Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information; Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement (McNair) Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007, 69552-69556 [E6-20370]
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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s (Council)
Scientific and Statistical Committee is
hosting a public workshop, which is
open to the public, on December 18–20,
2006. The primary purpose of the
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Provide recommendations on the use of
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5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: November 28, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education;
Overview Information; Ronald E.
McNair Postbaccalaureate
Achievement (McNair) Program; Notice
Inviting Applications for New Awards
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.217A.
Dates: Applications Available:
December 1, 2006.
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Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: January 31, 2007.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: April 2, 2007.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of
higher education and consortia of those
institutions.
Estimated Available Funds: The
Administration requested $380,100,000
for the Federal TRIO Programs for FY
2007, $41,900,000 of which we intend
to use for new awards for the McNair
Program. The actual level of funding, if
any, depends on final congressional
action. However, we are inviting
applications to allow enough time to
complete the grant process if Congress
appropriates funds for this program.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$220,000–$365,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$234,000.
Maximum Award: We will not fund
any application at an amount exceeding
the maximum amounts specified below
for a single budget period of 12 months.
We may choose not to further consider
or review applications with budgets that
exceed the maximum amounts specified
below, if we conclude, during our initial
review of the application, that the
proposed goals and objectives cannot be
obtained with the specified maximum
amount.
• For an applicant who is not
currently receiving a McNair Program
grant, the maximum award amount is
$220,000 for a project that will serve a
minimum of 25 participants.
• For an applicant who is currently
receiving a McNair Program grant, the
maximum award is the greater of (a)
$220,000 or (b) an amount equal to
$9,000 multiplied by the number of
participants the applicant is proposing
to serve, not to exceed 105 percent of
the applicant’s grant award amount for
FY 2006.
Estimated Number of Awards: 180.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Four years except
applicants whose peer review scores are
within the highest ten percent of scores
of all applicants receiving awards will
receive five-year awards.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
the McNair Program is to award grants
to institutions of higher education for
projects designed to provide
disadvantaged college students with
effective preparation for doctoral study.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a–
11 and 1070a–15.
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Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 84, 85,
and 86.
(b) The regulations for this program in
34 CFR part 647.
III. Eligibility Information
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79
apply to all applicants except federally
recognized Indian tribes.
IV. Application and Submission
Information
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86
apply to institutions of higher education
only.
II. Award Information
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Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: The
Administration requested $380,100,000
for the Federal TRIO Programs for FY
2007, $41,900,000 of which we intend
to use for new awards for the McNair
Program. The actual level of funding, if
any, depends on final congressional
action. However, we are inviting
applications to allow enough time to
complete the grant process if Congress
appropriates funds for this program.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$220,000–$365,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$234,000.
Maximum Award: We will not fund
any application at an amount exceeding
the maximum amounts specified below
for a single budget period of 12 months.
We may choose not to further consider
or review applications with budgets that
exceed the maximum amounts specified
below, if we conclude, during our initial
review of the application, that the
proposed goals and objectives cannot be
obtained with the specified maximum
amount.
• For an applicant who is not
currently receiving a McNair Program
grant, the maximum award amount is
$220,000 for a project that will serve a
minimum of 25 participants.
• For an applicant who is currently
receiving a McNair Program grant, the
maximum award is the greater of (a)
$220,000 or (b) an amount equal to
$9,000 multiplied by the number of
participants the applicant is proposing
to serve, not to exceed 105 percent of
the applicant’s grant award amount for
FY 2006.
Estimated Number of Awards: 180.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Four years except
applicants whose peer review scores are
within the highest ten percent of scores
of all applicants receiving awards will
receive five-year awards.
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1. Eligible Applicants: Institutions of
higher education and consortia of those
institutions.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
program does not involve cost sharing
or matching.
1. Address to Request Application
Package: Eileen S. Bland, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street,
NW., suite 7000, Washington, DC
20006–8510. Telephone: (202) 502–7600
or by e-mail: TRIO@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 an application, together with the
forms you must submit, are in the
application package and instructions for
this program.
