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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education;
Overview Information; Undergraduate
International Studies and Foreign
Language Program; Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2008
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.016A.
DATES:
Applications Available: October 22,
2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: November 26, 2007.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: January 25, 2008.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The
Undergraduate International Studies
and Foreign Language (UISFL) Program
provides grants to strengthen and
improve undergraduate instruction in
international studies and foreign
languages.
Priorities: This notice contains two
competitive preference priorities and
two invitational priorities. In
accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii),
Competitive Preference Priority 1 is
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from the regulations for this program (34
CFR 658.35). Competitive Preference
Priority 2 is from the notice of final
priorities for discretionary grant
programs, published in the Federal
Register on October 11, 2006 (71 FR
60046).
Competitive Preference Priority 1: For
FY 2008 this priority is a competitive
preference priority. Under 34 CFR
75.105(c)(2)(i) we award an additional
five points to an application that meets
these priorities.
This priority is:
Applications that (a) require entering
students to have successfully completed
at least two years of secondary school
foreign language instruction; (b) require
each graduating student to earn two
years of postsecondary credit in a
foreign language or to have
demonstrated equivalent competence in
the foreign language; or (c) in the case
of a two-year degree granting institution,
offer two years of postsecondary credit
in a foreign language.
Competitive Preference Priority 2: For
FY 2008 this priority is a competitive
preference priority. Under 34 CFR
75.105(c)(2)(i) we award an additional
five points to an application that meets
this priority.
This priority is:
Projects that support activities to
enable students to achieve proficiency
or advanced proficiency or to develop
programs in one or more of the
following less commonly taught
languages: Arabic, Chinese, Korean,
Japanese, Russian, and languages in the
Indic, Iranian, and Turkic language
families.
Under this competition, we are
particularly interested in applications
that address the following priorities.
Invitational Priorities: For FY 2008,
these priorities are invitational
priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we
do not give an application that meets
these invitational priorities a
competitive or absolute preference over
other applications.
These priorities are:
Invitational Priority 1: Applications
that propose projects that provide inservice training for K–12 teachers in
foreign languages and international
studies and that strengthen instruction
in foreign languages and international
studies in teacher education programs.
Invitational Priority 2: Applications
that propose projects that include a plan
for assessment of student foreign
language competency. A plan of
assessment should include clearly
defined student-learning outcomes and
externally validated assessment
approaches. The applicant should
describe procedures for utilizing the
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assessment data to improve foreign
language program effectiveness.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1124.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 84, 85,
86, 97, 98 and 99. (b) The regulations in
34 CFR parts 655 and 658. (c) The notice
of final priorities for discretionary grant
programs, published in the Federal
Register on October 11, 2006 (71 FR
60046).
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
(IHEs) only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: The
Administration has requested
$1,617,000 for new awards for this
program for FY 2008. 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: Single
Institution: $50,000–$90,000. Consortia/
Organizations/Associations: $80,000–
$140,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
Single Institution: $82,000. Consortia/
Organizations/Associations: $110,000.
Maximum Award: We will reject any
application that proposes a budget
exceeding $90,000 for a single budget
period of 12 months for a single
institution application and $140,000 for
a single budget period of 12 months for
a consortia/organization/association
application. The Assistant Secretary for
Postsecondary Education may change
the maximum amount through a notice
published in the Federal Register.
Estimated Number of Awards: 19.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Single Institutions: Up
to 24 months. Consortia/Organizations/
Associations: Up to 36 months.
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III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: (1) IHEs; (2)
combinations of IHEs; (3) partnerships
between nonprofit educational
organizations and IHEs; and (4) public
and private nonprofit agencies and
organizations, including professional
and scholarly associations.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
program has a matching requirement
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under Title VI, part A, section 604(a)(3)
of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended (HEA), 20 U.S.C. 1124(a)(3),
and the regulations for this program in
34 CFR 658.41. UISFL Program grantees
must provide matching funds in either
of the following ways: (a) cash
contributions from private sector
corporations or foundations equal to
one-third of the total project costs; or (b)
a combination of institutional and noninstitutional cash or in-kind
contributions including State and
private sector corporation or foundation
contributions, equal to one-half of the
total project costs. The Secretary may
waive or reduce the required matching
share for institutions that are eligible to
receive assistance under part A or part
B of Title III or under Title V of the
HEA.
IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package: Christine Corey, International
Education Programs Service, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street,
NW., room 6069, Washington, DC
20006–8521. Telephone: (202) 502–7629
or by e-mail: christine.corey@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at
1–800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities can
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 for this
competition.
Page Limit: The application narrative
is where you, the applicant, address the
selection criteria that reviewers use to
evaluate your application. You must
limit the application narrative (Part III)
to no more than 40 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 outside of 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 may be single
spaced. Charts, tables, figures, and
graphs in the application narrative
count toward the page limit.
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• Use a font that is either 12-point or
larger or no smaller than 10-point
(characters per inch). However, you may
use a 10-point font in charts, tables,
figures, and graphs.
• 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 not be
accepted.
The page limit does not apply to Part
I, the Application for Federal Assistance
face sheet (SF 424); the supplemental
information form required by the
Department; Part II, the budget section,
including the narrative budget
justification; and Part IV, the assurances
and certifications. The page limit also
does not 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.
We will reject your application if you
exceed the page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: October 22,
2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: November 26, 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 in paper format 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.
Individuals with disabilities who
need an accommodation or auxiliary aid
in connection with the application
process should contact the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT in section VII in this notice. If
the Department provides an
accommodation or auxiliary aid to an
individual with a disability in
connection with the application
process, the individual’s application
remains subject to all other
requirements and limitations in this
notice.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: January 25, 2008.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This
competition is subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34
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CFR part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs under Executive Order 12372
is in the application package for this
competition.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference
regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable
Regulations section in this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements:
Applications for grants under this
competition 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
UISFL Program, CFDA Number
84.016A, must be submitted
electronically using the
Governmentwide 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. You may not email 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 UISFL Program at
https://www.Grants.gov. You must search
for the downloadable application
package for this competition by the
CFDA number. Do not include the
CFDA number’s alpha suffix in your
search (e.g., search for 84.016, not
84.016A).
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
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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 competition
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://eGrants.ed.gov/help/
GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.
• To submit your application via
Grants.gov, you must complete all 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.
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• 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, the Department of Education
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 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,
toll free, 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
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application deadline date, please
contact the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in
section VII in this notice 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.
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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
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: Christine Corey,
International Education Programs
Service, U.S. Department of Education,
1990 K Street, NW., room 6069,
Washington, DC 20006–8521. Fax: (202)
502–7859.
Your paper application must be
submitted in accordance with the mail
or hand delivery instructions described
in this notice.
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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 84.016A),
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
84.016A), 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.
(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.
(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 84.016A), 550 12th
Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center
Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. The
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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. General: For FY 2008, applications
will be randomly divided and reviewed
by separate panels of language and area
studies experts. A rank order from
highest to lowest score will be
developed and used for funding
purposes.
2. Selection Criteria: The selection
criteria for this program are from 34 CFR
658.31 through 658.34. The following
criteria are used to evaluate all
applications: (a) Plan of operation (15
points); (b) quality of key personnel (10
points); (c) budget and cost effectiveness
(10 points); (d) adequacy of resources (5
points); and (e) evaluation plan (20
points). The following additional
criteria are applied to applications
submitted by an IHE or a combination
of IHEs: (a) Commitment to
international studies (10 points); (b)
elements of the proposed international
studies program (10 points); and (c)
need for and prospective results of the
proposed program (10 points). The
following additional criterion is applied
to applications from organizations and
associations: Need for and potential
impact of the proposed project in
improving international studies and the
study of modern foreign languages at the
undergraduate level (30 points).
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 notify you informally, also.
