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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education;
Overview Information; International
Research and Studies Program Notice
Inviting Applications for New Awards
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.017A.
Dates:
Applications Available: March 24,
2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: April 23, 2009.
Full Text of Announcement
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I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The International
Research and Studies (IRS) Program
provides grants to conduct research and
studies to improve and strengthen
instruction in modern foreign languages,
area studies, and other international
fields.
Priorities: In accordance with 34 CFR
75.105(b)(2)(ii), these priorities are from
the regulations for this program (34 CFR
660.10 and 660.34).
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Competitive Preference Priorities: For
FY 2009, these priorities are competitive
preference priorities. Under 34 CFR
75.105(c)(2)(i), we award an additional
five points to an application that meets
one or more of these priorities.
These priorities are:
Competitive Preference Priority 1—
Instructional Materials Applications.
The development of specialized
instructional or assessment materials
focused on any of the following seventyeight (78) languages selected from the
U.S. Department of Education’s list of
Less Commonly Taught Languages
(LCTLs):
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.
Competitive Preference Priority 2—
Research, Surveys, and Studies
Applications.
Research, surveys, assessments, or
studies focused on any of the following
seventy-eight (78) languages selected
from the U.S. Department of Education’s
list of Less Commonly Taught
Languages (LCTLs):
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
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(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.
Note: You will receive an additional five
points for meeting a competitive preference
priority in your application. Applicants are
expected to address only one competitive
preference priority in each application, but
regardless of how many priorities are
addressed, no more than five points in total
can be awarded to a single application.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1125.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 82, 84, 85,
86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The regulations
for this program in 34 CFR parts 655
and 660.
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
Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended (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/iegpsirs/
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 $2,550,000 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: $50,000–
$200,000 per year.
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Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$150,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 17.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Public and
private agencies, organizations,
institutions, and individuals.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
program does not require cost sharing or
matching.
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IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package: Carla White, U.S. Department
of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., Room
6085, Washington, DC 20006–8521.
Telephone: (202) 502–7636; or by email: carla.white@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. The International Research
and Studies Program has two schedules.
Research, surveys, and studies
applicants must use the application
package for 84.017A–1. Instructional
materials applicants must use the
application package for 84.017A–3.
Page Limit: The project narrative is
where you, the applicant, address the
selection criteria that reviewers use to
evaluate your application. You must
limit the project narrative [Part III] to
the equivalent of no more than 30 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. 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
project narrative, except titles, headings,
footnotes, quotations, references,
captions, and all text in charts, tables,
figures, and graphs. These items may be
single spaced. Charts, tables, figures,
and graphs in the project narrative
count toward the page limit.
• Use a font that is either 12 point or
larger, or no smaller than 10 pitch
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(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 project narrative [Part III] for
purposes of the page limit requirement.
You must include your complete
response to the selection criteria in the
project narrative.
We will reject your application if you
exceed the page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: March 24,
2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: April 23, 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.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This
program is not subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34
CFR part 79.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference
regulations outlining funding
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restrictions in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements:
Applications for grants under this
program must be submitted
electronically unless you qualify for an
exception to this requirement in
accordance with the instructions in this
section.
a. Electronic Submission of
Applications
Applications for grants under the
International Research and Studies
Program, CFDA number 84.017A, 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 International
Research and Studies Program at
https://www.Grants.gov. You must search
for the downloadable application
package for this program by the CFDA
number. Do not include the CFDA
number’s alpha suffix in your search
(e.g., search for 84.017, not 84.017A).
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 4:30:00 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
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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 program to
ensure that you submit your application
in a timely manner to the Grants.gov
system. You can also find the Education
Submission Procedures pertaining to
Grants.gov at https://e-Grants.ed.gov/
help/
GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.
• To submit your application via
Grants.gov, you must complete all 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
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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 EDspecified identifying number unique to
your application).
• We may request that you provide us
original signatures on forms at a later
date.
Application Deadline Date Extension
in Case of Technical Issues with the
Grants.gov System: If you are
experiencing problems submitting your
application through Grants.gov, please
contact the Grants.gov Support Desk,
toll free, at 1–800–518–4726. You must
obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case
Number and must keep a record of it.