Page Limit: The program narrative
(Part III of the application) is where you,
the applicant, address the selection
criteria that reviewers use to evaluate
your application. You must limit the
program narrative (Part III) to the
equivalent of no more than 50 pages,
using the following standards:
• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5″ x 11″, on one side
only, with 1″ margins at the top, bottom,
and both sides. Page numbers and an
identifier may be within the 1″ margin.
• Double space (no more than three
lines per vertical inch) all text in the
application narrative, except titles,
headings, footnotes, quotations,
references, captions, and all text in
charts, tables, and graphs, which may be
single spaced.
• Use one of the following fonts:
Times New Roman, Courier, Courier
New, or Arial. Applications submitted
in any other font (including Times
Roman and Arial Narrow) will be
rejected.
• Use not less than 12-point font.
The page limit does not apply to Part
I, the Application for Federal Assistance
(SF 424) and Department of Education
Supplemental Information Required for
SF 424; Part II, the Budget Information
Summary Form (ED Form 524); Part IIIA, McNair Program Profile; and Part IV,
Department of Education Certifications
and Assurances and Survey forms. The
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page limit also does not apply to the
General Education Provisions Act
(GEPA) statement nor does it apply to a
table of contents. If you include any
attachments or appendices not
specifically requested, these items will
be counted as part of the program
narrative (Part III) for purposes of the
page limit requirement. You must
include your complete response to the
selection criteria in the program
narrative (Part III).
We will reject your application if—
• You apply these standards and
exceed the page limit; or
• You apply other standards and
exceed the equivalent of the page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: December 1,
2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: January 31, 2007.
Applications for grants under this
program must be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov
Apply site (Grants.gov). 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: April 2, 2007.
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.
a. Electronic Submission of
Applications.
Applications for grants under the
McNair Program—CFDA Number
84.217A must be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov
Apply site at: https://www.Grants.gov.
Through this site, you will be able to
download a copy of the application
package, complete it offline, and then
upload and submit your application.
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You may not e-mail an electronic copy
of a grant application to us.
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.
You may access the electronic grant
application for the McNair Program at:
https://www.Grants.gov. You must search
for the downloadable application
package for this program by the CFDA
number. Do not include the CFDA
number’s alpha suffix in your search
(e.g., search for 84.326, not 84.326A).
Please note the following:
• When you enter the Grants.gov site,
you will find information about
submitting an application electronically
through the site, as well as the hours of
operation.
• Applications received by
Grants.gov are date and time stamped.
Your application must be fully
uploaded and submitted, and must be
date and time stamped by the
Grants.gov system no later than 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. Except as
otherwise noted in this section, we will
not consider your application if it is
date and time stamped by the
Grants.gov system later than 4:30 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. When we
retrieve your application from
Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are
rejecting your application because it
was date and time stamped by the
Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date.
• The amount of time it can take to
upload an application will vary
depending on a variety of factors
including the size of the application and
the speed of your Internet connection.
Therefore, we strongly recommend that
you do not wait until the application
deadline date to begin the submission
process through Grants.gov.
• You should review and follow the
Education Submission Procedures for
submitting an application through
Grants.gov that are included in the
application package for this program to
ensure that you submit your application
in a timely manner to the Grants.gov
system. You can also find the Education
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Submission Procedures pertaining to
Grants.gov at: https://e-Grants.ed.gov/
help/
GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.
• To submit your application via
Grants.gov, you must complete all the
steps in the Grants.gov registration
process (see https://www.grants.gov/
applicants/get_registered.jsp). These
steps include (1) registering your
organization, a multi-part process that
includes registration with the Central
Contractor Registry (CCR); (2) registering
yourself as an Authorized Organization
Representative (AOR); and (3) getting
authorized as an AOR by your
organization. Details on these steps are
outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step
Registration Guide (see https://
www.grants.gov/section910/
Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf).
You also must provide on your
application the same D–U–N–S Number
used with this registration. Please note
that the registration process may take
five or more business days to complete,
and you must have completed all
registration steps to allow you to submit
successfully an application via
Grants.gov. In addition you will need to
update your CCR registration on an
annual basis. This may take three or
more business days to complete.
• 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.
