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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education:
Overview Information; Technological
Innovation and Cooperation for
Foreign Information Access Program
Notice Inviting Applications for New
Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.337A.
Dates: Applications Available: March
17, 2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: April 16, 2009.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: June 15, 2009.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The
Technological Innovation and
Cooperation for Foreign Information
Access (TICFIA) Program provides
grants to support projects that will
develop innovative techniques or
programs using electronic technologies
to collect information from foreign
sources. The projects access, collect,
organize, preserve, and widely
disseminate information on world
regions and countries other than the
United States that address our Nation’s
teaching and research needs in
international education and foreign
languages.
Priority: This notice contains one
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.
Invitational Priority:
This priority is:
Projects that focus on any of the
seventy-eight (78) languages on the U.S.
Department of Education’s list of Less
Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs),
which follows:
Akan (Twi-Fante), Albanian,
Amharic, Arabic (all dialects),
Armenian, Azeri (Azerbaijani), Balochi,
Bamanakan (Bamana, Bambara,
Mandikan, Mandingo, Maninka, Dyula),
Belarusian, Bengali (Bangla), Berber (all
languages), Bosnian, Bulgarian,
Burmese, Cebuano (Visayan), Chechen,
Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Gan),
Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Min),
Chinese (Wu), Croatian, Dari, Dinka,
Georgian, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew
(Modern), Hindi, Igbo, Indonesian,
Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kashmiri,
Kazakh, Khmer (Cambodian), Kirghiz,
Korean, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kurdish
(Sorani), Lao, Malay (Bahasa Melayu or
Malaysian), Malayalam, Marathi,
Mongolian, Nepali, Oromo, Panjabi,
Pashto, Persian (Farsi), Polish,
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Portuguese (all varieties), Quechua,
Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala
(Sinhalese), Somali, Swahili, Tagalog,
Tajik, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan,
Tigrigna, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian,
Urdu, Uyghur/Uigur, Uzbek,
Vietnamese, Wolof, Xhosa, Yoruba, and
Zulu.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1126.
Applicable Regulations: The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 84, 85,
86, 97, 98 and 99. As there are no
program-specific regulations, each
applicant is encouraged to read the
authorizing statute for the TICFIA
Program in section 606 of Title VI, part
A of the Higher Education Act of 1965,
as amended (HEA), 20 U.S.C. 1126.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79
apply to all applicants except Federally
recognized Indian tribes.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86
apply to institutions of higher education
only.
Areas of National Need:
In accordance with section 601(c) of
the HEA, (20 U.S.C. 1121(c)), the
Secretary has consulted with and
received recommendations regarding
national need for expertise in foreign
languages and world regions from the
head officials of a wide range of Federal
agencies. The Secretary has taken these
recommendations into account, and a
list of foreign languages and world
regions identified by the Secretary as
areas of national need may be found on
the following Web sites: https://
www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/
policy.html. https://www.ed.gov/
programs/iegpsticfia/legislation.html.
Also included on these Web sites are
the specific recommendations the
Secretary received from Federal
agencies.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: We
propose to allocate $1,700,000 for new
awards for this program for FY 2009.
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:
$150,000–$190,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$170,000.
Maximum Award: We will reject any
application that proposes a budget
exceeding $190,000 for a single budget
period of 12 months. The Assistant
Secretary for Postsecondary Education
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may change the maximum amount
through a notice published in the
Federal Register.
Estimated Number of Awards: 10.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 48 months.
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III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: (1) Institutions
of higher education (IHEs); (2) public or
nonprofit private libraries; (3) a
partnership of an IHE and one or more
of the following: (A) another IHE; (B) a
library; or (C) a nonprofit educational
organization.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
program has a matching requirement
under section 606(d) of the HEA, 20
U.S.C. 1126(d). The Federal share of the
total cost of carrying out a program
under this section shall not be more
than 662⁄3 percent. The non-Federal
share of such costs may be provided
either in-kind or in cash, and may
include contributions from private
sector corporations or foundations.
IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package: Susanna Easton, International
Education Programs Service, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street,
NW., room 6093, Washington, DC
20006–8521. Telephone: (202) 502–
7628; or, by e-mail:
Susanna.Easton@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 accessible 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 program
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] that
addresses the selection criteria 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
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application narrative, except titles,
headings, footnotes, quotations,
references, captions, and all text in
charts, tables, and graphs. These items
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 pitch
(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. 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 Application for Federal Assistance
face sheet (SF 424); the supplemental
information form required by the
Department of Education; Part II, the
budget information summary form (ED
Form 524); or 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
your 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
apply these standards and exceed the
page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: March 17,
2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: April 16, 2009.
