Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Application Forms and Instructions for the Fulbright-Hays Training Grants: Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (CFDA Number 84.022A) and Faculty Research Abroad (CFDA Number 84.019A), 3982 [2023-01103]

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• DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 14 (Monday, January 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 3982]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01103]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2023-SCC-0015]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Application Forms and Instructions for the Fulbright-Hays 
Training Grants: Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (CFDA Number 
84.022A) and Faculty Research Abroad (CFDA Number 84.019A)

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE), Department of 
Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 
the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved 
information collection request (ICR).

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
February 22, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed 
information collection requests should be submitted within 30 days of 
publication of this notice. Click on this link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain to access the site. Find this information collection request 
(ICR) by selecting ``Department of Education'' under ``Currently Under 
Review,'' then check the ``Only Show ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox. 
Reginfo.gov provides two links to view documents related to this 
information collection request. Information collection forms and 
instructions may be found by clicking on the ``View Information 
Collection (IC) List'' link. Supporting statements and other supporting 
documentation may be found by clicking on the ``View Supporting 
Statement and Other Documents'' link.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Pamela Maimer, (202) 453-6891.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department 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 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: Application Forms and Instructions for the 
Fulbright-Hays Training Grants: Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad 
(CFDA Number 84.022A) and Faculty Research Abroad (CFDA Number 
84.019A).
    OMB Control Number: 1840-0005.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved ICR.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Private sector.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 480.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 11,500.
    Abstract: The purpose of section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (Fulbright-Hays Act) is 
to promote and develop modern foreign language training and area 
studies throughout the educational structure of the United States. To 
help accomplish this objective, fellowships are awarded through US 
institutions of higher education to American faculty and dissertation 
students enabling them to conduct overseas research and enhance their 
foreign language proficiency.
    Under the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad 
(DDRA) and the Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad (FRA) programs, 
individual scholars apply through eligible institutions for an 
institutional grant to support the research fellowship. These 
institutions administer the program in cooperation with the US 
Department of Education (US/ED) as provided under the authority of 
sections 102(b)(6) and 104(e)(1) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural 
Exchange Act of 1961, 34 CFR part 662, and the Policy Statements of the 
J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FSB).
    This information collection request is a revision based on a 
program change due to agency discretion. It is adding to the currently 
approved respondents and burden hours the number of respondents and 
burden hours for the FRA program, which has been inactive since 2010. 
DDRA and FRA are two closely related programs funded under the 
Fulbright-Hays Act and their applications are cleared under the same 
OMB number: 1840-0005. In FY 2011 funding for these programs was 
significantly reduced and we could no longer afford to fund the FRA 
program, so we retired it. It has only been recently that we have been 
able to reactivate the program and run competitions again. The 
application for FRA is still cleared under OMB number 1840-0005 with 
the DDRA application, and we are revising the information collection to 
include the FRA program.
    This collection is being submitted under the Streamlined Clearance 
Process for Discretionary Grant Information Collections (1894-0001). 
Therefore, the 30-day public comment period notice will be the only 
public comment notice published for this information collection.

    Dated: January 17, 2023.
Kun Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and 
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, 
Evaluation and Policy Development.
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