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Office of Postsecondary Education;
Overview Information; Underground
Railroad Educational and Cultural
Program (URR); Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2005
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.345A.
DATES: Applications Available: May 13,
2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: June 14, 2005.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: July 13, 2005.
Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit
educational organizations that research,
display, interpret, and collect artifacts
relating to the history of the
Underground Railroad.
Available Funds: $2,204,224.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$250,000–$750,000 total for up to three
years.
Estimated Number of Awards: 3.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: To provide
grants to establish a facility to house,
display, and interpret artifacts related to
the history of the Underground
Railroad, and to make the interpretive
efforts available to institutions of higher
education that award a baccalaureate or
graduate degree.
Special Requirements: Each nonprofit
educational organization awarded a
grant under this program must enter
into an agreement with the Department.
Each agreement must require the
organization:
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(1) To demonstrate substantial private
support for the facility through the
implementation of a public-private
partnership between a State or local
public entity and a private entity for the
support of the facility. The private
entity must provide matching funds in
an amount equal to four times the
amount of the contribution of the State
or local public entity, except that not
more than 20 percent of the matching
funds may be provided by the Federal
government;
(2) To create an endowment to fund
any and all shortfalls in the costs of the
ongoing operations of the facility;
(3) To establish a network of satellite
centers throughout the United States to
help disseminate information regarding
the Underground Railroad throughout
the United States. These satellite centers
must raise 80 percent of the funds
required to establish the satellite centers
from non-Federal public and private
sources;
(4) To establish the capability to link
the facility electronically with other
local and regional facilities that have
collections and programs that interpret
the history of the Underground
Railroad; and
(5) To submit, for each fiscal year for
which an organization receives funding
under this program, a report to the
Department that contains;
(a) A description of the programs and
activities supported by the funding;
(b) The audited financial statement of
the organization for the preceding fiscal
year;
(c) A plan for the programs and
activities to be supported by the
funding, as the Secretary may require;
and
(d) An evaluation of the programs and
activities supported by the funding, as
the Secretary may require.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1153.
Applicable Regulations: The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 82, 84,
85, 86, 97, 98 and 99.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Available Funds: $2,204,224.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$250,000–$750,000 total for up to three
years.
Estimated Number of Awards: 3.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit
educational organizations that research,
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interpret, and collect artifacts relating to
the history of the Underground
Railroad.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: Not more
than 20% of the total funds for this
project may be provided by the Federal
government. See 20 U.S.C. 1153(b)(2).
Other matching requirements are
described in the Special Requirements
section of this notice.
IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package: Jay Donahue, U.S. Department
of Education, room 6162, 1990 K Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20006–8544.
Telephone: (202) 502–7507 or by e-mail:
jay.donahue@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain a copy of the application package
in an alternative format (e.g., Braille,
large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) by contacting the program
contact person listed in this section.
2. Content and Form of Application
Submission: Requirements concerning
the content of application, together with
the forms you must submit, are in the
application package for this program.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: May 13, 2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: June 14, 2005.
Applications for grants under this
competition must be submitted
electronically using the Electronic Grant
Application System (e-Application)
available through the Department’s eGrants system. For information
(including dates and times) about how
to submit your application
electronically or by mail or hand
delivery if you qualify for an exception
to the electronic submission
requirement, please refer to section IV.
6. Other Submission Requirements in
this notice.
We do not consider an application
that does not comply with the deadline
requirements.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: July 13, 2005.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This
program is subject to Executive Order
12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR
part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs under Executive Order 12372
is in the application package for this
program.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference
regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
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6. Other Submission Requirements:
Applications for grants under this
program must be submitted
electronically, unless you qualify for an
exception to this requirement in
accordance with the instructions in this
section.
We will reject your application if you
submit it in paper format unless, as
described elsewhere in this section, you
qualify for one of the exceptions to the
electronic submission requirement and
submit, no later than two weeks before
the application deadline date, a written
statement to the Department that you
qualify for one of these exceptions.
