2432 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 9 / Thursday, January 13, 2011 / Notices 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

February 16, 2011 from approximately 

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Central 

Standard Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the U.S. Small Business Administration 

Conference Room, located at 8701 South 

Gessner, Suite 1200, Houston, TX. 

77074. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C., 

Appendix 2), SBA announces the 

meeting of the Houston District Office 

Advisory Committee. The Houston 

District Office Advisory Committee is 

tasked with providing advice and 

recommendations to the District 

Director, Regional Administrator, and 

the SBA Administrator. 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

interact and get feedback from the 

community stakeholders on how we can 

better serve our community and to 

create new networking opportunities 

with the Houston community. The 

agenda or topics to be discussed will 

include: Lender Performance, Small 

Business Job Act update Guest Speaker: 

Jacqueline Taylor, Associate Region 

Director of U of H SBDC, Lender SBA 

Goals for FY 2010–2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

meeting is open to the public, however, 

advance notice of attendance is 

requested. Anyone wishing to attend 

and/or make a presentation to the 

Houston District Office Advisory 

Committee must contact Sonia 

Maldonado, Business Development 

Specialist by February 9, 2011, by fax or 

e-mail in order to be placed on the 

agenda. Sonia Maldonado, Business 

Development Specialist, 8701 S. 

Gessner Drive, Suite 1200, Houston, TX 

77074, Fax 202–481–5617, or e-mail 

Sonia.maldonado@sba.gov. 

Additionally, if you need 

accommodations because of a disability 

or require additional information, please 

contact Sonia Maldonado. 

For more information, please visit our 

Web site at http://www.sba.gov/tx. 

Dated: January 4, 2011. 

Dan Jones, 

SBA Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–651 Filed 1–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[License No. 10/10–0194] 

Bancshares Capital, L.P.; Notice of 

Surrender Under 13 CFR 107.1900 

Pursuant to the authority granted to 

the United States Small Business 

Administration under the Small 

Business Investment Act of 1958, under 

section 309 of the Act and Section 13 

CFR 107.1900 of the Small Business 

Administration Rules and Regulations 

Bancshares Capital, L.P., 16118 72nd 

Avenue West, Edmonds, Washington, 

98026 (License number 10/10–0194), 

licensed September 28, 2000 as a Small 

Business Investment Company (SBIC), 

has surrendered; its license is hereby 

declared null and void. 

Date: June 6, 2010. 

Sean J. Greene, 

Associate Administrator for Investment. 

[FR Doc. 2011–650 Filed 1–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7295] 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant 

Proposals: FY2012 Humphrey 

Fellowship Program 

Announcement Type: New 

Cooperative Agreement. 

Funding Opportunity Number: ECA/ 

A/S/U–12–01. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number: 19.010. 

Application Deadline: April 4, 2011. 

Executive Summary: The U.S. 

Department of State’s Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) 

announces an open competition to assist 

in the administration of the FY2012 

Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship 

Program. Public and private non-profit 

organizations meeting the provisions 

described in Internal Revenue Code 

section 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) may submit 

proposals to cooperate with the Bureau 

in the administration and 

implementation of the FY2012 

Humphrey Program. The final amount 

that will be available in FY2012 to fund 

the Humphrey Program has not yet been 

determined. Applicants are asked to 

prepare a budget not to exceed 

$13,500,000 for program and 

administrative costs. Please indicate the 

number of participants who can be 

accommodated based on detailed 

calculations of program and 

administrative costs. For more 

information about calculating budget 

requests, see paragraph IV.3.e.1 of this 

document. Pending the availability of 

FY2012 funds, the Agreement should 

begin on October 1, 2011 and should 

expire on September 30, 2014. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Authority 

Overall grant making authority for 

this program is contained in the Mutual 

Educational and Cultural Exchange Act 

of 1961, Public Law 87–256, as 

amended, also known as the FulbrightHays Act. The purpose of the Act is ‘‘to 

enable the Government of the United 

States to increase mutual understanding 

between the people of the United States 

and the people of other countries * * *; 

to strengthen the ties which unite us 

with other nations by demonstrating the 

educational and cultural interests, 

developments, and achievements of the 

people of the United States and other 

nations * * * and thus to assist in the 

development of friendly, sympathetic 

and peaceful relations between the 

United States and the other countries of 

the world.’’ The funding authority for 

the program above is provided through 

legislation. 

Purpose 

Overview: The Hubert H. Humphrey 

Fellowship Program was established in 

1978. The goal of the Humphrey 

Program is to strengthen U.S. interaction 

with professionals from developing and 

emerging countries who are well placed 

to address their countries’ development 

needs in key areas including public 

health, sustainable growth, and 

democratic institution-building, while 

providing participants with 

opportunities to develop professional 

expertise and leadership skills for 

public service in their countries. Each 

year the Humphrey Program brings 

accomplished professionals from North 

Africa and the Middle East, SubSaharan Africa, East Asia and the 

Pacific, South and Central Asia, Latin 

America, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, 

and Eurasia to the U.S. for a ten-month 

stay combining non-degree graduate 

study, leadership training, and 

professional development. Candidates 

for the Humphrey Program are 

nominated by U.S. Embassies or 

binational Fulbright Commissions, 

based on the candidates’ professional 

backgrounds, academic qualifications, 

and leadership potential. By providing 

these emerging leaders with 

opportunities to understand U.S. society 

and culture and to participate with U.S. 

colleagues in current approaches to the 

fields in which they work, the 

Humphrey Program provides a basis for 

on-going cooperation between U.S. 

citizens and their professional 

counterparts in other countries. 

