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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. 

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 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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published in the Federal Register on 

December 15, 2010 (75 FR 78486) 

(Supplemental NFP). 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2011 and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applicants from this 

competition, these priorities are 

competitive preference priorities. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we award an 

additional two and one-half points to an 

application that meets one of the 

priorities, or an additional five points to 

an application that meets both of these 

priorities. 

These priorities are: 

Competitive Preference Priority 1— 

Increasing Postsecondary Success 

Projects that are designed to address 

the following priority area: 

Increasing the number and proportion 

of high-need students (as defined in this 

notice) who persist in and complete 

college or other postsecondary 

education and training. 

Competitive Preference Priority 2— 

Enabling More Data-Based DecisionMaking 

Projects that are designed to collect 

(or obtain), analyze, and use highquality and timely data, including data 

on program participant outcomes, in 

accordance with privacy requirements 

(as defined in this notice), in the 

following priority area: 

Improving postsecondary student 

outcomes relating to enrollment, 

persistence, and completion and leading 

to career success. 

Definitions: The following definitions 

apply to this competition. These 

definitions are from the sources 

indicated in parentheses following the 

definition. 

Asian American means a person 

having origins in any of the original 

peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, 

or the Indian subcontinent (including, 

for example, Cambodia, China, India, 

Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the 

Philippine Islands, Thailand, and 

Vietnam). (See section 371(c)(1) of the 

HEA; the Office of Management and 

Budget’s Standards for Maintaining, 

Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data 

on Race and Ethnicity as published on 

October 30, 1997 (62 FR 58789)). 

Native American Pacific Islander 

means any descendant of the aboriginal 

people of any island in the Pacific 

Ocean that is a territory or possession of 

the United States. (See section 371(c)(7) 

of the HEA.) 

High-need children and high-need 

students means children and students at 

risk of educational failure, such as 

children and students who are living in 

poverty, who are English learners, who 

are far below grade level or who are not 

on track to becoming college- or careerready by graduation, who have left 

school or college before receiving, 

respectively, a regular high school 

diploma or a college degree or 

certificate, who are at risk of not 

graduating with a diploma on time, who 

are homeless, who are in foster care, 

who are pregnant or parenting 

teenagers, who have been incarcerated, 

who are new immigrants, or who have 

disabilities. (See Supplemental NFP.) 

Privacy requirements means the 

requirements of the Family Educational 

Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), 20 

U.S.C. 1232g, and its implementing 

regulations in 34 CFR part 99, the 

Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, as well as all 

applicable Federal, State, and local 

requirements regarding privacy. (See 

Supplemental NFP.) 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C 

1067q(b)(2)(D)(iii); Section 2103 of the 

Health Care and Education 

Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111– 

152). 

Applicable Regulations: 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 supplemental priorities and 

definitions for discretionary grant 

programs, published in the Federal 

Register on December 15, 2010 (75 FR 

78486). 

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 

only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$3,922,298. 

Note: Funds appropriated for this program 

for FY 2010 remain available for obligation 

in FY 2011 pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 

1067q(b)(1)(B). 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$200,000–$400,000 per year. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$300,000 per year. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 13. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ 

ope/idues/index.html. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: An IHE is 

eligible to receive funds if it qualifies as 

an Asian American and Native 

American Pacific Islander-Serving 

Institution (AANAPISI). To be an 

eligible AANAPISI, an IHE must— 

(a) Have an enrollment of needy 

students, as defined in section 312(d) of 

the HEA (section 312(b)(1)(A) of the 

HEA; 20 U.S.C. 1058(b)(1)(A)); 

(b) Have, except as provided in 

section 392(b) of the HEA, the average 

educational and general expenditures of 

which are low, per full-time equivalent 

(FTE) undergraduate student, in 

comparison with the average 

educational and general expenditures 

per FTE undergraduate student of 

institutions that offer similar instruction 

(section 312(b)(1)(B) of the HEA; 20 

U.S.C. 1058(b)(1)(B)); 

Note: To demonstrate an enrollment of 

needy students and low average educational 

and general expenditures per FTE 

undergraduate student, an IHE must be 

designated as an ‘‘eligible institution’’ in 

accordance with 34 CFR 607.3 through 607.5 

and the notice inviting applications for 

designation as an eligible institution for the 

fiscal year for which the grant competition is 

being conducted. 

(c)(1) Be legally authorized to provide, 

and provides within the State, an 

educational program for which such 

institution awards a bachelor’s degree; 

(2) Be a junior or community college; 

or 

(3) Be the College of the Marshall 

Islands, the College of Micronesia/ 

Federated States of Micronesia, or Palau 

Community College (section 

312(b)(1)(C) of the HEA; 20 U.S.C. 

