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Education (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 

108.8, and 110.23). 

An additional factor we consider in 

selecting an application for an award is 

equitable distribution of awards among 

LEAs and CBOs serving urban and rural 

areas. (See 20 U.S.C. 7261e(b).) 

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) There are reporting requirements 

under this program, including under 

section 5505(a) of the ESEA and 34 CFR 

75.118 and 75.720. In accordance with 

section 5505(a) of the ESEA, grantees 

under this program are required to 

submit an annual report that— 

(1) Describes the activities conducted 

during the preceding year; and 

(2) Demonstrates that progress has 

been made toward meeting State 

standards for physical education. 

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). 

This annual report must also address 

progress toward meeting the 

performance and efficiency measures 

established by the Secretary for this 

program and described in the next 

section of this notice. 

At the end of your project period, you 

must submit a final performance report, 

including financial information, as 

directed by the Secretary. The Secretary 

may also require more frequent 

performance reports under 34 CFR 

75.720. For specific requirements on 

reporting, please go to http:// 

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

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: The 

Secretary has established the following 

key performance measures for collecting 

data to use in assessing the effectiveness 

of PEP. 

(a) The percentage of students served 

by the grant who engage in 60 minutes 

of daily physical activity. 

(b) The percentage of students served 

by the grant who achieve ageappropriate cardiovascular fitness 

levels. 

(c) The percentage of students served 

by the grant who consume fruit two or 

more times per day and vegetables three 

or more times per day. 

(d) The cost (based on the amount of 

the grant award) per student who 

achieves the level of physical activity 

required to meet the physical activity 

measures above (percentage of students 

who engage in 60 minutes of daily 

physical activity). 

These measures constitute the 

Department’s measures of success for 

this program. Consequently, applicants 

for a grant under this program are 

advised to give careful consideration to 

these measures in conceptualizing the 

approach and evaluation of their 

proposed project. If funded, applicants 

will be asked to collect and report data 

in their performance and final reports 

about progress toward these measures. 

For specific requirements on grantee 

reporting, please go to http:// 

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

appforms/appforms.html. 

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: 

Carlette Huntley, U.S. Department of 

Education, 550 12th Street, SW., room 

10071, PCP, Washington, DC 20202– 

6450. Telephone: 202–245–7871 or by email: Carlette.Huntley@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 on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: March 23, 2011. 

Kevin B. Jennings, 

Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and DrugFree Schools. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7349 Filed 3–28–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; United 

States-Brazil Higher Education 

Consortia Program 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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Overview Information 

Applications for New Awards; 

International and Foreign Language 

Education Service (IFLE): Fund for the 

Improvement of Postsecondary 

Education (FIPSE)—Special Focus 

Competition: United States (U.S.)-Brazil 

Higher Education Consortia Program 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2011. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.116M. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: March 29, 

2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 13, 2011. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 12, 2011. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

this program is to provide grants or 

enter into cooperative agreements to 

improve postsecondary education 

opportunities by focusing on problem 

areas in postsecondary education or 

approaches to improve 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 

absolute priority. Under 34 CFR 

75.105(c)(3), we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

Support of the formation of 

educational consortia of U.S. and 

Brazilian 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 between the 

U.S. and Brazil. In order to be eligible 

for an award under this priority, the 

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

institution and the applicant in Brazil 

must be a Brazilian institution. Brazilian 

institutions participating in any 

consortium proposal under this priority 

may apply to the Coordination of 

Improvement of Personnel of Superior 

Level (CAPES), Brazilian Ministry of 

Education, for additional funding under 

a separate but parallel Brazilian 

competition. 

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 (IHE) in 

another country in Latin America (in 

addition to Brazil) 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 

(MOUs), student recruitment and 

selection strategies, student language 

and preparation requirements, tuition 

reciprocity agreements, student fees, 

curriculum development, student credit 

transfer 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 IHEs only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration has requested 

$64,036,000 for awards for the FIPSE 

program for FY 2011, of which we 

intend to use an estimated $490,000 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 these 

programs. 

