Applications for New Awards; Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program-Short-Term Projects, 22855-22860 [2013-09045]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2013–ICCD–0054]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; Annual
Performance Report for Historically
Black Colleges and Universities
Master’s Degree Program (HBCU)
Office of Postsecondary
Education (OPE), Department of
Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is
proposing an extension of an existing
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before June 17,
2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in
response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov by selecting
Docket ID number ED–2013–ICCD–0054
or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery. Please note that
comments submitted by fax or email
and those submitted after the comment
period will not be accepted. Written
requests for information or comments
submitted by postal mail or delivery
should be addressed to the Director of
the Information Collection Clearance
Division, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room
2E103, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Electronically mail
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not
send comments here.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department
assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. ED is
soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. The Department of
Education is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
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processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: Annual
Performance Report for Historically
Black Colleges and Universities Master’s
Degree Program (HBCU).
OMB Control Number: 1840–0813.
Type of Review: an extension of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Private
sector.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 18.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 360.
Abstract: The Department is
requesting authorization to annually
collect performance report data for the
Historically Black Colleges and
Universities (HBCU) Masters Degree
Program. This information is being
collected to comply with the
Government Performance and Results
Act (GPRA) of 1993, Section 4 (1115),
and the Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR),
34 CFR 75.253. EDGAR states that
recipients of multi-year discretionary
grants must submit an Annual
Performance Report (APR)
demonstrating that substantial progress
has been made towards meeting the
approved objectives of the project.
Further, the APR lends itself to the
collection of quantifiable data for this
program. Grantees will be required to
report on their progress towards meeting
the performance measures established
for the HBCU Master’s Degree Program.
Dated: April 11, 2013.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Applications for New Awards;
Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad
Program—Short-Term Projects
Office of Postsecondary
Education, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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Overview Information:
Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad
Program—Short-Term Projects
Notice inviting applications for new
awards for fiscal year (FY) 2013.
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.021A.
DATES:
Applications Available: April 18,
2013.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: June 13, 2013.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The FulbrightHays Group Projects Abroad (FulbrightHays GPA) Program supports overseas
projects in training, research, and
curriculum development in modern
foreign languages and area studies for
groups of teachers, students, and faculty
engaged in a common endeavor. Shortterm projects may include seminars,
curriculum development, or group
research or study.
Priorities: This notice contains one
absolute priority, two competitive
preference priorities, and one
invitational priority. In accordance with
34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii), the absolute
priority is from the regulations for this
program (34 CFR 664.32). Competitive
Preference Priority I is from the
regulations for this program (34 CFR
664.32), and Competitive Preference
Priority II is from the notice of final
priorities published in the Federal
Register on September 24, 2010 (75 FR
59050).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2013 and
any subsequent year in which we make
awards from the list of unfunded
applicants from this competition, this
priority is an absolute priority. Under 34
CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only
applications that meet this priority.
This priority is:
Specific Geographic Regions of the
World.
A group project funded under this
priority must focus on one or more of
the following geographic regions of the
world: Africa, East Asia, South Asia,
Southeast Asia and the Pacific, the
Western Hemisphere (Central and South
America, Mexico, and the Caribbean),
East Central Europe and Eurasia, and
the Near East.
Competitive Preference Priorities:
Within this absolute priority, we give
competitive preference to applications
that address the following priorities.
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), each
competitive preference priority is worth
a maximum of five points. An applicant
can address one or both priorities. We
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award up to an additional 10 total
points to an application, depending on
how well the application meets
Competitive Preference Priorities I and
II.
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Note: In order to receive preference under
these competitive preference priorities, the
applicant must identify the priority or
priorities that it believes it meets and provide
documentation supporting its claims.
These priorities are:
Competitive Preference Priority I—
Training and Focus on Priority
Languages. (5 points)
Applications that propose short-term
projects abroad that provide substantive
training and thematic focus on any of
the 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.
Competitive Preference Priority II—
Inclusion of K–12 Educators. (5 points)
Applications that propose short-term
projects abroad that develop and
improve foreign language studies, area
studies, or both at elementary and
secondary schools by including K–12
teachers or K–12 administrators as at
least 50 percent of the project
participants.
Invitational Priority: For FY 2013 and
any subsequent year in which we make
awards based on 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.
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This priority is:
Applications from any one of the
following:
(a) Minority-Serving Institutions
(MSIs), including those that are eligible
to receive assistance under Part A or B
of Title III or under Title V of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended
(HEA).
