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Additional factors we consider in 

selecting an application for an award are 

as follows: 

(a) Undergraduate Applicants. In 

selecting undergraduate students to 

receive a scholarship, the Secretary will 

award scholarships to students in the 

order that the applications are received. 

Priority will be given first to students 

who have demonstrated financial need 

and are eligible to receive a Federal Pell 

Grant. 

Qualified undergraduate applicants 

who wish to have their Federal Pell 

Grant eligibility considered as part of 

their application must demonstrate 

financial need by submitting a Free 

Application for Federal Student Aid 

(FAFSA), which may be obtained at 

http://www.fafsa.ed.gov or from their 

institution’s financial aid office, and by 

submitting their Social Security Number 

via postal mail using the Pell Grant 

Eligibility Certification Sheet contained 

in the Erma Byrd Scholarship Program 

application package. Applicants who 

have already submitted their FAFSA for 

the 2010–2011 award year do not need 

to resubmit the FAFSA. 

The Secretary will award scholarships 

to applicants who are eligible for 

Federal Pell Grants and who are 

enrolled in eligible fields of study in the 

order that the applications are received. 

If additional funds are available after 

awards are made to undergraduate 

students who are eligible for a Federal 

Pell Grant, the Secretary will award 

scholarships to qualified undergraduate 

students who are not eligible for a 

Federal Pell Grant in the order that their 

applications are received. 

(b) Graduate Applicants. In selecting 

graduate students to receive a 

scholarship, the Secretary will award 

scholarships to qualified students in the 

order that the applications are received. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify you and send a 

Grant Award Notification (GAN) 

directly to the institution you will be 

attending. The institution will disburse 

funds to scholarship recipients in 

accordance with its regular payment 

schedule. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: Scholarship recipients 

must submit a Student Activities Report 

to the Secretary at the end of each year 

of funding, which includes certification 

from an authorized representative of the 

institution that the student is 

maintaining satisfactory academic 

progress. In addition, a scholarship 

recipient must submit a verification of 

employment report to the Secretary no 

more than six months immediately after 

completion of his or her degree 

program, reporting on post-graduation 

activities, including changes in their 

permanent address, e-mail, phone 

number, and employment status. 

Finally, scholarship recipients must 

submit a final employment report to the 

Secretary at the end of the service 

obligation period. 

The student must provide written 

certification from an authorized 

representative of the institution that the 

student is maintaining satisfactory 

academic progress. 

4. Performance Measures: The 

effectiveness of the Erma Byrd 

Scholarship Program will be measured 

by graduation completion rates, time-todegree completion rates, and the 

percentage of students fulfilling the oneyear service obligation within eighteen 

months of graduation. The Department 

will use the verification of employment 

and final employment reports to assess 

the program’s success in assisting 

scholarship recipients in completing 

their course of study and receiving their 

degree, and entering the specified fields. 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lorece Stanton, Erma Byrd Scholarship 

Program, U.S. Department of Education, 

Student Service, 1990 K Street, NW., 

Room 7099, Washington, DC 20006– 

8524. Telephone: (202) 219–7077. Fax: 

(202) 502–7857 or by e-mail: 

ermabyrdprogram@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of 

this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. 

NOTE: The official version of this 

document is the document published in the 

Federal Register. Free Internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register and 

the Code of Federal Regulations is available 

via the Federal Digital System at: http:// 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys. 

Dated: March 22, 2011. 

Eduardo M. Ochoa, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7126 Filed 3–24–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Program 

for North American Mobility in Higher 

Education 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information 

International and Foreign Language 

Education Service (IFLE): Fund for the 

Improvement of Postsecondary 

Education (FIPSE)—Special Focus 

Competition: Program for North 

American Mobility in Higher Education 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2011. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.116N. 

DATES: Applications Available: March 

25, 2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 17, 2011. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 16, 2011. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: To provide 

grants for or to enter into cooperative 

agreements to improve postsecondary 

education opportunities by focusing on 

problem areas or improvement 

approaches in postsecondary education. 

Priorities: This competition includes 

one absolute priority and three 

invitational priorities. 

