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deletion is not within the purview of 

subsection (r) of the Privacy Act of 1974, 

(5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, which 

requires the submission of a new or 

altered system report. 

Dated: March 24, 2011. 

Morgan F. Park, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

DELETION: 

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Recruiter Identification/Assignment 

Records (July 7, 2008, 73 FR 38415). 

REASON: 

The procedures for identifying, 

screening, and selecting Soldiers for 

recruiting duty is now the responsibility 

and function of the Human Resources 

Command (HRC). The branch at HRC 

responsible for this function is the 

TRADOC Assignments Branch (TAB), 

who oversees the selection, assignment, 

and scheduling of training for all 

recruiters, drill sergeants, and Advanced 

Individual Training (AIT) platoon 

sergeants. 

The U.S. Army Recruiting Command 

(USAREC) is no longer involved in the 

screening, selection, and management of 

recruiters until they graduate from the 

Army Recruiting Course (ARC). 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

European Union-United States Atlantis 

Program 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

Overview Information: Applications 

for New Awards; International and 

Foreign Language Education (IFLE): 

Fund for the Improvement of 

Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)— 

Special Focus Competition: European 

Union-(EU) United States (U.S.) Atlantis 

Program Notice inviting applications for 

new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2011. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.116J. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: April 1, 2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 24, 2011. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 25, 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: 

This priority supports the formation 

of educational consortia between EU 

and U.S. institutions. To meet this 

priority, the applicant must propose a 

project that encourages 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 countries in the EU. 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 the EU must be an EU institution. 

EU institutions participating in any 

consortium proposal under this priority 

may apply to the Directorate-General for 

Education and Culture, European 

Commission for funding under a 

separate but parallel EU competition. 

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 

Muslim-majority countries (in addition 

to countries in the EU) 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 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 $2,000,000 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: $35,000– 

$102,000 for the first year and $66,000– 

$456,000 for the duration of the grant. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$35,000 for the first year and $70,000 for 

the duration of two-year Policy Oriented 

Measures grants that support public 

policy research on transatlantic topics; 

$45,000 for the first year and $180,000 

for the duration of four-year Mobility 

grants that support curriculum 

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development and academic term 

exchanges; and $80,000 for the first year 

and $424,000 for the duration of fiveyear Transatlantic Degree grants that 

support the development and 

implementation of dual degrees. You 

can find a detailed description of each 

of these three types of grants in the 

program guidelines and budget 

instructions in the application package 

for this competition. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 25. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: 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 EU applicant 

must clearly specify its partner 

applicants in the U.S. 

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 84.116J. 

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 VIII 

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 6000 

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 6000-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. 

We will reject your application if you 

exceed the word limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: April 1, 2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 24, 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 25, 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 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. 

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 EU–U.S. Atlantis Program, 

CFDA number 84.116J, must be 

submitted electronically using the 

Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site 

at www.Grants.gov. Through this site, 

you will be able to download a copy of 

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the application package, complete it 

offline, and then upload and submit 

your application. You may not e-mail 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 the EU–U.S. Atlantis 

Program at 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 84.116J). 

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 

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 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: Tanyelle Richardson, 

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International and Foreign Language 

Education, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 

6017, 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: 

(CFDA Number 84.116J), 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 84.116J), 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 program are from 34 CFR 

75.210 and are listed in the application 

package. 

2. Additional Factor: An additional 

factor we consider in selecting an 

application for an award is whether the 

application demonstrates a bilateral, 

innovative EU–U.S. 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). 

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 EU–U.S. Atlantis 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 

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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: 

Tanyelle Richardson, International and 

Foreign Language Education, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., room 6017, Washington, DC 

20006–8544. Telephone: (202) 502–7626 

or by e-mail: 

tanyelle.richardson@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. 

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Dated: March 29, 2011. 