Fellowships are granted competitively 

to candidates who have a public service 

orientation, a commitment to their 


srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 9 / Thursday, January 13, 2011 / Notices 2433 

countries’ development, and clear 

leadership potential. Candidates are 

recruited from both the public and the 

private sectors, including nongovernmental organizations, in areas 

that include the following: Agricultural 

and rural development; 

communications/journalism; economic 

development; educational 

administration, planning, and policy; 

finance and banking; higher education 

administration; HIV/AIDS policy, 

prevention, and treatment; human 

resource management; law and human 

rights; natural resource management, 

environmental policy, and climate 

change; public health policy and 

management; public policy analysis and 

public administration; substance abuse 

education, treatment, and prevention; 

teaching of English as a foreign 

language; technology policy and 

management; trafficking in persons 

policy and prevention; and urban and 

regional planning. Humphrey Fellows 

typically range in age from the late 20’s 

to the mid-50’s; are professionals in 

leadership positions who have the 

requisite experience, skills, and 

commitment to public service to 

advance in their professions; have a 

minimum of five years of professional 

experience; and have an interest in 

policy issues. English speaking ability is 

required; to enable the Program to 

accommodate qualified candidates from 

under-represented populations, up to 6 

months of intensive English instruction 

is offered in the U.S. to selected Fellows 

prior to the start of the academic-year 

program. Outreach to under-represented 

populations is a major priority of the 

Bureau, and in recent years more than 

half of the incoming Humphrey Fellows 

have undertaken some pre-academic 

English training. 

Seventeen universities are currently 

serving as Humphrey host institutions: 

American University (law and human 

rights); Arizona State University 

(journalism); Boston University (finance 

and banking); Cornell University 

(agricultural and rural development and 

natural resource management, 

environmental policy, and climate 

change); Emory University (public 

health); Johns Hopkins University 

(substance abuse prevention and 

treatment); the Massachusetts Institute 

of Technology (urban/regional 

planning); Michigan State University 

(economic development); Pennsylvania 

State University (education); Syracuse 

University (public administration); 

Tulane University (public health); the 

University of California, Davis 

(agricultural and rural development and 

natural resource management, 

environmental policy, and climate 

change); the University of Maryland, 

College Park (journalism); the 

University of Minnesota (two cohorts, 

one in law and human rights and one in 

public administration); the University of 

Washington (public administration); 

Vanderbilt University (education); and 

Virginia Commonwealth University 

(substance abuse prevention and 

treatment). These institutions are 

selected to host groups of Humphrey 

Fellows through a competitive process 

coordinated by the recipient in 

consultation with the Bureau. Fellows 

are placed at one of these Humphrey 

host institutions in multi-regional 

professional clusters of approximately 

ten to fifteen Fellows (e.g., twelve 

Fellows in law and human rights from 

twelve different countries would be 

placed at one university that has 

applied and been approved to host 

Fellows in this field). Each field of 

study is openly competed every five 

years, a cycle which results in one or 

two fields of study being openly 

competed in any given year. The 

schedule for host campus competitions 

is provided in the Project Objectives, 

Goals, and Implementation (POGI) 

document for this solicitation. The 

recipient will initially be expected to 

establish cooperative arrangements with 

the current host universities for one 

year. However, proposals should 

include a strategy for evaluating host 

campus performance over the course of 

the year and for organizing and 

administering a competition to obtain 

and review applications from a diverse 

range of institutions to serve as host 

universities in the fields of study 

scheduled to be competed in FY2012. 

To provide a more diverse U.S. 

experience for the Humphrey Fellows 

and to engage a more diverse range of 

communities in the United States in 

international exchange programs 

sponsored by the Department of State, 

‘‘associate campuses’’ that might not 

otherwise have the capacity for 

graduate-level international 

programming (including community 

colleges and rural or minority-serving 

institutions) now cooperate with 

Humphrey host universities to engage 

Humphrey Fellows substantively in 

projects and events at the associate 

campuses. The plans for host university 

competitions should include a 

requirement that all applicant 

universities include an associate 

campus component in their proposals. 

Proposals must conform with the 

Bureau requirements and guidelines 

outlined in the Solicitation Package, 

which includes this document (the 

Request for Grant Proposals, or RFGP); 

the Project Objectives, Goals and 

Implementation (POGI); and the 

Proposal Submission Instructions (PSI). 

The Bureau will work cooperatively 

and closely with the recipient of this 

Cooperative Agreement and will 

maintain a regular dialogue on 

administrative and program issues and 

questions as they arise over the duration 

of the award. 

Contingent upon satisfactory 

performance based on annual reviews 

and availability of funds in subsequent 

fiscal years, the Bureau intends to renew 

this award each year for four additional 

years, before openly competing it again. 

Guidelines 

Program Planning and Implementation 

Applicant organizations are requested 

to submit a narrative outlining a 

comprehensive strategy for the 

administration and program 

implementation of the Hubert H. 

