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the ECA Program Officer at least three 

work days prior to the official opening 

of the activity. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For questions about this 

announcement, contact: Carol Herrera, 

Office of Citizen Exchanges, ECA/PE/C, 

U.S. Department of State, SA–5, 3rd 

Floor, 2200 C St., NW., Washington, DC 

20522–0503, phone: (202) 632–6054, email: herreraca1@state.gov. All 

correspondence with the Bureau 

concerning this RFGP should reference 

the above title and number ECA/PE/C– 

11–01. 

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.4 

above. 

Dated: March 9, 2011. 

Ann Stock, 

Assistant Secretary for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6276 Filed 3–16–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7367] 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant 

Proposals: One Beat 

Announcement Type: New 

Cooperative Agreement. 

Funding Opportunity Number: ECA/ 

PE/C/CU–11–45. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 19.415. 

Key Dates: September 1, 2011 to 

September 30, 2013. 

Application Deadline: May 16, 2011. 

Executive Summary: The Cultural 

Programs Division of the Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) 

announces an open competition for a 

series of 2–4 week group programs for 

approximately 55–65 young (average age 

19–35) foreign musicians and music 

professionals from selected countries 

that will highlight artistic collaboration, 

improvisation, mentoring, and 

professional training opportunities. One 

Beat is a programmatic refinement of the 

existing Fiscal Year 2010 Cultural 

Visitors program. The original Cultural 

Visitors Program was initiated in Fiscal 

Year 2005 and targeted key countries in 

the Muslim world and on priority youth 

audiences in those countries. Vital to 

the innovative use of the arts in foreign 

policy are the elements of artistic 

collaboration, audience engagement, 

professional enrichment, and artistic 

production. By concentrating on music, 

One Beat seeks to combine these 

elements into cohesive group programs 

which enhance cross-cultural 

understanding and demonstrate 

democratic values such as collaboration, 

cohesion, and innovation to strengthen 

the leadership and professional 

potential of the participants as well as 

enrich their American counterparts. The 

program should seek innovative ways to 

incorporate new media to enhance the 

program offerings and extend the impact 

of the program. 

The goals of the program are to: 

• Energize the work of international 

musicians in their own countries; 

• Provide unique opportunities for 

musical collaboration, engagement, and 

performance among the international 

participants and with their American 

peers and American music 

professionals; 

• Provide participants with 

instructive and informative experiences 

in their art form; 

• Provide exposure to the creation 

and performance of world-class 

American music; 

• Create opportunities for sustaining 

relationships with U.S. arts 

professionals; and 

• Provide opportunities for 

educational outreach to American 

audiences and students. 

Pending the availability of funds, ECA 

will provide approximately $1,000,000 

to the award recipient to implement this 

program through a cooperative 

agreement. The agreement will cover 

project activities from September 1, 

2011 to September 30, 2013. 

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 

Cultural diplomacy, an essential facet 

of America’s foreign policy, strives to 

enhance cross-cultural understanding 

and open new avenues of dialogue 

between individuals and nations. It 

builds on Secretary Clinton’s concept of 

‘‘smart power,’’ which utilizes a variety 

of means to achieve our 21st Century 

foreign policy goals. This program 

ventures to create a dialogue through 

musical collaboration and professional 

development that will enrich both the 

international participants and the 

Americans with whom they meet. 

Program Description 

ECA welcomes innovative and 

creative approaches to programming, 

which: 

• Offers coherent approaches to 

developing the artistic talents and skills 

of the participants (activities include, 

but are not limited to master classes, 

professional conferences, festivals, 

workshops, lectures, demonstrations, 

group work, impromptu play, jam 

sessions, and attendance at 

performances); 

• Uses new media to enhance and 

extend the impact and richness of the 

program through online collaborations 

and educational programming among 

other activities; 

• Provides mentoring by and 

exposure to well-respected American 

artists, diverse cultural organizations 

and productions; 

• Fosters creative musical 

collaborations, cohesion and open 

dialogue between the participants and 

their professional American peers; 

• Engages with the diversity of the 

American public through non fee-based 

public performance and/or presentation. 

