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fee withholding and direct payment of 

fees under both Titles II and XVI. SSA 

uses the information obtained through 

this demonstration project to administer 

fee withholding and direct payment to 

certain non-attorney representatives. 

Respondents are non-attorneys who are 

eligible to receive direct payment of fees 

for representing individuals before SSA. 

Type of Request: Extension of an 

OMB-approved information collection. 

Regulation section Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average burden 

per response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

annual burden 

(hours) 

404.1730(c)(2)(i) ................................................................................. 841 10/year ............ 30 4,205 

404.1730(c)(2)(ii) ................................................................................ 600 1 ...................... 3 30 

416.1530(c)(2)(i) ................................................................................. 561 10/year ............ 30 2,805 

416.1530(c)(2)(ii) ................................................................................ 400 1 ...................... 3 20 

Totals ........................................................................................... 2,402 ......................... ............................ 7,060 

Dated: February 26, 2010. 

Faye I. Lipsky, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Social 

Security Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4448 Filed 3–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6913] 

Determination and Waiver Regarding 

the Sixth Proviso under the Heading 

‘‘Economic Support Funds’’ in the 

Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2009 (Div. H, Pub. 

L. 111–8) Relating to Assistance for 

Afghanistan 

Pursuant to the authority vested in me 

as Secretary of State, including by 

Presidential Delegation No. 2007–29 of 

August 27, 2007, I hereby determine 

that it is in the national security 

interests of the United States to make 

available $200,000,000 appropriated 

under the heading Economic Support 

Funds in the Department of State, 

Foreign Operations, and Related 

Programs Appropriations Act, 2009 

(Div. H, Pub. L. 111–8), without regard 

to the restriction in the sixth proviso 

under that heading. 

This determination shall be reported 

to the Congress promptly and published 

in the Federal Register. 

Dated: October 15, 2009. 

Hillary Rodham Clinton, 

Secretary of State. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4604 Filed 3–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–17–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6911] 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant 

Proposals (RFGP): One-time 

Competitive Grants Program— 

Competition A—Academic Programs 

Announcement Type: New Grant 

Funding Opportunity Number: ECA/ 

A–10–One-time-Comp–A 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 19.014 

Key Dates: 

Application Deadline: April 12, 2010 

Executive Summary: This competition 

is one of two competitions that the 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs is conducting in accordance with 

the Conference Report (House Report 

111–366) accompanying the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 

(Pub. L. 111–117) under Division F of 

the Department of State, Foreign 

Operations and Related Programs 

Appropriation Act 2010, ‘‘Educational 

and Cultural Exchange Programs’’ in 

support of an $8 million ‘‘One-Time 

Competitive Grants Program.’’ All 

applications must be submitted by 

public or private non-profit 

organizations, meeting the provisions 

described in Internal Revenue code 

section 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3). Total 

funding for this ‘‘One-Time Competitive 

Grants Program’’ is $8 million. Four 

million dollars will be dedicated to 

Competition A—Academic Programs 

One-time Grants Program—reference 

number ECA/A–10–One-time-Comp-A, 

and $4 million will be dedicated to and 

announced simultaneously in a separate 

RFGP Competition B—Professional, 

Cultural and Youth One-time Grants 

Program—reference number ECA/PE/C– 

10–One-time-Comp-B. Please note: The 

Bureau reserves the right to reallocate 

funds it has initially allocated to each of 

these two competitions, based upon 

factors such as the number of 

applications received and 

responsiveness to the review criteria 

outlined in each of the solicitations. 

Applicants may submit only one 

proposal (total) to one of the two 

competitions referenced above. In 

addition, applicants under this 

competition (ECA/A–10–One-timeComp-A) may apply to administer only 

one of the listed activities (total). If 

multiple proposals are received from the 

same applicant, all submissions will be 

declared technically ineligible and will 

be given no further consideration in the 

review process. Eligible applicants are 

strongly encouraged to read both RFGPs 

thoroughly, prior to developing and 

submitting proposals, to ensure that 

proposed activities are appropriate and 

responsive to the goals, objectives and 

criteria outlined in the solicitations. 

As further directed by the Congress, 

‘‘The program shall be only for the 

actual exchange of people and should 

benefit a population that is not being 

addressed through existing authorized 

exchanges.’’ 

The Bureau of Educational and 

Cultural Affairs announces a 

competition for grants that support 

international exchanges in order to 

increase mutual understanding and 

build relationships, through individuals 

and organizations, between the people 

of the United States and their 

counterparts in other countries. The 

Bureau welcomes proposals from 

organizations that have not received a 

previous grant from the Bureau as well 

as from those which have; see eligibility 

information below and in section III. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Authority 

Overall grant making authority for 

this program is contained in the Mutual 

Educational and Cultural Exchange Act 

of 1961, Public Law 87–256, as 

amended, also known as the FulbrightHays Act. The purpose of the Act is ‘‘to 

enable the Government of the United 

States to increase mutual understanding 

between the people of the United States 

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and the people of other countries * * *; 

to strengthen the ties which unite us 

with other nations by demonstrating the 

educational and cultural interests, 

developments, and achievements of the 

people of the United States and other 

nations * * * and thus to assist in the 

development of friendly, sympathetic 

and peaceful relations between the 

United States and the other countries of 

the world.’’ The funding authority for 

the program above is provided through 

legislation. 

Background 

The Conference Agreement (House 

Report 111–366) accompanying the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 

(Pub. L. 111–117) under Division F of 

the Department of State, Foreign 

Operations and Related Programs 

Appropriation Act 2010, ‘‘Educational 

and Cultural Exchange Programs’’ 

provides support for an $8 million OneTime Competitive Grants Program. ‘‘The 

conferees also endorse language in the 

House and Senate Reports regarding this 

competitively awarded grants program.’’ 

As referenced in the Senate Report 

111–44, ‘‘* * * an exchange program 

that received a one-time grant in a 

previous year is ineligible for additional 

one-time funding, but the Committee 

encourages the Department to consider 

new proposals from previously funded 

grantees within discretionary funding if 

they meet appropriate guidelines.’’ 

Please see eligibility information below 

and in section III. 

