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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education;
Overview Information Institute of
International Public Policy; Notice
Inviting Applications for New Awards
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.269A.
Dates:
Applications Available: April 1, 2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: May 1, 2009.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: June 30, 2009.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: To provide a
grant that establishes an Institute for
International Public Policy that will
conduct a program to enhance the
international competitiveness of the
United States by increasing the
participation of underrepresented
populations in the international service,
including private international
voluntary organizations and the foreign
service of the United States. The
program shall include a program for
students to study abroad in their junior
year, fellowships for graduate study,
internships, and intensive academic
programs, such as summer institutes, or
intensive language training.
Priorities: Under this competition we
are particularly interested in
applications that address the following
priority.
Invitational Priority: For FY 2009 and
any subsequent year in which we make
awards from the list of unfunded
applicants from this competition, this
priority is an invitational priority.
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1), we do not
give an application that meets this
invitational priority a competitive or
absolute preference over other
applications.
The priority is:
Invitational Priority:
Projects that focus on any of the
following seventy-eight (78) priority
languages selected from the U.S.
Department of Education’s list of Less
Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs):
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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. 1131–
1131f.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84,
85, 86, 97, 98, and 99; and (b) The
regulations in 34 CFR part 655.
Note: Because there are no programspecific regulations for the Institute for
International Public Policy Program,
applicants are encouraged to read the
authorizing statute in sections 621 through
629 of part C, Title VI, of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA)
(20 U.S.C. 1131–1131f).
Areas of National Need: In
accordance with section 601(c) of the
HEA (20 U.S.C. 1121(c)(1)), 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
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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/iegpsiipp/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:
$1,837,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$1,837,000.
Maximum Award: We will reject any
application that proposes a budget
exceeding $1,837,000 for a single budget
period of 12 months. The Assistant
Secretary for Postsecondary Education
may change the maximum amount
through a notice published in the
Federal Register.
Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Consortia
consisting of one or more of the
following entities: (1) An institution
eligible for assistance under part B of
title III of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1060 et
seq.); (2) a tribally-controlled college or
university or Alaska Native or Native
Hawaiian-serving institution eligible for
assistance under part A or B of title III
of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1057 et seq. or
1060 et seq.) or an institution eligible for
assistance under title V of the HEA (20
U.S.C. 1101 et seq.); (3) an institution of
higher education that serves substantial
numbers of underrepresented minority
students; and (4) an institution of higher
education with programs in training
foreign service professionals.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: The
matching requirement is described in
section 621(e) of the HEA (20 U.S.C.
1131(e)). The eligible recipient of a grant
in this competition shall contribute to
the conduct of the program supported
by the grant amount from non-Federal
sources equal to at least one-half the
amount of the grant. This contribution
may be in cash or in kind.
IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package: Tanyelle Richardson,
International Education Programs
Service, U.S. Department of Education,
1990 K Street, NW., room 6017,
Washington, DC 20006–8521.
Telephone: (202) 502–7626 or by e-mail:
tanyelle.richardson@ed.gov.
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If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS), 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. Page Limit: The application
narrative is where you, the applicant,
address the selection criteria that
reviewers use to evaluate your
application. You must limit the
application narrative [Part III] to no
more than 60 pages, using the following
standards:
• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5″ x 11″, on one side
only, with 1″ margins at the top, bottom,
and both sides.
• Double space (no more than three
lines per vertical inch) all text in the
application narrative, except titles,
headings, footnotes, quotations,
references, captions and all text in
charts, tables, and graphs may be single
spaced. Charts, tables, figures, and
graphs in the application narrative
count toward the page limit.
• Use a font that is either 12 point or
larger, or no smaller than 10 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. Applications submitted
in any other font (including Times
Roman and Arial Narrow) will not be
accepted.
The page limit does not apply to Part
I, the Application for Federal Assistance
face sheet (SF 424); the supplemental
information form required by the
Department of Education; Part II, the
budget information summary form (ED
Form 524); and Part IV, the assurances
and certifications. The page limit also
does not apply to a table of contents.
However, the page limit does apply to
all of the application narrative section
[Part III]. If you include any attachments
or appendices not specifically
requested, these items will be counted
as part of the application narrative [Part
III] for purposes of the page limit
requirement. You must include your
complete response to the selection
criteria in the application narrative.
We will reject your application if you
apply these standards and exceed the
page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
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Applications Available: April 1, 2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: May 1, 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 30, 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
the 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
Institute for International Public Policy,
CFDA number 84.269A, 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
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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 Institute for
International Public Policy at:
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 84.269, not 84.269A).
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
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
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GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.
• To submit your application via
Grants.gov, you must complete all steps
in the Grants.gov registration process
(see https://www.grants.gov/applicants/
get_registered.jsp). These steps include
(1) Registering your organization, a
multi-part process that includes
registration with the Central Contractor
Registry (CCR); (2) registering yourself
as an Authorized Organization
Representative (AOR); and (3) getting
authorized as an AOR by your
organization. Details on these steps are
outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step
Registration Guide (see https://
www.grants.gov/section910/
Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf).
You also must provide on your
application the same D–U–N–S Number
used with this registration. Please note
that the registration process may take
five or more business days to complete,
and you must have completed all
registration steps to allow you to submit
successfully an application via
Grants.gov. In addition, you will need to
update your CCR registration on an
annual basis. This may take three or
more business days to complete.
• You will not receive additional
point value because you submit your
application in electronic format, nor
will we penalize you if you qualify for
an exception to the electronic
submission requirement, as described
elsewhere in this section, and submit
your application in paper format.
• You must submit all documents
electronically, including all information
you typically provide on the following
forms: Application for Federal
Assistance (SF 424), the Department of
Education Supplemental Information for
SF 424, Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all
necessary assurances and certifications.
• 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.
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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
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
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• 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: Tanyelle Richardson, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street,
NW., room 6017, Washington, DC
20006–8521. FAX: (202) 502–7859.
Your paper application must be
submitted in accordance with the mail
or hand delivery instructions described
in this notice.
b. Submission of Paper Applications
by Mail.
If you qualify for an exception to the
electronic submission requirement, you
may mail (through the U.S. Postal
Service or a commercial carrier) your
application to the Department. You
must mail the original and two copies
of your application, on or before the
application deadline date, to the
Department at the following address:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.269A), 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 84.269A), 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: Applications are randomly
divided into groupings for review.
International studies and foreign
language experts, organized into panels
of three, will review each application.
Each panel reviews, scores, and ranks
its applications separately from the
applications assigned to the other
panels. Ultimately, all applications,
without being divided into groups, will
be ranked from the highest to the lowest
score for funding purposes.
2. Selection Criteria: The selection
criteria for this program are from section
75.210 of EDGAR and are as follows: (a)
Significance of the project (20 points),
(b) quality of the project design (20
points), (c) quality of project personnel
(10 points), (d) quality of management
plan (15 points), (e) adequacy of
resources (15 points), and (f) quality of
project evaluation (20 points).
Applicants should review section
75.210 of EDGAR for a complete
description of these criteria.
3. Application Requirements: In
addition to any other requirements
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outlined in the application package for
this program, section 621(c) of the HEA
(20 U.S.C. 1131(c)) requires that each
application include a description of
how the activities funded by the grant
will reflect diverse perspectives and a
wide range of views and generate debate
on world regions and international
affairs, where applicable.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application
is successful, we notify your U.S.
Representative and U.S. Senators and
send you a Grant Award Notice (GAN).
We may notify you informally, also.
If your application is not evaluated or
not selected for funding, we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy
Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy
requirements in the application package
and reference these and other
requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section 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 specified by
the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118.
Grantees are required to use the
electronic data instrument International
Resource Information System (IRIS) to
complete both the annual and 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: The goal of
the Institute for International Public
Policy is to assist certain eligible
institutions of higher education to
produce experts in less commonly
taught languages and area studies,
particularly from members of
underrepresented populations, who are
capable of contributing to the needs of
the U.S. Government and national
security. The Department will use the
following measures to evaluate the
success of the Institute for International
Public Policy program:
1. Percentage of Institute for
International Public Policy graduates
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who are employed in government or
international service.
2. Percentage of Institute for
International Public Policy program
participants who complete a master’s
degree within six years of enrolling in
the program.
3. Federal cost per Institute for
International Public Policy graduates
employed in government or
international service.
The Department will use information
provided by grantees in their
performance reports submitted via IRIS
as the source of data for this measure.
Reporting screens for applicants can be
viewed at: https://www.ieps-iris.org/iris/
pdfs/IIPP.pdf.
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact:
Tanyelle Richardson, International
Education Programs Service, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street,
NW., room 6017, Washington, DC
20006–8521. Telephone: (202) 502–7626
or by e-mail:
tanyelle.richardson@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 in
this notice.
Electronic Access to This Document:
You can view this document, as well as
all other documents of this Department
published in the Federal Register, in
text or Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF), on the Internet at the
following site: https://www.ed.gov/news/
fedregister.
To use PDF, you must have Adobe
Acrobat Reader, which is available free
at this site. If you have questions about
using PDF, call the U.S. Government
Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–
888–293–6498; or in the Washington,
DC, area at (202) 512–1530.
Note: The official version of this document
is the document published in the Federal
Register. Free Internet access to the official
edition of the Federal Register and the Code
of Federal Regulations is available on GPO
Access at: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/
index.html.
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
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Dated: March 27, 2009.
Daniel T. Madzelan,
Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education;
Overview Information; Minority
Science and Engineering Improvement
Program (MSEIP); Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2009
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.120A.
Dates:
Applications Available: April 1, 2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: May 1, 2009.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: June 30, 2009.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The MSEIP is
designed to effect long-range
improvement in science and
engineering education at predominantly
minority institutions and to increase the
flow of underrepresented ethnic
minorities, particularly minority
women, into scientific and
technological careers.
Priorities: In accordance with 34 CFR
75.105(b)(2)(iv), these priorities are from
allowable activities specified in section
352 of the Higher Education Act of
1965, as amended (HEA) (20 U.S.C.
1067b(b)).
Competitive Preference Priorities: For
FY 2009, three priorities are competitive
preference priorities based on 34 CFR
637.31(c). Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i)
we award an additional five (5) points
to an application that meets Competitive
Preference Priority 1. Under 34 CFR
75.105(c)(2)(ii) we give preference to an
application that meets Competitive
Preference Priority 2 and Competitive
Preference Priority 3 over an application
of comparable merit that does not meet
these priorities.
These priorities are:
Competitive Preference Priority 1.
Applications from institutions that have
not received a MSEIP grant within five
years prior to this competition.
Competitive Preference Priority 2.
Applications from previous grantees
with a proven record of success.
Competitive Preference Priority 3.
Applications that contribute to
achieving balance among funded
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region; (b) academic discipline; and (c)
project type.
Invitational Priorities: For FY 2009,
three priorities are invitational
priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we
do not give an application that meets
these invitational priorities a
competitive or absolute preference over
other applications.
These priorities are:
Invitational Priority 1. Applications
that focus on the development of bridge
or articulation programs that target prefreshmen entering into the science,
technology, engineering, or mathematics
(STEM) fields.
Invitational Priority 2. Applications
that focus directly on student learning
and encourage and facilitate
implementation of pedagogical
approaches that have been proven
effective in increasing student retention
and achievement in STEM fields.
Invitational Priority 3. Applications
that focus on mentoring programs
designed to increase the number of
underrepresented students who
graduate with STEM undergraduate
degrees.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1067–
1067k.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 84, 85,
86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The regulations
for this program in 34 CFR part 637.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86
apply to institutions of higher education
only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds:
$2,907,826.
Estimated Range of Awards:
Institutional Project Grants: $100,000–
$200,000. Special Project Grants:
$35,000–$100,000. Cooperative Project
Grants: $135,000–$300,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
Institutional Project Grants: $150,000.
Special Project Grants: $75,000.
Cooperative Project Grants: $220,000.
Maximum Awards: Institutional
Project Grants: $200,000. Special Project
Grants: $100,000. Cooperative Project
Grants: $300,000. For each type of grant,
we will not fund any application at an
amount exceeding the specified
maximum amount for a single budget
period of 12 months. We may choose
not to further consider or review
applications with budgets that exceed
the maximum amounts if we conclude,
during our initial review of the
application, that the proposed goals and
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information Institute
of International Public Policy; Notice Inviting Applications for New
Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.269A.
Dates:
Applications Available: April 1, 2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 1, 2009.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 30, 2009.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: To provide a grant that establishes an
Institute for International Public Policy that will conduct a program
to enhance the international competitiveness of the United States by
increasing the participation of underrepresented populations in the
international service, including private international voluntary
organizations and the foreign service of the United States. The program
shall include a program for students to study abroad in their junior
year, fellowships for graduate study, internships, and intensive
academic programs, such as summer institutes, or intensive language
training.
Priorities: Under this competition we are particularly interested
in applications that address the following priority.
Invitational Priority: For FY 2009 and any subsequent year in which
we make awards from the list of unfunded applicants from this
competition, this priority is an invitational priority. Under 34 CFR
75.105(c)(1), we do not give an application that meets this
invitational priority a competitive or absolute preference over other
applications.
The priority is:
Invitational Priority:
Projects that focus on any of the following seventy-eight (78)
priority 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.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1131-1131f.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 81,
82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99; and (b) The regulations in 34 CFR part
655.
Note: Because there are no program-specific regulations for the
Institute for International Public Policy Program, applicants are
encouraged to read the authorizing statute in sections 621 through
629 of part C, Title VI, of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended (HEA) (20 U.S.C. 1131-1131f).
Areas of National Need: In accordance with section 601(c) of the
HEA (20 U.S.C. 1121(c)(1)), 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
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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/iegpsiipp/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: $1,837,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $1,837,000.
Maximum Award: We will reject any application that proposes a
budget exceeding $1,837,000 for a single budget period of 12 months.
The Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education may change the
maximum amount through a notice published in the Federal Register.
Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Consortia consisting of one or more of the
following entities: (1) An institution eligible for assistance under
part B of title III of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1060 et seq.); (2) a
tribally-controlled college or university or Alaska Native or Native
Hawaiian-serving institution eligible for assistance under part A or B
of title III of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1057 et seq. or 1060 et seq.) or an
institution eligible for assistance under title V of the HEA (20 U.S.C.
1101 et seq.); (3) an institution of higher education that serves
substantial numbers of underrepresented minority students; and (4) an
institution of higher education with programs in training foreign
service professionals.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: The matching requirement is described
in section 621(e) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1131(e)). The eligible
recipient of a grant in this competition shall contribute to the
conduct of the program supported by the grant amount from non-Federal
sources equal to at least one-half the amount of the grant. This
contribution may be in cash or in kind.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: Tanyelle Richardson,
International Education Programs Service, U.S. Department of Education,
1990 K Street, NW., room 6017, Washington, DC 20006-8521. Telephone:
(202) 502-7626 or by e-mail: tanyelle.richardson@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS), 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. Page
Limit: The application narrative is where you, the applicant, address
the selection criteria that reviewers use to evaluate your application.
You must limit the application narrative [Part III] to no more than 60
pages, using the following standards:
A ``page'' is 8.5'' x 11'', on one side only, with 1''
margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.
Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch)
all text in the application narrative, except titles, headings,
footnotes, quotations, references, captions and all text in charts,
tables, and graphs may be single spaced. Charts, tables, figures, and
graphs in the application narrative count toward the page limit.
Use a font that is either 12 point or larger, or no
smaller than 10 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. Applications submitted in any other font
(including Times Roman and Arial Narrow) will not be accepted.
The page limit does not apply to Part I, the Application for
Federal Assistance face sheet (SF 424); the supplemental information
form required by the Department of Education; Part II, the budget
information summary form (ED Form 524); and Part IV, the assurances and
certifications. The page limit also does not apply to a table of
contents. However, the page limit does apply to all of the application
narrative section [Part III]. If you include any attachments or
appendices not specifically requested, these items will be counted as
part of the application narrative [Part III] for purposes of the page
limit requirement. You must include your complete response to the
selection criteria in the application narrative.
We will reject your application if you apply these standards and
exceed the page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: April 1, 2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 1, 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 30, 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 the 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 Institute for International
Public Policy, CFDA number 84.269A, 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
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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 Institute
for International Public Policy at: 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 84.269, not 84.269A).
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 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
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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: Tanyelle Richardson,
U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 6017,
Washington, DC 20006-8521. FAX: (202) 502-7859.
Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the
mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice.
b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail.
If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, you may mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a
commercial carrier) your application to the Department. You must mail
the original and two copies of your application, on or before the
application deadline date, to the Department at the following address:
U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.269A), 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 84.269A), 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: Applications are randomly divided into groupings for
review. International studies and foreign language experts, organized
into panels of three, will review each application. Each panel reviews,
scores, and ranks its applications separately from the applications
assigned to the other panels. Ultimately, all applications, without
being divided into groups, will be ranked from the highest to the
lowest score for funding purposes.
2. Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this program are
from section 75.210 of EDGAR and are as follows: (a) Significance of
the project (20 points), (b) quality of the project design (20 points),
(c) quality of project personnel (10 points), (d) quality of management
plan (15 points), (e) adequacy of resources (15 points), and (f)
quality of project evaluation (20 points). Applicants should review
section 75.210 of EDGAR for a complete description of these criteria.
3. Application Requirements: In addition to any other requirements
outlined in the application package for this program, section 621(c) of
the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1131(c)) requires that each application include a
description of how the activities funded by the grant will reflect
diverse perspectives and a wide range of views and generate debate on
world regions and international affairs, where applicable.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we notify your
U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award Notice
(GAN). We may notify you informally, also.
If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding,
we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy requirements in the application
package and reference these and other requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section 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 specified by the Secretary in
34 CFR 75.118. Grantees are required to use the electronic data
instrument International Resource Information System (IRIS) to complete
both the annual and 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: The goal of the Institute for International
Public Policy is to assist certain eligible institutions of higher
education to produce experts in less commonly taught languages and area
studies, particularly from members of underrepresented populations, who
are capable of contributing to the needs of the U.S. Government and
national security. The Department will use the following measures to
evaluate the success of the Institute for International Public Policy
program:
1. Percentage of Institute for International Public Policy
graduates
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who are employed in government or international service.
2. Percentage of Institute for International Public Policy program
participants who complete a master's degree within six years of
enrolling in the program.
3. Federal cost per Institute for International Public Policy
graduates employed in government or international service.
The Department will use information provided by grantees in their
performance reports submitted via IRIS as the source of data for this
measure. Reporting screens for applicants can be viewed at: https://www.ieps-iris.org/iris/pdfs/IIPP.pdf.
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact: Tanyelle Richardson, International
Education Programs Service, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K
Street, NW., room 6017, Washington, DC 20006-8521. Telephone: (202)
502-7626 or by e-mail: tanyelle.richardson@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 in this notice.
Electronic Access to This Document: You can view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), on the
Internet at the following site: https://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister.
To use PDF, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available
free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in
the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512-1530.
Note: The official version of this document is the document
published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the
official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal
Regulations is available on GPO Access at: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/.
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 27, 2009.
Daniel T. Madzelan,
Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis.
[FR Doc. E9-7303 Filed 3-31-09; 8:45 am]
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