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
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requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section in this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining
the terms and conditions of an award in
the Applicable Regulations section in
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
expenditure information as directed by
the Secretary under 34 CFR 75.118. The
Secretary may also require more
frequent performance reports under 34
CFR 75.720(c). For specific
requirements on reporting, please go to
https://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/
appforms/appforms.html.
4. Performance Measures: Under the
Government Performance and Results
Act of 1993 (GPRA), the objective for the
UISFL program is to meet the nation’s
security and economic needs through
the development of a national capacity
in foreign languages and area and
international studies.
The Department will use the
following UISFL performance measures
to evaluate its success in meeting this
objective: (1) Percentage of critical
languages addressed/covered by foreign
language major, minor, or certificate
programs created or enhanced, by
language courses created or enhanced,
or by faculty or instructor positions
created with UISFL or matching funds
in the reporting period. (2) Percentage of
projects reported and validated as high
quality or successfully completed.
The information provided by grantees
in their performance reports submitted
via the electronic International Resource
Information System (IRIS) will be the
source of data for this measure.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Christine Corey, International Education
Programs Service, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room
6069, Washington, DC 20006–8521.
Telephone: (202) 502–7629 or by e-mail:
christine.corey@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll
free, at 1–800–877–8339.
VIII. Other Information
Alternative Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document
and a copy of the application package in
an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large
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on request to the program contact
person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII in
this notice.
Electronic Access to This Document:
You can 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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at this site. If you have questions about
using PDF, call the U.S. Government
Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–
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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: October 17, 2007.
Diane Auer Jones,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
Education.
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Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Idaho
National Laboratory
Department of Energy.
Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: This notice announces a
meeting of the Environmental
Management Site-Specific Advisory
Board (EM SSAB), Idaho National
Laboratory. The Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat.
770) requires that public notice of this
meeting be announced in the Federal
Register.
DATES: Tuesday, November 6, 2007, 8
a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Opportunities for public participation
will be held from 1 to 1:15 p.m. and 4
to 4:15 p.m.
These times are subject to change;
please contact the Federal Coordinator
(below) for confirmation of times prior
to the meeting.
ADDRESSES: AmeriTel Inn, 645 Lindsey
Boulevard, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert L. Pence, Federal Coordinator,
Department of Energy, Idaho Operations
Office, 1955 Fremont Avenue, MS–
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pencerl@id.doe.gov or visit the Board’s
Internet home page at: https://
www.inlemcab.org.
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Purpose of the Board: The purpose of
the Board is to make recommendations
to DOE in the areas of environmental
restoration, waste management, and
related activities.
Tentative Topics (agenda topics may
change up to the day of the meeting;
please contact Robert L. Pence for the
most current agenda):
• Progress to Cleanup
• Waste Area Group 7 Proposed Plan
• Chemical Processing Plant (CPP)–601
Status
• Special Nuclear Material
• Engineering Test Reactor After Action
Briefing
Public Participation: The meeting is
open to the public. Written statements
may be filed with the Board either
before or after the meeting. Individuals
who wish to make oral presentations
pertaining to agenda items should
contact Robert L. Pence at the address
or telephone number listed above. The
request must be received five days prior
to the meeting and reasonable provision
will be made to include the presentation
in the agenda. The Deputy Designated
Federal Officer is empowered to
conduct the meeting in a fashion that
will facilitate the orderly conduct of
business. Individuals wishing to make
public comment will be provided a
maximum of five minutes to present
their comments.
Minutes: Minutes will be available by
writing or calling Robert L. Pence,
Federal Coordinator, at the address and
phone number listed above. Minutes
will also be available at the following
Web site https://www.inlemcab.org/
meetings.html.
Issued at Washington, DC on October 17,
2007.
Rachel Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information;
Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program;
Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.016A.
DATES:
Applications Available: October 22, 2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: November 26, 2007.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: January 25, 2008.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The Undergraduate International Studies and
Foreign Language (UISFL) Program provides grants to strengthen and
improve undergraduate instruction in international studies and foreign
languages.
