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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education
Overview Information; Fund for the
Improvement of Postsecondary
Education, FIPSE-Special Focus
Competition: The U.S.-Russia
Program: Improving Research and
Educational Activities in Higher
Education; Notice Inviting Applications
for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY)
2008.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.116S.
DATES: Applications Available: July 23,
2008.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: August 22, 2008.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: To provide
grants that demonstrate partnerships
between Russian and American
institutions of higher education (IHEs)
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that contribute to the development and
promotion of educational opportunities
between the two nations, particularly in
the areas of mutual foreign language
learning and advancement of education
in science, technology, and the
humanities. Russian institutions will
apply to The Russian Ministry of
Education and Science for funding
under a separate but parallel
competition.
Priority: Under this competition, we
are particularly interested in
applications that address the following
priority.
Invitational Priority: For FY 2008, this
priority is an invitational priority.
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1), we do not
give an application that meets this
invitational priority a competitive or
absolute preference over other
applications.
This priority is designed to support
the formation of educational consortia
of American and Russian IHEs to
encourage mutual socio-culturallinguistic cooperation; the coordination
of joint development of curricula,
educational materials, and other types
of educational and methodological
activities; and the conduct of related
joint educational research. The
invitational priority is issued in
cooperation with the Russian Ministry
of Education and Science. These awards
support only the participation of faculty
and students in partnership
arrangements with American
institutions. Applicants must describe
the capacity of the institution to
contribute to and benefit from a
collaborative project with a Russian
institution to advance foreign language
and cultural understanding as well as
educational research and opportunities
in one of the following three areas:
(1) Engineering.
(2) Economics.
(3) Application of Information
Technology (IT) for the Teaching and
Learning of Foreign Languages.
Russian institutions eligible to form a
consortium with an American IHE and
to submit a joint proposal have been
selected by the Russian Federation
through the ‘‘Development of Higher
Education’’ competition that has been
conducted by the Russian Ministry of
Education and Science in Russia prior
to this competition. As a result of this
Russian competition, the Russian
Federation has identified the following
Russian institutions in each of the three
disciplines identified above, as being
eligible for participation in this
competition:
(1) Engineering—Bauman Moscow
State Technical University. POC:
Gennadiy Petrovich Pavlikhin, Vice-
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Rector. Tel: 7–499–261–40–55, e-mail:
irina@interd.bmstu.ru.
(2) Economics—State University of
Higher Economics. POC: Boris
Valeryevich Zhelezov, Head,
Department of International Academic
Mobility. Tel: 7–495–621–32–20, e-mail:
bzhelezov@gmail.com.
(3) Application of Information
Technology (IT) for the Teaching and
Learning of Foreign Languages—Russian
People’s Friendship University. POC:
Nur Serikovich Kirabayev, Vice-Rector.
Tel: 7–495–952–52–26, e-mail:
kirabaev@gmail.com.
These Russian institutions, if part of
a U.S.-Russian consortium, will receive
separate but parallel funding from the
Russian Ministry of Education and
Science.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1138–
1138d.
Applicable Regulations: The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 82, 84,
85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
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 IHEs only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $600,000.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$150,000–$250,000 for the first year of
the award.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$400,000 for the two-year duration of
grant.
Maximum Award: We will reject any
application that proposes a budget
exceeding $270,000 for a single budget
period of 12 months. The Assistant
Secretary for Postsecondary Education
may change the maximum amount
through a notice published in the
Federal Register.
Estimated Number of Awards: 3.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 24 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs or
combinations of IHEs and other public
and private nonprofit institutions and
agencies.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
program does not require cost sharing or
matching.
IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package: You can obtain an application
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package via the Internet or from the
Education Publications Center (ED
Pubs). To obtain a copy via the Internet,
use the following address: https://
www.Grants.gov. To obtain a copy from
ED Pubs, write, fax, or call the
following: Education Publications
Center, PO Box 1398, Jessup, MD
20794–1398. Telephone, toll free: 1–
877–433–7827. Fax: (301) 470–1244. If
you use a telecommunications device
for the deaf (TDD), call, toll free: 1–877–
576–7734.