(Please note that the production and 

presentation costs of performances in 

the United States cannot be funded by 

ECA, but can be included in the 

organization’s cost share.); 

• Visits multiple U.S. arts 

organizations and cities to present a 

diverse view of American music, 

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• Establishes a foundation for 

sustaining professional networks and 

relationships. 

Participants 

ECA envisions that approximately 55– 

65 young foreign musicians in 

contemporary genres (including but not 

limited to urban, hip-hop, roots, rock, 

electronic, and world music) and music 

professionals (including but not limited 

to composers, producers, arrangers, 

songwriters, and DJs) from selected 

countries will visit the United States in 

a series of specially designed group 

programs organized by the award 

recipient in consultation with ECA. 

Participant composition should reflect 

an emphasis on musicians. 

Foreign participants must be between 

19–35 years of age, demonstrate high 

artistic abilities and professional 

performance experience, a 

predisposition to engage with their 

community through their art, promise in 

solo and ensemble performance (as 

appropriate), commitment to teaching 

and to their craft, and be conversant 

with broader aspects of society, their 

home culture and artistic patrimony. 

Participants should be prepared to 

conduct or participate in master classes, 

lecture demonstrations, workshops, 

impromptu sessions, media outreach, 

and educational activities with peers, 

students, and general audiences. They 

should also be adaptable to performance 

in situations of varying infrastructure 

and sophistication. 

ECA’s Responsibilities 

In a cooperative agreement, ECA is 

substantially involved in program 

activities above and beyond routine 

monitoring. Specifically, ECA will: 

• Identify countries from which the 

participants will be selected and 

provide contact information at posts to 

award recipient; 

• Advise selected countries for 

recruitment of participants; 

• Provide final approval on the award 

recipient’s participant 

recommendations; 

• Review and approve daily 

schedules and program materials; 

• Review and approve media and 

outreach plans; 

• Issue DS–2019 forms to 

participants; and 

• Participate in briefing and 

debriefing sessions as possible. 

Award Funding and Award recipient 

Responsibilities 

In consultation with ECA, the award 

recipient will: 

Participant Selection 

• Develop participant selection 

criteria; 

• Develop an application process and 

timeline (efforts should be made to 

make it web-based); 

• Work with Embassy staff to 

coordinate the recruitment and 

solicitation of foreign participants and 

alternates for U.S. based programs; 

• Based on qualifications, 

recommend participants to ECA for 

review and approval; 

• Inform posts of final selections. 

Program Development and Management 

• Devise innovative and multi-faceted 

plans for the program components with 

detailed timelines for accomplishing 

each project activity in consultation 

with ECA program staff; 

• Within 3–6 months of the beginning 

of the award period, submit to ECA for 

approval proposed outlines and 

schedules for the music programs, and 

then advise posts on the application, 

recruitment and participant selection 

process. Outlines should include goals 

and objectives for the programs and 

suggested participant profiles. 

• Recruit American participants and 

institutions to be engaged in activities 

with the exchange participants. 

American site locations are to be 

determined by the award recipient’s 

organization in consultation with ECA. 

The award recipient will consult with 

ECA, but ultimately be responsible for 

the design and implementation of 

program development and composition 

such as performances, workshops, 

master classes and outreach programs at 

each site. The programs must strive to 

represent a diversity of American 

organizations, regions and cities. 

• Orient host institutions and staff to 

the goals of the program, and to the 

cultures and sensitivities of the 

participants; 

• Coordinate and identify group 

coordinator/escort and/or interpreter 

travel, lodging and other arrangements 

needed for their participation, including 

airport meet and greet; 

• Maintain liaison with ECA and 

program participants to ensure the 

program schedule is compatible with 

needs and objectives. Provide ECA and 

program participants with a final 

program schedule no later than 2 weeks 

prior to their arrival in the U.S.; 

• Provide day-to-day monitoring of 

the program to prevent and/or manage 

any issues or complications that may 

arise; 

• Work in consultation with ECA on 

the implementation of the program, 

provide timely reporting of progress to 

ECA, and comply with financial and 

program reporting requirements. 