Priorities: This notice contains two competitive preference
priorities and two invitational priorities. In accordance with 34 CFR
75.105(b)(2)(ii), Competitive Preference Priority 1 is from the
regulations for this program (34 CFR 658.35). Competitive Preference
Priority 2 is from the notice of final priorities for discretionary
grant programs, published in the Federal Register on October 11, 2006
(71 FR 60046).
Competitive Preference Priority 1: For FY 2008 this priority is a
competitive preference priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award
an additional five points to an application that meets these
priorities.
This priority is:
Applications that (a) require entering students to have
successfully completed at least two years of secondary school foreign
language instruction; (b) require each graduating student to earn two
years of postsecondary credit in a foreign language or to have
demonstrated equivalent competence in the foreign language; or (c) in
the case of a two-year degree granting institution, offer two years of
postsecondary credit in a foreign language.
Competitive Preference Priority 2: For FY 2008 this priority is a
competitive preference priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award
an additional five points to an application that meets this priority.
This priority is:
Projects that support activities to enable students to achieve
proficiency or advanced proficiency or to develop programs in one or
more of the following less commonly taught languages: Arabic, Chinese,
Korean, Japanese, Russian, and languages in the Indic, Iranian, and
Turkic language families.
Under this competition, we are particularly interested in
applications that address the following priorities.
Invitational Priorities: For FY 2008, these priorities are
invitational priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do not give an
application that meets these invitational priorities a competitive or
absolute preference over other applications.
These priorities are:
Invitational Priority 1: Applications that propose projects that
provide in-service training for K-12 teachers in foreign languages and
international studies and that strengthen instruction in foreign
languages and international studies in teacher education programs.
Invitational Priority 2: Applications that propose projects that
include a plan for assessment of student foreign language competency. A
plan of assessment should include clearly defined student-learning
outcomes and externally validated assessment approaches. The applicant
should describe procedures for utilizing the
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assessment data to improve foreign language program effectiveness.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1124.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82,
84, 85, 86, 97, 98 and 99. (b) The regulations in 34 CFR parts 655 and
658. (c) The notice of final priorities for discretionary grant
programs, published in the Federal Register on October 11, 2006 (71 FR
60046).
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 (IHEs) only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: The Administration has requested
$1,617,000 for new awards for this program for FY 2008. 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: Single Institution: $50,000-$90,000.
Consortia/Organizations/Associations: $80,000-$140,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: Single Institution: $82,000.
Consortia/Organizations/Associations: $110,000.
Maximum Award: We will reject any application that proposes a
budget exceeding $90,000 for a single budget period of 12 months for a
single institution application and $140,000 for a single budget period
of 12 months for a consortia/organization/association application. The
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education may change the maximum
amount through a notice published in the Federal Register.
Estimated Number of Awards: 19.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Single Institutions: Up to 24 months. Consortia/
Organizations/Associations: Up to 36 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: (1) IHEs; (2) combinations of IHEs; (3)
partnerships between nonprofit educational organizations and IHEs; and
(4) public and private nonprofit agencies and organizations, including
professional and scholarly associations.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program has a matching
requirement under Title VI, part A, section 604(a)(3) of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), 20 U.S.C. 1124(a)(3), and the
regulations for this program in 34 CFR 658.41. UISFL Program grantees
must provide matching funds in either of the following ways: (a) cash
contributions from private sector corporations or foundations equal to
one-third of the total project costs; or (b) a combination of
institutional and non-institutional cash or in-kind contributions
including State and private sector corporation or foundation
contributions, equal to one-half of the total project costs. The
Secretary may waive or reduce the required matching share for
institutions that are eligible to receive assistance under part A or
part B of Title III or under Title V of the HEA.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: Christine Corey,
International Education Programs Service, U.S. Department of Education,
1990 K Street, NW., room 6069, Washington, DC 20006-8521. Telephone:
(202) 502-7629 or by e-mail: christine.corey@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities can 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 for this competition.