• You must submit all documents
electronically, including all information
you typically provide on the following
forms: Application for Federal
Assistance (SF 424), the Department of
Education Supplemental Information for
SF 424, Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all
necessary assurances and certifications.
Please note that two of these forms—the
SF 424 and the Department of Education
Supplemental Information for SF 424—
have replaced the ED 424 (Application
for Federal Education Assistance).
• You must attach any narrative
sections of your application as files in
a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text), or
.PDF (Portable Document) format. If you
upload a file type other than the three
file types specified in this paragraph or
submit a password-protected file, we
will not review that material.
• Your electronic application must
comply with any page limit
requirements described in this notice.
• After you electronically submit
your application, you will receive from
Grants.gov an automatic notification of
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receipt that contains a Grants.gov
tracking number. (This notification
indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not
receipt by the Department.) The
Department then will retrieve your
application from Grants.gov and send a
second notification to you by e-mail.
This second notification indicates that
the Department has received your
application and has assigned your
application a PR/Award number (an EDspecified identifying number unique to
your application).
• We may request that you provide us
original signatures on forms at a later
date.
Application Deadline Date Extension
in Case of Technical Issues with the
Grants.gov System: If you are
experiencing problems submitting your
application through Grants.gov, please
contact the Grants.gov Support Desk at
1–800–518–4726. You must obtain a
Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number
and must keep a record of it.
If you are prevented from
electronically submitting your
application on the application deadline
date because of technical problems with
the Grants.gov system, we will grant you
an extension until 4:30 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, the following
business day to enable you to transmit
your application electronically or by
hand delivery. You also may mail your
application by following the mailing
instructions described elsewhere in this
notice.
If you submit an application after 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date, please
contact the person listed elsewhere in
this notice under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT and provide an
explanation of the technical problem
you experienced with Grants.gov, along
with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case
Number. We will accept your
application if we can confirm that a
technical problem occurred with the
Grants.gov system and that that problem
affected your ability to submit your
application by 4:30 p.m., Washington,
DC time, on the application deadline
date. The Department will contact you
after a determination is made on
whether your application will be
accepted.
Note: The extensions to which we refer in
this section apply only to the unavailability
of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov
system. We will not grant you an extension
if you failed to fully register to submit your
application to Grants.gov before the
application deadline date and time or if the
technical problem you experienced is
unrelated to the Grants.gov system.
Exception to Electronic Submission
Requirement: You qualify for an
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exception to the electronic submission
requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are
unable to submit an application through
the Grants.gov system because—
• You do not have access to the
Internet; or
• You do not have the capacity to
upload large documents to the
Grants.gov 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 date
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: Linda Byrd-Johnson, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street,
NW., suite 7000, Washington, DC
20006–8510. FAX: (202) 219–7074.
Your paper application must be
submitted in accordance with the mail
or hand delivery instructions described
in this notice.
b. Submission of Paper Applications
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 84.217A),
400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20202–4260; or
By mail through a commercial carrier:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center—Stop
4260, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.217A), 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,
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(2) A legible 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.
c. 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 84.217A),
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 11 of the SF 424
the CFDA number, including suffix
letter, if any, of the competition under
which you are submitting your
application; and
(2) The Application Control Center
will mail to you a notification of receipt
of your grant application. If you do not
receive this notification 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
1. Selection Criteria: The selection
criteria for this program are from 34 CFR
647.21 and are listed in the application
package for this competition.
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Note: Under the ‘‘Objectives’’ selection
criterion, in 34 CFR 647.21(b), applicants
must provide data that address both process
and outcome objectives as listed on the
McNair Program Profile relative to the
purpose of the McNair Program as described
in 34 CFR 647.1.
The McNair Program Profile (Part III–
A) in the application package details
specific information that applicants
must submit regarding four specific
process and outcome objectives listed in
the profile. Applicants may, but are not
required to, develop additional
objectives for their projects.
2. Review and Selection Process: The
Secretary will select applications for
funding in rank-order, based on each
application’s total score for the selection
criteria and prior experience, pursuant
to 34 CFR 647.20 through 647.22. If,
after the approval of higher-ranked
applications, there are insufficient funds
for two or more applications with the
same total scores, the Secretary will
choose among the tied applications to
achieve an equitable geographical
distribution of all new projects.