Humphrey Fellowship Program 

including preparation of participant 

recruitment guidelines, coordination 

with U.S. Embassies and binational 

Fulbright Commissions, selection and 

placement of participants at host 

universities, monitoring the Fellows’ 

academic and professional programs, 

and alumni support. In addition, 

applicant organizations should outline a 

plan for a range of enhancement 

activities that will reinforce one another 

and build on the core academic and 

professional program. These activities 

must include, but are not limited to, a 

fall program-wide seminar in 

Washington, DC, professional 

enhancement workshops on specific 

topics for those Fellows who share an 

interest in the topics (for example, 

sustainable use of resources, climate 

change, food security, international 

finance, or conflict resolution), and an 

end-of-year program-wide workshop 

focusing on issues related to re-entering 

the home country environment and to 

implementing the skills and knowledge 

gained during the Humphrey year. The 

comprehensive program strategy should 

reflect a vision for the Program as a 

whole, interpreting the goals of the 

Humphrey Program with creativity and 

providing innovative ideas and 

recommendations for the Program. The 

strategy should include a description of 

how the various components of the 

Program will be integrated to build 

upon and reinforce one another. For 

example, workshops or seminars should 

build on the campus-based academic 

and professional program in support of 

the Humphrey Program’s goal of 

enabling the Fellows to develop 

leadership skills in public service. 


srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES
2434 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 9 / Thursday, January 13, 2011 / Notices 

Applicants should propose a theme for 

the program-wide seminar and identify 

by name potential speakers who will 

stimulate the Fellows to engage in 

discussions with the speakers and one 

another in ways that are consistent with 

the seminar’s objectives and the 

Program’s goals. 

Applicants should describe how they 

will provide periodic electronic data 

uploads for the Bureau’s participant 

database, and how they will ensure that 

these updates are accurate. Please 

describe a strategy for maintaining a 

Humphrey Program Web site and for 

updating it periodically so that Fellows’ 

achievements and statements, listings of 

eligible countries, Embassy and 

Fulbright Commission contacts, and the 

listing of host universities are current 

and complete. Applicants should also 

be prepared to collaborate with the 

Bureau to create and maintain a 

Humphrey-specific section of the ECA 

alumni Web site and help promote this 

Web site to alumni as well as current 

participants. 

Pending availability of funds, this 

award should begin on October 1, 2011 

and will run through September 30, 

2014. This award would include both 

the administrative and program portions 

of the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship 

Program such as: The selection and 

placement of the 2012–2013 class of 

Fellows and the monitoring of their 

programs; the administration of creative 

programs of follow-up support and 

coordination with Humphrey alumni 

from all classes in coordination with the 

Bureau’s comprehensive alumni 

outreach efforts; and the administration 

and implementation of enhancement 

activities for the 2012–2013 class such 

as workshops, seminars, or other 

activities to be proposed by the 

applicant organizations. 

Funding for administrative expenses 

under this award, such as salaries and 

benefits, staff travel, office supplies, 

postage, communications, and indirect 

costs will cover only the period October 

1, 2011 through September 30, 2012. 

Funding for program expenses will 

cover programmatic needs for the 2012– 

2013 class of Humphrey Fellows 

throughout the entire Agreement period 

(October 1, 2011 through September 30, 

2014) according to the work plan 

approved in the final Cooperative 

Agreement. 

Alumni activities should address the 

following ECA alumni program goals: 

To foster U.S. diplomatic mission 

engagement with exchange alumni; to 

foster alumni implementation and 

teaching of the concepts they explored 

during their exchange programs; to 

provide training that will foster the 

ability of alumni to share and 

implement these concepts; and to 

participate in long-term evaluations of 

the Humphrey Program. Alumni 

programming may include, but is not 

limited to, activities such as workshops 

allowing alumni to share their 

knowledge with the public, including 

youth; activities fostering community 

service, or small grants competitions. 

A separate Agreement with the 

current recipient will cover 

administrative implementation of the 

program for academic year 2011–2012 

Humphrey Fellows until the conclusion 

of their U.S. program in the late spring 

of 2012. For the FY2012 Cooperative 

Agreement, which this announcement 

covers, the recipient will have 

responsibility for selection, placement, 

and program implementation for the 

academic year 2012–2013 Fellows and 

for alumni programming for all program 

alumni. In FY2012 and subsequent 

years, if the award is renewed, the 

recipient would additionally be 

responsible for overseeing the programs 

of the Fellows who will be in the U.S. 

in subsequent years (for example, the 

programs of academic year 2013–2014 

Fellows in FY2013). 

Please refer to the POGI for specific 

program and budget guidelines. 

In a Cooperative Agreement, ECA/A/ 

S/U is substantially involved in program 

activities above and beyond routine 

grant monitoring. ECA/A/S/U will 

consult frequently with the recipient on 

details of program implementation as 

illustrated in the list below of items for 

which program office consultation and 

approval is required. ECA/A/S/U 

activities and responsibilities for this 

program are as follows: 

• Specific plans for enhancement 

activities such as workshops, seminars, 

and retreats including themes, agendas, 

and speakers; 

• Texts for publication; 

• Candidate Review Committee 

members; 

• Co-funding initiatives; 

• Alumni conference plans and other 

alumni support initiatives; 

• Recommendations of the host 

campus selection committee; 

• Associate host campus 

partnerships; 

• Country eligibility and nomination 

quotas; 

• Formulation of program policy; 

• Assignment of recommended 

candidates to principal or alternate 

status; 

• Program evaluation activities. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Cooperative 

Agreement. ECA’s level of involvement 

in this program is listed under number 

I above. 

Fiscal Year Funds: 2012. 

Approximate Total Funding: $13.5 

million. 

Approximate Number of Awards: 1. 

Approximate Average Award: 

Pending availability of funds, $13.5 

million. 

Anticipated Award Date: Pending 

availability of funds, October 1, 2011. 