Programs shall support the actual 

exchange of people and should benefit 

a population that is not being addressed 

through existing authorized exchanges, 

such as exchanges with developing 

countries which target community 

leaders, students and youth with high 

financial need and minority and ethnic 

groups. 

Grants shall address issues of mutual 

interest to the United States and other 

countries, consistent with the program 

criteria established in Public Law 110– 

161. 

Purpose 

The Office of Academic Programs will 

accept proposals for the following onetime special initiatives. For each of the 

activities listed below, the Bureau will 

emphasize engaging participants from 

selected geographic regions. Further 

details on specific program 

responsibilities are included in the 

Program Objectives, Goals, and 

Implementation (POGI) document for 

this initiative. Interested organizations 

should read the entire Federal Register 

announcement for all information prior 

to preparing proposals. Please refer to 

the solicitation package for further 

instructions. 

1. Intensive English Language 

Program: 

The U.S. Department of State is 

dedicated to increasing its engagement 

with undergraduate students worldwide 

who demonstrate the potential to 

become leaders and who represent 

indigenous, disadvantaged or 

underrepresented communities. ECA 

offers exchange programs that increase 

knowledge and understanding of the 

United States to undergraduates from 

underserved sectors of society. The 

Intensive English Program will enroll 

foreign undergraduate students in eightto-ten weeks of intensive English 

language courses at colleges and 

universities in the United States, and 

provide them with an introduction to 

American institutions, society and 

culture. To support English acquisition, 

while in the U.S., participants will 

complete community service activities 

and have the opportunity to develop a 

project related to community service or 

volunteerism focused on topics such as 

the environment, public health, clean/ 

renewable energy, conservation, or 

related fields. The project would be 

implemented upon the participant’s 

return to their home countries. 

A total of three grants will be awarded 

for the administration of the Intensive 

English Language Program. ECA expects 

to fund approximately 120 students. 

Participants will be selected by U.S. 

Embassies or Fulbright Commissions in 

participating countries. Regions of 

emphasis: Middle East/North Africa, 

Sub-Saharan Africa, South and Central 

America (including the Caribbean), 

South/Central Asia, and East Asia/ 

Pacific. 

Applicant organizations may be U.S. 

colleges and universities, consortia of 

U.S. colleges and universities, or nongovernmental organizations meeting the 

provisions described in Internal 

Revenue code section 26 U.S.C. 

501(c)(3). An individual university 

applying for the award will develop and 

administer the program and act as the 

host institution for all participants. A 

consortium applying for the award must 

identify a lead institution to receive and 

administer the award, but may place the 

participants at one or more of the 

consortium institutions. 

Purpose: The Intensive English 

Language Program will provide 

promising undergraduate students from 

underserved sectors, who would not 

otherwise qualify for U.S. exchange 

opportunities based on English language 

ability, an opportunity to increase their 

English language skills through a 

substantive U.S. academic exchange 

experience. This program will make 

participants more competitive in 

applications for other U.S. governmentsponsored exchanges in the future or for 

future graduate admission to U.S. 

institutions. 

Program Design: Programs should 

have a duration of eight-to-ten weeks. 

ECA anticipates supporting 

approximately 120 participants, who 

may be divided into several cohorts of 

students. Programs should provide 

participants with intensive English 

language training, including English for 

Academic Purposes, as well as the 

development of general reading, writing, 

speaking and listening skills, and the 

testing of those skills. For planning 

purposes, interested applicants should 

anticipate that programs will take place 

from May–September 2011. 

Student participants will be 

undergraduates and will be recruited 

and selected by the U.S. Embassy Public 

Affairs Sections or Fulbright 

Commissions in the students’ home 

countries. ECA will approve 

nominations and make final selection. 

Participants will come from non-elite 

backgrounds, from both rural and urban 

sectors, and with little to no prior 

experience in the United States or 

elsewhere outside of their home 

country. Participants will exhibit 

academic ability and leadership 

potential including an interest in 

community service. 

It is anticipated that the selection of 

participants will reflect each region’s 

geographic, institutional, ethnic, and 

gender diversity. Most of the students 

selected will have a basic knowledge of 

the English language through formal 

study. 

For applicants representing a 

consortium of colleges or universities, 

the proposal should indicate the lead 

institution and produce letters of 

support from all institutions or 

organizations that will carry out 

activities as part of the consortium. In 

identifying the participating host 

institutions, the proposal should make 

clear why these institutions have been 

recommended, and how those 

institutions will specifically meet the 

purposes outlined above. 

Applicants should design a program 

that will offer an academic residency 

component of eight-to-ten weeks, the 

central element of which is an intensive 

English language training course 

(English for Academic Purposes), 

together with other instructional 

elements that will develop participants’ 

general reading, writing, speaking and 

listening skills. It is essential that 

participants be placed in classes with 

students from a variety of language 

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backgrounds and not only in courses 

that contain only speakers of their 

native language. Provisions should also 

be made for testing those skills. 

The program should also provide 

opportunities for participants to 

regularly meet with U.S. citizens from a 

variety of backgrounds, meet with 

American students, and to speak to 

appropriate students and civic groups 

about their experiences and life in their 

home countries. Programs must include 

a community service component, in 

which the students experience firsthand 

the role of volunteerism and social 

entrepreneurship in American civil 

society (please see POGI for details). 

Participants for this program will 

come from the following regions: 

Middle East/North Africa, Sub-Saharan 

Africa, South and Central America 

(including the Caribbean), South/ 

Central Asia, and East Asia/Pacific. 

Proposals from applicant organizations 

should indicate if they wish to host 

participants from one particular region 

or multiple regions. A pedagogical 

rationale for the program plan should 

demonstrate knowledge of the region or 

multiple regions indicated in the 

proposal. 

ECA reserves the right to adjust the 

regional composition of student cohorts 

according to Bureau or program 

priorities. Participating countries within 

regions will be determined by ECA, in 

consultation with Public Affairs 

Sections at U.S. embassies abroad. 

International travel will be arranged by 

ECA and therefore should not be 

included in budget requests. 