You can contact ED Pubs at its Web
site, also: https://www.ed.gov/pubs/
edpubs.html or at its e-mail address:
edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
If you request an application from ED
Pubs, be sure to identify this program or
competition as follows: CFDA Number
84.116S.
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 person listed
under Alternative Format in Section VIII
of this notice.
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
(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
application narrative (Part III) to the
equivalent of no more than 20 pages,
using the following standards:
• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5′ × 11″, on one side
only, with 1″ margins at the top, bottom,
and both sides.
• Double space (no more than three
lines per vertical inch) all text in the
application narrative, including titles,
headings, footnotes, quotations,
references, and captions, as well as all
text in charts, tables, figures, and
graphs.
• Use a font that is either 12 point or
larger or no smaller than 10 pitch
(characters per inch).
• Use one of the following fonts:
Times New Roman, Courier, Courier
New, or Arial. An application 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 cover sheet; Part II, the budget
section, including the narrative budget
justification; Part IV, the assurances and
certifications; or the one-page abstract,
the resumes, the bibliography, or the
letters of support. However, the page
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limit does apply to all of the application
narrative section (Part III).
We will reject your application if you
exceed the page limit; or, if you apply
other standards and exceed the
equivalent of the page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: July 23, 2008.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: August 22, 2008.
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.
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 specify
unallowable costs in 34 CFR part 74. We
reference additional 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
U.S.-Russia Program: Improving
Research and Educational Activities in
Higher Education, CFDA Number
84.116S, must be submitted
electronically using the
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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 U.S.-Russia Program:
Improving Research and Educational
Activities in Higher Education 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 84.116, not
84.116S).
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 accept your
application if it is received—that is, date
and time stamped by the Grants.gov
system—after 4:30 p.m., Washington,
DC time, on the application deadline
date. We do not consider an application
that does not comply with the deadline
requirements. 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
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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.
• 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
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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
application deadline date, please
contact the person listed elsewhere in
this notice 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
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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: Krish Mathur, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street,
NW., Room 6155, Washington, DC
20006–8544. FAX: (202) 502–7877.
Your paper application must be
submitted in accordance with the mail
or hand delivery instructions described
in this notice.
b. Submission of Paper 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 84.116S),
400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20202–4260;
or
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By mail through a commercial carrier:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Stop
4260, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.116S), 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 84.116S), 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.
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V. Application Review Information
Selection Criteria: The selection
criteria for evaluating the applications
for this program are from 34 CFR 75.210
of EDGAR and are listed in the
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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
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 (GPRA), the Department will use the
following measures to assess the
performance of the program:
(a) The percentage of FIPSE grantees
reporting project dissemination to
others.
(b) The percentage of FIPSE projects
reporting institutionalization on their
home campuses.
If funded, you will be asked to collect
and report data on these measures in
your project’s annual performance
report (EDGAR, 34 CFR 75.590).
Applicants are also advised to consider
these two measures in conceptualizing
the design, implementation, and
evaluation of the proposed project
because of their importance in the
application review process. Collection
of data on these measures should be part
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of the project evaluation plan, along
with any measures of progress on goals
and objectives that are specific to your
project.
VII. Agency Contacts
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Krish Mathur, FIPSE—Fund for the
Improvement of Postsecondary
Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room
6155, Washington, DC 20006–8544.
Telephone: (202) 502–7512 or by e-mail:
krish.mathur@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–
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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: July 17, 2008.
Sara Martinez Tucker,
Under Secretary of Education.
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Program—Migrant Student Information
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Secondary Education, Department of
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under section 1308(b) of Title I, Part C
of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as
amended by the No Child Left Behind
Act of 2001. Subject to the availability
of funds in any fiscal year, the
Department will use the requirements to
make annual grant awards by formula,
beginning in FY 2008, to provide
additional resources to State
educational agencies (SEAs) in order to
assist them and their local operating
agencies (LOAs) in implementing the
interstate electronic exchange of migrant
children’s records through the Migrant
Student Information Exchange (MSIX).