Further information regarding
calculation of the date that is two weeks
before the application deadline date is
provided later in this section under
Exception to Electronic Submission
Requirement.
a. Electronic Submission of
Applications. Applications for grants
under the Underground Railroad
Educational and Cultural Program,
84.345A, must be submitted
electronically using e-Application
available through the Department’s eGrants system, accessible through the eGrants portal page at: https://egrants.ed.gov.
While completing your electronic
application, you will be entering data
online that will be saved into a
database. You may not e-mail an
electronic copy of a grant application to
us.
Please note the following:
• You must complete the electronic
submission of your grant application by
4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. The eApplication system will not accept an
application for this program, after 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. Therefore, we
strongly recommend that you do not
wait until the application deadline date
to begin the application process.
• The regular hours of operation of
the e-Grants Web site are 6 a.m. Monday
until 7 p.m. Wednesday; and 6 a.m.
Thursday until midnight Saturday,
Washington, DC time. Please note that
the system is unavailable on Sundays,
and between 7 p.m. on Wednesdays and
6 a.m. on Thursdays, Washington, DC
time for maintenance. Any
modifications to these hours are posted
on the e-Grants Web site.
• You will not receive additional
point value because you submit your
application in electronic format, nor
will we penalize you if you qualify for
an exception to the electronic
submission requirement, as described
elsewhere in this section, and submit
your application in paper format.
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• You must submit all documents
electronically, including the
Application for Federal Education
Assistance (ED 424), Budget
Information-Non-Construction Programs
(ED 524), and all necessary assurances
and certifications.
• Any narrative sections of your
application should be attached as files
in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text),
or .PDF (Portable Document) format.
• Your electronic application must
comply with any page limit
requirements described in this notice.
• Prior to submitting your electronic
application, you may wish to print a
copy of it for your records.
• After you electronically submit
your application, you will receive an
automatic acknowledgement that will
include a PR/Award number (an
identifying number unique to your
application).
• Within three working days after
submitting your electronic application,
fax a signed copy of the ED 424 to the
Application Control Center after
following these steps:
(1) Print ED 424 from e-Application.
(2) The applicant’s Authorizing
Representative must sign this form.
(3) Place the PR/Award number in the
upper right hand corner of the hardcopy signature page of the ED 424.
(4) Fax the signed ED 424 to the
Application Control Center at (202)
245–6272.
• We may request that you provide us
original signatures on other forms at a
later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension
in Case of e-Application System
Unavailability: If you are prevented
from electronically submitting your
application on the application deadline
date because the e-Application system is
unavailable, we will grant you an
extension of one business day in order
to transmit your application
electronically, by mail, or by hand
delivery. We will grant this extension
if—
(1) You are a registered user of
e-Application and you have initiated an
electronic application for this
competition; and
(2)(a) The e-Application system is
unavailable for 60 minutes or more
between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date; or
(b) The e-Application system is
unavailable for any period of time
between 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date.
We must acknowledge and confirm
these periods of unavailability before
granting you an extension. To request
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this extension or to confirm our
acknowledgement of any system
unavailability, you may contact either
(1) the person listed elsewhere in this
notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT (see VII. Agency Contact) or (2)
the e-Grants help desk at 1–888–336–
8930. If the system is down and
therefore the application deadline is
extended, an e-mail will be sent to all
registered users who have initiated an
e-Application. Extensions referred to in
this section apply only to the
unavailability of the Department’s
e-Application system.
Exception to Electronic Submission
Requirements: You qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission
requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are
unable to submit an application through
the e-Application system because—
• You do not have access to the
Internet, or
• You do not have the capacity to
upload large documents to the
Department’s e-Application system; and
• No later than two weeks before the
application deadline date (14 calendar
days or, if the fourteenth calendar day
before the application deadline falls on
a Federal holiday, the next business day
following the Federal holiday), you mail
or fax a written statement to the
Department, explaining which of the
two grounds for an exception prevent
you from using the Internet to submit
your application. If you mail your
written statement to the Department, it
must be postmarked no later than two
weeks before the application deadline
date. If you fax your written statement
to the Department, we must receive the
faxed statement no later than two weeks
before the application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your
statement to: Beverly Baker, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street,
NW., room 6140, Washington, DC
20006–8544. FAX: (202) 502–7877.