Please see the POGI document for 

detailed budget information. It is 

anticipated that the total amount of 

funding for administrative and program 

costs will be approximately $1.2 

million. The total funding for this 

project will be approximately $1.5 

million. ECA anticipates withholding 

approximately $300,000 for the 

purchase of participants’ airline tickets 

and in-transit expenses. The funding 

levels for Award Average and Ceiling of 

Award do not include funding for travel 

which is to be provided by ECA. 

Number of Awards: 3. 

Award Average: $400,000. 

Ceiling of Award: $400,000. 

Contact: Vincent Pickett, 

PickettVS@state.gov, 202–632–3243. 

2. Capacity Building for 

Undergraduate Study Abroad: Overall 

Purpose: To build the capacity of U.S. 

institutions of higher education and of 

potential host institutions abroad to 

provide study abroad opportunities for 

U.S. undergraduate students. A proposal 

may be submitted by an accredited 

college or university or by another 

public or private non-profit organization 

meeting the provisions described in 

Internal Revenue code section 26 U.S.C. 

501(c)(3). 

Program Design: Proposals must 

address one of three program goals and 

should specify the goal to be pursued: 

(a) U.S. institutions with substantial 

experience providing study abroad 

opportunities may partner with 

international counterparts with limited 

experience receiving U.S. students in 

order to expand the capacity of the 

foreign partner to host U.S. students, 

particularly in locations that have been 

underserved by traditional study abroad 

programs. 

(b) U.S. institutions with substantial 

experience providing study abroad 

opportunities may cooperate with less 

experienced U.S. partner colleges and 

universities to enable the less 

experienced institutions to develop 

programs with international 

counterparts or build their study abroad 

offices through professional visits of 

administrators, faculty and/or students. 

(c) U.S. institutions with limited 

experience administering study abroad 

programs may seek to strengthen their 

study abroad offices or expand their 

capacity to administer such programs. 

Proposals submitted in this category 

should not exceed $60,000. 

In each category, awards will support 

projects that result in increased and 

broadened opportunities for U.S. 

undergraduate students to study abroad 

in quality academic programs that form 

an integral part of degree-granting 

programs at accredited U.S. educational 

institutions at the tertiary level. The 

Bureau strongly encourages applications 

focusing on non-traditional study 

abroad students, non-traditional study 

abroad destinations and non-traditional 

fields of study abroad, including 

science; technology; engineering; 

mathematics; education; and critical 

languages (Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bengali, 

Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Dari, 

Farsi, Hindi, Kazakh, Korean, Kurdish, 

Kyrgyz, Nepali, Pashto, Punjabi, 

Russian, Swahili, Tajik, Turkish, 

Turkmen, Urdu and Uzbek). 

Regions of Emphasis: Europe/Eurasia 

(Turkey and Russia only), North Africa 

and the Middle East, South Asia and 

East Asia, South and Central America 

(including the Caribbean), Sub-Saharan 

Africa. 

The Bureau anticipates funding 

approximately ten projects at levels 

averaging $250,000 and not to exceed 

approximately $500,000 with total 

Bureau funding not to exceed 

$2,500,000. Applicants that do not have 

four years of experience conducting 

international exchange programs will be 

limited to $60,000 per item (a) under 

section III.3. below. Proposals for 

smaller amounts will be considered. 

Approximate Number of Awards: 10. 

Approximate Average Award: 

$250,000. 

Ceiling of Award Range: $500,000. 

Contact: Bahareh Moradi 

(MoradiBX@state.gov), 202–632–6350; 

or Carina Klein (KleinCD@state.gov), 

202–632–9460. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Grant Agreement. 

Fiscal Year Funds: FY–2010. 

Approximate Total Funding: $4 

million. 

Approximate Number of Awards: 13. 

Approximate Average Award: 

$307,692. 

Floor of Award Range: Depending 

upon an organization’s length of 

experience in conducting international 

exchanges, and proposed activities, 

grants could be awarded for less than 

$60,000. See section III.3.a, below. 

Ceiling of Award Range: Up to 

$500,000. 

Anticipated Award Date: August 

2010. 

Anticipated Project Completion Date: 

Approximately 24–36 months after the 

start date of the grant. 

Additional Information: As stipulated 

in the legislation, this is a competitive 

one-time grants program. 

III. Eligibility Information 

III.1. Eligible applicants 

Applications must be submitted by 

public and private non-profit 

organizations meeting the provisions 

described in Internal Revenue Code 

section 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3). 

Organizations listed in the House 

Report 111–187 and the Senate Report 

111–44 under ‘‘Educational and Cultural 

Exchange Programs’’ are encouraged to 

apply. 

Per Senate Report 111–44, ‘‘The 

Committee notes that an exchange 

program that received a one-time grant 

in a previous year is ineligible for 

additional one-time funding, but the 

Committee encourages the Department 

to consider new proposals from 

previously funded grantees within 

discretionary funding if they meet 

appropriate guidelines.’’ Please see 

section III.3. Other Eligibility 

Requirements, below. 

III.2. Cost Sharing or Matching Funds 

There is no minimum or maximum 

percentage required for this 

competition. However, the Bureau 

encourages applicants to provide the 

highest possible levels of cost sharing 

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and funding in support of its projects, 

noting that cost sharing is one of the 

criteria for reviewing proposals. 

When cost sharing is offered, it is 

understood and agreed that the 

applicant must provide the amount of 

cost sharing as stipulated in its proposal 

and later included in an approved grant 

agreement. Cost sharing may be in the 

form of allowable direct or indirect 

costs. For accountability, written 

records must be maintained to support 

all costs which are claimed as 

contributions, as well as costs to be paid 

by the Federal government. Such 

records are subject to audit. The basis 

for determining the value of cash and 

in-kind contributions must be in 

accordance with OMB Circular A–110, 

(Revised), Subpart C.23—Cost Sharing 

and Matching. In the event that the 

minimum amount of cost sharing is not 

provided as stipulated in the approved 

budget, ECA’s contribution will be 

reduced in like proportion. 

III.3. Other Eligibility Requirements 

(a) Grants awarded to eligible 

organizations with less than four years 

of experience in conducting 

international exchange programs will be 

limited to $60,000. Therefore, 

applicants should explain, with 

examples, their experience in 

conducting international exchanges, 

and, if that experience is less than four 

years, should limit their proposed grant 

budgets to $60,000. 