DATES: Effective Date: These
requirements are effective August 22,
2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Alejandra Velez-Paschke, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., LBJ, room 3E249,
Washington, DC 20202–6135.
Telephone: (202) 260–2834 or via
Internet: MsixTeam@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 contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The Migrant Education
Program (MEP), authorized in Title I,
Part C, of the ESEA, is a State-operated,
formula grant program under which
SEAs receive funds to help improve the
academic achievement of migratory
children who reside in their States.
Under section 1304(b)(3) of the ESEA,
SEAs receiving MEP funds have a
responsibility to carry out activities that
promote the interstate and intrastate
coordination of services for migratory
children. This responsibility includes
carrying out activities that provide for
educational continuity through the
timely transfer of pertinent school
records, including health information,
for migratory children whether or not
they move during the regular school
year.
Section 1308(b) of the ESEA requires,
among other things, that the Department
(1) Assist States in developing methods
for the electronic transfer of migrant
student records, (2) ensure the linkage
of State electronic records-exchange
systems, and (3) establish the minimum
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education
Overview Information; Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary
Education, FIPSE-Special Focus Competition: The U.S.-Russia Program:
Improving Research and Educational Activities in Higher Education;
Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.116S.
DATES: Applications Available: July 23, 2008.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 22, 2008.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: To provide grants that demonstrate partnerships
between Russian and American institutions of higher education (IHEs)
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that contribute to the development and promotion of educational
opportunities between the two nations, particularly in the areas of
mutual foreign language learning and advancement of education in
science, technology, and the humanities. Russian institutions will
apply to The Russian Ministry of Education and Science for funding
under a separate but parallel competition.
Priority: Under this competition, we are particularly interested in
applications that address the following priority.
Invitational Priority: For FY 2008, this priority is an
invitational priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1), we do not give an
application that meets this invitational priority a competitive or
absolute preference over other applications.
This priority is designed to support the formation of educational
consortia of American and Russian IHEs to encourage mutual socio-
cultural-linguistic cooperation; the coordination of joint development
of curricula, educational materials, and other types of educational and
methodological activities; and the conduct of related joint educational
research. The invitational priority is issued in cooperation with the
Russian Ministry of Education and Science. These awards support only
the participation of faculty and students in partnership arrangements
with American institutions. Applicants must describe the capacity of
the institution to contribute to and benefit from a collaborative
project with a Russian institution to advance foreign language and
cultural understanding as well as educational research and
opportunities in one of the following three areas:
(1) Engineering.
(2) Economics.
(3) Application of Information Technology (IT) for the Teaching and
Learning of Foreign Languages.
Russian institutions eligible to form a consortium with an American
IHE and to submit a joint proposal have been selected by the Russian
Federation through the ``Development of Higher Education'' competition
that has been conducted by the Russian Ministry of Education and
Science in Russia prior to this competition. As a result of this
Russian competition, the Russian Federation has identified the
following Russian institutions in each of the three disciplines
identified above, as being eligible for participation in this
competition:
(1) Engineering--Bauman Moscow State Technical University. POC:
Gennadiy Petrovich Pavlikhin, Vice-Rector. Tel: 7-499-261-40-55, e-
mail: irina@interd.bmstu.ru.
(2) Economics--State University of Higher Economics. POC: Boris
Valeryevich Zhelezov, Head, Department of International Academic
Mobility. Tel: 7-495-621-32-20, e-mail: bzhelezov@gmail.com.
(3) Application of Information Technology (IT) for the Teaching and
Learning of Foreign Languages--Russian People's Friendship University.
POC: Nur Serikovich Kirabayev, Vice-Rector. Tel: 7-495-952-52-26, e-
mail: kirabaev@gmail.com.