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 period, 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 expenditures
information as specified by the
Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118.
4. Performance Measures: The success
of the McNair Program is measured by
the increase in the percentage of McNair
Program participants who enroll in and
persist in graduate school. All McNair
Program grantees will be required to
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submit an annual performance report
regarding this measure.
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact:
Eileen S. Bland, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., suite
7000, Washington, DC 20006–8510.
Telephone: (202) 502–7600 or by e-mail:
TRIO@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.
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.gpoaccess.gov/nara/
index.html.
Dated: November 28, 2006.
James F. Manning,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
Education.
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Advisory Committee Student Financial
Assistance: Hearing
Advisory Commission on
Student Financial Assistance,
Education.
ACTION: Notice of upcoming hearing.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the
schedule and proposed agenda of a
forthcoming hearing of the Advisory
Committee on Student Financial
Assistance (The Advisory Committee).
Individuals who will need
accommodations for a disability in order
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to attend the hearing (i.e., interpreting
services, assistive listening devices,
and/or materials in alternative format)
should notify the Advisory Committee
no later than Monday, December 11,
2006, by contacting Ms. Hope Gray at
(202) 219–2099 or via e-mail at
Hope.Gray@ed.gov. We will attempt to
meet requests after this date, but cannot
guarantee availability of the requested
accommodation. The hearing site is
accessible to individuals with
disabilities. This notice also describes
the functions of the Advisory
Committee. Notice of this hearing is
required under Section 10(a)(2) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act. This
document is intended to notify the
general public.
DATES: Monday, December 18, 2006,
beginning at 9:30 a.m. and ending at
approximately 3:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The University of Illinois at
Chicago, Student Service Building,
Conference Room B/C, 1200 W.
Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60611.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Erin B. Renner, Director of Government
Relations or Ms. Julie J. Johnson,
Assistant Director, Advisory Committee
on Student Financial Assistance,
Capitol Place, 80 F Street, NW., Suite
413, Washington, DC 20202–7582, (202)
219–2099.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Advisory Committee on Student
Financial Assistance is established
under Section 491 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 as amended by
Public Law 100–50 (20 U.S.C. 1098).
The Advisory Committee serves as an
independent source of advice and
counsel to the Congress and the
Secretary of Education on student
financial aid policy. Since its inception,
the congressional mandate requires the
Advisory Committee to conduct
objectives, nonpartisan, and
independent analyses on important
aspects of the student assistance
programs under Title IV of the Higher
Education Act, and to make
recommendations that will result in the
maintenance of access to postsecondary
education for low- and middle-income
students. In addition, Congress
expanded the Advisory Committee’s
mission in the Higher Education
Amendments of 1998 to include several
important areas: access, Title IV
modernization, distance education, and
early information and needs assessment.
Specifically, the Advisory Committee is
to review, monitor and evaluate the
Department of Education’s progress in
these areas and report recommended
improvements to Congress and the
Secretary.
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The Advisory Committee has
scheduled the hearing on Monday,
December 18 in Chicago, IL, to conduct
activities related to its congressionally
requested study to make textbooks more
affordable (Textbook Study). This oneyear study, which was requested by
members of the Education and the
Workforce Committee of the U.S. House
of Representatives, will investigate
further the problem of rising textbook
prices; determine the impact of rising
textbook prices on students’ ability to
afford a postsecondary education; and
make recommendations to Congress, the
Secretary, and other stakeholders on
what can be done to make textbooks
more affordable for students. Over the
course of the study, the Committee will
conduct three field hearings that will
include testimony from stakeholders
around the country who are currently
working to make textbooks more
affordable for students.
The proposed agenda includes expert
testimony and discussions by prominent
higher education community leaders,
state representatives, and institutions
who will share what they are doing to
make textbooks more affordable for
students. The Advisory Committee will
also conduct a roundtable discussion
among Advisory Committee members
and panelists on its recently released
report on the impact of financial barriers
on bachelor’s degree attainment, titled
Mortgaging Our Future: How Financial
Barriers to College Undercut America’s
Global Competitiveness. This report can
be accessed at the following Web
address: https://www.ed.gov/about/
bdscomm/list/acsfa/mof.pdf.
The Advisory Committee invites the
public to submit written comments on
the Textbook Study to the following email address: ACSFA@ed.gov.
Information regarding the Textbook
Study will also be available on the
Advisory Committee’s Web site, https://
www.ed.gov/ACSFA. To be included in
the hearing materials, we must receive
your comments on or before Monday,
December 11, 2006; additional
comments should be provided to the
Committee no later than January 29,
2007.
Space for the hearing is limited and
you are encouraged to register early if
you plan to attend. You may register by
sending an e-mail to the following
address: ACSFA@ed.gov or
Tracy.Deanna.Jones@ed.gov. Please
include your name, title, affiliation,
complete address (including internet
and e-mail address, if available), and
telephone and fax numbers. If you are
unable to register electronically, you
may fax your registration information to
the Advisory Committee staff office at
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information; Ronald
E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement (McNair) Program; Notice
Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.217A.
Dates: Applications Available: December 1, 2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: January 31, 2007.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: April 2, 2007.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education and consortia
of those institutions.
Estimated Available Funds: The Administration requested
$380,100,000 for the Federal TRIO Programs for FY 2007, $41,900,000 of
which we intend to use for new awards for the McNair Program. The
actual level of funding, if any, depends on final congressional action.
However, we are inviting applications to allow enough time to complete
the grant process if Congress appropriates funds for this program.
Estimated Range of Awards: $220,000-$365,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $234,000.
Maximum Award: We will not fund any application at an amount
exceeding the maximum amounts specified below for a single budget
period of 12 months. We may choose not to further consider or review
applications with budgets that exceed the maximum amounts specified
below, if we conclude, during our initial review of the application,
that the proposed goals and objectives cannot be obtained with the
specified maximum amount.
For an applicant who is not currently receiving a McNair
Program grant, the maximum award amount is $220,000 for a project that
will serve a minimum of 25 participants.
For an applicant who is currently receiving a McNair
Program grant, the maximum award is the greater of (a) $220,000 or (b)
an amount equal to $9,000 multiplied by the number of participants the
applicant is proposing to serve, not to exceed 105 percent of the
applicant's grant award amount for FY 2006.
Estimated Number of Awards: 180.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Four years except applicants whose peer review
scores are within the highest ten percent of scores of all applicants
receiving awards will receive five-year awards.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of the McNair Program is to award
grants to institutions of higher education for projects designed to
provide disadvantaged college students with effective preparation for
doctoral study.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-11 and 1070a-15.
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Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82,
84, 85, and 86.
(b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR part 647.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants
except federally recognized Indian tribes.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of
higher education only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: The Administration requested
$380,100,000 for the Federal TRIO Programs for FY 2007, $41,900,000 of
which we intend to use for new awards for the McNair Program. The
actual level of funding, if any, depends on final congressional action.
However, we are inviting applications to allow enough time to complete
the grant process if Congress appropriates funds for this program.
Estimated Range of Awards: $220,000-$365,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $234,000.
Maximum Award: We will not fund any application at an amount
exceeding the maximum amounts specified below for a single budget
period of 12 months. We may choose not to further consider or review
applications with budgets that exceed the maximum amounts specified
below, if we conclude, during our initial review of the application,
that the proposed goals and objectives cannot be obtained with the
specified maximum amount.
For an applicant who is not currently receiving a McNair
Program grant, the maximum award amount is $220,000 for a project that
will serve a minimum of 25 participants.
For an applicant who is currently receiving a McNair
Program grant, the maximum award is the greater of (a) $220,000 or (b)
an amount equal to $9,000 multiplied by the number of participants the
applicant is proposing to serve, not to exceed 105 percent of the
applicant's grant award amount for FY 2006.