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 of 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 of 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
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remains subject to all other
requirements and limitations in this
notice.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: June 15, 2009.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This
program is subject to Executive Order
12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR
part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs under Executive Order 12372
is in the application package for this
program.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference
regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements:
Applications for grants under this
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
Technological Innovation and
Cooperation for Foreign Information
Access (TICFIA) Program, CFDA
number 84.337A, 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 TICFIA 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 84.337, not
84.337A).
Please note the following:
• When you enter the Grants.gov site,
you will find information about
submitting an application electronically
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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 4:30:00 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 4:30:00 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
4:30:00 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 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 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
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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.
• 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 4:30:00 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, the following
business day to enable you to transmit
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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
4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on
the application deadline date, please
contact the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in
Section VII of 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 4:30:00 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: Susanna Easton,
International Education Programs
Service, U.S. Department of Education,
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1990 K Street, NW., room 6093,
Washington, DC 20006–8521. FAX:
(202) 502–7860.
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 following address:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.337A), LBJ Basement
Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20202–4260.
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.
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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 84.337A) 550 12th
Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center
Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260.
The Application Control Center
accepts hand deliveries daily between
8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington,
DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays,
and Federal holidays.
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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 2009, applications
will be randomly divided and reviewed
by separate panels of foreign language
and area studies and international
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
EDGAR (34 CFR 75.209 and 75.210) and
are as follows: (a) Meeting the purpose
of the authorizing statute (15 points), (b)
Need for project (10 points), (c)
Significance (14 points), (d) Quality of
the project design (12 points), (e)
Quality of key personnel (8 points), (f)
Quality of project services (4 points), (g)
Adequacy of resources (12 points), (h)
Quality of the management plan (10
points), and (i) Quality of the project
evaluation (15 points).
Note: Applicants should address these
selection criteria only in the context of the
program requirements in section 606 of the
HEA.
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 Notification
(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 of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining
the terms and conditions of an award of
the Applicable Regulations section of
this notice and include these and other
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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.
Grantees are required to use the
electronic data instrument International
Resource Information System (IRIS) to
complete the final report. 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 Measure: Under the
Government Performance and Results
Act of 1993 (GPRA), the Department
will use the following measure to
evaluate the success of this program:
Percentage of projects judged to be
successful by the program officer, based
on a review of information provided in
annual performance reports.
The information provided by grantees
in their performance reports submitted
via IRIS will be the source of data for
this measure. Reporting screens for
institutions can be viewed at: https://
www.ieps-iris.org/iris/pdfs/TICFIA.pdf.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susanna Easton, International Education
Programs Service, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room
6069, Washington, DC 20006–8521.
Telephone: (202) 502–7628 or by e-mail:
susanna.easton@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll
free, at 1–800–877–8339.
VIII. Other Information
Accessible Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document
and a copy of the application package in
an accessible 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 of
this notice.
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ACTION: Notice of the 2009–2010 award
year deadline dates for the campusbased programs.
[CFDA Nos. 84.038, 84.033, and 84.007]
Federal Perkins Loan, Federal WorkStudy, and Federal Supplemental
Educational Opportunity Grant
Programs
Delegation of Authority: The Secretary
of Education has delegated authority to
Daniel T. Madzelan, Director,
Forecasting and Policy Analysis for the
Office of Postsecondary Education to
perform the functions of the Assistant
Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
Dated: March 12, 2009.
Daniel T. Madzelan,
Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis.
[FR Doc. E9–5760 Filed 3–16–09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
SUMMARY: The Secretary announces the
2009–2010 award year deadline dates
for the submission of requests and
documents from postsecondary
institutions for the campus-based
programs.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Federal Perkins Loan, Federal WorkStudy (FWS), and Federal Supplemental
Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG)
programs are collectively known as the
campus-based programs.
The Federal Perkins Loan Program
encourages institutions to make lowinterest, long-term loans to needy
undergraduate and graduate students to
help pay for their education.
The FWS Program encourages the
part-time employment of needy
undergraduate and graduate students to
help pay for their education and to
involve the students in community
service activities.
The FSEOG Program encourages
institutions to provide grants to
exceptionally needy undergraduate
students to help pay for their cost of
education.
The Federal Perkins Loan, FWS, and
FSEOG programs are authorized by
parts E and C, and part A, subpart 3,
respectively, of title IV of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended.
Throughout the year, in its
‘‘Electronic Announcements,’’ the
Department will continue to provide
additional information for the
individual deadline dates listed, via the
Information for Financial Aid
Professionals (IFAP) Web site at https://
www.ifap.ed.gov.
Deadline Dates: The following table
provides the 2009–2010 award year
deadline dates for the submission of
applications, reports, and waiver
requests for the campus-based programs.