Your paper application must be
submitted in accordance with the mail
or hand delivery instructions described
in this notice.
b. Submission of Paper Application by
Mail. If you qualify for an exception to
the electronic submission requirement,
you may mail (through the U.S. Postal
Service or a commercial carrier) your
application to the Department. You
must mail the original and two copies
of your application, on or before the
application deadline date, to the
Department at the applicable following
address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal
Service: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
CFDA Number: 84.345A, 400 Maryland
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Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202–
4260.
By mail through a commercial carrier:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center—Stop 4260,
Attention: CFDA Number: 84.345A,
7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD
20785–1506.
Regardless of which address you use,
you must show proof of mailing
consisting of one of the following:
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service
postmark,
(2) A legibly dated mail receipt with
the date of mailing stamped by the U.S.
Postal Service,
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or
receipt from a commercial carrier, or
(4) Any other proof of mailing
acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S.
Department of Education.
If you mail your application through
the U.S. Postal Service, we do not
accept either of the following as proof
of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark, or
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by
the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after
the application deadline date, we will
not consider your application.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not
uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before
relying on this method, you should check
with your local post office.
b. Submission of Paper Applications
by Hand Delivery. If you qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission
requirement, you (or a courier service)
may deliver your paper application to
the Department by hand. You must
deliver the original and two copies of
your application, by hand, on or before
the application deadline date, to the
Department at the following address:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
CFDA Number 84.345A, 550 12th Street,
SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202–4260.
The Application Control Center
accepts hand deliveries daily between 8
a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC
time, except Saturdays, Sundays, and
Federal holidays.
Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of
Paper Applications: If you mail or hand
deliver your application to the
Department:
(1) You must indicate on the envelope
and—if not provided by the
Department—in Item 4 of the ED 424 the
CFDA number—and suffix letter, if
any—of the competition under which
you are submitting your application.
(2) The Application Control Center
will mail a grant application receipt
acknowledgement to you. If you do not
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receive the grant application receipt
acknowledgement within 15 business
days from the application deadline date,
you should call the U.S. Department of
Education Application Control Center at
(202) 245–6288.
V. Application Review Information
Selection Criteria: The selection
criteria for this program are in 20 U.S.C.
1153.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application
is successful, we notify your U.S.
Representative and U.S. Senators and
send you a Grant Award Notice (GAN).
We may also notify you informally.
If your application is not evaluated or
not selected for funding, we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy
Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy
requirements in the application package
and reference these and other
requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining
the terms and conditions of an award in
the Applicable Regulations section of
this notice and include these and other
specific conditions in the GAN. The
GAN also incorporates your approved
application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: At the end of your
project, you must submit a final
performance report, including financial
information as directed by the Secretary.
If you receive a multi-year award, you
must submit an annual performance
report that provides the most current
performance and financial expenditure
information as specified by the
Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118.
4. Performance Measures: Under the
Government Performance and Results
Act (GPRA), the Department is assessing
the performance of this program by
examining the extent to which projects
are being institutionalized and
continued after grant funding. These
results constitute the Office of
Postsecondary Education’s indicators of
the success of this program.
Consequently, applicants for URR
grants are advised to give careful
consideration to these outcomes in
conceptualizing the design,
implementation, and evaluation of the
proposed project. If funded, you will be
asked to collect and report data in your
project’s annual performance report on
steps taken toward this goal.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Beverly Baker, Fund for the
Improvement of Postsecondary
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Education, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., suite
6140, Washington, DC 20006–8544.
Telephone: (202) 502–7503 or by e-mail:
Beverly.baker@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at
1–800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain this document in an alternative
format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the program contact person
listed in this section.
For additional program information
call the FIPSE office (202) 502–7500
between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.
VIII. Other Information
Electronic Access to This Document:
You may view this document, as well as
all other documents of this Department
published in the Federal Register, in
text or Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF) on the Internet at the
following site: https://www.ed.gov/news/
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Note: The official version of this document
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of Federal Regulations is available on GPO
Access at: https://www.gpoacess.gov/nara/
index.htm1.
