Funding Down the Grant Slate From Fiscal Year (FY) 2012; Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Program, 31923 [2014-12842]

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[FR Doc. 2014–12735 Filed 6–2–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [CFDA No. 84.200A] Funding Down the Grant Slate From Fiscal Year (FY) 2012; Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Program Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. ACTION: Notice of intent to fund down the grant slate from fiscal year (FY) 2012. AGENCY: The Secretary intends to use the grant slate developed in FY 2012 for the GAANN Program authorized by Section 711 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), to make new grant awards in FY 2014. The Secretary takes this action because a significant number of high-quality applications remain on the FY 2012 grant slate and limited funding is available for new grant awards in FY 2014. We expect to use an estimated $1,268,000 for new awards in FY 2014. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Ell, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street NW., room 7105, K–OPE–7–7063, Washington, DC 20006. Telephone: (202) 502–7779 or via Internet: Rebecca.Ell@ed.gov. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 8339. Individuals with disabilities can obtain this document in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or compact disc) on request to the contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: Background On December 15, 2011, the Department of Education published a notice in the Federal Register (76 FR 77985) inviting applications for FY 2012 for new awards under the GAANN Program. In response to that notice, we received a significant number of high-quality applications. Many applications that received high scores by peer reviewers were not selected for funding. PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 31923 To conserve funding that would have been required for a peer review of new grant applications submitted under this program and instead use those funds to support grant activities, the FY 2013 GAANN grantees were selected from the slate of applicants developed during the FY 2012 competition using the priority, selection criteria, and application requirements referenced in the December 2011 notice. A number of high-quality applications from the 2012 competition were not funded in 2012 or 2013. We will select new grantees in FY 2014 from the existing slate developed in FY 2012 for the same reasons and in the same manner as we did in FY 2013. Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1135. Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. 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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 84.200A]


Funding Down the Grant Slate From Fiscal Year (FY) 2012; Graduate 
Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Program

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of intent to fund down the grant slate from fiscal year 
(FY) 2012.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary intends to use the grant slate developed in FY 
2012 for the GAANN Program authorized by Section 711 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), to make new grant awards in FY 
2014. The Secretary takes this action because a significant number of 
high-quality applications remain on the FY 2012 grant slate and limited 
funding is available for new grant awards in FY 2014. We expect to use 
an estimated $1,268,000 for new awards in FY 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Ell, U.S. Department of 
Education, 1990 K Street NW., room 7105, K-OPE-7-7063, Washington, DC 
20006. Telephone: (202) 502-7779 or via Internet: Rebecca.Ell@ed.gov.
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-
800-877-8339.
    Individuals with disabilities can obtain this document in an 
accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or compact 
disc) on request to the contact person listed under FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 15, 2011, the Department of Education published a 
notice in the Federal Register (76 FR 77985) inviting applications for 
FY 2012 for new awards under the GAANN Program.
    In response to that notice, we received a significant number of 
high-quality applications. Many applications that received high scores 
by peer reviewers were not selected for funding.
    To conserve funding that would have been required for a peer review 
of new grant applications submitted under this program and instead use 
those funds to support grant activities, the FY 2013 GAANN grantees 
were selected from the slate of applicants developed during the FY 2012 
competition using the priority, selection criteria, and application 
requirements referenced in the December 2011 notice. A number of high-
quality applications from the 2012 competition were not funded in 2012 
or 2013. We will select new grantees in FY 2014 from the existing slate 
developed in FY 2012 for the same reasons and in the same manner as we 
did in FY 2013.

    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1135.

    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 
at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site 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). 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: May 29, 2014.
Lynn B. Mahaffie,
Senior Director, Policy Coordination, Development, and Accreditation 
Service, delegated the authority to perform the functions and duties of 
the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
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