Anticipated Project Completion Date: 

September 30, 2014. 

Additional Information 

Pending successful implementation of 

this program and the availability of 

funds in subsequent fiscal years, it is 

ECA’s intent to renew this award each 

year for four additional fiscal years, 

before openly competing it again. 

(III.) Eligibility Information: 

III.1. Eligible applicants: Applications 

may be submitted by public and private 

non-profit organizations meeting the 

provisions described in Internal 

Revenue Code section 26 U.S.C. 

501(c)(3). 

III.2. Cost Sharing or Matching Funds: 

There is no minimum or maximum 

percentage required for this 

competition. However, the Bureau 

encourages applicants to provide 

maximum levels of cost sharing and 

funding in support of its programs. 

When cost sharing is offered, it is 

understood and agreed that the 

applicant must provide the amount of 

cost sharing as stipulated in its proposal 

and later included in an approved grant 

agreement. Cost sharing may be in the 

form of allowable direct or indirect 

costs. For accountability, you must 

maintain written records to support all 

costs which are claimed as your 

contribution, as well as costs to be paid 

by the Federal government. Such 

records are subject to audit. The basis 

for determining the value of cash and 

in-kind contributions must be in 

accordance with OMB Circular A–110, 

(Revised), Subpart C.23—Cost Sharing 

and Matching. In the event you do not 

provide the minimum amount of cost 

sharing as stipulated in the approved 

budget, ECA’s contribution will be 

reduced in like proportion. 

III.3. Other Eligibility Requirements: 

(a.) Bureau grant guidelines require 

that organizations with less than four 

years experience in conducting 

international exchanges be limited to 

$60,000 in Bureau funding. ECA 

anticipates issuing one award, in an 

amount up to $13.5 million to support 

program and administrative costs 

required to implement this exchange 

program. Therefore, organizations with 

less than four years experience in 


srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 9 / Thursday, January 13, 2011 / Notices 2435 

conducting international exchanges are 

ineligible to apply under this 

competition. The Bureau encourages 

applicants to provide maximum levels 

of cost sharing and funding in support 

of its programs. 

(IV.) Application and Submission 

Information: 

Note: Please read the complete 

announcement before sending inquiries or 

submitting proposals. Once the RFGP 

deadline has passed, Bureau staff may not 

discuss this competition with applicants 

until the proposal review process has been 

completed. 

IV.1. Contact Information to Request 

an Application Package: Please contact 

the Humphrey Fellowships and 

Institutional Linkages Branch, ECA/A/ 

S/U, SA–5, 4th Floor, U.S. Department 

of State, 2200 C Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20037, telephone: 

(202)632–6331, fax (202)632–9479, 

e-mail: pschelp@ state.gov to request a 

Solicitation Package. Please refer to the 

Funding Opportunity Number ECA/A/ 

S/U–12–01 when making your request. 

Alternatively, an electronic 

application package may be obtained 

from grants.gov. Please see section IV.3f 

for further information. 

The Solicitation Package contains the 

Proposal Submission Instruction (PSI) 

document which consists of required 

application forms, and standard 

guidelines for proposal preparation. 

It also contains the Project Objectives, 

Goals and Implementation (POGI) 

document, which provides specific 

information, award criteria and budget 

instructions tailored to this competition. 

Please specify Bureau Program Officer 

Paul Schelp and refer to Funding 

Opportunity Number ECA/A/S/U–12– 

01 on all inquiries and correspondence. 

IV.2. To Download a Solicitation 

Package Via Internet: The entire 

Solicitation Package may be 

downloaded from the Bureau’s Web site 

at http://exchanges.state.gov/grants/ 

open2.html, or from the Grants.gov Web 

site at http://www.grants.gov. 

Please read all information before 

downloading. 

IV.3. Content and Form of 

Submission: Applicants must follow all 

instructions in the Solicitation Package. 

The application should be submitted 

per the instructions under IV.3f. 

‘‘Application Deadline and Methods of 

Submission’’ section below. 

IV.3a. You are required to have a Dun 

and Bradstreet Data Universal 

Numbering System (DUNS) number to 

apply for a grant or cooperative 

agreement from the U.S. Government. 

This number is a nine-digit 

identification number, which uniquely 

identifies business entities. Obtaining a 

DUNS number is easy and there is no 

charge. To obtain a DUNS number, 

access http:// 

www.dunandbradstreet.com or call 

1–866–705–5711. Please ensure that 

your DUNS number is included in the 

appropriate box of the SF—424 which is 

part of the formal application package. 

IV.3b. All proposals must contain an 

executive summary, proposal narrative 

and budget. 

Please Refer to the Solicitation 

Package. It contains the mandatory 

Proposal Submission Instructions (PSI) 

document and the Project Objectives, 

Goals and Implementation (POGI) 

document for additional formatting and 

technical requirements. 

IV.3c. All federal award recipients 

and sub-recipients must maintain 

current registrations in the Central 

Contractor Registration (CCR) database 

and have a Dun and Bradstreet Data 

Universal Numbering System (DUNS) 

number. Recipients and sub-recipients 

must maintain accurate and up-to-date 

information in the CCR until all 

program and financial activity and 

reporting have been completed. All 

entities must review and update the 

information at least annually after the 

initial registration and more frequently 

if required information changes or 

another award is granted. 