1058(b)(1)(C)); 

(d) Be accredited by a nationally 

recognized accrediting agency or 

association determined by the Secretary 

to be reliable authority as to the quality 

of training offered or be, according to 

such an agency or association, making 

reasonable progress toward 

accreditation (section 312(b)(1)(D) of the 

HEA; 20 U.S.C. 1058(b)(1)(D)); 

(e) Meet such other requirements as 

the Secretary may prescribe (section 

312(b)(1)(E) of the HEA; 20 U.S.C. 

1058(b)(1)(E)); 

(f) At the time of application, has an 

enrollment of undergraduate students 

that is at least 10 percent Asian 

American and Native American Pacific 

Islander students (as those terms are 

defined in this notice). 

Note: To satisfy paragraph (f) of the 

eligibility criteria, an applicant, at the time 

it applies, must certify its total undergraduate 

enrollment and must certify that 10 percent 

of its undergraduate enrollment is Asian 

American or Native American Pacific 

Islander. To make this certification, the 

applicant must submit a completed assurance 

form, signed by an authorized official, along 

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with the application. (This assurance form is 

included in the application materials for this 

competition.) 

Note: For purposes of establishing 

eligibility for this competition, the Notice 

Inviting Applications for Designation as 

Eligible Institutions for FY 2010 was 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 7, 2009 (74 FR 64059), and the 

deadline for application was January 6, 2010. 

The Notice Inviting Applications for 

Designation as Eligible Institutions for FY 

2010 was reopened on August 13, 2010 (75 

FR 49484), and the deadline for applications 

was September 13, 2010. Only institutions 

that submitted the required application and 

received designation through one of these 

processes are eligible to submit applications 

for this competition. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: There are 

no cost sharing or matching 

requirements for this program. 

3. Other: Limit on Number of Grants. 

A grantee under the Asian American 

and Native American Pacific IslanderServing Institutions (AANAPISI), Native 

American-Serving Nontribal Institutions 

(NASNTI), Hispanic Serving 

Institutions–STEM and Articulation 

(HSI–STEM), and Predominantly Black 

Institutions (PBI) programs authorized 

by section 371 of the HEA may apply for 

a grant using FY 2010 funds under any 

of these programs for which it is 

eligible. However, a successful 

applicant may receive only one grant 

under section 371. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address To Request Application 

Package: You can obtain an application 

package via the Internet using the 

following address: http://Grants.gov. If 

you do not have access to the Internet, 

please contact Pearson Owens or 

Darlene Collins, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 

6043, Washington, DC 20006–8513. You 

may contact these individuals at the 

following e-mail addresses or telephone 

numbers: 

Pearson.Owens@ed.gov (202) 502– 

7804; 

Darlene.Collins@ed.gov (202) 502– 

7576. 

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 either of the 

program contacts 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 

program. 

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 50 pages, using the following 

standards. For purposes of determining 

compliance with the page limit, each 

page on which there are words will be 

counted as one full page. 

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

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

and both sides. Page numbers and an 

identifier may be outside of the 1′′ 

margin. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, except titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions. Text in 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). However, you may 

use a 10-point font in charts, tables, 

figures, graphs, footnotes, and endnotes. 

• 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 does not apply to Part 

I, the Application for Federal Assistance 

(SF 424—cover sheet); the 

Supplemental Information for SF 424 

Form required by the Department of 

Education; Part II, the budget section, 

Budget Information-Non-Construction 

Programs (ED 524), including the 

narrative budget justification; Part IV, 

the assurances and certifications; or the 

one-page program abstract, the resumes, 

the bibliography, or the letters of 

support. However, the page limit does 

apply to all of the application narrative 

section (Part III). If you include any 

attachments or appendices not 

specifically requested in the program 

narrative (Part III of the application), 

these items will be counted as part of 

the program narrative for purposes of 

the page limit requirement. You must 

include your complete response to the 

selection criteria in the program 

narrative. 

We will reject your application if you 

exceed the page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: April 1, 2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 16, 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 15, 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 

the 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 

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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 the 

AANAPISI 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 

AANAPISI program, CFDA number 

84.382B 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 the AANAPISI program 

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 84.382, not 84.382B). 

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: 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 attach any narrative 

sections of 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 

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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: Pearson Owens or Darlene 

Collins, U.S. Department of Education, 

1990 K Street, NW., room 6043, 

Washington, DC 20006–8513. Fax: (202) 

502–7861. 

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 84.382B), 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 84.382B), 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 in EDGAR. The total weight of 

the selection criteria is 100 points; the 

weight of each criterion is noted in 

parentheses. 

a. Need for project. (Maximum 20 

points) The Secretary considers the 

need for the proposed project. In 

determining the need for the proposed 

project, the Secretary considers: 

1. The magnitude of the need for the 

services to be provided or the activities 

to be carried out by the proposed 

project. (10 points) 

2. The extent to which the proposed 

project will focus on serving or 

otherwise addressing the needs of 

disadvantaged individuals. (5 points) 

3. The extent to which specific gaps 

or weaknesses in services, 

infrastructure, or opportunities have 

been identified and will be addressed by 

the proposed project, including the 

nature and magnitude of those gaps or 

weaknesses. (5 points) 

b. Quality of the project design. 