Estimated Range of Awards: $30,000– 

$35,000 for the first year and $210,000– 

$250,000 for the four-year duration of 

the grant. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$35,000 for the first year and $240,000 

for the four-year duration of the grant. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 14. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 48 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs, other 

public and private nonprofit institutions 

and agencies, and combinations of these 

institutions and agencies. 

Eligible parties may apply as a group 

for a grant (e.g., one IHE and one private 

nonprofit institution). For purposes of 

this notice, we refer to such a group as 

a consortium. The regulations for 

applications from consortia are in 34 

CFR 75.127 through 75.129. Consistent 

with these regulations, if a consortium 

applies for a grant, the members of the 

consortium must either designate one 

member of the consortium to apply for 

the grant or establish a separate, eligible 

legal entity to apply for the grant. The 

members of the consortium must enter 

into an agreement that details the 

activities that each member of the 

consortium plans to perform and binds 

each member of the consortium to every 

statement and assurance made by the 

applicant in the application. The 

applicant must submit the agreement 

with its application. 

An application from a consortium 

should designate a lead U.S. applicant 

institution and a lead Brazil applicant 

institution and clearly specify its 

partner applicant institutions, both in 

the U.S. and Brazil. 

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: Michelle Guilfoil, U.S.-Brazil 

Higher Education Consortia Program, 


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U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K 

Street, NW., Room 6098, Washington, 

DC 20006–8521. Telephone: (202) 502– 

7625. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

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 program 

contact person listed in this section. 

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 

competition. 

Page Limit: The application narrative 

(Part III of the application) is where you, 

the applicant, address the selection 

criteria that reviewers use to evaluate 

your application. You must limit the 

application narrative (Part III) to no 

more than 20 pages, using the following 

standards. If you do not use all of the 

allowable space on a page, it will be 

counted as a full page in determining 

the page count. 

• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5′′ x 11′′, on one side 

only, with 1′′ margins at the top, bottom, 

and both sides. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, except titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions. Charts, tables, 

figures, and graphs in the application 

narrative may be single spaced and will 

count toward the page limit. 

• 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 page limit only applies to the 

application narrative (Part III). It does 

not apply to Part I, the Application for 

Federal Assistance face sheet (SF 424); 

the supplemental information form 

required by the Department of 

Education; Part II, the budget 

information summary form (ED Form 

524); and Part IV, the assurances, 

certifications, and survey forms. In 

addition, the page limit does not apply 

to the one-page abstract, appendices, 

line item budget, or table of contents. If 

you include any attachments or 

appendices not specifically requested, 

these items will be counted as part of 

the application narrative (Part III) for 

purposes of the page limit requirement. 

You must include your complete 

response to the selection criteria in the 

application narrative. 

We will reject your application if you 

exceed the page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: March 29, 

2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 13, 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 12, 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 two to five 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. 

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 

U.S.-Brazil Higher Education Consortia 

Program, CFDA number 84.116M, 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 U.S.- 

Brazil Higher Education Consortia 

Program at http://www.Grants.gov. You 

must search for the downloadable 

application package for this program by 

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CFDA number’s alpha suffix in your 

search (e.g., search for 84.116, not 

84.116M). 

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://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 

your application in paper format. 

• 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 file 

or submit a password-protected file, we 

will not review that material. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any page-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: Michelle Guilfoil, U.S.- 

Brazil Higher Education Consortia 

Program, U.S. Department of Education, 

1990 K Street, NW., Room 6098, 

Washington, DC 20006–8521. FAX: 

(202) 502–7860. 

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: 


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(CFDA Number 84.116M), 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 84.116M), 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 

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 competition are from 34 

CFR 75.210 and are listed in the 

application package. 

2. Additional Factors: An additional 

factor we consider in selecting an 

application for an award is whether the 

application demonstrates a bilateral, 

innovative U.S.-Brazilian approach to 

training and education. 

3. 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). 

4. 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 U.S.-Brazil Higher Education 

Consortia Program: 

(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 

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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: 

Michelle Guilfoil, U.S.-Brazil Higher 

Education Consortia Program, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., Room 6098, Washington, DC 

20006–8521. Telephone: (202) 502– 

7625. 