Eduardo M. Ochoa, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7777 Filed 3–31–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Asian 

American and Native American Pacific 

Islander-Serving Institutions Program 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: 

Asian American and Native American 

Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions 

(AANAPISI) Program. 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards using fiscal year (FY) 2010 

funds. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.382B. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: April 1, 2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 16, 2011. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 15, 2011. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The AANAPISI 

program authorized under section 371 

of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (HEA) provides grants to 

eligible institutions of higher education 

(IHEs) to enable them to improve their 

academic quality, increase their self 

sufficiency, and strengthen their 

capacity to make a substantial 

contribution to the higher education 

resources of the Nation. At the time of 

application, IHEs applying for funds 

under the AANAPISI program must 

have an enrollment of undergraduate 

students that is at least 10 percent Asian 

American or Native American Pacific 

Islander. 

Note 1: The AANAPISI program in this 

notice is authorized under section 371 of part 

F of title III of the HEA, which provides 

$5,000,000 annually through fiscal year 2019 

for grants under the AANAPISI program to 

eligible institutions for activities specified 

under section 311(c) of the HEA. Section 311 

of the HEA applies to the Strengthening 

Institutions Program (SIP), which is 

authorized under part A of title III of the 

HEA. Like the AANAPISI program 

authorized under section 371 of the HEA 

(section 371 AANAPISI program), the SIP 

provides grants to enable institutions to 

improve their academic quality, increase 

their self sufficiency, and strengthen their 

capacity to make a substantial contribution to 

the higher education resources of the Nation. 

Although the section 371 AANAPISI 

program is not part of the SIP, section 

371(a)(6), (b)(2)(D)(iii), and (c)(2) of the HEA 

provide that the activities and eligibility 

provisions under SIP apply to the section 371 

AANAPISI program. In light of the overlap of 

the statutory provisions in the section 371 

AANAPISI program and the SIP, the 

Secretary has determined that it is 

appropriate to use regulatory requirements 

relating to the enrollment of needy students, 

expenditures, and tie-breaking factors that 

are based on the SIP regulations (see 34 CFR 

part 607) for use for the first grant 

competition in the section 371 AANAPISI 

program. To this end, the Secretary has 

decided to base the requirements for this 

competition on the following SIP regulations: 

enrollment of needy students provisions in 

34 CFR 607.3 and the low education and 

general expenditures provisions in 34 CFR 

607.4 as part of the eligibility criteria, and the 

tie-breaker provisions in 34 CFR 607.23(b). 

Note 2: The eligibility criteria for this 

competition, including the enrollment of 

needy students and expenditure provisions, 

are set forth in section III. 1. Eligible 

Applicants of this notice. The tie-breaker 

provisions are set forth in section V. 3. Tiebreaker for Grants of this notice. 

Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking: 

Under the Administrative Procedure Act 

(5 U.S.C. 553) the Department generally 

offers interested parties the opportunity 

to comment on proposed program 

requirements. Section 437(d)(1) of the 

General Education Provisions Act 

(GEPA), however, allows the Secretary 

to exempt from rulemaking 

requirements, regulations governing the 

first grant competition under a new or 

substantially revised program authority. 

The Health Care and Education 

Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111– 

152) (Reconciliation Act) provided new 

authority to implement the section 371 

AANAPISI program. This is the first 

grant competition for the program since 

the enactment of the Reconciliation Act; 

therefore, this competition qualifies for 

the exemption. 

Under section 437(d)(1) of GEPA, in 

order to ensure timely grant awards, the 

Secretary has decided to forego public 

comment on the following requirements 

for this competition: the enrollment of 

needy students provision based on 34 

CFR 607.3 and the low education and 

general expenditures provision based on 

34 CFR 607.4 as part of the eligibility 

criteria, and the tie-breaker provisions 

based on 34 CFR 607.23(b). 

Priorities: This notice includes two 

competitive preference priorities that 

are from the notice of final 

supplemental priorities and definitions 

for discretionary grant programs, 

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