Absolute Priority: This priority is from 

the notice of final priorities for this 

program, published in the Federal 

Register on December 11, 2009 (74 FR 

65764). For FY 2011, this priority is an 


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absolute priority. Under 34 CFR 

75.105(c)(3), we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

This priority supports the formation 

of educational consortia of United States 

(U.S.), Canadian, and Mexican 

institutions. To meet this priority, the 

applicant must propose a project that 

supports cooperation in the 

coordination of curricula; the exchange 

of students, if pertinent to grant 

activities; and the opening of 

educational opportunities among the 

U.S., Canada, and Mexico. In order to be 

eligible for an award under this priority, 

the applicant in the U.S. must be a U.S. 

institution, the applicant in Mexico 

must be a Mexican institution, and the 

applicant in Canada must be a Canadian 

institution. 

Canadian and Mexican institutions 

participating in any consortium 

proposal under this priority may apply, 

respectively, to Human Resources and 

Social Development Canada (HRSDC) or 

the Mexican Secretariat for Public 

Education (SEP), for additional funding 

under separate but parallel Canadian 

and Mexican competitions. Within this 

absolute priority, we are particularly 

interested in applications that address 

the following invitational priorities. 

Invitational Priorities: For FY 2011, 

these priorities are invitational 

priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1), 

we do not give an application that meets 

these invitational priorities a 

competitive or absolute preference over 

other applications. 

These priorities are: 

Invitational Priority 1 

This priority invites projects that 

include a plan to work with an 

institution of higher education in 

another country in Latin America (in 

addition to Mexico) to create a 

partnership that would focus on key 

elements of international student 

exchange programs such as: Developing 

cooperative bilateral arrangements, 

crafting inter-institutional bilateral 

Memorandums of Understanding, 

student recruitment and selection 

strategies, student language and 

preparation requirements, tuition 

reciprocity agreements, student fees, 

curriculum development, student credit 

transfer and/or recognition, and 

financial sustainability. 

Invitational Priority 2 

In order to increase the participation 

of underrepresented students in 

international education and foreign 

language learning, the Secretary 

encourages applications from consortia 

that include community colleges or 

minority-serving institutions eligible for 

assistance under part A or B of title III 

or under title V of the HEA. (Please refer 

to section III. 1. Eligible Applicants for 

additional information on applications 

from consortia.) 

Invitational Priority 3 

This priority invites applications from 

consortia in which the lead applicant 

institution has not served as a lead or 

partner grantee institution in a consortia 

funded under this program since FY 

2006. (Please refer to section III.1. 

Eligible Applicants for additional 

information on applications from 

consortia and lead and partner 

applicant/grantee institutions.) 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1138–1138d. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 82, 84, 

85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The notice of 

final priorities for this program, 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 11, 2009 (74 FR 65764). 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except Federally 

recognized Indian Tribes. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

(IHEs) only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration has requested 

$64,036,000 for the FIPSE program for 

FY 2011, of which we intend to use an 

estimated $300,000 for this competition. 

The actual level of funding, if any, 

depends on final congressional action. 

However, we are inviting applications to 

allow enough time to complete the grant 

process, if Congress appropriates funds 

for this program. 

Estimated Range of Awards: $30,000– 

$50,000 for the first year and $90,000– 

$180,000 for the duration of the grant. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

The average award for a three-year grant 

is $90,000. The average award for a fouryear grant is $180,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 9–10. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: 36 to 48 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Institutions of 

higher education (IHEs), other public 

and private nonprofit institutions and 

agencies, and combinations of these 

institutions and agencies. The 

application must designate a lead U.S. 

applicant and the lead Mexican and 

Canadian applicants and must clearly 

specify its partner applicants in the 

U.S., Mexico, and Canada. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: ED Pubs, U.S. Department of 

Education, P.O. Box 22207, Alexandria, 

VA 22304. Telephone, toll free: 1–877– 

433–7827. FAX: (703) 605–6794. If you 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD), call, toll free: 1–877–576– 

7734. 

You can contact ED Pubs at its Web 

site, also: http://www.EDPubs.gov or at 

its e-mail address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov. 