You must have nonprofit status with 

the IRS at the time of application. Please 

note: Effective January 7, 2009, all 

applicants for ECA federal assistance 

awards must include in their 

application the names of directors and/ 

or senior executives (current officers, 

trustees, and key employees, regardless 

of amount of compensation). In 

fulfilling this requirement, applicants 

must submit information in one of the 

following ways: 

(1) Those who file Internal Revenue 

Service Form 990, ‘‘Return of 

Organization Exempt From Income 

Tax,’’ must include a copy of relevant 

portions of this form. 

(2) Those who do not file IRS Form 

990 must submit information above in 

the format of their choice. 

In addition to final program reporting 

requirements, award recipients will also 

be required to submit a one-page 

document, derived from their program 

reports, listing and describing their 

grant activities. For award recipients, 

the names of directors and/or senior 

executives (current officers, trustees, 

and key employees), as well as the onepage description of grant activities, will 

be transmitted by the State Department 

to OMB, along with other information 

required by the Federal Funding 

Accountability and Transparency Act 

(FFATA), and will be made available to 

the public by the Office of Management 

and Budget on its USASpending.gov 

Web site as part of ECA’s FFATA 

reporting requirements. 

If your organization is a private 

nonprofit which has not received a grant 

or cooperative agreement from ECA in 

the past three years, or if your 

organization received nonprofit status 

from the IRS within the past four years, 

you must submit the necessary 

documentation to verify nonprofit status 

as directed in the PSI document. Failure 

to do so will cause your proposal to be 

declared technically ineligible. 

IV.3d. Please take into consideration 

the following information when 

preparing your proposal narrative: 

IV.3d.1. Adherence to all Regulations 

Governing the J Visa. The Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs places 

critically important emphasis on the 

security and proper administration of 

the Exchange Visitor (J visa) Programs 

and adherence by award recipients and 

sponsors to all regulations governing the 

J visa. Therefore, proposals should 

demonstrate the applicant’s capacity to 

meet all requirements governing the 

administration of the Exchange Visitor 

Programs as set forth in 22 CFR 62, 

including the oversight of Responsible 

Officers and Alternate Responsible 

Officers, screening and selection of 

program participants, provision of prearrival information and orientation to 

participants, monitoring of participants, 

proper maintenance and security of 

forms, record-keeping, reporting and 

other requirements. 

Employees of the Grantee will be 

named Alternate Responsible Officers 

and will be responsible for issuing DS– 

2019 forms to participants in this 

program and performing all actions to 

comply with the Student and Exchange 

Visitor Information System (SEVIS). 

A copy of the complete regulations 

governing the administration of 

Exchange Visitor (J) programs is 

available at http://exchanges.state.gov 

or from: United States Department of 

State, Office of Exchange Coordination 

and Designation, Office of Designation, 

ECA/EC/D, SA–5, Floor C2, Department 

of State, Washington, DC 20037. 

Please refer to Solicitation Package for 

further information. 

IV.3d.2. Diversity, Freedom and 

Democracy Guidelines. Pursuant to the 

Bureau’s authorizing legislation, 

programs must maintain a non-political 

character and should be balanced and 

representative of the diversity of 

American political, social, and cultural 

life. ‘‘Diversity’’ should be interpreted in 

the broadest sense and encompass 

differences including, but not limited to 

ethnicity, race, gender, religion, 


srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES
2436 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 9 / Thursday, January 13, 2011 / Notices 

geographic location, socio-economic 

status, and disabilities. Applicants are 

strongly encouraged to adhere to the 

advancement of this principle both in 

program administration and in program 

content. Please refer to the review 

criteria under the ‘‘Support for 

Diversity’’ section for specific 

suggestions on incorporating diversity 

into your proposal. Public Law 104–319 

provides that ‘‘in carrying out programs 

of educational and cultural exchange in 

countries whose people do not fully 

enjoy freedom and democracy,’’ the 

Bureau ‘‘shall take appropriate steps to 

provide opportunities for participation 

in such programs to human rights and 

democracy leaders of such countries.’’ 

Public Law 106–113 requires that the 

governments of the countries described 

above do not have inappropriate 

influence in the selection process. 

Proposals should reflect advancement of 

these goals in their program contents, to 

the full extent deemed feasible. 

IV.3d.3. Program Monitoring and 

Evaluation. Proposals must include a 

plan to monitor and evaluate the 

project’s success, both as the activities 

unfold and at the end of the program. 

The Bureau recommends that your 

proposal include a draft survey 

questionnaire or other technique plus a 

description of a methodology to use to 

link outcomes to original project 

objectives. The Bureau expects that the 

recipient organization will track 

participants or partners and be able to 

respond to key evaluation questions, 

including satisfaction with the program, 

learning as a result of the program, 

changes in behavior as a result of the 

program, and effects of the program on 

institutions (institutions in which 

participants work or partner 

institutions). The evaluation plan 

should include indicators that measure 

gains in mutual understanding as well 

as substantive knowledge. 

Successful monitoring and evaluation 

depend heavily on setting clear goals 

and outcomes at the outset of a program. 

Your evaluation plan should include a 

description of your project’s objectives, 

your anticipated project outcomes, and 

how and when you intend to measure 

these outcomes (performance 

indicators). The more that outcomes are 

‘‘smart’’ (specific, measurable, attainable, 

results-oriented, and placed in a 

reasonable time frame), the easier it will 

be to conduct the evaluation. You 

should also show how your project 

objectives link to the goals of the 

program described in this RFGP. 