These Russian institutions, if part of a U.S.-Russian consortium,
will receive separate but parallel funding from the Russian Ministry of
Education and Science.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1138-1138d.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
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 IHEs only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $600,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $150,000-$250,000 for the first year of
the award.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $400,000 for the two-year
duration of grant.
Maximum Award: We will reject any application that proposes a
budget exceeding $270,000 for a single budget period of 12 months. The
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education may change the maximum
amount through a notice published in the Federal Register.
Estimated Number of Awards: 3.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 24 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs or combinations of IHEs and other
public and private nonprofit institutions and agencies.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not require cost
sharing or matching.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: You can obtain an
application package via the Internet or from the Education Publications
Center (ED Pubs). To obtain a copy via the Internet, use the following
address: https://www.Grants.gov. To obtain a copy from ED Pubs, write,
fax, or call the following: Education Publications Center, PO Box 1398,
Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Telephone, toll free: 1-877-433-7827. Fax: (301)
470-1244. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD),
call, toll free: 1-877-576-7734.
You can contact ED Pubs at its Web site, also: https://www.ed.gov/
pubs/edpubs.html or at its e-mail address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify
this program or competition as follows: CFDA Number 84.116S.
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 person listed under
Alternative Format in Section VIII of this notice.
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 (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
application narrative (Part III) to the equivalent of no more than 20
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.
Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch)
all text in the application narrative, including titles, headings,
footnotes, quotations, references, and captions, as well as all text in
charts, tables, figures, and graphs.
Use a font that is either 12 point or larger or no smaller
than 10 pitch (characters per inch).
Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier,
Courier New, or Arial. An application 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 cover sheet; Part II,
the budget section, including the narrative budget justification; Part
IV, the assurances and certifications; or the one-page abstract, the
resumes, the bibliography, or the letters of support. However, the page
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limit does apply to all of the application narrative section (Part
III).
We will reject your application if you exceed the page limit; or,
if you apply other standards and exceed the equivalent of the page
limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: July 23, 2008.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 22, 2008.
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.
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 specify unallowable costs in 34 CFR
part 74. We reference additional 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 U.S.-Russia Program: Improving
Research and Educational Activities in Higher Education, CFDA Number
84.116S, 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 U.S.-Russia
Program: Improving Research and Educational Activities in Higher
Education 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 84.116, not 84.116S).
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 accept your
application if it is received--that is, date and time stamped by the
Grants.gov system--after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. We do not consider an application that does
not comply with the deadline requirements. 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, 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
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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 application deadline date, please contact the person listed
elsewhere in this notice 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: Krish Mathur, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 6155, Washington, DC
20006-8544. FAX: (202) 502-7877.
Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the
mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice.
b. Submission of Paper 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 84.116S), 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
84.116S), 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 84.116S), 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.
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V. Application Review Information
Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for evaluating the
applications for this program are from 34 CFR 75.210 of EDGAR and are
listed in the application package.
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 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 (GPRA), the Department will use the following measures to
assess the performance of the program:
(a) The percentage of FIPSE grantees reporting project
dissemination to others.
(b) The percentage of FIPSE projects reporting institutionalization
on their home campuses.
If funded, you will be asked to collect and report data on these
measures in your project's annual performance report (EDGAR, 34 CFR
75.590). Applicants are also advised to consider these two measures in
conceptualizing the design, implementation, and evaluation of the
proposed project because of their importance in the application review
process. Collection of data on these measures should be part of the
project evaluation plan, along with any measures of progress on goals
and objectives that are specific to your project.
VII. Agency Contacts
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Krish Mathur, FIPSE--Fund for the
Improvement of Postsecondary Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room 6155,
Washington, DC 20006-8544. Telephone: (202) 502-7512 or by e-mail:
krish.mathur@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
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Dated: July 17, 2008.
Sara Martinez Tucker,
Under Secretary of Education.
[FR Doc. E8-16840 Filed 7-22-08; 8:45 am]
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