Dated: May 10, 2005.
Sally L. Stroup,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
School Dropout Prevention Program
Office of Vocational and Adult
Education, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of proposed priorities,
requirements, definitions, and selection
criteria.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for
Vocational and Adult Education
proposes priorities, requirements,
definitions, and selection criteria under
the School Dropout Prevention (SDP)
program. The Assistant Secretary may
use one or more of these priorities,
requirements, definitions, and selection
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criteria for competitions in fiscal year
(FY) 2005 and later years. We intend the
priorities, requirements, definitions, and
selection criteria to strengthen the
quality of applications and provide
greater understanding of the
Department’s intent regarding the
direction of this program.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before June 13, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments about
these proposed priorities, requirements,
definitions, and selection criteria to
Valerie Randall-Walker, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., Potomac Center Plaza,
room 11081, Washington, DC 20202–
7241. If you prefer to send your
comments through the Internet, use the
following address:
dropoutprevention@ed.gov.
You must include the phrase ‘‘SDP
Comments’’ in the subject line of your
electronic message.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Valerie Randall-Walker. Telephone:
(202) 245–7794.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain this document in an alternative
format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Invitation to Comment
We invite you to submit comments
regarding these proposed priorities,
requirements, definitions, and selection
criteria. To ensure that your comments
have maximum effect in developing the
notice of final priorities, requirements,
definitions, and selection criteria, we
urge you to identify clearly the specific
priority, requirement, definition, or
selection criterion that each comment
addresses.
We invite you to assist us in
complying with the specific
requirements of Executive Order 12866
and its overall requirement of reducing
regulatory burden that might result from
these proposed priorities, requirements,
definitions, and selection criteria. Please
let us know of any further opportunities
we should take to reduce potential costs
or increase potential benefits while
preserving the effective and efficient
administration of the program.
During and after the comment period,
you may inspect all public comments
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information;
Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program (URR); Notice
Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.345A.
DATES: Applications Available: May 13, 2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 14, 2005.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 13, 2005.
Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit educational organizations that
research, display, interpret, and collect artifacts relating to the
history of the Underground Railroad.
Available Funds: $2,204,224.
Estimated Range of Awards: $250,000-$750,000 total for up to three
years.
Estimated Number of Awards: 3.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: To provide grants to establish a facility to
house, display, and interpret artifacts related to the history of the
Underground Railroad, and to make the interpretive efforts available to
institutions of higher education that award a baccalaureate or graduate
degree.
Special Requirements: Each nonprofit educational organization
awarded a grant under this program must enter into an agreement with
the Department. Each agreement must require the organization:
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(1) To demonstrate substantial private support for the facility
through the implementation of a public-private partnership between a
State or local public entity and a private entity for the support of
the facility. The private entity must provide matching funds in an
amount equal to four times the amount of the contribution of the State
or local public entity, except that not more than 20 percent of the
matching funds may be provided by the Federal government;
(2) To create an endowment to fund any and all shortfalls in the
costs of the ongoing operations of the facility;
(3) To establish a network of satellite centers throughout the
United States to help disseminate information regarding the Underground
Railroad throughout the United States. These satellite centers must
raise 80 percent of the funds required to establish the satellite
centers from non-Federal public and private sources;
(4) To establish the capability to link the facility electronically
with other local and regional facilities that have collections and
programs that interpret the history of the Underground Railroad; and
(5) To submit, for each fiscal year for which an organization
receives funding under this program, a report to the Department that
contains;
(a) A description of the programs and activities supported by the
funding;
(b) The audited financial statement of the organization for the
preceding fiscal year;
(c) A plan for the programs and activities to be supported by the
funding, as the Secretary may require; and
(d) An evaluation of the programs and activities supported by the
funding, as the Secretary may require.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1153.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98 and 99.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Available Funds: $2,204,224.
Estimated Range of Awards: $250,000-$750,000 total for up to three
years.
Estimated Number of Awards: 3.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit educational organizations that
research, interpret, and collect artifacts relating to the history of
the Underground Railroad.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: Not more than 20% of the total funds
for this project may be provided by the Federal government. See 20
U.S.C. 1153(b)(2). Other matching requirements are described in the
Special Requirements section of this notice.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: Jay Donahue, U.S.