(b) Community colleges (as defined in
this notice).
(c) New applicants (as defined in this
notice).
Definitions:
Community college is defined in
section 312(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C.
1058(f)); or it means an institution of
higher education (as defined in section
101 of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1001)) that
awards degrees and certificates, more
than 50% of which are not bachelor’s
degrees (or an equivalent); or master’s,
professional, or other advanced degrees.
New applicant means any applicant
who has not received a discretionary
grant from the Department of Education
under a program authorized by Title VI
of the HEA or the Fulbright-Hays Act for
five years prior to the deadline date for
applications under this program.
Program Authority: 22 U.S.C.
2452(b)(6).
Applicable Regulations: (a) EDGAR in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84,
85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The
regulations for this program in 34 CFR
part 664. (c) The notice of final
priorities for this program, published in
the Federal Register on September 24,
2010 (75 FR 59050).
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86
apply to institutions of higher education
(IHEs) only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds:
$1,388,330.
Estimated Range of Awards: Shortterm projects: $50,000–$125,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
Short-term projects: $86,770.
Maximum Award: We will reject any
short-term GPA application that
proposes a budget exceeding $125,000
for a single budget period of 18 months.
The Assistant Secretary for
Postsecondary Education may change
the maximum award through a notice
published in the Federal Register.
Estimated Number of Awards: Shortterm projects: 16.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Short-term projects:
Up to 18 months.
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III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: (1) IHEs, (2)
State departments of education, (3)
Private nonprofit educational
organizations, and (4) Consortia of these
entities.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
program does not require cost sharing or
matching.
IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package: You can obtain an application
package via the Internet or from the
Education Publications Center (ED
Pubs). To obtain a copy via the Internet,
use the following address: https://
grants.gov. To obtain a copy from ED
Pubs, write, fax, or call the following:
ED Pubs, U.S. Department of Education,
P.O. Box 22207, Alexandria, VA 22304.
Telephone, toll free: 1–877–433–7827.
FAX: (703) 605–6794. If you use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) or a text telephone (TTY), call,
toll free: 1–877–576–7734.
You can contact ED Pubs at its Web
site, also: www.EDPubs.gov or at its
email address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
If you request an application from ED
Pubs, be sure to identify this program as
follows: CFDA number 84.021A.
Individuals with disabilities can
obtain a copy of the application package
in an accessible format (e.g., braille,
large print, audiotape, or compact disc)
by contacting the person listed under
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in
section VII of this notice.
2. Content and Form of Application
Submission: Requirements concerning
the content of an application, together
with the forms you must submit, are in
the application package for this
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 40 pages, using the following
standards:
• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5’’ x 11’’, on one side
only, with 1’’ margins at the top,
bottom, and both sides.
• Double space (no more than three
lines per vertical inch) all text in the
application narrative, except titles,
headings, footnotes, quotations,
references, and captions. Charts, tables,
figures, and graphs in the application
narrative may be single spaced and will
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.
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• 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 40-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,
Budget Information—Non-Construction
Programs(ED 524); Part IV, assurances,
certifications, and the response to
section 427 of the General Education
Provisions Act (GEPA); the table of
contents; the one-page project abstract;
the appendices; or the line item budget.
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 program narrative (Part III)
for purposes of the page limit
requirement.
We will reject your application if you
exceed the page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: April 18,
2013.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: June 13, 2013.
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. 7. 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: See 34 CFR
664.33. We reference additional
regulations outlining funding
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restrictions in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
6. Data Universal Numbering System
Number, Taxpayer Identification
Number, and Central Contractor
Registry: To do business with the
Department of Education, you must—
a. Have a Data Universal Numbering
System (DUNS) number and a Taxpayer
Identification Number (TIN);
b. Register both your DUNS number
and TIN with the Central Contractor
Registry (CCR)—and, after July 24, 2012,
with the System for Award Management
(SAM), the Government’s primary
registrant database;
c. Provide your DUNS number and
TIN on your application; and
d. Maintain an active CCR or SAM
registration with current information
while your application is under review
by the Department and, if you are
awarded a grant, during the project
period.
You can obtain a DUNS number from
Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number
can be created within one business day.
If you are a corporate entity, agency,
institution, or organization, you can
obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue
Service. If you are an individual, you
can obtain a TIN from the Internal
Revenue Service or the Social Security
Administration. If you need a new TIN,
please allow 2–5 weeks for your TIN to
become active.
The CCR or SAM registration process
may take five or more business days to
complete. If you are currently registered
with the CCR, you may not need to
make any changes. However, please
make certain that the TIN associated
with your DUNS number is correct. Also
note that you will need to update your
registration annually. This may take
three or more business days to
complete. Information about SAM is
available at SAM.gov.
In addition, if you are submitting your
application via Grants.gov, you must (1)
be designated by your organization as an
Authorized Organization Representative
(AOR); and (2) register yourself with
Grants.gov as an AOR. Details on these
steps are outlined at the following
Grants.gov Web page: www.grants.gov/
applicants/get_registered.jsp.
7. 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
Fulbright-Hays GPA Program, CFDA
number 84.021A, must be submitted
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electronically using the
Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site
at 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 Fulbright-Hays GPA
Program 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 84.021, not 84.021A).
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.
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• 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 under News and Events on
the Department’s G5 system home page
at www.G5.gov.
• 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: the 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 upload any narrative
sections and all other attachments to
your application as files in a PDF
(Portable Document) read-only, nonmodifiable format. Do not upload an
interactive or fillable PDF file. If you
upload a file type other than a readonly, non-modifiable PDF 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 email.
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
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obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case
Number and must keep a record of it.
If you are prevented from
electronically submitting your
application on the application deadline
date because of technical problems with
the Grants.gov system, we will grant you
an extension until 4:30:00 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, the following
business day to enable you to transmit
your application electronically or by
hand delivery. You also may mail your
application by following the mailing
instructions described elsewhere in this
notice.
If you submit an application after
4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on
the application deadline date, please
contact the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in
section VII of this notice and provide an
explanation of the technical problem
you experienced with Grants.gov, along
with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case
Number. We will accept your
application if we can confirm that a
technical problem occurred with the
Grants.gov system and that that problem
affected your ability to submit your
application by 4:30:00 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. The
Department will contact you after a
determination is made on whether your
application will be accepted.
Note: The extensions to which we refer in
this section apply only to the unavailability
of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov
system. We will not grant you an extension
if you failed to fully register to submit your
application to Grants.gov before the
application deadline date and time or if the
technical problem you experienced is
unrelated to the Grants.gov system.
Exception to Electronic Submission
Requirement: You qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission
requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are
unable to submit an application through
the Grants.gov system because—
• You do not have access to the
Internet; or
• You do not have the capacity to
upload large documents to the
Grants.gov system; and
• No later than two weeks before the
application deadline date (14 calendar
days or, if the fourteenth calendar day
before the application deadline date
falls on a Federal holiday, the next
business day following the Federal
holiday), you mail or fax a written
statement to the Department, explaining
which of the two grounds for an
exception prevent you from using the
Internet to submit your application.
If you mail your written statement to
the Department, it must be postmarked
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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 for Fulbright-Hays GPA shortterm projects (CFDA 84.021A) to:
Pamela Maimer, Fulbright-Hays Group
Projects Abroad Program, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street
NW., room 6100, Washington, DC
20006–8521. FAX: (202) 502–7860.
Your paper application must be
submitted in accordance with the mail
or hand delivery instructions described
in this notice.
b. Submission of Paper Applications
by Mail.
If you qualify for an exception to the
electronic submission requirement, you
may mail (through the U.S. Postal
Service or a commercial carrier) your
application to the Department. You
must mail the original and two copies
of your application, on or before the
application deadline date, to the
Department at the following address:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.021A), 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,
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date, to the Department at the following
address: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.021A), 550 12th
Street SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center
Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260.
The Application Control Center
accepts hand deliveries daily between
8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington,
DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays,
and Federal holidays.
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Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper
Applications: If you mail or hand deliver
your application to the Department—
(1) You must indicate on the envelope—
and, if not provided by the Department—in
Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number,
including suffix letter, if any, of the
competition under which you are submitting
your application; and
(2) The Application Control Center will
mail to you a notification of receipt of your
grant application. If you do not receive this
notification within 15 business days from the
application deadline date, you should call
the U.S. Department of Education
Application Control Center at (202) 245–
6288.
V. Application Review Information
1. General Information: For FY 2013,
short-term project applications will be
reviewed by separate panels according
to world area. Each panel reviews,
scores, and ranks its applications
separately from the applications
assigned to the other world area panels.
However, all applications will be ranked
against each other from the highest to
the lowest score for funding purposes. A
rank order from highest to lowest score
will be developed and will be used for
funding purposes.
2. Selection Criteria: The selection
criteria for this program are from 34 CFR
664.31 and are as follows: (a) Plan of
operation (20 points); (b) Quality of key
personnel (10 points); (c) Budget and
cost effectiveness (10 points); (d)
Evaluation plan (20 points); (e)
Adequacy of resources (5 points); (f)
Potential impact of the project on the
development of the study of modern
foreign languages and area studies in
American education (15 points); (g) The
project’s relevance to the applicant’s
educational goals and its relationship to
its program development in modern
foreign languages and area studies (5
points); and (h) The extent to which
direct experience abroad is necessary to
achieve the project’s objectives and the
effectiveness with which relevant host
country resources will be utilized (10
points). Additional information about
these criteria is in the application
package for this program.
3. Review and Selection Process: We
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reviewing applications in any
discretionary grant competition, the
Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR
75.217(d)(3), the past performance of the
applicant in carrying out a previous
award, such as the applicant’s use of
funds, achievement of project
objectives, and compliance with grant
conditions. The Secretary may also
consider whether the applicant failed to
submit a timely performance report or
submitted a report of unacceptable
quality.
In addition, in making a competitive
grant award, the Secretary also requires
various assurances including those
applicable to Federal civil rights laws
that prohibit discrimination in programs
or activities receiving Federal financial
assistance from the Department of
Education (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4,
108.8, and 110.23).
4. Special Conditions: Under 34 CFR
74.14 and 80.12, the Secretary may
impose special conditions on a grant if
the applicant or grantee is not
financially stable; has a history of
unsatisfactory performance; has a
financial or other management system
that does not meet the standards in 34
CFR parts 74 or 80, as applicable; has
not fulfilled the conditions of a prior
grant; or is otherwise not responsible.
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 in this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining
the terms and conditions of an award in
the Applicable Regulations section in
this notice and include these and other
specific conditions in the GAN. The
GAN also incorporates your approved
application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a
grant under this competition, you must
ensure that you have in place the
necessary processes and systems to
comply with the reporting requirements
in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive
funding under the competition. This
does not apply if you have an exception
under 2 CFR 170.110(b).
(b) At the end of your project period,
you must submit a final performance
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report, including financial information,
as directed by the Secretary. If you
receive a multi-year award, you must
submit an annual performance report
that provides the most current
performance and financial expenditure
information as directed by the Secretary
under 34 CFR 75.118. Grantees are
required to use the electronic data
instrument International Resource
Information System (IRIS) to complete
the final report. The Secretary may also
require more frequent performance
reports under 34 CFR 75.720(c). For
specific requirements on reporting,
please go to www.ed.gov/fund/grant/
apply/appforms/appforms.html.
4. Performance Measures: Under the
Government Performance and Results
Act of 1993, the following measure will
be used by the Department to evaluate
the success of the program: Percentage
of all Fulbright-Hays GPA Program
projects judged to be successful by the
program officer, based on a review of
information provided in annual
performance reports.
The information provided by grantees
in their performance reports submitted
via IRIS will be the source of data for
this measure. Reporting screens for
institutions can be viewed at: https://
iris.ed.gov/iris/pdfs/gpa_director.pdf
and https://iris.ed.gov/iris/pdfs/
gpa_participant.pdf.
VII. Agency Contact
For
Fulbright-Hays GPA Program short-term
projects (84.021A): Pamela Maimer,
Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad
Program, U.S. Department of Education,
1990 K Street NW., Room 6100,
Washington, DC 20006–8521.
Telephone: (202) 502–7704 or by email:
pamela.maimer@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the
FRS, toll-free, at 1–800–877–8339.
The agency contact person does not
mail application materials and does not
accept applications.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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 compact disk) on
request to the contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT in section VII of this notice.
Electronic Access to This Document:
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 via the Federal Digital System
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at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site, you
can view this document, as well as all
other documents of the Department
published in the Federal Register, in
text or Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF). To use PDF, you must
have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is
available free at this site.
You may also access documents of the
Department published in the Federal
Register by using the article search
feature at www.federalregister.gov.
Specifically through the advanced
search feature at this site, you can limit
your search to documents published by
the Department.
Dated: April 12, 2013.
Martha Kanter,
Under Secretary for Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Applications for New Awards; National
Institute on Disability and
Rehabilitation Research—Disability
and Rehabilitation Research Projects
and Centers Program—Rehabilitation
Engineering Research Centers
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Overview Information: National
Institute on Disability and
Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)—
Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Projects and Centers Program—
Rehabilitation Engineering Research
Centers (RERCs)—Hearing Enhancement
Notice inviting applications for new
awards for fiscal year (FY) 2013.
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.133E–1.
DATES: Applications Available: April 17,
2013.
Date of Pre-Application Meeting: May
8, 2013.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: June 17, 2013.
Full Text of Announcement
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I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
the Disability and Rehabilitation
Research Projects and Centers Program
is to plan and conduct research,
demonstration projects, training, and
related activities, including
international activities, to develop
methods, procedures, and rehabilitation
technologies that maximize the full
inclusion and integration of individuals
with disabilities into society, and
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support the employment, independent
living, family support, and economic
and social self-sufficiency of individuals
with disabilities, especially individuals
with the most severe disabilities; and to
improve the effectiveness of services
authorized under the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation
Act).
Rehabilitation Engineering Research
Centers (RERCs) Program
The purpose of NIDRR’s RERCs
program, which is funded through the
Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Projects and Centers Program, is to
improve the effectiveness of services
authorized under the Rehabilitation Act.
It does so by conducting advanced
engineering research, developing and
evaluating innovative technologies,
facilitating service delivery system
changes, stimulating the production and
distribution of new technologies and
equipment in the private sector, and
providing training opportunities. RERCs
seek to solve rehabilitation problems
and remove environmental barriers to
improvements in employment,
community living and participation,
and health and function outcomes of
individuals with disabilities.
Priority: This priority is from the
notice of final priority for this program,
published elsewhere in this issue of the
Federal Register.
Absolute Priority: For FY 2013 and
any subsequent year in which we make
awards from the list of unfunded
applicants from this competition, this
priority is an absolute priority. Under 34
CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only
applications that meet this priority.
This priority is:
Hearing Enhancement.
Note: The full text of this priority is
included in the pertinent notice of final
priority published in this issue of the Federal
Register and in the application package for
this competition.
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762(g)
and 764(b)(3).
Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR
parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 86, and
97.
(b) The Education Department
suspension and debarment regulations
in 2 CFR part 3485.
(c) The regulations for this program in
34 CFR part 350.
(d) The notice of final priority for this
program, published elsewhere in this
issue of the Federal Register.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86
apply to institutions of higher education
(IHEs) only.
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II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $925,000.
Maximum Award: We will reject any
application that proposes a budget
exceeding $950,000 for a single budget
period of 12 months. The Assistant
Secretary for the Office of Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services
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: States; public
or private agencies, including for-profit
agencies; public or private
organizations, including for-profit
organizations; IHEs; and Indian tribes
and tribal organizations.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
competition does not require cost
sharing or matching.
IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address To Request Application
Package: You can obtain an application
package via the Internet or from the
Education Publications Center (ED
Pubs). To obtain a copy via the Internet,
use the following address: www.ed.gov/
fund/grant/apply/grantapps/.
To obtain a copy from ED Pubs, write,
fax, or call the following: ED Pubs, U.S.
Department of Education, P.O. Box
22207, Alexandria, VA 22304.
Telephone, toll free: 1–877–433–7827.
FAX: (703) 605–6794. If you use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) or a text telephone (TTY), call,
toll free: 1–877–576–7734.
You can contact ED Pubs at its Web
site, also: www.EDPubs.gov or at its
email address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
If you request an application from ED
Pubs, be sure to identify this
competition as follows: CFDA number
84.133E.
Individuals with disabilities can
obtain a copy of the application package
in an accessible format (e.g., braille,
large print, audiotape, or compact disc)
by contacting the person or team listed
under Accessible Format in section VIII
of this notice.
2. Content and Form of Application
Submission: Requirements concerning
the content of an application, together
with the forms you must submit, are in
the application package for this
competition.
Page Limit: The application narrative
(Part III of the application) is where you,
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Applications for New Awards; Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad
Program--Short-Term Projects
AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
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Overview Information:
Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program--Short-Term Projects
Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY)
2013.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.021A.
DATES:
Applications Available: April 18, 2013.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 13, 2013.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad
(Fulbright-Hays GPA) Program supports overseas projects in training,
research, and curriculum development in modern foreign languages and
area studies for groups of teachers, students, and faculty engaged in a
common endeavor. Short-term projects may include seminars, curriculum
development, or group research or study.
Priorities: This notice contains one absolute priority, two
competitive preference priorities, and one invitational priority. In
accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii), the absolute priority is from
the regulations for this program (34 CFR 664.32). Competitive
Preference Priority I is from the regulations for this program (34 CFR
664.32), and Competitive Preference Priority II is from the notice of
final priorities published in the Federal Register on September 24,
2010 (75 FR 59050).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2013 and any subsequent year in which we
make awards from the list of unfunded applicants from this competition,
this priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), we
consider only applications that meet this priority.
This priority is:
Specific Geographic Regions of the World.
A group project funded under this priority must focus on one or
more of the following geographic regions of the world: Africa, East
Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, the Western
Hemisphere (Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean), East
Central Europe and Eurasia, and the Near East.
Competitive Preference Priorities: Within this absolute priority,
we give competitive preference to applications that address the
following priorities.
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), each competitive preference priority
is worth a maximum of five points. An applicant can address one or both
priorities. We
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award up to an additional 10 total points to an application, depending
on how well the application meets Competitive Preference Priorities I
and II.
Note: In order to receive preference under these competitive
preference priorities, the applicant must identify the priority or
priorities that it believes it meets and provide documentation
supporting its claims.
These priorities are:
Competitive Preference Priority I--Training and Focus on Priority
Languages. (5 points)
Applications that propose short-term projects abroad that provide
substantive training and thematic focus on any of the 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.
Competitive Preference Priority II--Inclusion of K-12 Educators. (5
points)
Applications that propose short-term projects abroad that develop
and improve foreign language studies, area studies, or both at
elementary and secondary schools by including K-12 teachers or K-12
administrators as at least 50 percent of the project participants.
Invitational Priority: For FY 2013 and any subsequent year in which
we make awards based on 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.
This priority is:
Applications from any one of the following:
(a) Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs), including those that are
eligible to receive assistance under Part A or B of Title III or under
Title V of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA).
(b) Community colleges (as defined in this notice).
(c) New applicants (as defined in this notice).
Definitions:
Community college is defined in section 312(f) of the HEA (20
U.S.C. 1058(f)); or it means an institution of higher education (as
defined in section 101 of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1001)) that awards degrees
and certificates, more than 50% of which are not bachelor's degrees (or
an equivalent); or master's, professional, or other advanced degrees.
New applicant means any applicant who has not received a
discretionary grant from the Department of Education under a program
authorized by Title VI of the HEA or the Fulbright-Hays Act for five
years prior to the deadline date for applications under this program.
Program Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2452(b)(6).
Applicable Regulations: (a) EDGAR in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80,
81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The regulations for this
program in 34 CFR part 664. (c) The notice of final priorities for this
program, published in the Federal Register on September 24, 2010 (75 FR
59050).
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions
of higher education (IHEs) only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $1,388,330.
Estimated Range of Awards: Short-term projects: $50,000-$125,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: Short-term projects: $86,770.
Maximum Award: We will reject any short-term GPA application that
proposes a budget exceeding $125,000 for a single budget period of 18
months. The Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education may change
the maximum award through a notice published in the Federal Register.
Estimated Number of Awards: Short-term projects: 16.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Short-term projects: Up to 18 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: (1) IHEs, (2) State departments of
education, (3) Private nonprofit educational organizations, and (4)
Consortia of these entities.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not require cost
sharing or matching.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: You can obtain an
application package via the Internet or from the Education Publications
Center (ED Pubs). To obtain a copy via the Internet, use the following
address: https://grants.gov. To obtain a copy from ED Pubs, write, fax,
or call the following: ED Pubs, U.S. Department of Education, P.O. Box
22207, Alexandria, VA 22304. Telephone, toll free: 1-877-433-7827. FAX:
(703) 605-6794. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) or a text telephone (TTY), call, toll free: 1-877-576-7734.
You can contact ED Pubs at its Web site, also: www.EDPubs.gov or at
its email address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify
this program as follows: CFDA number 84.021A.
Individuals with disabilities can obtain a copy of the application
package in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape,
or compact disc) by contacting the person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of this notice.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements
concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you
must submit, are in the application package for this 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 40
pages, using the following standards:
A ``page'' is 8.5'' x 11'', on one side only, with 1''
margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.
Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch)
all text in the application narrative, except titles, headings,
footnotes, quotations, references, and captions. Charts, tables,
figures, and graphs in the application narrative may be single spaced
and will 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.
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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 40-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, Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs(ED 524); Part
IV, assurances, certifications, and the response to section 427 of the
General Education Provisions Act (GEPA); the table of contents; the
one-page project abstract; the appendices; or the line item budget.
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
program narrative (Part III) for purposes of the page limit
requirement.
We will reject your application if you exceed the page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: April 18, 2013.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 13, 2013.
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. 7. 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: See 34 CFR 664.33. We reference additional
regulations outlining funding restrictions in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
6. Data Universal Numbering System Number, Taxpayer Identification
Number, and Central Contractor Registry: To do business with the
Department of Education, you must--
a. Have a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number and a
Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN);
b. Register both your DUNS number and TIN with the Central
Contractor Registry (CCR)--and, after July 24, 2012, with the System
for Award Management (SAM), the Government's primary registrant
database;
c. Provide your DUNS number and TIN on your application; and
d. Maintain an active CCR or SAM registration with current
information while your application is under review by the Department
and, if you are awarded a grant, during the project period.
You can obtain a DUNS number from Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number
can be created within one business day.
If you are a corporate entity, agency, institution, or
organization, you can obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue Service.
If you are an individual, you can obtain a TIN from the Internal
Revenue Service or the Social Security Administration. If you need a
new TIN, please allow 2-5 weeks for your TIN to become active.
The CCR or SAM registration process may take five or more business
days to complete. If you are currently registered with the CCR, you may
not need to make any changes. However, please make certain that the TIN
associated with your DUNS number is correct. Also note that you will
need to update your registration annually. This may take three or more
business days to complete. Information about SAM is available at
SAM.gov.
In addition, if you are submitting your application via Grants.gov,
you must (1) be designated by your organization as an Authorized
Organization Representative (AOR); and (2) register yourself with
Grants.gov as an AOR. Details on these steps are outlined at the
following Grants.gov Web page: www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp.
7. 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 Fulbright-Hays GPA Program, CFDA
number 84.021A, must be submitted electronically using the
Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at 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 Fulbright-
Hays GPA Program 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 84.021, not 84.021A).
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.
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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 under News and Events on the Department's G5 system home
page at www.G5.gov.
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: the
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 upload any narrative sections and all other
attachments to your application as files in a PDF (Portable Document)
read-only, non-modifiable format. Do not upload an interactive or
fillable PDF file. If you upload a file type other than a read-only,
non-modifiable PDF 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 email. This second notification
indicates that the Department has received your application and has
assigned your application a PR/Award number (an ED-specified
identifying number unique to your application).
We may request that you provide us original signatures on
forms at a later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of Technical Issues
with the Grants.gov System: If you are experiencing problems submitting
your application through Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov
Support Desk, toll free, at 1-800-518-4726. You must obtain a
Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number and must keep a record of it.
If you are prevented from electronically submitting your
application on the application deadline date because of technical
problems with the Grants.gov system, we will grant you an extension
until 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business day to
enable you to transmit your application electronically or by hand
delivery. You also may mail your application by following the mailing
instructions described elsewhere in this notice.
If you submit an application after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC
time, on the application deadline date, please contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of this
notice and provide an explanation of the technical problem you
experienced with Grants.gov, along with the Grants.gov Support Desk
Case Number. We will accept your application if we can confirm that a
technical problem occurred with the Grants.gov system and that that
problem affected your ability to submit your application by 4:30:00
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. The
Department will contact you after a determination is made on whether
your application will be accepted.
Note: The extensions to which we refer in this section apply
only to the unavailability of, or technical problems with, the
Grants.gov system. We will not grant you an extension if you failed
to fully register to submit your application to Grants.gov before
the application deadline date and time or if the technical problem
you experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov system.
Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement: You qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are unable to submit an application
through the Grants.gov system because--
You do not have access to the Internet; or
You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to
the Grants.gov system; and
No later than two weeks before the application deadline
date (14 calendar days or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the
application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business
day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement
to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception
prevent you from using the Internet to submit your application.
If you mail your written statement to the Department, it must be
postmarked no later than two weeks before the application deadline
date. If you fax your written statement to the Department, we must
receive the faxed statement no later than two weeks before the
application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your statement for Fulbright-Hays GPA
short-term projects (CFDA 84.021A) to: Pamela Maimer, Fulbright-Hays
Group Projects Abroad Program, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K
Street NW., room 6100, Washington, DC 20006-8521. FAX: (202) 502-7860.
Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the
mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice.
b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail.
If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, you may mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a
commercial carrier) your application to the Department. You must mail
the original and two copies of your application, on or before the
application deadline date, to the Department at the following address:
U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.021A), 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,
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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 84.021A), 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 Information: For FY 2013, short-term project
applications will be reviewed by separate panels according to world
area. Each panel reviews, scores, and ranks its applications separately
from the applications assigned to the other world area panels. However,
all applications will be ranked against each other from the highest to
the lowest score for funding purposes. A rank order from highest to
lowest score will be developed and will be used for funding purposes.
2. Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this program are
from 34 CFR 664.31 and are as follows: (a) Plan of operation (20
points); (b) Quality of key personnel (10 points); (c) Budget and cost
effectiveness (10 points); (d) Evaluation plan (20 points); (e)
Adequacy of resources (5 points); (f) Potential impact of the project
on the development of the study of modern foreign languages and area
studies in American education (15 points); (g) The project's relevance
to the applicant's educational goals and its relationship to its
program development in modern foreign languages and area studies (5
points); and (h) The extent to which direct experience abroad is
necessary to achieve the project's objectives and the effectiveness
with which relevant host country resources will be utilized (10
points). Additional information about these criteria is in the
application package for this program.
3. Review and Selection Process: We remind potential applicants
that in reviewing applications in any discretionary grant competition,
the Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR 75.217(d)(3), the past
performance of the applicant in carrying out a previous award, such as
the applicant's use of funds, achievement of project objectives, and
compliance with grant conditions. The Secretary may also consider
whether the applicant failed to submit a timely performance report or
submitted a report of unacceptable quality.
In addition, in making a competitive grant award, the Secretary
also requires various assurances including those applicable to Federal
civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in programs or
activities receiving Federal financial assistance from the Department
of Education (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23).
4. Special Conditions: Under 34 CFR 74.14 and 80.12, the Secretary
may impose special conditions on a grant if the applicant or grantee is
not financially stable; has a history of unsatisfactory performance;
has a financial or other management system that does not meet the
standards in 34 CFR parts 74 or 80, as applicable; has not fulfilled
the conditions of a prior grant; or is otherwise not responsible.
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 in this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award in the Applicable Regulations section in this notice and
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a grant under this competition,
you must ensure that you have in place the necessary processes and
systems to comply with the reporting requirements in 2 CFR part 170
should you receive funding under the competition. This does not apply
if you have an exception under 2 CFR 170.110(b).
(b) At the end of your project period, you must submit a final
performance report, including financial information, as directed by the
Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an annual
performance report that provides the most current performance and
financial expenditure information as directed by the Secretary under 34
CFR 75.118. Grantees are required to use the electronic data instrument
International Resource Information System (IRIS) to complete the final
report. The Secretary may also require more frequent performance
reports under 34 CFR 75.720(c). For specific requirements on reporting,
please go to www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html.
4. Performance Measures: Under the Government Performance and
Results Act of 1993, the following measure will be used by the
Department to evaluate the success of the program: Percentage of all
Fulbright-Hays GPA Program projects judged to be successful by the
program officer, based on a review of information provided in annual
performance reports.
The information provided by grantees in their performance reports
submitted via IRIS will be the source of data for this measure.
Reporting screens for institutions can be viewed at: https://iris.ed.gov/iris/pdfs/gpa_director.pdf and https://iris.ed.gov/iris/pdfs/gpa_participant.pdf.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Fulbright-Hays GPA Program short-
term projects (84.021A): Pamela Maimer, Fulbright-Hays Group Projects
Abroad Program, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room
6100, Washington, DC 20006-8521. Telephone: (202) 502-7704 or by email:
pamela.maimer@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the FRS, toll-free, at 1-800-877-
8339.
The agency contact person does not mail application materials and
does not accept applications.
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 compact disk) on request to
the contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in
section VII of this notice.
Electronic Access to This Document: 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 via the Federal Digital System
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at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site, you can view this document, as
well as all other documents of the Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). To use PDF,
you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at this
site.
You may also access documents of the Department published in the
Federal Register by using the article search feature at
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically through the advanced search
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published
by the Department.
Dated: April 12, 2013.
Martha Kanter,
Under Secretary for Education.
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