(Maximum 15 points) The Secretary 

considers the quality of the design of the 

proposed project. In determining the 

quality of the design of the proposed 

project, the Secretary considers: 

1. The extent to which the goals, 

objectives, and outcomes to be achieved 

by the proposed project are clearly 

specified and measurable. (10 points) 

2. The extent to which the design of 

the proposed project is appropriate to, 

and will successfully address, the needs 

of the target population or other 

identified needs. (5 points) 

c. Quality of project services. 

(Maximum 15 points) The Secretary 

considers the quality of the services to 

be provided by the proposed project. In 

determining the quality of the services 

to be provided by the proposed project, 

the Secretary considers the quality and 

sufficiency of strategies for ensuring 

equal access and treatment for eligible 

project participants who are members of 

groups that have traditionally been 

underrepresented based on race, color, 

national origin, gender, age, or 

disability. In addition, the Secretary 

considers: 

1. The extent to which the services to 

be provided by the proposed project are 

appropriate to the needs of the intended 

recipients or beneficiaries of those 

services. (10 points) 

2. The extent to which the services to 

be provided by the proposed project 

reflect up-to-date knowledge from 

research and effective practice. (5 

points) 

d. Quality of project personnel. 

(Maximum 10 points) The Secretary 

considers the quality of the personnel 

who will carry out the proposed project. 

In determining the quality of project 

personnel, the Secretary considers the 

extent to which the applicant 

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encourages applications for employment 

from persons who are members of 

groups that have traditionally been 

underrepresented based on race, color, 

national origin, gender, age, or 

disability. 

In addition, the Secretary considers: 

1. The qualifications, including 

relevant training and experience, of the 

project director or principal 

investigator. (5 points) 

2. The qualifications, including 

relevant training and experience, of key 

project personnel. (5 points) 

e. Adequacy of resources. (Maximum 

5 points) The Secretary considers the 

adequacy of resources for the proposed 

project. In determining the adequacy of 

resources for the proposed project, the 

Secretary considers: 

1. The extent to which the budget is 

adequate to support the proposed 

project. (3 points) 

2. The extent to which the costs are 

reasonable in relation to the objectives, 

design, and potential significance of the 

proposed project. (2 points) 

f. Quality of the management plan. 

(Maximum 20 points) The Secretary 

considers the quality of the management 

plan for the proposed project. In 

determining the quality of the 

management plan for the proposed 

project, the Secretary considers: 

1. The adequacy of the management 

plan to achieve the objectives of the 

proposed project on time and within 

budget, including clearly defined 

responsibilities, timelines, and 

milestones for accomplishing project 

tasks. (10 points) 

2. The adequacy of procedures for 

ensuring feedback and continuous 

improvement in the operation of the 

proposed project. (5 points) 

3. The adequacy of mechanisms for 

ensuring high-quality products and 

services from the proposed project. (5 

points) 

g. Quality of the project evaluation. 

(Maximum 15 points) The Secretary 

considers the quality of the evaluation 

to be conducted of the proposed project. 

In determining the quality of the 

evaluation, the Secretary considers: 

1. The extent to which the methods of 

evaluation are thorough, feasible, and 

appropriate to the goals, objectives, and 

outcomes of the proposed project. (5 

points) 

2. The extent to which the methods of 

evaluation include the use of objective 

performance measures that are clearly 

related to the intended outcomes of the 

project and will produce quantitative 

and qualitative data to the extent 

possible. (5 points) 

3. The extent to which the methods of 

evaluation will provide performance 

feedback and permit periodic 

assessment of progress toward achieving 

intended outcomes. (5 points) 

2. Review and Selection Process: For 

five-year grants, awards will be made in 

rank order according to the average 

score received from a panel of three 

readers. 

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. Tie-breaker for Grants. To resolve 

ties in the reader scores of applications 

for grants, the Department will award 

one additional point to an application 

from an IHE that has an endowment 

fund for which the current market 

value, per FTE enrolled student, is less 

than the average current market value of 

the endowment funds, per FTE enrolled 

student at comparable institutions that 

offer similar instruction. In addition, to 

resolve ties in the reader scores of 

applications for grants, the Department 

will award one additional point to an 

application from an IHE that has 

expenditures for library materials per 

FTE enrolled student that are less than 

the average expenditures for library 

materials per FTE enrolled student at 

comparable institutions that offer 

similar instruction. We also will add 

one additional point to an application 

from an IHE that proposes to carry out 

one or more of the following activities— 

1. Faculty development; 

2. Funds and administrative 

management; 

3. Development and improvement of 

academic programs; 

4. Acquisition of equipment for use in 

strengthening management and 

academic programs; 

5. Joint use of facilities; and 

6. Student services. 

For the purpose of these funding 

considerations, we will use the most 

recent complete data available (e.g., for 

FY 2010, we will use 2008–2009 data). 