Estimated Number of Awards: 180.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Four years except applicants whose peer review
scores are within the highest ten percent of scores of all applicants
receiving awards will receive five-year awards.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education and
consortia of those institutions.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not involve cost
sharing or matching.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: Eileen S. Bland, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., suite 7000, Washington, DC
20006-8510. Telephone: (202) 502-7600 or by e-mail: TRIO@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 an application, together
with the forms you must submit, are in the application package and
instructions for this program.
Page Limit: The program narrative (Part III of the application) is
where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria that reviewers
use to evaluate your application. You must limit the program narrative
(Part III) to the equivalent of no more than 50 pages, using the
following standards:
A ``page'' is 8.5'' x 11'', on one side only, with 1''
margins at the top, bottom, and both sides. Page numbers and an
identifier may be within the 1'' margin.
Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch)
all text in the application narrative, except titles, headings,
footnotes, quotations, references, captions, and all text in charts,
tables, and graphs, which may be single spaced.
Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier,
Courier New, or Arial. Applications submitted in any other font
(including Times Roman and Arial Narrow) will be rejected.
Use not less than 12-point font.
The page limit does not apply to Part I, the Application for
Federal Assistance (SF 424) and Department of Education Supplemental
Information Required for SF 424; Part II, the Budget Information
Summary Form (ED Form 524); Part III-A, McNair Program Profile; and
Part IV, Department of Education Certifications and Assurances and
Survey forms. The page limit also does not apply to the General
Education Provisions Act (GEPA) statement nor does it apply to a table
of contents. If you include any attachments or appendices not
specifically requested, these items will be counted as part of the
program narrative (Part III) for purposes of the page limit
requirement. You must include your complete response to the selection
criteria in the program narrative (Part III).
We will reject your application if--
You apply these standards and exceed the page limit; or
You apply other standards and exceed the equivalent of the
page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: December 1, 2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: January 31, 2007.
Applications for grants under this program must be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov). 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: April 2, 2007.
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.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications.
Applications for grants under the McNair Program--CFDA Number
84.217A must be submitted electronically using the Grants.gov Apply
site at: https://www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to
download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and
then upload and submit your application.
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You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us.
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.
You may access the electronic grant application for the McNair
Program at: https://www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable
application package for this program by the CFDA number. Do not include
the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.326,
not 84.326A).
Please note the following:
When you enter the Grants.gov site, you will find
information about submitting an application electronically through the
site, as well as the hours of operation.
Applications received by Grants.gov are date and time
stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted, and
must be date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system no later than
4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date.
Except as otherwise noted in this section, we will not consider your
application if it is date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system
later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline
date. When we retrieve your application from Grants.gov, we will notify
you if we are rejecting your application because it was date and time
stamped by the Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time,
on the application deadline date.
The amount of time it can take to upload an application
will vary depending on a variety of factors including the size of the
application and the speed of your Internet connection. Therefore, we
strongly recommend that you do not wait until the application deadline
date to begin the submission process through Grants.gov.
You should review and follow the Education Submission
Procedures for submitting an application through Grants.gov that are
included in the application package for this program to ensure that you
submit your application in a timely manner to the Grants.gov system.
You can also find the Education Submission Procedures pertaining to
Grants.gov at: https://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/
GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.
To submit your application via Grants.gov, you must
complete all the steps in the Grants.gov registration process (see
https://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp). These steps
include (1) registering your organization, a multi-part process that
includes registration with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR); (2)
registering yourself as an Authorized Organization Representative
(AOR); and (3) getting authorized as an AOR by your organization.
Details on these steps are outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step
Registration Guide (see https://www.grants.gov/section910/
Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). You also must provide on your
application the same D-U-N-S Number used with this registration. Please
note that the registration process may take five or more business days
to complete, and you must have completed all registration steps to
allow you to submit successfully an application via Grants.gov. In
addition you will need to update your CCR registration on an annual
basis. This may take three or more business days to complete.
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.
You must submit all documents electronically, including
all information you typically provide on the following forms:
Application for Federal Assistance (SF 424), the Department of
Education Supplemental Information for SF 424, Budget Information--Non-
Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and
certifications. Please note that two of these forms--the SF 424 and the
Department of Education Supplemental Information for SF 424--have
replaced the ED 424 (Application for Federal Education Assistance).