Department of Education, room 6162, 1990 K Street, NW., Washington, DC
20006-8544. Telephone: (202) 502-7507 or by e-mail: jay.donahue@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the program contact
person listed in this section.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements
concerning the content of application, together with the forms you must
submit, are in the application package for this program.
3. Submission Dates and Times: Applications Available: May 13,
2005. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 14, 2005.
Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted
electronically using the Electronic Grant Application System (e-
Application) available through the Department's e-Grants system. For
information (including dates and times) about how to submit your
application electronically or by mail or hand delivery if you qualify
for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, please refer
to section IV. 6. Other Submission Requirements in this notice.
We do not consider an application that does not comply with the
deadline requirements.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 13, 2005.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This program is subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under Executive Order
12372 is in the application package for this program.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under
this program must be submitted electronically, unless you qualify for
an exception to this requirement in accordance with the instructions in
this section.
We will reject your application if you submit it in paper format
unless, as described elsewhere in this section, you qualify for one of
the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement and submit, no
later than two weeks before the application deadline date, a written
statement to the Department that you qualify for one of these
exceptions. Further information regarding calculation of the date that
is two weeks before the application deadline date is provided later in
this section under Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications. Applications for grants
under the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program,
84.345A, must be submitted electronically using e-Application available
through the Department's e-Grants system, accessible through the e-
Grants portal page at: https://e-grants.ed.gov.
While completing your electronic application, you will be entering
data online that will be saved into a database. You may not e-mail an
electronic copy of a grant application to us.
Please note the following:
You must complete the electronic submission of your grant
application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application
deadline date. The e-Application system will not accept an application
for this program, after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do
not wait until the application deadline date to begin the application
process.
The regular hours of operation of the e-Grants Web site
are 6 a.m. Monday until 7 p.m. Wednesday; and 6 a.m. Thursday until
midnight Saturday, Washington, DC time. Please note that the system is
unavailable on Sundays, and between 7 p.m. on Wednesdays and 6 a.m. on
Thursdays, Washington, DC time for maintenance. Any modifications to
these hours are posted on the e-Grants Web site.
You will not receive additional point value because you
submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you
if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, as described elsewhere in this section, and submit your
application in paper format.
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You must submit all documents electronically, including
the Application for Federal Education Assistance (ED 424), Budget
Information-Non-Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary
assurances and certifications.
Any narrative sections of your application should be
attached as files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF
(Portable Document) format.
Your electronic application must comply with any page
limit requirements described in this notice.
Prior to submitting your electronic application, you may
wish to print a copy of it for your records.
After you electronically submit your application, you will
receive an automatic acknowledgement that will include a PR/Award
number (an identifying number unique to your application).
Within three working days after submitting your electronic
application, fax a signed copy of the ED 424 to the Application Control
Center after following these steps:
(1) Print ED 424 from e-Application.
(2) The applicant's Authorizing Representative must sign this form.
(3) Place the PR/Award number in the upper right hand corner of the
hard-copy signature page of the ED 424.
(4) Fax the signed ED 424 to the Application Control Center at
(202) 245-6272.
We may request that you provide us original signatures on
other forms at a later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of e-Application System
Unavailability: If you are prevented from electronically submitting
your application on the application deadline date because the e-
Application system is unavailable, we will grant you an extension of
one business day in order to transmit your application electronically,
by mail, or by hand delivery. We will grant this extension if--
(1) You are a registered user of e-Application and you have
initiated an electronic application for this competition; and
(2)(a) The e-Application system is unavailable for 60 minutes or
more between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Washington, DC time,
on the application deadline date; or
(b) The e-Application system is unavailable for any period of time
between 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date.
We must acknowledge and confirm these periods of unavailability
before granting you an extension. To request this extension or to
confirm our acknowledgement of any system unavailability, you may
contact either (1) the person listed elsewhere in this notice under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT (see VII. Agency Contact) or (2) the e-
Grants help desk at 1-888-336-8930. If the system is down and therefore
the application deadline is extended, an e-mail will be sent to all
registered users who have initiated an e-Application. Extensions
referred to in this section apply only to the unavailability of the
Department's e-Application system.