(b) Technical Eligibility: All proposals 

must comply with the following: 

—Eligible applicants may submit only 

one proposal (total) for one of the two 

competitions referenced in the 

Executive Summary Section of this 

document. If multiple proposals are 

received from the same applicant, all 

submissions from that applicant will 

be declared technically ineligible and 

will be given no further consideration 

in the review process. In addition, 

applicants under this competition 

(ECA/PE/C–10–One-time-Comp-B or 

ECA/A–10–One-time-Comp-A) may 

only apply to administer one of the 

listed activities (total). 

—Proposals requesting funding for 

infrastructure development activities, 

sometimes referred to as ‘‘bricks and 

mortar support,’’ are not eligible for 

consideration under this competition 

and will be declared technically 

ineligible and will receive no further 

consideration in the review process. 

—No funding is available exclusively to 

send U.S. citizens to conferences or 

conference-type seminars overseas; 

nor is funding available for bringing 

foreign nationals to conferences or to 

standard professional association 

meetings in the United States. 

—An exchange program/activity that 

was funded under one-time grant 

competitions in previous years, (FY– 

2008 Competitive One-time Grants 

Program—Reference numbers: ECA/ 

A–08–One-time-Comp-A or ECA/PE/ 

C–08–One-time-Comp-B; or the FY– 

2009 Competitive One-time Grants 

Program—Reference numbers: ECA/ 

A–09–One-time-Comp-A or ECA/PE/ 

C–09–One-time-Comp-B) is ineligible 

for additional one-time funding under 

this competition. However, 

‘‘previously funded grantees’’ under 

previous one-time competitions, 

referenced above, may submit 

proposals under this competition, if 

the proposal is for a new exchange 

program. Applications submitted by 

prior-year one-time grant recipients 

must include in their proposal 

narrative/submission a narrative 

description of the specific elements 

that make their submission under the 

FY–2010 one-time competition a new 

exchange program, rather than a 

repetition or extension of what was 

funded by ECA under a prior year 

award. Elements that would 

contribute to the program’s being 

considered ‘‘new’’ for the purposes of 

this competition would include: New 

overseas partner institution(s), a new 

country and/or world region of 

activity, a substantially different 

thematic topic, a new participant 

profile. Final determination of a 

proposal’s eligibility as a ‘‘new’’ 

activity will be made by the Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs. If 

the application does not include a 

narrative explaining how the project 

qualifies as ‘‘new,’’ it will be declared 

technically ineligible and will receive 

no further consideration in the review 

process. 

Please refer to the Proposal 

Submission Instructions (PSI) document 

for additional requirements. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

Note: Please read the complete 

announcement before sending inquiries or 

submitting proposals. Once the RFGP 

deadline has passed, Bureau staff may not 

discuss this competition with applicants 

until the proposal review process has been 

completed. 

IV.1. Contact Information To Request an 

Application Package 

Please contact the Office of Academic 

Exchanges, ECA/A/E, SA–5, 4th floor, 

U.S. Department of State, 2200 C Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20522–0504, tel: 

202–632–3238 and fax: 202–632–6490, 

PickettVS@state.gov to request a 

Solicitation Package. Please refer to 

Funding Opportunity Number ECA/A– 

10–One-time-Comp-A also located at the 

top of this announcement when making 

your request. 

The Solicitation Package contains the 

Proposal Submission Instructions (PSI) 

document which consists of required 

application forms, and standard 

guidelines for proposal preparation. 

Please specify Program Officer 

Vincent Pickett, and refer to the 

Funding Opportunity Number ECA/A– 

10–One-time-Comp-A located at the top 

of this announcement on all other 

inquiries and correspondence. 

IV.2. To Download a Solicitation 

Package Via Internet 

The entire Solicitation Package may 

be downloaded from the Bureau’s Web 

site at http://exchanges.state.gov/ 

education/rfgps/menu.htm, or the 

grants.gov Web site. Please read all 

information before downloading. 

IV.3. Content and Form of Submission 

Applicants must follow all 

instructions in the Solicitation Package. 

The original and seven copies of the 

application should be sent per the 

instructions under IV.3e. ‘‘Submission 

Dates and Times’’ section below. 

IV.3a. You are required to have a Dun 

and Bradstreet Data Universal 

Numbering System (DUNS) number to 

apply for a grant or cooperative 

agreement from the U.S. Government. 

This number is a nine-digit 

identification number, which uniquely 

identifies business entities. Obtaining a 

DUNS number is easy and there is no 

charge. To obtain a DUNS number, 

access http:// 

www.dunandbradstreet.com or call 1– 

866–705–5711. Please ensure that your 

DUNS number is included in the 

appropriate box of the SF–424 which is 

part of the formal application package. 

IV.3b. All proposals must contain an 

executive summary, proposal narrative 

and budget. The summary and narrative 

must be presented in double-spaced 

typing. 

IV.3c. You must have nonprofit status 

with the IRS at the time of application. 

Please note: Effective January 7, 2009, 

all applicants for ECA federal assistance 

awards must include in their 

application the names of directors and/ 

or senior executives (current officers, 

trustees, and key employees, regardless 

of amount of compensation). In 

fulfilling this requirement, applicants 

must submit information in one of the 

following ways: 

(1) Those who file Internal Revenue 

Service Form 990, ‘‘Return of 

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Organization Exempt From Income 

Tax,’’ must include a copy of relevant 

portions of this form. 

(2) Those who do not file IRS Form 

990 must submit information above in 

the format of their choice. 

In addition to final project reporting 

requirements, award recipients will also 

be required to submit a one-page 

document, derived from their project 

reports, listing and describing their 

grant activities. For award recipients, 

the names of directors and/or senior 

executives (current officers, trustees, 

and key employees), as well as the onepage description of grant activities, will 

be transmitted by the State Department 

to OMB, along with other information 

required by the Federal Funding 

Accountability and Transparency Act 

(FFATA), and will be made available to 

the public by the Office of Management 

and Budget on its USASpending.gov 

Web site as part of ECA’s FFATA 

reporting requirements. 