If you are prevented from
electronically submitting your
application on the application deadline
date because of technical problems with
the Grants.gov system, we will grant you
an extension until 4:30:00 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
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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 prevents 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: Carla White, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street,
NW., Room 6085, 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:
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U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.017A), 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
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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 84.017A), 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–
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V. Application Review Information
Selection Criteria: The selection
criteria for this program are from 34 CFR
sections 655.31, 660.31, 660.32, and
660.33 and are as follows:
For instructional materials—
Need for the project (10 points);
Potential for the use of materials in
other programs (5 points); Account of
related materials (10 points); Likelihood
of achieving results (10 points);
Expected contribution to other programs
(5 points); Plan of operation (10 points);
Quality of key personnel (5 points);
Budget and cost effectiveness (5 points);
Evaluation plan (15 points); Adequacy
of resources (5 points); Description of
final form of materials (5 points); and
Provisions for pretesting and revision
(15 points).
For research, surveys and studies—
Need for the project (10 points);
Usefulness of expected results (10
points); Development of new knowledge
(10 points); Formulation of problems
and knowledge of related research (10
points); Specificity of statement of
procedures (5 points); Adequacy of
methodology and scope of project (10
points); Plan of operation (10 points);
Quality of key personnel (10 points);
Budget and cost effectiveness (5 points);
Evaluation plan (15 points); and
Adequacy of resources (5 points).
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application
is successful, we notify your U.S.
Representative and U.S. Senators and
send you a Grant Award 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 in
the Applicable Regulations section of
this notice and include these and other
specific conditions in the GAN. The
GAN also incorporates your approved
application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: At the end of your
project period, you must submit a final
performance report, including financial
information, as directed by the
Secretary. If you receive a multi-year
award, you must submit an annual
performance report that provides the
most current performance and financial
expenditure information as directed by
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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. Electronically
formatted instructional materials such
as CDs, DVDs, videos, computer
diskettes and books produced by the
grantee as part of the grant approved
activities are also acceptable as final
reports. 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: The
objective for the International Research
and Studies Program is to support
surveys, studies, and the development
of instructional materials to improve
and strengthen instruction in modern
foreign languages, area studies, and
other international fields. The
Department will use the following
measures to evaluate the success of the
International Research and Studies
Program:
Performance Measure 1: Percentage of
International Research and Studies
Program projects judged to be successful
by the program officer, based on a
review of information provided in
annual performance reports.
Performance Measure 2: Number of
outreach activities that are adopted or
disseminated within a year, divided by
the total number of International
Research and Studies outreach activities
conducted in the current reporting
period.
Efficiency Measure: Cost per highquality, successfully completed
International Research and Studies
project.
The information provided by grantees
in their performance reports submitted
via the electronic International Resource
Information System (IRIS) will be the
source of data for these measures.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Samuel Eisen, International Education
Programs Service, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., Room
6087, Washington, DC 20006–8521.
Telephone: (202) 502–7636; or, by email: samuel.eisen@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
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You can view this document, as well as
all other documents of this Department
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text or Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF) on the Internet at the
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Access at: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/
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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 19, 2009.
Daniel T. Madzelan,
Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Vocational and Adult
Education; Native Hawaiian Career and
Technical Education Program
(NHCTEP); Notice Inviting Applications
for New Awards Using Fiscal Year (FY)
2008 Funds.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.259A.
Dates:
Applications Available: March 24,
2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: April 23, 2009.
Full Text of Announcement
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I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The Native
Hawaiian Career and Technical
Education Program (NHCTEP) provides
grants to eligible applicants to plan,
conduct, and administer programs, or
portions of programs, that are
authorized by and consistent with the
purposes of section 116 of the Carl D.
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Act of 2006 (Act) for the benefit of
Native Hawaiians.
Background: Under section 116(h) of
the Act, eligible community-based
organizations receive NHCTEP grants to
plan, conduct, and administer programs,
or portions thereof, that are consistent
with the purposes of section 116 of the
Act, for the benefit of Native Hawaiians.
Section 116(e) of the Act provides that
educational programs, services, and
activities funded under NHCTEP must
support and help to improve career and
technical education programs. (20
U.S.C. 2326(e)) This requirement, along
with the statutory definition of career
and technical education, aligns
NHCTEP with other programs
authorized under the Act that require
grantees to offer a sequence of courses
that provides individuals with coherent
and rigorous content aligned with
challenging academic standards and
relevant technical knowledge and skills
needed to prepare for further education
and careers in current or emerging
professions. (20 U.S.C. 2302(5))
Under this competition the Secretary
awards grants to carry out projects that
provide organized educational activities
offering a sequence of courses that—
(a) Provide individuals with coherent
and rigorous content aligned with
challenging academic standards and
relevant technical knowledge and skills
needed to prepare for further education
and careers in current or emerging
professions;
(b) Provide technical skill proficiency,
an industry-recognized credential, a
certificate, or an associate degree; and
(c) Include competency-based applied
learning that contributes to the
academic knowledge, higher-order
reasoning and problem-solving skills,
work attitudes, general employability
skills, technical skills, and occupationspecific skills, and knowledge of all
aspects of an industry, including
entrepreneurship, of an individual.
Projects may include prerequisite
courses (other than remedial courses)
that meet the definitional requirements
of section 3(5)(A) of the Act. (20 U.S.C.
2302(5)(A)).
Requirements: The Assistant
Secretary for Vocational and Adult
Education has established the following
requirements for this program. These
requirements are from the notice of final
requirements, definitions, and selection
criteria published elsewhere in this
issue of the Federal Register.
Authorized Programs, Services, and
Activities:
(a) Authorized Programs. Under this
competition the Secretary awards grants
to carry out projects that—
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or activities or improve or expand
existing programs, services, or activities
that are consistent with the purposes of
the Act. In other words, the Department
will support ‘‘expansions’’ or
‘‘improvements’’ that include, but are
not necessarily limited to, the expansion
of effective programs or practices;
upgrading of activities, equipment, or
materials; increasing staff capacity;
adoption of new technology;
modification of curriculum; or
implementation of new policies to
improve program effectiveness and
outcomes; and
(2) Fund a career and technical
education program, service, or activity
that—
(i) Is a new program, service, or
activity that was not provided by the
applicant during the instructional term
(a defined period, such as a semester,
trimester, or quarter, within the
academic year) that preceded the
request for funding under NHCTEP;
(ii) Will improve or expand an
existing career and technical education
program; or
(iii) Inherently improves career and
technical education. A program, service,
or activity ‘‘inherently improves career
and technical education’’ if it—
(A) Develops new career and
technical education programs of study
for approval by the appropriate
accreditation agency;
(B) Strengthens the rigor of the
academic and career and technical
components of funded programs;
(C) Uses curriculum that is aligned
with industry-recognized standards and
will result in students attaining
industry-recognized credentials,
certificates, or degrees;
(D) Integrates academics (other than
remedial courses) with career and
technical education programs through a
coherent sequence of courses to help
ensure learning in the core academic
and career and technical subjects;
(E) Links career and technical
education at the secondary level with
career and technical education at the
postsecondary level, and facilitates
students’ pursuit of a baccalaureate
degree;
(F) Expands the scope, depth, and
relevance of curriculum, especially
content that provides students with a
comprehensive understanding of all
aspects of an industry and a variety of
hands-on, job-specific experiences; or
(G) Offers—
(1) Work-related experience,
internships, cooperative education,
school-based enterprises, studies in
entrepreneurship, community service
learning, and job shadowing that are
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information;
International Research and Studies Program Notice Inviting Applications
for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.017A.
Dates:
Applications Available: March 24, 2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 23, 2009.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The International Research and Studies (IRS)
Program provides grants to conduct research and studies to improve and
strengthen instruction in modern foreign languages, area studies, and
other international fields.
Priorities: In accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii), these
priorities are from the regulations for this program (34 CFR 660.10 and
660.34).
Competitive Preference Priorities: For FY 2009, these priorities
are competitive preference priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we
award an additional five points to an application that meets one or
more of these priorities.
These priorities are:
Competitive Preference Priority 1--Instructional Materials
Applications.
The development of specialized instructional or assessment
materials focused on any of the following seventy-eight (78) languages
selected from the U.S. Department of Education's list of Less Commonly
Taught Languages (LCTLs):
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.
Competitive Preference Priority 2--Research, Surveys, and Studies
Applications.
Research, surveys, assessments, or studies focused on any of the
following seventy-eight (78) languages selected from the U.S.
Department of Education's list of Less Commonly Taught Languages
(LCTLs):
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.
Note: You will receive an additional five points for meeting a
competitive preference priority in your application. Applicants are
expected to address only one competitive preference priority in each
application, but regardless of how many priorities are addressed, no
more than five points in total can be awarded to a single
application.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1125.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 82,
84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The regulations for this program in 34
CFR parts 655 and 660.
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
Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (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/iegpsirs/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 $2,550,000 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: $50,000-$200,000 per year.
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Estimated Average Size of Awards: $150,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 17.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Public and private agencies, organizations,
institutions, and individuals.
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: Carla White, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 6085, Washington, DC
20006-8521. Telephone: (202) 502-7636; or by e-mail:
carla.white@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. The
International Research and Studies Program has two schedules. Research,
surveys, and studies applicants must use the application package for
84.017A-1. Instructional materials applicants must use the application
package for 84.017A-3.
Page Limit: The project narrative is where you, the applicant,
address the selection criteria that reviewers use to evaluate your
application. You must limit the project narrative [Part III] to the
equivalent of no more than 30 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 project narrative, except titles, headings, footnotes,
quotations, references, captions, and all text in charts, tables,
figures, and graphs. These items may be single spaced. Charts, tables,
figures, and graphs in the project 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 project
narrative [Part III] for purposes of the page limit requirement. You
must include your complete response to the selection criteria in the
project narrative.
We will reject your application if you exceed the page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: March 24, 2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 23, 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.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This program is not subject to
Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under
this program must be submitted electronically unless you qualify for an
exception to this requirement in accordance with the instructions in
this section.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications
Applications for grants under the International Research and
Studies Program, CFDA number 84.017A, 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
International Research and Studies Program at https://www.Grants.gov.
You must search for the downloadable application package for this
program by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha
suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.017, not 84.017A).
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 4:30:00
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
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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 program to ensure that you
submit your application in a timely manner to the Grants.gov system.
You can also find the Education Submission Procedures pertaining to
Grants.gov at https://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.
To submit your application via Grants.gov, you must
complete all 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.
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
prevents 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: Carla White, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 6085, 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:
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U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.017A), 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 84.017A), 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
Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this program are
from 34 CFR sections 655.31, 660.31, 660.32, and 660.33 and are as
follows:
For instructional materials--
Need for the project (10 points); Potential for the use of
materials in other programs (5 points); Account of related materials
(10 points); Likelihood of achieving results (10 points); Expected
contribution to other programs (5 points); Plan of operation (10
points); Quality of key personnel (5 points); Budget and cost
effectiveness (5 points); Evaluation plan (15 points); Adequacy of
resources (5 points); Description of final form of materials (5
points); and Provisions for pretesting and revision (15 points).
For research, surveys and studies--
Need for the project (10 points); Usefulness of expected results
(10 points); Development of new knowledge (10 points); Formulation of
problems and knowledge of related research (10 points); Specificity of
statement of procedures (5 points); Adequacy of methodology and scope
of project (10 points); Plan of operation (10 points); Quality of key
personnel (10 points); Budget and cost effectiveness (5 points);
Evaluation plan (15 points); and Adequacy of resources (5 points).
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we notify your
U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award
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 in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice and
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: At the end of your project period, you must submit a
final performance report, including financial information, as directed
by the Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an
annual performance report that provides the most current performance
and financial 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. Electronically formatted instructional materials such
as CDs, DVDs, videos, computer diskettes and books produced by the
grantee as part of the grant approved activities are also acceptable as
final reports. 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: The objective for the International
Research and Studies Program is to support surveys, studies, and the
development of instructional materials to improve and strengthen
instruction in modern foreign languages, area studies, and other
international fields. The Department will use the following measures to
evaluate the success of the International Research and Studies Program:
Performance Measure 1: Percentage of International Research and
Studies Program projects judged to be successful by the program
officer, based on a review of information provided in annual
performance reports.
Performance Measure 2: Number of outreach activities that are
adopted or disseminated within a year, divided by the total number of
International Research and Studies outreach activities conducted in the
current reporting period.
Efficiency Measure: Cost per high-quality, successfully completed
International Research and Studies project.
The information provided by grantees in their performance reports
submitted via the electronic International Resource Information System
(IRIS) will be the source of data for these measures.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Samuel Eisen, International
Education Programs Service, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K
Street, NW., Room 6087, Washington, DC 20006-8521. Telephone: (202)
502-7636; or, by e-mail: samuel.eisen@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
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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.
To use PDF, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available
free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in
the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512-1530.
Note: The official version of this document is the document
published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the
official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal
Regulations is available on GPO Access at: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/.
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 19, 2009.
Daniel T. Madzelan,
Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis.
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