Institutions must meet the established
deadline dates to ensure consideration
for funding or a waiver, as appropriate.
2009–2010 AWARD YEAR DEADLINE DATES
What is the deadline for submission?
What does an institution submit?
How is it submitted?
1. The Campus-Based Reallocation Form designated for the
return of 2008–2009 funds and the request of supplemental FWS funds for the 2009–2010 award year.
2. The 2008–2009 Fiscal Operations Report and 2010–2011
Application to Participate (FISAP).
The Reallocation Form must be submitted electronically via
the Internet and is located in the ‘‘Setup’’ section of the
FISAP on the Web at: https://www.cbfisap.ed.gov.
The FISAP is located on the Internet at the following Web
site: https://www.cbfisap.ed.gov.
The FISAP must be submitted electronically via the Internet, and the FISAP’s signature page must be mailed to:
FISAP Administrator, 2020 Company, LLC, 3110 Fairview
Park Drive, Suite 950, Falls Church, VA 22042.
The Work Colleges Program Report can be found in the
‘‘Setup’’ section of the FISAP on the Web at: https://
www.cbfisap.ed.gov.
The report must be submitted electronically via the Internet,
and a printed copy with an original signature must be
submitted by one of the following methods:
Hand deliver to: United States Department of Education,
Federal Student Aid Grants & Campus-Based Division,
830 First Street, NE., Room 62E3, ATTN: Work Colleges
Coordinator, Washington, DC 20002, or
Mail to: The address listed above for hand delivery. However, please use ZIP Code 20202–5453.
The FISAP is located on the Internet at the following Web
site: https://www.cbfisap.ed.gov.
The FISAP Edit Corrections and Perkins Cash on Hand
Update must be submitted electronically via the Internet.
The request for a waiver can be found in Part II, Section C
of the FISAP on the Web at: https://www.cbfisap.ed.gov.
The request and justification must be submitted electronically via the Internet.
3. The Work Colleges Program Report of 2008–2009 award
year expenditures.
4. The 2008–2009 FISAP Edit Corrections and Perkins
Cash on Hand Update.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education: Overview Information;
Technological Innovation and Cooperation for Foreign Information Access
Program Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year
(FY) 2009
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.337A.
Dates: Applications Available: March 17, 2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 16, 2009.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 15, 2009.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The Technological Innovation and Cooperation
for Foreign Information Access (TICFIA) Program provides grants to
support projects that will develop innovative techniques or programs
using electronic technologies to collect information from foreign
sources. The projects access, collect, organize, preserve, and widely
disseminate information on world regions and countries other than the
United States that address our Nation's teaching and research needs in
international education and foreign languages.
Priority: This notice contains one 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.
Invitational Priority:
This priority is:
Projects that focus on any of the seventy-eight (78) languages on
the U.S. Department of Education's list of Less Commonly Taught
Languages (LCTLs), which follows:
Akan (Twi-Fante), Albanian, Amharic, Arabic (all dialects),
Armenian, Azeri (Azerbaijani), Balochi, Bamanakan (Bamana, Bambara,
Mandikan, Mandingo, Maninka, Dyula), Belarusian, Bengali (Bangla),
Berber (all languages), Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cebuano (Visayan),
Chechen, Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Gan), Chinese (Mandarin),
Chinese (Min), Chinese (Wu), Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Georgian, Gujarati,
Hausa, Hebrew (Modern), Hindi, Igbo, Indonesian, Japanese, Javanese,
Kannada, Kashmiri, Kazakh, Khmer (Cambodian), Kirghiz, Korean, Kurdish
(Kurmanji), Kurdish (Sorani), Lao, Malay (Bahasa Melayu or Malaysian),
Malayalam, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Oromo, Panjabi, Pashto, Persian
(Farsi), Polish, Portuguese (all varieties), Quechua, Romanian,
Russian, Serbian, Sinhala (Sinhalese), Somali, Swahili, Tagalog, Tajik,
Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tigrigna, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian,
Urdu, Uyghur/Uigur, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof, Xhosa, Yoruba, and Zulu.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1126.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82,
84, 85, 86, 97, 98 and 99. As there are no program-specific
regulations, each applicant is encouraged to read the authorizing
statute for the TICFIA Program in section 606 of Title VI, part A of
the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), 20 U.S.C. 1126.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants
except Federally recognized Indian tribes.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of
higher education only.
Areas of National Need:
In accordance with section 601(c) of the HEA, (20 U.S.C. 1121(c)),
the Secretary has consulted with and received recommendations regarding
national need for expertise in foreign languages and world regions from
the head officials of a wide range of Federal agencies. The Secretary
has taken these recommendations into account, and a list of foreign
languages and world regions identified by the Secretary as areas of
national need may be found on the following Web sites: https://
www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/policy.html. https://www.ed.gov/
programs/iegpsticfia/legislation.html.