Please Note: If your organization is a 

private nonprofit which has not received a 

grant or cooperative agreement from ECA in 

the past three years, or if your organization 

received nonprofit status from the IRS within 

the past four years, you must submit the 

necessary documentation to verify nonprofit 

status as directed in the PSI document. 

Failure to do so will cause your proposal to 

be declared technically ineligible. 

IV.3d. Please take into consideration 

the following information when 

preparing your proposal narrative: 

IV.3d.1 Adherence to All Regulations 

Governing the J Visa 

The Bureau of Educational and 

Cultural Affairs places critically 

important emphases on the security and 

proper administration of the Exchange 

Visitor (J visa) Programs and adherence 

by award recipients and sponsors to all 

regulations governing the J visa. 

Therefore, proposals should 

demonstrate the applicant’s capacity to 

meet all requirements governing the 

administration of the Exchange Visitor 

Programs as set forth in 22 CFR 62, 

including the oversight of Responsible 

Officers and Alternate Responsible 

Officers, screening and selection of 

program participants, provision of prearrival information and orientation to 

participants, monitoring of participants, 

proper maintenance and security of 

forms, recordkeeping, reporting and 

other requirements. 

For the Intensive English Language 

Program, ECA will be responsible for 

issuing DS–2019 forms to participants 

in this program. For the Capacity 

Building for Undergraduate Study 

Abroad, the recipient will be 

responsible for issuing DS–2019 forms 

to participants in this program. 

A copy of the complete regulations 

governing the administration of 

Exchange Visitor (J) programs is 

available at http://exchanges.state.gov 

or from: United States Department of 

State, Office of Exchange Coordination 

and Designation, Office of Designation, 

ECA/EC/D, SA–5, Floor C2, Department 

of State, Washington, DC 20522–0582. 

Please refer to Solicitation Package for 

further information. 

IV.3d.2 Diversity, Freedom and 

Democracy Guidelines 

Pursuant to the Bureau’s authorizing 

legislation, projects must maintain a 

non-political character and should be 

balanced and representative of the 

diversity of American political, social, 

and cultural life. ‘‘Diversity’’ should be 

interpreted in the broadest sense and 

encompass differences including, but 

not limited to, ethnicity, race, gender, 

religion, geographic location, socioeconomic status, and disabilities. 

Applicants are strongly encouraged to 

adhere to the advancement of this 

principle both in project administration 

and in project content. Please refer to 

the review criteria under the ’Support 

for Diversity’ section for specific 

suggestions on incorporating diversity 

into your proposal. Public Law 104–319 

provides that ‘‘in carrying out programs 

of educational and cultural exchange in 

countries whose people do not fully 

enjoy freedom and democracy,’’ the 

Bureau ‘‘shall take appropriate steps to 

provide opportunities for participation 

in such programs to human rights and 

democracy leaders of such countries.’’ 

Public Law 106–113 requires that the 

governments of the countries described 

above do not have inappropriate 

influence in the selection process. 

Proposals should reflect advancement of 

these goals in their project contents, to 

the full extent deemed feasible. 

IV.3d.3. Program Monitoring and 

Evaluation 

Proposals must include a plan to 

monitor and evaluate the project’s 

success, both as the activities unfold 

and at the end of the program. The 

Bureau recommends that your proposal 

include a draft survey questionnaire or 

other technique plus a description of a 

methodology to use to link outcomes to 

original project objectives. The Bureau 

expects that the recipient organization 

will track participants or partners and 

be able to respond to key evaluation 

questions, including satisfaction with 

the program, learning as a result of the 

program, changes in behavior as a result 

of the program, and effects of the 

program on institutions (institutions in 

which participants work or partner 

institutions). The evaluation plan 

should include indicators that measure 

gains in mutual understanding as well 

as substantive knowledge. 

Successful monitoring and evaluation 

depend heavily on setting clear goals 

and outcomes at the outset of a program. 

Your evaluation plan should include a 

description of your project’s objectives, 

your anticipated project outcomes, and 

how and when you intend to measure 

these outcomes (performance 

indicators). The more that outcomes are 

‘‘smart’’ (specific, measurable, attainable, 

results-oriented, and placed in a 

reasonable time frame), the easier it will 

be to conduct the evaluation. You 

should also show how your project 

objectives link to the goals of the 

program described in this RFGP. 

Your monitoring and evaluation plan 

should clearly distinguish between 

program outputs and outcomes. Outputs 

are products and services delivered, 

often stated as an amount. Output 

information is important to show the 

scope or size of project activities, but it 

cannot substitute for information about 

progress towards outcomes or the 

results achieved. Examples of outputs 

include the number of people trained or 

the number of seminars conducted. 

Outcomes, in contrast, represent 

specific results a project is intended to 

achieve and is usually measured as an 

extent of change. Findings on outputs 

and outcomes should both be reported, 

but the focus should be on outcomes. 

We encourage you to assess the 

following four levels of outcomes, as 

they relate to the program goals set out 

in the RFGP (listed here in increasing 

order of importance): 

1. Participant satisfaction with the 

program and exchange experience. 

2. Participant learning, such as 

increased knowledge, aptitude, skills, 

and changed understanding and 

attitude. Learning includes both 

substantive (subject-specific) learning 

and mutual understanding. 

3. Participant behavior, concrete 

actions to apply knowledge in work or 

community; greater participation and 

responsibility in civic organizations; 

interpretation and explanation of 

experiences and new knowledge gained; 

continued contacts between 

participants, community members, and 

others. 

4. Institutional changes, such as 

increased collaboration and 

partnerships, policy reforms, new 

programming, and organizational 

improvements. 

Please note: Consideration should be given 

to the appropriate timing of data collection 

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for each level of outcome. For example, 

satisfaction is usually captured as a shortterm outcome, whereas behavior and 

institutional changes are normally 

considered longer-term outcomes. 

Overall, the quality of your 

monitoring and evaluation plan will be 

judged on how well it (1) Specifies 

intended outcomes; (2) gives clear 

descriptions of how each outcome will 

be measured; (3) identifies when 

particular outcomes will be measured; 

and (4) provides a clear description of 

the data collection strategies for each 

outcome (i.e., surveys, interviews, or 

focus groups). (Please note that 

evaluation plans that deal only with the 

first level of outcomes [satisfaction] will 

be deemed less competitive under the 

present evaluation criteria.) 

Recipient organizations will be 

required to provide reports analyzing 

their evaluation findings to the Bureau 

in their regular program reports. All 

data collected, including survey 

responses and contact information, must 

be maintained for a minimum of three 

years and provided to the Bureau upon 

request. 

IV.3e. Please take the following 

information into consideration when 

preparing the proposal budget: 

IV.3e.1. Applicants must submit SF– 

424A—‘‘Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs’’ along with a 

comprehensive budget for the entire 

project. There must be a summary 

budget as well as breakdowns reflecting 

both administrative and program 

budgets. Applicants may provide 

separate sub-budgets for each project 

component, phase, location, or activity 

to provide clarification. 

IV.3e.2. Allowable costs for the 

project include the following: 

(1) Travel. International and domestic 

airfare; visas; transit costs; ground 

transportation costs, except where these 

project activities will be paid directly by 

ECA, please see the POGI for further 

information. Please note that all air 

travel must be in compliance with the 

Fly America Act. There is no charge for 

J–1 visas for participants in Bureausponsored programs. 

(2) Per Diem. For U.S.-based 

programming, organizations should use 

the published Federal per diem rates for 

individual U.S. cities. Domestic per 

diem rates may be accessed at: http:// 

www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/ 

contentView.do?contentId=17943&

contentType=GSA_BASIC. 

(3) Please refer to the Solicitation 

Package for complete budget guidelines 

and formatting instructions. 

Please refer to the Solicitation 

Package for complete budget guidelines 

and formatting instructions. 

IV.3f. Submission Dates and Times 

Application Deadline Date: April 12, 

2010. 

Methods of Submission: 

Applications may be submitted in one 

of two ways: 

(1) In hard-copy, via a nationally 

recognized overnight delivery service 

(i.e., Federal Express, UPS, or U.S. 

Postal Service Express Overnight Mail, 

etc.), or 

(2) electronically through http:// 

www.grants.gov. 

Along with the Project Title, all 

applicants must enter the competition 

Reference Number (ECA/A–10–Onetime-Comp. A) in Box 11 on the SF–424 

contained in the mandatory Proposal 

Submission Instructions (PSI) of the 

solicitation document. 

IV.3f.1 Submitting Printed Applications 

Applications must be shipped no later 

than the above deadline. Delivery 

services used by applicants must have 

in-place, centralized shipping 

identification and tracking systems that 

may be accessed via the Internet and 

delivery people who are identifiable by 

commonly recognized uniforms and 

delivery vehicles. Proposals shipped on 

or before the above deadline but 

received at ECA more than seven days 

after the deadline will be ineligible for 

further consideration under this 

competition. Proposals shipped after the 

established deadlines are ineligible for 

consideration under this competition. 

ECA will not notify you upon receipt of 

application. It is each applicant’s 

responsibility to ensure that each 

package is marked with a legible 

tracking number and to monitor/confirm 

delivery to ECA via the Internet. 

Delivery of proposal packages may not 

be made via local courier service or in 

person for this competition. Faxed 

documents will not be accepted at any 

time. Only proposals submitted as 

stated above will be considered. 

Important note: When preparing your 

submission please make sure to include one 

extra copy of the completed SF–424 form and 

place it in an envelope addressed to ‘‘ECA/ 

EX/PM’’. 

Applicants must also submit the 

‘‘Executive Summary’’ and ‘‘Proposal 

Narrative’’ and budget sections of the 

proposal as well as any essential 

attachments, in Microsoft Word and/or 

Excel on a CD–ROM. The Bureau will 

provide these files electronically to the 

appropriate Public Affairs Sections at 

the U.S. Embassies for their review. 

The original and seven copies of the 

application should be sent to: U.S. 

Department of State, Program 

Management Division, ECA–IIP/EX/PM, 

Ref.: ECA/A–10–One-time-Comp-A, 

SA–5, Floor 4, Department of State, 

2200 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20522–0504. 

Applicants submitting hard-copy 

applications must also submit the 

‘‘Executive Summary’’ and ‘‘Proposal 

Narrative’’ and ‘‘Budget’’ sections of the 

proposal in text (.txt) or Microsoft Word 

format on a PC-formatted disk. The 

Bureau will provide these files 

electronically to the appropriate Public 

Affairs Section(s) at the U.S. 

embassy(ies) for its(their) review. 

IV.3f.2—Submitting Electronic 

Applications 

Applicants have the option of 

submitting proposals electronically 

through Grants.gov (http:// 

www.grants.gov). Complete solicitation 

packages are available at Grants.gov in 

the ‘‘Find’’ portion of the system. 

Please follow the instructions 

available in the ‘Get Started’ portion of 

the site (http://www.grants.gov/ 

GetStarted). 

Several of the steps in the Grants.gov 

registration process could take several 

weeks. Therefore, applicants should 

check with appropriate staff within their 

organizations immediately after 

reviewing this RFGP to confirm or 

determine their registration status with 

Grants.gov. 

Once registered, the amount of time it 

can take to upload an application will 

vary depending on a variety of factors 

including the size of the application and 

the speed of your internet connection. 

In addition, validation of an electronic 

submission via Grants.gov can take up 

to two business days. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend 

that you not wait until the application 

deadline to begin the submission 

process through Grants.gov. 

The Grants.gov Web site includes 

extensive information on all phases/ 

aspects of the Grants.gov process, 

including an lengthy section on 

frequently asked questions, located 

under the ‘‘For Applicants’’ section of 

the Web site. ECA strongly recommends 

that all potential applicants review 

thoroughly the Grants.gov Web site, 

well in advance of submitting a 

proposal through the Grants.gov system. 

ECA bears no responsibility for data 

errors resulting from transmission or 

conversion processes. 

Direct all questions regarding 

Grants.gov registration and submission 

to: 

Grants.gov Customer Support. 

Contact Center Phone: 800–518–4726. 

Business Hours: Monday–Friday, 7 

a.m.–9 p.m. Eastern Time. 

E-mail: support@grants.gov 

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Applicants have until midnight (12 

a.m.), Washington, DC time of the 

closing date to ensure that their entire 

application has been uploaded to the 

Grants.gov site. There are no exceptions 

to the above deadline. Applications 

uploaded to the site after midnight of 

the application deadline date will be 

automatically rejected by the grants.gov 

system, and will be technically 

ineligible. 

Please refer to the Grants.gov Web 

site, for definitions of various 

‘‘application statuses’’ and the difference 

between a submission receipt and a 

submission validation. Applicants will 

receive a validation e-mail from 

grants.gov upon the successful 

submission of an application. Again, 

validation of an electronic submission 

via Grants.gov can take up to two 

business days. Therefore, we strongly 

recommend that you not wait until the 

application deadline to begin the 

submission process through Grants.gov. 

ECA will not notify you upon receipt of 

electronic applications. 

It is the responsibility of all 

applicants submitting proposals via the 

Grants.gov web portal to ensure that 

proposals have been received by 

Grants.gov in their entirety, and ECA 

bears no responsibility for data errors 

resulting from transmission or 

conversion processes. 

V. Application Review Information 

V.1. Review Process 

The Bureau will review all proposals 

for technical eligibility. Proposals will 

be deemed ineligible if they do not fully 

adhere to the guidelines stated herein 

and in the Solicitation Package. All 

eligible proposals will be reviewed by 

the program office, as well as the Public 

Diplomacy section of the relevant U.S. 

Embassy overseas, where appropriate. 

Eligible proposals will be subject to 

compliance with Federal and Bureau 

regulations and guidelines and 

forwarded to Bureau grant panels for 

advisory review. Proposals may also be 

reviewed by the Office of the Legal 

Adviser or by other Department 

elements. Final funding decisions are at 

the discretion of the Department of 

State’s Assistant Secretary for 

Educational and Cultural Affairs. Final 

technical authority for assistance 

awards (grants) resides with the 

Bureau’s Grants Officer. 

Review Criteria 

Technically eligible applications will 

be competitively reviewed according to 

the criteria stated below. These criteria 

are not rank ordered and all carry equal 

weight in the proposal evaluation: 

1. Quality of the program idea and 

program planning: Objectives should be 

reasonable, feasible, and flexible. The 

proposal should clearly demonstrate 

how the institution will meet the 

program’s objectives and plan. The 

proposed program should be creative 

and well developed, respond to the 

design outlined in the solicitation, and 

demonstrate originality. It should be 

clearly and accurately written, 

substantive, and with sufficient detail. 

The program plan should adhere to the 

program overview and guidelines 

described above. Please note: Proposals 

submitted by prior-year one-time grant 

recipients must include in their 

proposal submission a description of the 

specific elements that make this 

submission a new exchange program 

rather than a repetition or extension of 

what was funded by ECA under a prioryear award. 

2. Ability to achieve program 

objectives: Objectives should be 

reasonable, feasible, and flexible. 

Proposals should clearly demonstrate 

how the institution will meet the 

program’s objectives and plan. 

3. Support of diversity: The proposal 

should demonstrate the recipient’s 

commitment to promoting the 

awareness and understanding of 

diversity in participant selection and 

exchange program design and content. 

4. Institutional capacity and track 

record: Proposed personnel and 

institutional resources should be 

adequate and appropriate to achieve the 

program goals. The proposal should 

demonstrate an institutional record, 

including solid programming and 

responsible fiscal management. The 

Bureau will consider the past 

performance, including compliance 

with all reporting requirements for past 

Bureau grants. 

5. Program evaluation: The proposal 

should include a plan to evaluate the 

program’s success, both as the activities 

unfold and at the end of the program. 

The proposal should include a draft 

survey questionnaire or other technique 

plus description of a methodology to 

use to link outcomes to original project 

objectives. Please see Section IV.3d.3. of 

this announcement for more 

information. 

6. Cost-effectiveness and cost sharing: 

The applicant should demonstrate 

efficient use of Bureau funds. The 

overhead and administrative 

components of the proposal, including 

salaries and honoraria, should be kept 

as low as possible. All other items 

should be necessary and appropriate. 

The proposal should maximize costsharing through other private sector 

support as well as institutional direct 

funding contributions. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

VI.1a. Award Notices 

Final awards cannot be made until 

funds have been appropriated by 

Congress, allocated and committed 

through internal Bureau procedures. 

Successful applicants will receive a 

Federal Assistance Award (FAA) from 

the Bureau’s Grants Office. The FAA 

and the original grant proposal with 

subsequent modifications (if applicable) 

shall be the only binding authorizing 

document between the recipient and the 

U.S. Government. The FAA will be 

signed by an authorized Grants Officer, 

and mailed to the recipient’s 

responsible officer identified in the 

application. 

VI.1b The following additional 

requirements apply to this project, for 

assistance awards involving the 

Palestinian Authority, West Bank, and 

Gaza: 

All awards made under this 

competition must be executed according 

to all relevant U.S. laws and policies 

regarding assistance to the Palestinian 

Authority, and to the West Bank and 

Gaza. Organizations must consult with 

relevant Public Affairs Offices before 

entering into any formal arrangements 

or agreements with Palestinian 

organizations or institutions. 

Note: To assure that planning for the 

inclusion of the Palestinian Authority 

complies with requirements, please contact 

Bahareh Moradi, MoradiBX@state.gov, 202– 

632–6350. 

VI.2 Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

Terms and Conditions for the 

Administration of ECA agreements 

include the following: 

Office of Management and Budget 

Circular A–122, ‘‘Cost Principles for 

Nonprofit Organizations’’. 

Office of Management and Budget 

Circular A–21, ‘‘Cost Principles for 

Educational Institutions’’. 

OMB Circular A–87, ‘‘Cost Principles for 

State, Local and Indian Governments’’. 

OMB Circular No. A–110 (Revised), 

Uniform Administrative 

Requirements for Grants and 

Agreements with Institutions of 

Higher Education, Hospitals, and 

other Nonprofit Organizations. 