If a tie remains after applying the tiebreaker mechanism above, priority will 

be given to applicants that have the 

lowest endowment values per FTE 

enrolled student. 

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 

in 34 CFR 75.118 and 34 CFR 607.31. 

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: The 

Secretary has established the following 

key performance measures for assessing 

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the effectiveness of the AANAPISI 

program: 

a. The percentage change, over a fiveyear period, of the number of full-time, 

degree-seeking undergraduates enrolling 

at AANAPISIs. Note that this is a longterm measure, which will be used to 

periodically gauge performance; 

b. The percentage of first-time, fulltime degree-seeking undergraduate 

students at four-year AANAPISIs who 

were in their first year of postsecondary 

enrollment in the previous year and are 

enrolled in the current year at the same 

AANAPISI; 

c. The percentage of first-time, fulltime degree-seeking undergraduate 

students at two-year AANAPISIs who 

were in their first year of postsecondary 

enrollment in the previous year and are 

enrolled in the current year at the same 

AANAPISI; 

d. The percentage of first-time, fulltime degree-seeking undergraduate 

students enrolled at four-year 

AANAPISIs who graduate within six 

years of enrollment; and 

e. The percentage of first-time, fulltime degree-seeking undergraduate 

students enrolled at two-year 

AANAPISIs who graduate within three 

years of enrollment. 

In addition, the Department has 

developed the following efficiency 

measure for the AANAPISI program. 

Efficiency measure: Federal cost per 

undergraduate degree at AANAPISIs. 

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 Contacts 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pearson Owens or Darlene Collins, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., Room 6043, Washington, DC 

20006–8513. You may contact these 

individuals at the following e-mail 

addresses or telephone numbers: 

Pearson.Owens@ed.gov (202) 502– 

7804; 

Darlene.Collins@ed.gov (202) 502– 

7576. 

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 

persons 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 29, 2011. 

Eduardo M. Ochoa, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board; 

Notice of open meeting 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

open meeting of the Secretary of Energy 

Advisory Board (SEAB). SEAB was 

reestablished pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 86 Stat. 770) (the Act). This notice 

is provided in accordance with the Act. 

DATES: Monday, April 11, 2011 8 a.m.– 

5:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: SLAC National Accelerator 

Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo 

Park, California 94025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Bodette, Designated Federal 

Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585; telephone (202) 

586–0383 or facsimile 

(202) 586–1441; e-mail: 

seab@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The Board was 

reestablished to provide advice and 

recommendations to the Secretary on 

the Department’s basic and applied 

research, economic and national 

security policy, educational issues, 

operational issues and other activities as 

directed by the Secretary. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The meeting 

will provide a briefing to the Board and 

an opportunity for the subcommittees to 

report to the full Board on their 

progress. 

Tentative Agenda: The meeting will 

start at 8 a.m. on April 11th and will 

serve as an update meeting for the 

Board. The tentative meeting agenda 

includes a welcome, opening remarks 

from the Secretary, reports on planned 

activities from subcommittees and an 

opportunity for public comment. The 

meeting will conclude at approximately 

5:30 p.m. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Individuals who 

would like to attend must RSVP to Amy 

Bodette no later than 5 p.m. on 

Thursday, April 7, 2011 by e-mail at 

seab@hq.doe.gov. Please provide your 

name, organization, citizenship and 

contact information. Entry to the SLAC 

National Accelerator Lab will be 

restricted to those who have confirmed 

their attendance in advance. Anyone 

attending the meeting will be required 

to present government issued 

identification. Individuals and 

representatives of organizations who 

would like to offer comments and 

suggestions may do so at the end of the 

meeting on Monday, April 11, 2011. 

Approximately 30 minutes will be 

reserved for public comments. Time 

allotted per speaker will depend on the 

number who wish to speak but will not 

exceed 5 minutes. The Designated 

Federal Officer is empowered to 

conduct the meeting in a fashion that 

will facilitate the orderly conduct of 

business. Those wishing to speak 

should register to do so beginning at 

8 a.m. on April 11, 2011. 

Those not able to attend the meeting 

or have insufficient time to address the 

committee are invited to send a written 

statement to Amy Bodette, 

U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington DC 20585 or by e-mail to 

seab@hq.doe.gov. 

This notice is being published less 

than 15 days prior to the meeting date 

due to programmatic issues and a 

location change that had to be resolved 

prior to the meeting date. 

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