Your monitoring and evaluation plan 

should clearly distinguish between 

program outputs and outcomes. Outputs 

are products and services delivered, 

often stated as an amount. Output 

information is important to show the 

scope or size of project activities, but it 

cannot substitute for information about 

progress towards outcomes or the 

results achieved. Examples of outputs 

include the number of people trained or 

the number of seminars conducted. 

Outcomes, in contrast, represent 

specific results a project is intended to 

achieve and is usually measured as an 

extent of change. Findings on outputs 

and outcomes should both be reported, 

but the focus should be on outcomes. 

We encourage you to assess the 

following four levels of outcomes, as 

they relate to the program goals set out 

in the RFGP (listed here in increasing 

order of importance): 

1. Participant satisfaction with the 

program and exchange experience. 

2. Participant learning, such as 

increased knowledge, aptitude, skills, 

and changed understanding and 

attitude. Learning includes both 

substantive (subject-specific) learning 

and mutual understanding. 

3. Participant behavior, concrete 

actions to apply knowledge in work or 

community; greater participation and 

responsibility in civic organizations; 

interpretation and explanation of 

experiences and new knowledge gained; 

continued contacts between 

participants, community members, and 

others. 

4. Institutional changes, such as 

increased collaboration and 

partnerships, policy reforms, new 

programming, and organizational 

improvements. 

Please note: Consideration should be given 

to the appropriate timing of data collection 

for each level of outcome. For example, 

satisfaction is usually captured as a shortterm outcome, whereas behavior and 

institutional changes are normally 

considered longer-term outcomes. 

Overall, the quality of your 

monitoring and evaluation plan will be 

judged on how well it (1) specifies 

intended outcomes; (2) gives clear 

descriptions of how each outcome will 

be measured; (3) identifies when 

particular outcomes will be measured; 

and (4) provides a clear description of 

the data collection strategies for each 

outcome (i.e., surveys, interviews, or 

focus groups). (Please note that 

evaluation plans that deal only with the 

first level of outcomes [satisfaction] will 

be deemed less competitive under the 

present evaluation criteria.) 

Recipient organizations will be 

required to provide reports analyzing 

their evaluation findings to the Bureau 

in their regular program reports. All 

data collected, including survey 

responses and contact information, must 

be maintained for a minimum of three 

years and provided to the Bureau upon 

request. 

IV.3.d.4. Describe your plans for 

staffing: Please provide a staffing plan 

which outlines the responsibilities of 

each staff person and explains which 

staff member will be accountable for 

each program responsibility. Wherever 

possible please streamline 

administrative processes. 

IV.3e. Please take the following 

information into consideration when 

preparing your budget: 

IV.3.e.1. Applicants must submit SF– 

424A—‘‘Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs’’ along with a 

comprehensive budget for the entire 

program. There must be a summary 

budget as well as breakdowns reflecting 

both administrative and program 

budgets. Applicants should provide 

separate sub-budgets for each program 

component, phase, location, or activity 

to provide clarification. 

The summary and detailed 

administrative and program budgets 

should be accompanied by a narrative 

which provides a brief rationale for each 

line item including a methodology for 

estimating an appropriate average 

maintenance allowance levels and 

tuition costs for the 2012–2013 class of 

Humphrey Fellows and the number of 

participants that can be accommodated 

at the proposed funding level. The total 

administrative costs funded by the 

Bureau must be reasonable and 

appropriate. 

IV.3.e.2. Allowable costs for the 

program and additional budget guidance 

are outlined in detail in the POGI 

document. 

Please refer to the Solicitation 

Package for complete budget guidelines 

and formatting instructions. 

IV.3f. Application Deadline and 

Methods of Submission: 

Application Deadline Date: Monday, 

April 4, 2011. 

Reference Number: ECA/A/S/U–12– 

01. 

Methods of Submission: Applications 

may be submitted in one of two ways: 

(1.) In hard-copy, via a nationally 

recognized overnight delivery service 

(i.e., Federal Express, UPS, Airborne 

Express, or U.S. Postal Service Express 

Overnight Mail, etc.), or 

(2.) Electronically through http:// 

www.grants.gov. 

Along with the Project Title, all 

applicants must enter the above 

Reference Number in Box 11 on the SF– 

424 contained in the mandatory 

Proposal Submission Instructions (PSI) 

of the solicitation document. 

IV.3f.1. Submitting Printed 

Applications. Applications must be 


srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 9 / Thursday, January 13, 2011 / Notices 2437 

shipped no later than the above 

deadline. Delivery services used by 

applicants must have in-place, 

centralized shipping identification and 

tracking systems that may be accessed 

via the Internet and delivery people 

who are identifiable by commonly 

recognized uniforms and delivery 

vehicles. Proposals shipped on or before 

the above deadline but received at ECA 

more than seven days after the deadline 

will be ineligible for further 

consideration under this competition. 

Proposals shipped after the established 

deadlines are ineligible for 

consideration under this competition. 

ECA will not notify you upon receipt of 

application. It is each applicant’s 

responsibility to ensure that each 

package is marked with a legible 

tracking number and to monitor/confirm 

delivery to ECA via the Internet. 

Delivery of proposal packages may not 

be made via local courier service or in 

person for this competition. Faxed 

documents will not be accepted at any 

time. Only proposals submitted as 

stated above will be considered. 

Important note: When preparing your 

submission please make sure to include one 

extra copy of the completed SF–424 form and 

place it in an envelope addressed to ‘‘ECA/ 

EX/PM’’. 