You must attach any narrative sections of your application
as files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF (Portable
Document) format. If you upload a file type other than the three file
types specified in this paragraph or submit a password-protected file,
we will not review that material.
Your electronic application must comply with any page
limit requirements described in this notice.
After you electronically submit your application, you will
receive from Grants.gov an automatic notification of receipt that
contains a Grants.gov tracking number. (This notification indicates
receipt by Grants.gov only, not receipt by the Department.) The
Department then will retrieve your application from Grants.gov and send
a second notification to you by e-mail. This second notification
indicates that the Department has received your application and has
assigned your application a PR/Award number (an ED-specified
identifying number unique to your application).
We may request that you provide us original signatures on
forms at a later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of Technical Issues
with the Grants.gov System: If you are experiencing problems submitting
your application through Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov
Support Desk at 1-800-518-4726. You must obtain a Grants.gov Support
Desk Case Number and must keep a record of it.
If you are prevented from electronically submitting your
application on the application deadline date because of technical
problems with the Grants.gov system, we will grant you an extension
until 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business day to
enable you to transmit your application electronically or by hand
delivery. You also may mail your application by following the mailing
instructions described elsewhere in this notice.
If you submit an application after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time,
on the application deadline date, please contact the person listed
elsewhere in this notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT and
provide an explanation of the technical problem you experienced with
Grants.gov, along with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number. We will
accept your application if we can confirm that a technical problem
occurred with the Grants.gov system and that that problem affected your
ability to submit your application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time,
on the application deadline date. The Department will contact you after
a determination is made on whether your application will be accepted.
Note: The extensions to which we refer in this section apply
only to the unavailability of, or technical problems with, the
Grants.gov system. We will not grant you an extension if you failed
to fully register to submit your application to Grants.gov before
the application deadline date and time or if the technical problem
you experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov system.
Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement: You qualify for an
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exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are unable to submit an application
through the Grants.gov system because--
You do not have access to the Internet; or
You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to
the Grants.gov 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 date 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: Linda Byrd-Johnson, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., suite 7000, Washington, DC
20006-8510. FAX: (202) 219-7074.
Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the
mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice.
b. Submission of Paper Applications 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 84.217A), 400
Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-4260; or
By mail through a commercial carrier: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center--Stop 4260, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.217A), 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 legible 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.
c. 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 84.217A), 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 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, including suffix
letter, if any, of the competition under which you are submitting your
application; and
(2) The Application Control Center will mail to you a notification
of receipt of your grant application. If you do not receive this
notification 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
1. Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this program are
from 34 CFR 647.21 and are listed in the application package for this
competition.
Note: Under the ``Objectives'' selection criterion, in 34 CFR
647.21(b), applicants must provide data that address both process
and outcome objectives as listed on the McNair Program Profile
relative to the purpose of the McNair Program as described in 34 CFR
647.1.
The McNair Program Profile (Part III-A) in the application package
details specific information that applicants must submit regarding four
specific process and outcome objectives listed in the profile.
Applicants may, but are not required to, develop additional objectives
for their projects.
2. Review and Selection Process: The Secretary will select
applications for funding in rank-order, based on each application's
total score for the selection criteria and prior experience, pursuant
to 34 CFR 647.20 through 647.22. If, after the approval of higher-
ranked applications, there are insufficient funds for two or more
applications with the same total scores, the Secretary will choose
among the tied applications to achieve an equitable geographical
distribution of all new projects.
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 period, 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 expenditures information as specified by the Secretary in
34 CFR 75.118.
4. Performance Measures: The success of the McNair Program is
measured by the increase in the percentage of McNair Program
participants who enroll in and persist in graduate school. All McNair
Program grantees will be required to
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submit an annual performance report regarding this measure.
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact: Eileen S. Bland, U.S. Department
of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., suite 7000, Washington, DC 20006-
8510. Telephone: (202) 502-7600 or by e-mail: TRIO@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.
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.gpoaccess.gov/
nara/.
Dated: November 28, 2006.
James F. Manning,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
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