular              
          circumstances, we find that petitioner's submission of an                   
          application to NIH for the sole purpose of transferring his                 
          existing fellowship grant to a new institution does not run afoul           
          of the requirements of subdivision (C) of the proposed                      
          regulation.  As long as petitioner continued his Ph.D. studies              
          (at an approved institution), a firm commitment to provide him              
          with a total of 33 months of funding remained.  Based on our                
          review of the record in this case, we find that petitioner was              
          not required to reapply to NIH in order to secure fellowship                
          funding in future academic periods.  We also find that the                  
          transfer of the unused portion of petitioner's fellowship award             
          to CUNY after his 1-year leave of absence from his Ph.D. studies            
          at Drexel demonstrates a firm commitment to provide support to              
          petitioner for a total of 2 years and 9 months, as requested in             
          his original MARC application.                                              
               The above analysis does not apply, however, to petitioner's            
          request for a 1-year extension of his MARC fellowship after it              
          became apparent that he needed additional time to complete his              
          Ph.D. degree.  Petitioner submitted the extension request on                
          April 27, 1990, and it was granted shortly thereafter.  The                 
          additional funding petitioner received pursuant thereto cannot be           
          considered part of his original MARC award, which, as described             
          above, was a firm commitment to provide fellowship support for 2            
          years and 9 months.  Consequently, we hold that the fellowship              




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