The original and seven copies of the 

application should be sent to: Program 

Management Division, ECA–IIP/EX/PM, 

Ref.: ECA/A/S/U–12–01, SA–5, Floor 4, 

Department of State, 2200 C Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20037. 

IV.3f.2—Submitting Electronic 

Applications. Applicants have the 

option of submitting proposals 

electronically through Grants.gov 

(http://www.grants.gov). Complete 

solicitation packages are available at 

Grants.gov in the ‘‘Find’’ portion of the 

system. 

Please Note: ECA bears no responsibility 

for applicant timeliness of submission or data 

errors resulting from transmission or 

conversion processes for proposals submitted 

via Grants.gov. 

Please follow the instructions 

available in the ‘‘Get Started’’ portion of 

the site (http://www.grants.gov/ 

GetStarted). 

Several of the steps in the Grants.gov 

registration process could take several 

weeks. Therefore, applicants should 

check with appropriate staff within their 

organizations immediately after 

reviewing this RFGP to confirm or 

determine their registration status with 

Grants.gov. 

Once registered, 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. 

In addition, validation of an electronic 

submission via Grants.gov can take up 

to two business days. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend 

that you not wait until the application 

deadline to begin the submission 

process through Grants.gov. 

The Grants.gov Web site includes 

extensive information on all phases/ 

aspects of the Grants.gov process, 

including an extensive section on 

frequently asked questions, located 

under the ‘‘For Applicants’’ section of 

the Web site. ECA strongly recommends 

that all potential applicants review 

thoroughly the Grants.gov Web site, 

well in advance of submitting a 

proposal through the Grants.gov system. 

ECA bears no responsibility for data 

errors resulting from transmission or 

conversion processes. 

Direct all questions regarding 

Grants.gov registration and submission 

to: Grants.gov Customer Support, 

Contact Center Phone: 800–518–4726, 

Business Hours: Monday–Friday, 7 am– 

9 pm Eastern Time, E-mail: 

support@grants.gov. 

Applicants have until midnight 

Washington, DC time of the closing date 

to ensure that their entire application 

has been uploaded to the Grants.gov 

site. There are no exceptions to the 

above deadline. Applications uploaded 

to the site after midnight of the 

application deadline date will be 

automatically rejected by the grants.gov 

system, and will be technically 

ineligible. 

Please refer to the Grants.gov Web 

site, for definitions of various 

‘‘application statuses’’ and the difference 

between a submission receipt and a 

submission validation. Applicants will 

receive a validation e-mail from 

grants.gov upon the successful 

submission of an application. Again, 

validation of an electronic submission 

via Grants.gov can take up to two 

business days. Therefore, we strongly 

recommend that you not wait until the 

application deadline to begin the 

submission process through Grants.gov. 

ECA will not notify you upon receipt of 

electronic applications. 

It is the responsibility of all 

applicants submitting proposals via the 

Grants.gov Web portal to ensure that 

proposals have been received by 

Grants.gov in their entirety, and ECA 

bears no responsibility for data errors 

resulting from transmission or 

conversion processes. 

IV.3g. Intergovernmental Review of 

Applications: Executive Order 12372 

does not apply to this program. 

V. Application Review Information 

V.1. Review Process 

The Bureau will review all proposals 

for technical eligibility. Proposals will 

be deemed ineligible if they do not fully 

adhere to the guidelines stated herein 

and in the Solicitation Package. All 

eligible proposals will be reviewed by 

the program office. Eligible proposals 

will be subject to compliance with 

Federal and Bureau regulations and 

guidelines and forwarded to Bureau 

grant panels for advisory review. 

Proposals may also be reviewed by the 

Office of the Legal Adviser or by other 

Department elements. Final funding 

decisions are at the discretion of the 

Department of State’s Assistant 

Secretary for Educational and Cultural 

Affairs. Final technical authority for 

cooperative agreements resides with the 

Bureau’s Grants Officer. 

Review Criteria 

Technically eligible applications will 

be competitively reviewed according to 

the criteria stated below. These criteria 

are not rank ordered and all carry equal 

weight in the proposal evaluation: 

1. Quality of the program idea: 

Proposals should exhibit originality, 

substance, precision, and relevance to 

the Bureau’s mission as well as to the 

objectives of the Humphrey Fellowship 

Program. 

2. Program planning: Detailed agenda 

and relevant work plan should 

demonstrate substantive undertakings 

and logistical capacity. Agenda and plan 

should adhere to the program overview 

and guidelines described above. 

Objectives should be reasonable, 

feasible, and flexible. 

3. Multiplier effect/impact: The 

proposed program should maximize the 

Humphrey Program’s potential to 

promote mutual understanding at the 

individual, community, and 

professional levels and to encourage 

long-term individual and institutional 

linkages. 

4. Support of diversity: Proposals 

should demonstrate substantive support 

of the Bureau’s policy on diversity. 

Achievable and relevant features should 

be cited in both program administration 

(selection of participants, program 

venue and program evaluation) and 

program content (orientation and wrapup sessions, program meetings, resource 

materials and follow-up activities). 

5. Institutional capacity and record: 

Proposed personnel and institutional 

resources should be adequate and 

appropriate to achieve program goals. 

Proposals should demonstrate an 

institutional record of successful 

exchange programs, including 


srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES
2438 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 9 / Thursday, January 13, 2011 / Notices 

responsible fiscal management and full 

compliance with all reporting 

requirements for past Bureau awards 

(grants or cooperative agreements) as 

determined by Bureau Grants Staff. The 

Bureau will consider the past 

performance of prior recipients and the 

demonstrated potential of new 

applicants. 