OMB Circular No. A–102, Uniform 

Administrative Requirements for 

Grants-in-Aid to State and Local 

Governments. 

OMB Circular No. A–133, Audits of 

States, Local Government, and Nonprofit Organizations. 

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Please refer to the following Web sites 

for additional information: http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants. 

http://fa.statebuy.state.gov. 

VI.3. Reporting Requirements 

You must provide ECA with a hard 

copy original plus one copy of the 

following reports: 

(1) A final program and financial 

report no more than 90 days after the 

expiration of the award; 

(2) A concise, one-page final program 

report summarizing program outcomes 

no more than 90 days after the 

expiration of the award. This one-page 

report will be transmitted to OMB, and 

be made available to the public via 

OMB’s USAspending.gov Web site—as 

part of ECA’s Federal Funding 

Accountability and Transparency Act 

(FFATA) reporting requirements. 

(3) A SF–PPR, ‘‘Performance Progress 

Report’’ Cover Sheet with all program 

reports. 

(4) Interim program and financial 

reports after each program phase, as 

required in the Bureau grant agreement. 

Award Recipients will be required to 

provide reports analyzing their 

evaluation findings to the Bureau in 

their regular project reports. (Please 

refer to IV. Application and Submission 

Instructions (IV.3.d.3) above for Program 

Monitoring and Evaluation information. 

All data collected, including survey 

responses and contact information, must 

be maintained for a minimum of three 

years and provided to the Bureau upon 

request. 

All reports must be sent to the ECA 

Grants Officer and ECA Program Officer 

listed in the final assistance award 

document. 

VI.4. Optional Program Data 

Requirements 

Award recipients will be required to 

maintain specific data on program 

participants and activities in an 

electronically accessible database format 

that can be shared with the Bureau as 

required. As a minimum, the data must 

include the following: 

(1) Name, address, contact 

information and biographic sketch of all 

persons who travel internationally on 

funds provided by the agreement or who 

benefit from the award funding but do 

not travel. 

(2) Itineraries of international and 

domestic travel, providing dates of 

travel and cities in which any exchange 

experiences take place. Final schedules 

for in-country and U.S. activities must 

be received by the ECA Program Officer 

at least three work days prior to the 

official opening of the activity. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For questions about this 

announcement, contact: 

1. Intensive English Language 

Program: Vincent Pickett, 

PickettVS@state.gov, 202–632–3243. 

2. Capacity Building for 

Undergraduate Study Abroad: Contact: 

Bahareh Moradi, MoradiBX@state.gov, 

202–632–6350; or Carina Klein, 

KleinCD@state.gov, 202–632–9460. 

All correspondence with the Bureau 

concerning this RFGP should reference 

the above title and number ECA/A–10– 

One-time-Comp. A. 

Please read the complete Federal 

Register announcement before sending 

inquiries or submitting proposals. Once 

the RFGP deadline has passed, Bureau 

staff may not discuss this competition 

with applicants until the proposal 

review process has been completed. 

VIII. Other Information 

Notice 

The terms and conditions published 

in this RFGP are binding and may not 

be modified by any Bureau 

representative. Explanatory information 

provided by the Bureau that contradicts 

published language will not be binding. 

Issuance of the RFGP does not 

constitute an award commitment on the 

part of the Government. The Bureau 

reserves the right to reduce, revise, or 

increase proposal budgets in accordance 

with the needs of the program and the 

availability of funds. Awards made will 

be subject to periodic reporting and 

evaluation requirements per section VI.3 

above. 

Dated: February 24, 2010. 

Maura M. Pally, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational 

and Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4561 Filed 3–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6912] 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant 

Proposals (RFGP): One-time 

Competitive Grants Program— 

Competition B—Professional, Cultural, 

and Youth One-time Grants Program 

Announcement Type: New Grant. 

Funding Opportunity Number: ECA/ 

PE/C–10–One-time-Comp. B. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 19.014. 

Key Dates: 

Application Deadline: April 12, 2010. 

Executive Summary: This competition 

is one of two competitions that the 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs is conducting per the Conference 

Report (House Report 111–366) 

accompanying the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111– 

117) under Division F of the Department 

of State, Foreign Operations and Related 

Programs Appropriation Act 2010, 

‘‘Educational and Cultural Exchange 

Programs’’ in support of a $8 million 

‘‘One-Time Competitive Grants 

Program.’’ All applications must be 

submitted by public or private nonprofit organizations, meeting the 

provisions described in Internal 

Revenue code section 26 U.S.C. 

501(c)(3). Total funding for this ‘‘OneTime Competitive Grants Program’’ is $8 

million dollars. Four million will be 

dedicated to this competition, 

Competition B—Professional, Cultural 

and Youth One-time Grants Program— 

reference number ECA/PE/C–10–Onetime-Comp.B, and $4 million will be 

dedicated to and announced 

simultaneously in a separate RFGP, 

Academic Programs One-time Grants 

Program—reference number ECA/A–10– 

One-time-Comp.A. Please note: The 

Bureau reserves the right to reallocate 

funds it has initially allocated to each of 

these two competitions, based upon 

factors such as the number of 

applications received and 

responsiveness to the review criteria 

outlined in each of the solicitations. 

Applicants may submit only ONE 

proposal (TOTAL) to ONE of the two 

competitions referenced above. In 

addition, applicants under this 

competition, ECA/PE/C–10–One-timeComp.B may only apply to administer 

one of the listed activities (total). If 

multiple proposals are received from the 

same applicant, all submissions will be 

declared technically ineligible and will 

be given no further consideration in the 

review process. Eligible applicants are 

strongly encouraged to read both RFGPs 

thoroughly, prior to developing and 

submitting proposals, to ensure that 

proposed activities are appropriate and 

responsive to the goals, objectives and 

criteria outlined in each of the 

solicitations. 

As further directed by the Congress, 

‘‘The program shall be only for the 

actual exchange of people and should 

benefit a population that is not being 

addressed through existing authorized 

exchanges.’’ 

The Bureau of Educational and 

Cultural Affairs announces a 

competition for grants that support 

international exchanges in order to 

increase mutual understanding and 

build relationships, through individuals 

and organizations, between the people 

of the United States and their 

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