Also included on these Web sites are the specific recommendations
the Secretary received from Federal agencies.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: We propose to allocate $1,700,000 for
new awards for this program for FY 2009. 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: $150,000-$190,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $170,000.
Maximum Award: We will reject any application that proposes a
budget exceeding $190,000 for a single budget period of 12 months. The
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education
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may change the maximum amount through a notice published in the Federal
Register.
Estimated Number of Awards: 10.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 48 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: (1) Institutions of higher education
(IHEs); (2) public or nonprofit private libraries; (3) a partnership of
an IHE and one or more of the following: (A) another IHE; (B) a
library; or (C) a nonprofit educational organization.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program has a matching
requirement under section 606(d) of the HEA, 20 U.S.C. 1126(d). The
Federal share of the total cost of carrying out a program under this
section shall not be more than 66\2/3\ percent. The non-Federal share
of such costs may be provided either in-kind or in cash, and may
include contributions from private sector corporations or foundations.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: Susanna Easton,
International Education Programs Service, U.S. Department of Education,
1990 K Street, NW., room 6093, Washington, DC 20006-8521. Telephone:
(202) 502-7628; or, by e-mail: Susanna.Easton@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 accessible 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 program
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] that addresses the selection criteria 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. These items 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 pitch (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. 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 Application for
Federal Assistance face sheet (SF 424); the supplemental information
form required by the Department of Education; Part II, the budget
information summary form (ED Form 524); or 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 your 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 apply these standards and
exceed the page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: March 17, 2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 16, 2009.
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 of 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
of 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: June 15, 2009.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This program is subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under Executive Order
12372 is in the application package for this program.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under
this 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 Technological Innovation and
Cooperation for Foreign Information Access (TICFIA) Program, CFDA
number 84.337A, 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 TICFIA
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
84.337, not 84.337A).
Please note the following:
When you enter the Grants.gov site, you will find
information about submitting an application electronically
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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
4:30:00 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 4:30:00 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 4:30:00 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
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 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.
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 4:30:00 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 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC
time, on the application deadline date, please contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in Section VII of 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 4:30:00
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: Susanna Easton,
International Education Programs Service, U.S. Department of Education,
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1990 K Street, NW., room 6093, Washington, DC 20006-8521. FAX: (202)
502-7860.
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 following address:
U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.337A), LBJ Basement Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20202-4260.
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 84.337A) 550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center
Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-4260.
The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 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 2009, applications will be randomly divided and
reviewed by separate panels of foreign language and area studies and
international 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 EDGAR (34 CFR 75.209 and 75.210) and are as follows: (a) Meeting
the purpose of the authorizing statute (15 points), (b) Need for
project (10 points), (c) Significance (14 points), (d) Quality of the
project design (12 points), (e) Quality of key personnel (8 points),
(f) Quality of project services (4 points), (g) Adequacy of resources
(12 points), (h) Quality of the management plan (10 points), and (i)
Quality of the project evaluation (15 points).
Note: Applicants should address these selection criteria only in
the context of the program requirements in section 606 of the HEA.
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
Notification (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 of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award of the Applicable Regulations section of this notice and
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: At the end of your project period, you must submit a
final performance report, including financial information, as directed
by the Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an
annual performance report that provides the most current performance
and financial expenditure information as directed by the Secretary
under 34 CFR 75.118. Grantees are required to use the electronic data
instrument International Resource Information System (IRIS) to complete
the final report. 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 Measure: Under the Government Performance and
Results Act of 1993 (GPRA), the Department will use the following
measure to evaluate the success of this program: Percentage of projects
judged to be successful by the program officer, based on a review of
information provided in annual performance reports.
The information provided by grantees in their performance reports
submitted via IRIS will be the source of data for this measure.
Reporting screens for institutions can be viewed at: https://www.ieps-
iris.org/iris/pdfs/TICFIA.pdf.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susanna Easton, International
Education Programs Service, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K
Street, NW., room 6069, Washington, DC 20006-8521. Telephone: (202)
502-7628 or by e-mail: susanna.easton@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
VIII. Other Information
Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this
document and a copy of the application package in an accessible 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 of 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.
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free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S.
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Regulations is available on GPO Access at: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/
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Delegation of Authority: The Secretary of Education has delegated
authority to Daniel T. Madzelan, Director, Forecasting and Policy
Analysis for the Office of Postsecondary Education to perform the
functions of the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
Dated: March 12, 2009.
Daniel T. Madzelan,
Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis.
[FR Doc. E9-5760 Filed 3-16-09; 8:45 am]
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