Page Limit: The application narrative is where you, the applicant,
address the selection criteria that reviewers use to evaluate your
application. You must limit the application narrative (Part III) to no
more than 40 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 outside of 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 may be single spaced. Charts, tables, figures, and
graphs in the application narrative count toward the page limit.
Use a font that is either 12-point or larger or no smaller
than 10-point (characters per inch). However, you may use a 10-point
font in charts, tables, figures, and graphs.
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 not be accepted.
The page limit does not apply to Part I, the Application for
Federal Assistance face sheet (SF 424); the supplemental information
form required by the Department; Part II, the budget section, including
the narrative budget justification; and Part IV, the assurances and
certifications. The page limit also does not 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.
We will reject your application if you exceed the page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: October 22, 2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: November 26, 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 in paper format 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.
Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or
auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact
the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII
in this notice. If the Department provides an accommodation or
auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability in connection with the
application process, the individual's application remains subject to
all other requirements and limitations in this notice.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: January 25, 2008.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This competition is subject to
Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34
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CFR part 79. Information about Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs under Executive Order 12372 is in the application package for
this competition.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section in this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under
this competition 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 UISFL Program, CFDA Number
84.016A, must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide
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. 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 UISFL
Program at https://www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable
application package for this competition by the CFDA number. Do not
include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for
84.016, not 84.016A).
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 competition 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 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, the Department of
Education 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, toll free, 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
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application deadline date, please contact the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII in this notice 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
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: Christine Corey,
International Education Programs Service, U.S. Department of Education,
1990 K Street, NW., room 6069, Washington, DC 20006-8521. Fax: (202)
502-7859.
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 84.016A), 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 84.016A), 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.
(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.
(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 84.016A), 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. General: For FY 2008, applications will be randomly divided and
reviewed by separate panels of language and area studies experts. A
rank order from highest to lowest score will be developed and used for
funding purposes.
2. Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this program are
from 34 CFR 658.31 through 658.34. The following criteria are used to
evaluate all applications: (a) Plan of operation (15 points); (b)
quality of key personnel (10 points); (c) budget and cost effectiveness
(10 points); (d) adequacy of resources (5 points); and (e) evaluation
plan (20 points). The following additional criteria are applied to
applications submitted by an IHE or a combination of IHEs: (a)
Commitment to international studies (10 points); (b) elements of the
proposed international studies program (10 points); and (c) need for
and prospective results of the proposed program (10 points). The
following additional criterion is applied to applications from
organizations and associations: Need for and potential impact of the
proposed project in improving international studies and the study of
modern foreign languages at the undergraduate level (30 points).
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 notify you informally, also.
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
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requirements in the Applicable Regulations section in this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award in the Applicable Regulations section in 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 expenditure information as directed by the Secretary
under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary may also require more frequent
performance reports under 34 CFR 75.720(c). For specific requirements
on reporting, please go to https://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/
appforms.html.
4. Performance Measures: Under the Government Performance and
Results Act of 1993 (GPRA), the objective for the UISFL program is to
meet the nation's security and economic needs through the development
of a national capacity in foreign languages and area and international
studies.
The Department will use the following UISFL performance measures to
evaluate its success in meeting this objective: (1) Percentage of
critical languages addressed/covered by foreign language major, minor,
or certificate programs created or enhanced, by language courses
created or enhanced, or by faculty or instructor positions created with
UISFL or matching funds in the reporting period. (2) Percentage of
projects reported and validated as high quality or successfully
completed.
The information provided by grantees in their performance reports
submitted via the electronic International Resource Information System
(IRIS) will be the source of data for this measure.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine Corey, International
Education Programs Service, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K
Street, NW., room 6069, Washington, DC 20006-8521. Telephone: (202)
502-7629 or by e-mail: christine.corey@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
VIII. Other Information
Alternative Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this
document and a copy of the application package in an alternative format
(e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII in this notice.
Electronic Access to This Document: You can 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: October 17, 2007.
Diane Auer Jones,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. E7-20762 Filed 10-19-07; 8:45 am]
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