Exception to Electronic Submission Requirements: You qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are unable to submit an application
through the e-Application system because--
You do not have access to the Internet, or
You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to
the Department's e-Application system; and
No later than two weeks before the application deadline
date (14 calendar days or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the
application deadline falls on a Federal holiday, the next business day
following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement to
the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception
prevent you from using the Internet to submit your application. If you
mail your written statement to the Department, it must be postmarked no
later than two weeks before the application deadline date. If you fax
your written statement to the Department, we must receive the faxed
statement no later than two weeks before the application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your statement to: Beverly Baker, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 6140, Washington, DC
20006-8544. FAX: (202) 502-7877.
Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the
mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice.
b. Submission of Paper Application by Mail. If you qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission requirement, you may mail
(through the U.S. Postal Service or a commercial carrier) your
application to the Department. You must mail the original and two
copies of your application, on or before the application deadline date,
to the Department at the applicable following address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: U.S. Department of
Education, Application Control Center, Attention: CFDA Number: 84.345A,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-4260.
By mail through a commercial carrier: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center--Stop 4260, Attention: CFDA Number: 84.345A,
7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD 20785-1506.
Regardless of which address you use, you must show proof of mailing
consisting of one of the following:
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark,
(2) A legibly dated mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped
by the U.S. Postal Service,
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial
carrier, or
(4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of the
U.S. Department of Education.
If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do
not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark, or
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after the application deadline
date, we will not consider your application.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated
postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your
local post office.
b. Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery. If you
qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, you
(or a courier service) may deliver your paper application to the
Department by hand. You must deliver the original and two copies of
your application, by hand, on or before the application deadline date,
to the Department at the following address: U.S. Department of
Education, Application Control Center, Attention: CFDA Number 84.345A,
550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC
20202-4260.
The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily
between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, except Saturdays,
Sundays, and Federal holidays.
Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications: If you mail
or hand deliver your application to the Department:
(1) You must indicate on the envelope and--if not provided by the
Department--in Item 4 of the ED 424 the CFDA number--and suffix letter,
if any--of the competition under which you are submitting your
application.
(2) The Application Control Center will mail a grant application
receipt acknowledgement to you. If you do not
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receive the grant application receipt acknowledgement within 15
business days from the application deadline date, you should call the
U.S. Department of Education Application Control Center at (202) 245-
6288.
V. Application Review Information
Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this program are in
20 U.S.C. 1153.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we notify your
U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award Notice
(GAN). We may also notify you informally.
If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding,
we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy requirements in the application
package and reference these and other requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice and
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: At the end of your project, you must submit a final
performance report, including financial information as directed by the
Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an annual
performance report that provides the most current performance and
financial expenditure information as specified by the Secretary in 34
CFR 75.118.
4. Performance Measures: Under the Government Performance and
Results Act (GPRA), the Department is assessing the performance of this
program by examining the extent to which projects are being
institutionalized and continued after grant funding. These results
constitute the Office of Postsecondary Education's indicators of the
success of this program.
Consequently, applicants for URR grants are advised to give careful
consideration to these outcomes in conceptualizing the design,
implementation, and evaluation of the proposed project. If funded, you
will be asked to collect and report data in your project's annual
performance report on steps taken toward this goal.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beverly Baker, Fund for the
Improvement of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education,
1990 K Street, NW., suite 6140, Washington, DC 20006-8544. Telephone:
(202) 502-7503 or by e-mail: Beverly.baker@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the program contact person listed in this
section.
For additional program information call the FIPSE office (202) 502-
7500 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday
through Friday.
VIII. Other Information
Electronic Access to This Document: You may view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the
Internet at the following site: https://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister.
To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available
free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in
the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512-1530.
Note: The official version of this document is the document
published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the
official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal
Regulations is available on GPO Access at: https://www.gpoacess.gov/
nara/index.htm1.
Dated: May 10, 2005.
Sally L. Stroup,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
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