If you request an application package 

from ED Pubs, be sure to identify this 

program or competition as follows: 

CFDA number 84.116N. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

in an accessible format (e.g., braille, 

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the person listed 

under Accessible Format in section VII 

of this notice. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this 

program. Word Limit: The application 

narrative is where you, the applicant, 

address the selection criteria that 

reviewers use to evaluate your 

application. You must limit the 

application narrative to 5000 words 

(counting every word including ‘‘a’’, 

‘‘the’’, etc). We suggest using the 

following standards in formatting the 

application narrative: 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions, as well as all 

text in charts, tables, figures, and 

graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger, or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. An application submitted 

in any other font (including Times 

Roman or Arial Narrow) will not be 

accepted. 

The 5000-word limit does not apply 

to the cover sheet; the budget section, 

including the budget narrative; the 

assurances and certifications; the onepage abstract; the resumes; the 

bibliography; or the letters of support. 


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We will reject your application if you 

exceed the word limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: March 25, 

2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 17, 2011. 

Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov). For information 

(including dates and times) about how 

to submit your application 

electronically, or in paper format by 

mail or hand delivery if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, please refer to 

section IV.7. Other Submission 

Requirements of this notice. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

Individuals with disabilities who 

need an accommodation or auxiliary aid 

in connection with the application 

process should contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in section VII of this notice. If 

the Department provides an 

accommodation or auxiliary aid to an 

individual with a disability in 

connection with the application 

process, the individual’s application 

remains subject to all other 

requirements and limitations in this 

notice. Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 16, 2011. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

program. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Data Universal Numbering System 

Number, Taxpayer Identification 

Number, and Central Contractor 

Registry: To do business with the 

Department of Education, you must— 

a. Have a Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS) number and a Taxpayer 

Identification Number (TIN); 

b. Register both your DUNS number 

and TIN with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR), the Government’s 

primary registrant database; 

c. Provide your DUNS number and 

TIN on your application; and 

d. Maintain an active CCR registration 

with current information while your 

application is under review by the 

Department and, if you are awarded a 

grant, during the project period. 

You can obtain a DUNS number from 

Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number 

can be created within one business day. 

If you are a corporate entity, agency, 

institution, or organization, you can 

obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue 

Service. If you are an individual, you 

can obtain a TIN from the Internal 

Revenue Service or the Social Security 

Administration. If you need a new TIN, 

please allow 2–5 weeks for your TIN to 

become active. 

The CCR registration process may take 

five or more business days to complete. 

If you are currently registered with the 

CCR, you may not need to make any 

changes. However, please make certain 

that the TIN associated with your DUNS 

number is correct. Also note that you 

will need to update your CCR 

registration on an annual basis. This 

may take three or more business days to 

complete. 

In addition, if you are submitting your 

application via Grants.gov, you must (1) 

be designated by your organization as an 

Authorized Organization Representative 

(AOR); and (2) register yourself with 

Grants.gov as an AOR. Details on these 

steps are outlined in the Grants.gov 3– 

Step Registration Guide (see http:// 

www.grants.gov/section910/ 

Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). 

7. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted 

electronically unless you qualify for an 

exception to this requirement in 

accordance with the instructions in this 

section. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications 

Applications for grants under the 

Program for North American Mobility in 

Higher Education, CFDA number 

84.116N, must be submitted 

electronically using the 

Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site 

at http://www.Grants.gov. Through this 

site, you will be able to download a 

copy of the application package, 

complete it offline, and then upload and 

submit your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant 

application to us. 

We will reject your application if you 

submit it in paper format unless, as 

described elsewhere in this section, you 

qualify for one of the exceptions to the 

electronic submission requirement and 

submit, no later than two weeks before 

the application deadline date, a written 

statement to the Department that you 

qualify for one of these exceptions. 

Further information regarding 

calculation of the date that is two weeks 

before the application deadline date is 

provided later in this section under 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for North American 

Mobility in Higher Education at http:// 

www.Grants.gov. You must search for 

the downloadable application package 

for this program by the CFDA number. 

Do not include the CFDA number’s 

alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search 

for 84.116, not 84.116N). 

Please note the following: 

• When you enter the Grants.gov site, 

you will find information about 

submitting an application electronically 

through the site, as well as the hours of 

operation. 

• Applications received by Grants.gov 

are date and time stamped. Your 

application must be fully uploaded and 

submitted and must be date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system no 

later than 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, on the application deadline date. 

Except as otherwise noted in this 

section, we will not accept your 

application if it is received—that is, date 

and time stamped by the Grants.gov 

system—after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date. We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. When we retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov, we will 

notify you if we are rejecting your 

application because it was date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system after 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. 

• The amount of time it can take to 

upload an application will vary 

depending on a variety of factors, 

including the size of the application and 

the speed of your Internet connection. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the submission 

process through Grants.gov. 

• You should review and follow the 

Education Submission Procedures for 

submitting an application through 

Grants.gov that are included in the 

application package for this program to 

ensure that you submit your application 

in a timely manner to the Grants.gov 

system. You can also find the Education 

Submission Procedures pertaining to 

Grants.gov under News and Events on 

the Department’s G5 system home page 

at http://www.G5.gov. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, as described 

elsewhere in this section, and submit 

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• You must submit all documents 

electronically, including all information 

you typically provide on the following 

forms: the Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF 424), the Department of 

Education Supplemental Information for 

SF 424, Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all 

necessary assurances and certifications. 

• You must upload any narrative 

sections and all other attachments to 

your application as files in a .PDF 

(Portable Document) format only. If you 

upload a file type other than a .PDF or 

submit a password-protected file, we 

will not review that material. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any word-limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive from 

Grants.gov an automatic notification of 

receipt that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. (This notification 

indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not 

receipt by the Department.) The 

Department then will retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov and send a 

second notification to you by e-mail. 

This second notification indicates that 

the Department has received your 

application and has assigned your 

application a PR/Award number (an EDspecified identifying number unique to 

your application). 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on forms at a later 

date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of Technical Issues With the 

Grants.gov System: If you are 

experiencing problems submitting your 

application through Grants.gov, please 

contact the Grants.gov Support Desk, 

toll free, at 1–800–518–4726. You must 

obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number and must keep a record of it. 

If you are prevented from 

electronically submitting your 

application on the application deadline 

date because of technical problems with 

the Grants.gov system, we will grant you 

an extension until 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, the following 

business day to enable you to transmit 

your application electronically or by 

hand delivery. You also may mail your 

application by following the mailing 

instructions described elsewhere in this 

notice. 

If you submit an application after 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in 

section VII of this notice and provide an 

explanation of the technical problem 

you experienced with Grants.gov, along 

with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number. We will accept your 

application if we can confirm that a 

technical problem occurred with the 

Grants.gov system and that that problem 

affected your ability to submit your 

application by 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. The 

Department will contact you after a 

determination is made on whether your 

application will be accepted. 

Note: The extensions to which we refer in 

this section apply only to the unavailability 

of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov 

system. We will not grant you an extension 

if you failed to fully register to submit your 

application to Grants.gov before the 

application deadline date and time or if the 

technical problem you experienced is 

unrelated to the Grants.gov system. 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement: You qualify for an 

exception to the electronic submission 

requirement, and may submit your 

application in paper format, if you are 

unable to submit an application through 

the Grants.gov system because— 

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to the 

Grants.gov system; 

and 

• No later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date (14 calendar 

days; or, if the fourteenth calendar day 

before the application deadline date 

falls on a Federal holiday, the next 

business day following the Federal 

holiday), you mail or fax a written 

statement to the Department, explaining 

which of the two grounds for an 

exception prevent you from using the 

Internet to submit your application. 

If you mail your written statement to 

the Department, it must be postmarked 

no later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date. If you fax 

your written statement to the 

Department, we must receive the faxed 

statement no later than two weeks 

before the application deadline date. 

Address and mail or fax your 

statement to: Amy Wilson, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., Room 6082, Washington, DC 

20006–8544. FAX: (202) 502–7859. 

Your paper application must be 

submitted in accordance with the mail 

or hand delivery instructions described 

in this notice. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications by 

Mail 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

may mail (through the U.S. Postal 

Service or a commercial carrier) your 

application to the Department. You 

must mail the original and two copies 

of your application, on or before the 

application deadline date, to the 

Department at the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.116N), LBJ Basement 

Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

You must show proof of mailing 

consisting of one of the following: 

(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 

postmark. 

(2) A legible mail receipt with the 

date of mailing stamped by the U.S. 

Postal Service. 

(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier. 

(4) Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

If you mail your application through 

the U.S. Postal Service, we do not 

accept either of the following as proof 

of mailing: 

(1) A private metered postmark. 

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

If your application is postmarked after 

the application deadline date, we will 

not consider your application. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, you should check 

with your local post office. 

c. Submission of Paper Applications by 

Hand Delivery 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

(or a courier service) may deliver your 

paper application to the Department by 

hand. You must deliver the original and 

two copies of your application by hand, 

on or before the application deadline 

date, to the Department at the following 

address: U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.116N), 550 12th 

Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 

8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays, 

and Federal holidays. 

Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper 

Applications: If you mail or hand deliver 

your application to the Department— 

(1) You must indicate on the envelope 

and—if not provided by the Department—in 

Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, 

including suffix letter, if any, of the 

competition under which you are submitting 

your application; and 

(2) The Application Control Center will 

mail to you a notification of receipt of your 

grant application. If you do not receive this 


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notification within 15 business days from the 

application deadline date, you should call 

the U.S. Department of Education 

Application Control Center at (202) 245– 

6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this program are from 34 CFR 

75.210 and are listed in the application 

package. 

2. Review and Selection Process: We 

remind potential applicants that in 

reviewing applications in any 

discretionary grant competition, the 

Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR 

75.217(d)(3), the past performance of the 

applicant in carrying out a previous 

award, such as the applicant’s use of 

funds, achievement of project 

objectives, and compliance with grant 

conditions. The Secretary may also 

consider whether the applicant failed to 

submit a timely performance report or 

submitted a report of unacceptable 

quality. 

In addition, in making a competitive 

grant award, the Secretary also requires 

various assurances including those 

applicable to Federal civil rights laws 

that prohibit discrimination in programs 

or activities receiving Federal financial 

assistance from the Department of 

Education (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 

108.8, and 110.23). 

3. Special Conditions: Under 34 CFR 

74.14 and 80.12, the Secretary may 

impose special conditions on a grant if 

the applicant or grantee is not 

financially stable; has a history of 

unsatisfactory performance; has a 

financial or other management system 

that does not meet the standards in 34 

CFR parts 74 or 80, as applicable; has 

not fulfilled the conditions of a prior 

grant; or is otherwise not responsible. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN). We may notify you informally, 

also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a 

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive 

funding under the competition. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 2 CFR 170.110(b). 

(b) At the end of your project period, 

you must submit a final performance 

report, including financial information, 

as directed by the Secretary. If you 

receive a multi-year award, you must 

submit an annual performance report 

that provides the most current 

performance and financial expenditure 

information as directed by the Secretary 

under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary 

may also require more frequent 

performance reports under 34 CFR 

75.720(c). For specific requirements on 

reporting, please go to http:// 

www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993 (GPRA), the following two 

performance measures will be used by 

the Department in assessing the success 

of the Program for North American 

Mobility in Higher Education: 

(1) The extent to which funded 

projects are being replicated (i.e., 

adopted or adapted by others). 

(2) The manner in which projects are 

being institutionalized and continued 

after funding. 

If funded, you will be asked to collect 

and report data from your project on 

steps taken toward achieving the 

outcomes evaluated by these 

performance measures (i.e., 

institutionalization and replication). 

Consequently, applicants are advised to 

include these two outcomes in 

conceptualizing the design, 

implementation, and evaluation of their 

proposed projects. Institutionalization 

and replication are important outcomes 

that ensure the ultimate success of 

international consortia funded through 

this program. 

5. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award, the Secretary may 

consider, under 34 CFR 75.253, the 

extent to which a grantee has made 

‘‘substantial progress toward meeting the 

objectives in its approved application.’’ 

This consideration includes the review 

of a grantee’s progress in meeting the 

targets and projected outcomes in its 

approved application, and whether the 

grantee has expended funds in a manner 

that is consistent with its approved 

application and budget. In making a 

continuation grant, the Secretary also 

considers whether the grantee is 

operating in compliance with the 

assurances in its approved application, 

including those applicable to Federal 

civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Wilson, International and Foreign 

Language Education Programs, U.S. 

Department of Education, Program for 

North American Mobility in Higher 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 

6082, Washington, DC 20006–8544. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7689. 

If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of 

this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. To use PDF, you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available via the 

Federal Digital System at: http:// 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys. 

Dated: March 22, 2011. 

Eduardo M. Ochoa, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7128 Filed 3–24–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Hispanic-Serving Institutions STEM 

and Articulation Programs 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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