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 24, 2011. 

Eduardo M. Ochoa, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7356 Filed 3–28–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[CFDA 84.133E–1 and 84.133E–3] 

Proposed Priorities: Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects and 

Centers Program 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for 

Special Education and Rehabilitative 

Services proposes two priorities for the 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers Program 

administered by NIDRR. Specifically, 

this notice proposes two priorities for 

RERCs: Low Vision and Blindness 

(Proposed Priority 1) and Wireless 

Technologies (Proposed Priority 2). The 

Assistant Secretary may use these 

priorities for competitions in fiscal year 

(FY) 2011 and later years. We take this 

action to focus research attention on 

areas of national need. We intend to use 

these priorities to improve rehabilitation 

services and outcomes for individuals 

with disabilities. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before April 28, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments about 

this notice to Marlene Spencer, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., room 5133, Potomac 

Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202– 

2700. 

If you prefer to send your comments 

by e-mail, use the following address: 

Marlene.Spencer@ed.gov. You must 

include the term ‘‘Proposed Priorities for 

RERCs’’ and the priority title in the 

subject line of your electronic message. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marlene Spencer. Telephone: (202) 245– 

7532 or by e-mail: 

Marlene.Spencer@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice of proposed priorities is in 

concert with NIDRR’s currently 

approved Long-Range Plan (Plan). The 

Plan, which was published in the 

Federal Register on February 15, 2006 

(71 FR 8165), can be accessed on the 

Internet at the following site: http:// 

www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/ 

nidrr/policy.html. 

Through the implementation of the 

Plan, NIDRR seeks to: (1) Improve the 

quality and utility of disability and 

rehabilitation research; (2) foster an 

exchange of expertise, information, and 

training to facilitate the advancement of 

knowledge and understanding of the 

unique needs of traditionally 

underserved populations; (3) determine 

best strategies and programs to improve 

rehabilitation outcomes for underserved 

populations; (4) identify research gaps; 

(5) identify mechanisms of integrating 

research and practice; and (6) 

disseminate findings. 

This notice proposes two priorities 

that NIDRR intends to use for RERC 

competitions in FY 2011 and possibly 

later years. However, nothing precludes 

NIDRR from publishing additional 

priorities, if needed. Furthermore, 

NIDRR is under no obligation to make 

awards for these priorities. The decision 

to make an award will be based on the 

quality of applications received and 

available funding. 

Invitation to Comment: We invite you 

to submit comments regarding this 

notice. To ensure that your comments 

have maximum effect in developing the 

notice of final priorities, we urge you to 

identify clearly the specific proposed 

priority that each comment addresses. 

We invite you to assist us in 

complying with the specific 

requirements of Executive Order 12866 

and its overall requirement of reducing 

regulatory burden that might result from 

these proposed priorities. Please let us 

know of any further ways we could 

reduce potential costs or increase 

potential benefits while preserving the 

effective and efficient administration of 

the program. 

During and after the comment period, 

you may inspect all public comments 

about this notice in room 5140, 550 12th 

Street, SW., Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC, between the hours of 

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

DC time, Monday through Friday of 

each week except Federal holidays. 

Assistance to Individuals with 

Disabilities in Reviewing the 

Rulemaking Record: On request we will 

provide an appropriate accommodation 

or auxiliary aid to an individual with a 

disability who needs assistance to 

review the comments or other 

documents in the public rulemaking 

record for this notice. If you want to 

schedule an appointment for this type of 

accommodation or auxiliary aid, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research Projects and Centers Program 

is to plan and conduct research, 

demonstration projects, training, and 

related activities, including 

international activities; to develop 

methods, procedures, and rehabilitation 

technology that maximize the full 

inclusion and integration into society, 

employment, independent living, family 

support, and economic and social selfsufficiency of individuals with 

disabilities, especially individuals with 

the most severe disabilities; and to 

improve the effectiveness of services 

authorized under the Rehabilitation Act 

of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation 

Act). 


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