• Create and encourage solid followon projects (not supported by funding 

from this award) in order to continue 

and deepen the relationships created by 

these projects between the award 

recipient and foreign participants; 

• Design and implement an 

evaluation plan that assesses the impact 

of the program. 

• Contact participants before the 

program to provide program 

information, pre-departure materials, 

and to gather information necessary for 

visa issuance and specific requirements 

(dietary, medical, etc.); 

• Enroll participants in a health 

insurance plan for the period of the 

exchange. Participants can be enrolled 

in the Bureau’s Accident and Sickness 

Program for Exchanges (ASPE) with no 

charge to the cooperative agreement. 

Alternatively, you may use your own 

plan as long as it offers the same or 

better coverage and costs no more than 

$50 per person per month; premiums 

may be included in the agreement 

request; 

• Facilitate the J–1 visa application 

process, working with ECA and the 

Public Affairs Sections (PAS) at the 

relevant U.S. Embassies and/or 

Consulates; 

• Cover the cost of and arrange all 

international and domestic travel and 

lodging for U.S. and foreign 

participants; including travel for visa 

interviews when necessary; 

• Arrange for an orientation session 

upon arrival to provide programmatic 

and logistical information; 

• Provide a de-briefing session at the 

end of the program for evaluation, to 

summarize the project activities, 

prepare participants for their return 

home, and plan for possible follow on 

activities. Whenever possible, debriefing sessions should take place in 

Washington and should include an 

introduction to the nation’s capital and 

the U.S. form of government; 

• Manage all financial aspects of the 

program, including stipend 

disbursements to the participants and 

management of sub-award relationships 

with partner organizations, if 

applicable. The proposal should clearly 

outline all duties and responsibilities of 

U.S. organizations with which you plan 

to partner; describe work requirements 

and provide representative budgets. The 

applicant must submit a comprehensive 

budget for the entire program. There 

must be a summary budget, as well as 

breakdowns reflecting both 

administrative and program budgets. 

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component, phase, location, or activity 

to provide clarification. 

• Work in consultation with ECA to 

develop and implement a media and 

marketing plan that includes but is not 

limited to program branding, press 

strategy, press/media packets, program 

Web site and social media plan. The 

award recipient will prepare 

educational and promotional materials 

that support the program. 

The proposal submitted must 

demonstrate how these activities/ 

objectives will be met. The proposal 

narrative should be substantive and 

provide detailed information on major 

program activities to be undertaken. In 

particular, the proposal should include 

a thorough outline of the program with 

a list of arts organizations and 

musicians/artists that the participants 

will visit in the United States, and 

potential musicians/artists and/or host 

arts organizations across the country 

with which the applicant plans to place 

the participants for mentoring/ 

collaboration opportunities. 

Applicants should submit a complete 

and thorough proposal describing the 

program in a convincing and 

comprehensive manner, with an eye 

towards artistic collaboration, 

professional development, innovation, 

and new media. Since there is no 

opportunity for applicants to meet with 

reviewing officials, the proposal should 

respond to the criteria set forth in the 

solicitation and other guidelines as 

clearly as possible. 

The Executive Summary should 

contain an overview of the goals and 

activities of the program. The Narrative 

should deal with program facts, rather 

than the history of the organization 

which should be addressed in the 

section ‘‘Institutional Capacity.’’ In the 

narrative, applicants should not only 

describe major program activities but 

also explain and justify their 

programmatic choices. Applicants 

should outline their project team’s 

capacity for doing projects of this nature 

and provide a detailed sample program 

to illustrate planning capacity and 

ability to achieve program objectives. 

Applicants should describe previous 

cooperative projects in the section on 

‘‘Institutional Capacity.’’ For this 

competition, applicants should include 

in their proposal supporting materials or 

documentation that demonstrates a 

minimum of four years experience in 

conducting global exchanges in the 

performing arts. 

The recipient organization is 

responsible for all components of the 

program outlined in this document. The 

organization must also inform the ECA 

program officer of its progress at each 

stage of the project’s implementation in 

a timely fashion. All materials and 

correspondence related to the program 

will acknowledge this as a program of 

the Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs of the U.S. Department of State. 

The Bureau will retain copyright use of 

and be allowed to distribute materials 

related to this program as it sees fit. 

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: 2011. 

Approximate Total Funding: 

$1,000,000. 

Approximate Number of Awards: 1. 

Approximate Average Award: 

$1,000,000. 

Ceiling of Award Range: $1,000,000. 

Anticipated Award Date: Pending 

availability of funds, September 1, 2011. 

Anticipated Project Completion Date: 

September 30, 2013 

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 cooperative 

agreement for two 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 USC 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 

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) Grants awarded to eligible 

organizations with less than four years 

of experience in conducting 

international exchange programs will be 

limited to $60,000. 

(b) Technical Eligibility: All proposals 

must comply with the following: 

• Full adherence to the guidelines 

stated herein and in the Solicitation 

Package; 

• Proposal submission deadline date; 

• Non-profit organization status, and 

• For purposes of this competition, at 

least four years of demonstrated 

experience in programming in the 

performing arts, or your proposal will be 

declared technically ineligible and 

given no further consideration in the 

review process. 

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 Julia Go ́mez-Nelson 

in the Cultural Programs Division, ECA/ 

PE/C/CU, SA–5, 3rd Floor, U.S. 

Department of State, 2200 C Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20037, (T) 202–632– 

6409, (F) 202–632–9355, 

nelsonjg2@state.gov to request a 

Solicitation Package. Please refer to the 

Funding Opportunity Number ECA/PE/ 

C/CU–11–45 located at the top of this 

announcement 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. 

Please specify Julia Go ́mez-Nelson 

and refer to the Funding Opportunity 

Number ECA/PE/C/CU–11–45 located at 

the top of this announcement on all 

other 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. 


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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 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 

website 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 emphases 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. 

ECA will be responsible for issuing 

DS–2019 forms to participants in this 

program. 

A copy of the complete regulations 

governing the administration of 

Exchange Visitor (J) programs is 

available at http://exchanges.state.gov 

or from: Office of Designation, Private 

Sector Programs Division, U.S. 

Department of State, ECA/EC/D/PS, SA– 

5, 5th Floor, 2200 C Street, NW., 

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, 

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 

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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.3d.4. Describe your plans for: 

Sustainability, overall program 

management, staffing, coordination with 

ECA and PAS or any other 

requirements. 

IV.3e. Please take the following 

information into consideration when 

preparing your budget: 

IV.3e.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 may provide 

separate sub-budgets for each program 

component, phase, location, or activity 

to provide clarification. 

IV.3e.2. Allowable costs for the 

program include but are not limited to 

the following: 

(1) Program Expenses, including but 

not limited to: Domestic and 

international travel for the selected 

participants (per The Fly America Act); 

visas and immunizations; airport taxes 

and country entrance fees; honoraria; 

educational materials and presentation 

items; excess and overweight baggage 

fees; trip itinerary booklets; press kits 

and promotional materials; follow-on 

activities; monitoring and evaluation; 

and other justifiable expenses related to 

program activities. 

The following guidelines may be 

helpful in developing a proposed 

budget: 

• Travel Costs. International and 

domestic airfares. (per The Fly America 

Act), transit costs, ground 

transportation, and visas participants to 

travel to program destinations. Travel 

costs should also include airfare for 

selected participants to travel for visa 

interviews. 

• Per Diem: Domestic per diem rates 

may be accessed at: http://www.gsa.gov/ 

Portal/gsa/ep/contentView.

do?contentId=17943&

contentType=GSA_BASIC%20 

• Sub-recipient and Consultants. Subrecipient organizations may be used, in 

which case the written agreement 

between the prospective recipient and 

sub-recipient should be included in the 

proposal. Sub-grants must be itemized 

in the budget under General Program 

Expenses. Consultants/interpreters/ 

group coordinators/escorts may be used 

to provide specialized expertise. Daily 

honoraria cannot exceed $250 per day, 

and applicants are strongly encouraged 

to use organizational resources, and to 

cost share heavily in this area. 

• Health Insurance. Participants can 

be enrolled in the Bureau’s Accident 

and Sickness Program for Exchanges 

(ASPE) with no charge to the 

cooperative agreement. Alternatively, 

you may use your own plan as long as 

it offers the same or better coverage and 

costs no more than $50 per person per 

month; premiums may be included in 

the agreement request. Please see 

http://exchanges.state.gov/aspe for 

more information on coverage. Please 

refer to the PSI for allowable costs and 

complete budget guidelines and 

formatting instructions. 

• Your proposal should show strong 

administrative cost sharing 

contributions. Maximum limits on 

cooperative agreement funding are as 

follows: Books and educational 

materials allowance-$100 per 

participant; Conference room rental 

costs-$250 per day per room; Consultant 

fees and honoraria-$200/day; Cultural 

allowance-$150 per participant; 

honoraria for foreign participants-$200/ 

day; per diem-standard government 

rates; Evaluation costs-5% of the 

cooperative agreement. Organizations 

are encouraged to cost-share any rates 

that exceed these amounts. 

• Excess Baggage. Excess baggage 

costs are based on the size and weight 

of the instrument. Excess baggage 

estimates may be subject to change once 

actual programs are scheduled. 

• Immunizations/Visas. For purposes 

of a proposed budget, line items for 

immunizations should be estimated at 

$400 per musician, and visas/visa 

photos should be estimated at $600 per 

musician. 

• Translation of outreach and/or 

educational materials. 

• Staff Travel. Allowable costs 

include domestic staff travel for one 

staff member to attend pre and post 

program briefings if held in cities 

different that awardee’s headquarters. 

• For purposes of this proposal’s 

budget please use the following program 

as a model: A three week program in 

music for 8 participants from 7 

countries accompanied by one group 

coordinator and two interpreters to 

travel to 3 cities in the United States to 

conduct intensive professional 

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workshops, master classes, attendance 

at relevant festivals or professional 

conferences, artist-to-artist engagement, 

outreach activities and performances. 

Participants will participate in a twoday orientation in Washington, DC, 

before travelling to Chicago, IL for a 5 

to 7 day residency to include multiple 

master classes with professional and 

student artists, attendance at a 

professional music festival to attend 

performances, meet fellow artists, 

participate in impromptu play or jam 

sessions, and participate in a 

performance. The group will then travel 

to Nashville, TN for a residency of the 

same length and composition, after 

which they will depart Tennessee and 

travel to Washington, DC for a final 

debrief and performance. 

2. Administrative Costs. Costs 

necessary for the effective 

administration of the program may 

include salaries for grantee organization 

employees, benefits, and other direct 

and indirect costs per detailed 

instructions in the Solicitation Package. 

While there is no rigid ratio of 

administrative to program costs, 

proposals in which the administrative 

costs do not exceed 25% of the total 

requested from ECA grant funds will be 

more competitive on cost effectiveness. 

Please refer to the Solicitation Package 

for complete budget guidelines and 

formatting instructions. 

Please refer to the Solicitation 

Package for complete budget guidelines 

and formatting instructions. 

IV.3f. Application Deadline and 

Methods of Submission: 

Application Deadline Date: May 16, 

2011 

Reference Number: ECA/PE/C/CU– 

11–45 

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 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 10 copies of the 

application should be sent to: Program 

Management Division, ECA–IIP/EX/PM, 

Ref.: ECA/A/S/U–10–01 (each program 

office assigns a unique number) SA–5, 

Floor 4, Department of State, 2200 C 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037. 

(Include following language re: CD– 

ROM submission only if proposals will 

be forwarded to embassies. If post input 

is not necessary, delete language.) 

Applicants submitting hard-copy 

applications must also submit the 

‘‘Executive Summary’’ and ‘‘Proposal 

Narrative’’ sections of the proposal in 

text (.txt) or Microsoft Word format on 

CD–ROM. As appropriate, the Bureau 

will provide these files electronically to 

Public Affairs Section(s) at the U.S. 

embassy(ies) for its(their) review. 

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 website 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 website. ECA strongly recommends 

that all potential applicants review 

thoroughly the Grants.gov website, 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 

a.m.–9 p.m. Eastern Time. 

Email: support@grants.gov. 

Applicants have until midnight (12 

a.m.), 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 website, 

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 


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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, as well as the Public 

Diplomacy section overseas, where 

appropriate. 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 assistance 

awards 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. 

2. Program planning and Ability to 

achieve program objectives: 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. Proposals should 

clearly demonstrate how the institution 

will meet the program’s objectives and 

plan. 

3. Multiplier effect/impact and Follow 

on Activities: Proposed programs should 

strengthen long-term mutual 

understanding, including maximum 

sharing of information and 

establishment of long-term institutional 

and individual linkages. Proposals 

should provide a plan for continued 

follow-on activity (without Bureau 

support) ensuring that Bureau 

supported programs are not isolated 

events. 

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 Ability: 

Proposed personnel and institutional 

resources should be adequate and 

appropriate to achieve the program or 

project’s goals. Proposals should 

demonstrate an institutional record of 

successful exchange programs, 

including 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. 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. 

7. 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.1a. 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.1b The following additional 

requirements apply to this project: 

For assistance awards involving Iran: 

A critical component of current U.S. 

government Iran policy is the support 

for indigenous Iranian voices. The State 

Department has made the awarding of 

grants for this purpose a key component 

of its Iran policy. As a condition of 

licensing these activities, the Office of 

Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has 

requested the Department of State to 

follow certain procedures to effectuate 

the goals of Sections 481(b), 531(a), 571, 

582, and 635(b) of the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961 (as amended); 18 

U.S.C. §§ 2339A and 2339B; Executive 

Order 13224; and Homeland Security 

Presidential Directive 6. These licensing 

conditions mandate that the Department 

conduct a vetting of potential Iran 

award recipients and sub-grantees for 

counter-terrorism purposes. To conduct 

this vetting the Department will collect 

information from grantees and subgrantees regarding the identity and 

background of their key employees and 

Boards of Directors. 

Note: To assure that planning for the 

inclusion of Iran complies with 

requirements, please contact (Julia Go ́mezNelson, ECA/PE/C/CU at 202–487–8266 or 

nelsonjg2@state.gov.) for additional 

information. 

For assistance awards involving the 

Palestinian Authority, West Bank, and 

Gaza: 

All awards made under this 

competition must be executed according 

to all relevant U.S. laws and policies 

regarding assistance to the Palestinian 

Authority, and to the West Bank and 

Gaza. Organizations must consult with 

relevant Public Affairs Offices before 

entering into any formal arrangements 

or agreements with Palestinian 

organizations or institutions. 

Note: To assure that planning for the 

inclusion of the Palestinian Authority 

complies with requirements, please contact 

(insert program office contact name, 

telephone and e-mail) for additional 

information. 

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), 

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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 

websites 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 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.) Quarterly program and financial 

reports which should include, but are 

not limited to: Audience numbers for 

the public performances as well as 

participant numbers for the workshop/ 

outreach activities; press clippings 

(print and web); proactive media 

outreach; photographs of activities; 

marketing/collateral materials produced 

for the program; program calendar; tour 

agendas and itineraries and relevant 

contact information; participant bio data 

and contact information; and program 

and administrative updates/recaps. 

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: Julia Go ́mezNelson, U.S. Department of State, 

Cultural Programs Division, ECA/PE/C/ 

CU, SA–5, 3rd Floor, ECA/PE/C/CU–11– 

45, 2200 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20037,telephone 202–632–6409 and fax 

202–632–9355, nelsonjg2@state.gov. 

All correspondence with the Bureau 

concerning this RFGP should reference 

the above title and number ECA/PE/C/ 

CU–11–45. 

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: March 9, 2011. 

Ann Stock, 

Assistant Secretary for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

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