6. Follow-on and alumni activities: 

Proposals should provide a plan for 

continued follow-on activity (both with 

and without Bureau support) ensuring 

that the Humphrey Fellowship year is 

not an isolated event. Activities should 

include tracking and maintaining 

updated lists of all alumni and 

facilitating follow-up activities for 

alumni. 

7. Project evaluation: Proposals 

should include a plan to evaluate the 

activity’s success, both as the activities 

unfold and at the end of the program. A 

draft survey questionnaire or other 

technique plus description of a 

methodology to use to link outcomes to 

original project objectives is 

recommended. Successful applicants 

will be expected to submit intermediate 

reports after major project components 

are concluded. 

8. Cost-effectiveness and cost-sharing: 

The overhead and administrative 

components of the proposal, including 

salaries and honoraria, should be kept 

as low as possible. All other items 

should be necessary and appropriate. 

Proposals should maximize cost-sharing 

through other private sector support as 

well as institutional direct funding 

contributions. 

(VI.) Award Administration 

Information: 

VI.1 Award Notices: 

Final awards cannot be made until 

funds have been appropriated by 

Congress, allocated and committed 

through internal Bureau procedures. 

Successful applicants will receive a 

Federal Assistance Award (FAA) from 

the Bureau’s Grants Office. The FAA 

and the original proposal with 

subsequent modifications (if applicable) 

shall be the only binding authorizing 

document between the recipient and the 

U.S. Government. The FAA will be 

signed by an authorized Grants Officer, 

and mailed to the recipient’s 

responsible officer identified in the 

application. 

Unsuccessful applicants will receive 

notification of the results of the 

application review from the ECA 

program office coordinating this 

competition. 

VI.2. Administrative and National 

Policy Requirements: 

Terms and Conditions for the 

Administration of ECA agreements 

include the following: 

Office of Management and Budget 

Circular A–122, ‘‘Cost Principles for 

Nonprofit Organizations’’ 

Office of Management and Budget 

Circular A–21, ‘‘Cost Principles for 

Educational Institutions’’ 

OMB Circular A–87, ‘‘Cost Principles for 

State, Local and Indian Governments’’ 

OMB Circular No. A–110 (Revised), 

Uniform Administrative 

Requirements for Grants and 

Agreements with Institutions of 

Higher Education, Hospitals, and 

other Nonprofit Organizations 

OMB Circular No. A–102, Uniform 

Administrative Requirements for 

Grants-in-Aid to State and Local 

Governments 

OMB Circular No. A–133, Audits of 

States, Local Government, and Nonprofit Organizations 

Please reference the following Web 

sites for additional information: 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants 

http://fa.statebuy.state.gov 

VI.3. Reporting Requirements: You 

must provide ECA with a hard copy 

original plus one copy of the following 

reports: 

(1) A final comprehensive program 

and financial report no more than 90 

days after the expiration of the award; 

(2) A concise, one-page final program 

report summarizing program outcomes 

no more than 90 days after the 

expiration of the award. This one-page 

report will be transmitted to OMB, and 

be made available to the public via 

OMB’s USAspending.gov Web site—as 

part of ECA’s Federal Funding 

Accountability and Transparency Act 

(FFATA) reporting requirements. 

(3) A SF–PPR, ‘‘Performance Progress 

Report’’ Cover Sheet with all program 

reports. 

(4) Annual program reports and 

quarterly financial reports. 

Award recipients will be required to 

provide reports analyzing their 

evaluation findings to the Bureau in 

their regular program reports. (Please 

refer to IV. Application and Submission 

Instructions (IV.3.d.3) above for Program 

Monitoring and Evaluation information. 

All data collected, including survey 

responses and contact information, must 

be maintained for a minimum of three 

years and provided to the Bureau upon 

request. 

All reports must be sent to the ECA 

Grants Officer and ECA Program Officer 

listed in the final assistance award 

document. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For questions about this 

announcement, contact: Paul Schelp, 

U.S. Department of State, Office of 

Global Educational Programs, SA–5, 4th 

Floor, ECA/A/S/U, 2200 C Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20037, telephone: 202– 

632–6331, fax 202–632–9479, 

pschelp@state.gov. 

All correspondence with the Bureau 

concerning this RFGP should reference 

the above title and reference number 

ECA/A/S/U–12–01. 

Please read the complete 

announcement before sending inquiries 

or submitting proposals. Once the RFGP 

deadline has passed, Bureau staff may 

not discuss this competition with 

applicants until the proposal review 

process has been completed. 

VIII. Other Information 

Notice 

The terms and conditions published 

in this RFGP are binding and may not 

be modified by any Bureau 

representative. Explanatory information 

provided by the Bureau that contradicts 

published language will not be binding. 

Issuance of the RFGP does not 

constitute an award commitment on the 

part of the Government. The Bureau 

reserves the right to reduce, revise, or 

increase proposal budgets in accordance 

with the needs of the program and the 

availability of funds. Awards made will 

be subject to periodic reporting and 

evaluation requirements per section VI.3 

above. 

Dated: January 4, 2011. 

Ann Stock, 

Assistant Secretary for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2011–499 Filed 1–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7297] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Kings, 

Queens, and Courtiers: Art in Early 

Renaissance France’’ 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: Pursuant to 

the authority vested in me by the Act of 

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 

2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 

27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 

2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et 

seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 

October 1, 1999, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000, 

I hereby determine that the objects to be 


srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES