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end of their period of research minus 

their average score at the beginning of 

the period. 

Performance Measure 2: Percentage of 

DDRA projects judged to be successful 

by the program officer, based on a 

review of information provided in 

annual performance reports. 

Efficiency measure: Cost per grantee 

increasing language competency by at 

least one level in one (or all three) 

area(s). 

The information provided by grantees 

in their performance report submitted 

via IRIS will be the source of data for 

this measure. Reporting screens for 

institutions and fellows may be viewed 

at: http://iris.ed.gov/iris/pdfs/ 

DDRA_director.pdf.& http://iris.ed.gov/ 

iris/pdfs/DDRA_fellows.pdf. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: Amy 

Wilson, International Education 

Programs Service, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 

6082, Washington, DC 20006–8521. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7700 or by e-mail: 

amy.wilson@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. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1– 

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC, area at (202) 512–1530. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

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

index.html. 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

Daniel T. Madzelan, Director, 

Forecasting and Policy Analysis for the 

Office of Postsecondary Education, to 

perform the functions and duties of the 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

Dated: September 30, 2009. 

Daniel T. Madzelan, 

Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis. 

[FR Doc. E9–23897 Filed 10–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Postsecondary Education; 

Overview Information; Fulbright-Hays 

Faculty Research Abroad (FRA) 

Fellowship Program 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2010. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.019A. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: October 5, 

2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: December 1, 2009. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The FulbrightHays Faculty Research Abroad 

Fellowship Program provides 

opportunities to faculty of institutions 

of higher education (IHEs) to engage in 

research abroad in modern foreign 

languages and area studies. 

Priorities: This notice contains one 

absolute priority, one competitive 

preference priority, and one invitational 

priority. In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(ii), the absolute priority 

and the competitive preference priority 

are from the regulations for this program 

(34 CFR 663.21(d)). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2010, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

A research project that focuses on one 

or more of the following geographic 

areas: Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia 

and the Pacific Islands, South Asia, the 

Near East, East Central Europe and 

Eurasia, and the Western Hemisphere 

(excluding the United States and its 

territories). Please note that applications 

that propose projects focused on 

Western Europe are not eligible. 

Within this absolute priority, we give 

competitive preference to applications 

that address the following priority. 

Competitive Preference Priority: For 

FY 2010, this priority is a competitive 

preference priority. Under 34 CFR 

75.105 (c)(2)(i) and 34 CFR 663.21(d), 

we award an additional five (5) points 

to an application that meets this 

priority. 

This priority is: 

A research project that focuses on any 

of the seventy-eight (78) languages 

deemed critical on the U.S. Department 

of Education’s list of Less Commonly 

Taught Languages (LCTLs) found below. 

This list includes the following: Akan 

(Twi-Fante), Albanian, Amharic, Arabic 

(all dialects), Armenian, Azeri 

(Azerbaijani), Balochi, Bamanakan 

(Bamana, Bambara, Mandikan, 

Mandingo, Maninka, Dyula), Belarusian, 

Bengali (Bangla), Berber (all languages), 

Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cebuano 

(Visayan), Chechen, Chinese 

(Cantonese), Chinese (Gan), Chinese 

(Mandarin), Chinese (Min), Chinese 

(Wu), Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Georgian, 

Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew (Modern), 

Hindi, Igbo, Indonesian, Japanese, 

Javanese, Kannada, Kashmiri, Kazakh, 

Khmer (Cambodian), Kirghiz, Korean, 

Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kurdish (Sorani), 

Lao, Malay (Bahasa Melayu or 

Malaysian), Malayalam, Marathi, 

Mongolian, Nepali, Oromo, Panjabi, 

Pashto, Persian (Farsi), Polish, 

Portuguese (all varieties), Quechua, 

Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala 

(Sinhalese), Somali, Swahili, Tagalog, 

Tajik, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, 

Tigrigna, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, 

Urdu, Uyghur/Uigur, Uzbek, 

Vietnamese, Wolof, Xhosa, Yoruba, and 

Zulu. 

Invitational Priority: For FY 2010, this 

priority is an invitational priority. 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do not 

give an application that meets the 

invitational priority a competitive or 

absolute preference over other 

applications. 

This priority is: 

Research projects that focus on one of 

the following fields or topics: 

Environmental Science, Ecology, 

Climate Studies, Development Studies, 

Economics, Public Health, Education, or 

Political Science. 

Program Authority: 22 U.S.C. 

2452(b)(6). 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 81, 82, 84, 85, 

86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The regulations 

for this program in 34 CFR part 663. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

(IHEs) only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants 

redistributed as fellowships to 

individual beneficiaries. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration has requested 

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and Foreign Language Studies Overseas 

Programs, of which we propose to 

allocate $1,399,000 for new awards for 

this program for FY 2010. The actual 

level of funding, if any, depends on 

final Congressional action. However, we 

are inviting applications to allow 

enough time to complete the grant 

process if Congress appropriates funds 

for this program. 

Estimated Range of Fellowship 

Awards: $25,000–$115,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Fellowship 

Awards: $70,000. 

Estimated Number of Fellowship 

Awards: 20. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: The institutional 

project period is 18 months beginning 

July 1, 2010. Faculty may request 

funding for a period of no less than 

three months and no more than twelve 

months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs. As part of 

the application process, faculty 

members submit individual applications 

to the IHE. The IHE then officially 

submits all eligible individual faculty 

applications with its grant application 

to the Department. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Both IHEs and faculty 

applicants can obtain an application 

package via the Internet by contacting 

Carla White, International Education 

Programs Service, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 

6000, Washington, DC 20006–8521. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7700 or by e-mail: 

carla.white@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

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

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the program 

contact person listed in this section. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this 

program. 

Page Limit: The application narrative 

is where the faculty applicant addresses 

the selection criteria that reviewers use 

to evaluate the application. The faculty 

applicant must limit the application 

narrative to no more than 10 pages and 

the bibliography to no more than 2 

pages, using the following standards: 

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

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

and both sides. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative. However, faculty 

applicants may single space all text in 

charts, tables, figures, graphs, titles, 

headings, footnotes, endnotes, 

quotations, bibliography, and captions. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger; or, no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). Faculty applicants 

may use a 10 point font in charts, tables, 

figures, graphs, footnotes, and endnotes. 

However, these items are considered 

part of the narrative and counted within 

the 10 page limit. 

• 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 limits only apply to the 

application narrative and bibliography. 

The page limits do not apply to the 

Application for Federal Assistance face 

sheet (SF 424); the supplemental 

information form required by the 

Department of Education; and the 

assurances and certification. However, 

faculty applicants must include their 

complete responses to the selection 

criteria in the application narrative. 

We will reject a faculty applicant’s 

application if the faculty applicant 

exceeds the page limits. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: October 5, 

2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: December 1, 2009. 

Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted 

electronically using the Electronic Grant 

Application site (e-Application) 

accessible through the Department’s eGrants site. For information (including 

dates and times) about how to submit an 

IHE’s application electronically, or in 

paper format by mail or hand delivery 

if an IHE qualifies for an exception to 

the electronic submission requirement, 

please refer to Section IV. 6. 

Other Submission Requirements in 

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 in 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. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is not subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted 

electronically unless an IHE qualifies for 

an exception to this requirement in 

accordance with the instructions in this 

section. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

Applications for grants under the 

Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad 

Fellowship Program, CFDA Number 

84.019A, must be submitted 

electronically using e-Application, 

accessible through the Department’s eGrants Web site at: http://egrants.ed.gov. 

We will reject an application if an IHE 

submits it in paper format unless, as 

described elsewhere in this section, the 

IHE qualifies for one of the exceptions 

to the electronic submission 

requirement and submits, no later than 

two weeks before the application 

deadline date, a written statement to the 

Department that the IHE qualifies 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. 

While completing the electronic 

application, both the IHE and the 

faculty applicant will be entering data 

online that will be saved into a 

database. Neither the IHE nor the faculty 

applicant may e-mail an electronic copy 

of a grant application to us. 

Please note the following: 

• The process for submitting 

applications electronically under the 

Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad 

Fellowship Program has several parts. 

The following is a brief summary of the 

process; however, all applicants should 

review and follow the detailed 

description of the application process 

that is contained in the application 

package. In summary, the major parts 

are as follows: (1) IHEs must e-mail the 

following information to 


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cynthia.dudzinski@ed.gov@ed.gov: 

Name of university, and full name and 

e-mail address of potential project 

director. We recommend that applicant 

IHEs submit this information as soon as 

possible to ensure that applicant IHEs 

obtain access to the e-Application 

system well before the application 

deadline date. We suggest that applicant 

IHEs send this information no later than 

two weeks prior to the closing date, in 

order to facilitate timely submission of 

their applications; (2) Faculty must 

complete their individual applications 

and submit them to their IHE’s project 

director using e-Application; (3) Persons 

providing references for individual 

faculty must complete and submit 

reference forms for the faculty and 

submit them to the IHE’s project 

director using e-Application; and (4) 

The IHE’s project director must 

officially submit the IHE’s application, 

which must include all eligible 

individual faculty applications, 

reference forms, and other required 

forms, using e-Application. Unless an 

IHE applicant qualifies for an exception 

to the electronic submission 

requirement in accordance with the 

procedures in this section, all portions 

of the application must be submitted 

electronically. 

• The IHE must complete the 

electronic submission of the grant 

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

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. EApplication will not accept an 

application for this competition after 

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

the application deadline date. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

both the IHE and the faculty applicant 

not wait until the application deadline 

date to begin the application process. 

• The regular hours of operation of 

the e-Grants Web site are 6:00 a.m. 

Monday until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday; 

and 6:00 a.m. Thursday until 8:00 p.m. 

Sunday, Washington, DC time. Please 

note that the system is unavailable 

between 8:00 p.m. on Sundays and 6:00 

a.m. on Mondays, and between 7:00 

p.m. on Wednesdays and 6:00 a.m. on 

Thursdays, Washington, DC time, for 

maintenance. Any modifications to 

these hours are posted on the e-Grants 

Web site. 

• Faculty applicants will not receive 

additional point value because the 

faculty applicant submits his or her 

application in electronic format nor will 

we penalize the IHE or faculty applicant 

if the IHE or the faculty applicant 

qualifies for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, as 

described elsewhere in this section, and 

submits an application in paper format. 

• IHEs must submit all documents 

electronically, including the 

Application for Federal Assistance (SF 

424), the Supplement to the SF 424, and 

all necessary assurances and 

certifications. Both IHEs and faculty 

applicants must attach any narrative 

sections of the application as files in a 

.DOC (document), .RTF (rich text), or 

.PDF (Portable Document) format. If an 

IHE or a faculty applicant uploads a file 

type other than the three file types 

specified in this paragraph or submits a 

password protected file, we will not 

review that material. 

• Both the IHE’s and the faculty 

applicant’s electronic application must 

comply with any page limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• Prior to submitting your electronic 

application, you may wish to print a 

copy of it for your records. 

• After the individual faculty 

applicant electronically submits his or 

her application to the faculty’s IHE, the 

faculty member will receive an 

automatic acknowledgment. In addition, 

the applicant IHE’s project director will 

receive a copy of this acknowledgment 

by e-mail. After a person submits a 

reference electronically, he or she will 

receive an online confirmation. After 

the applicant IHE submits its 

application, including all eligible 

individual faculty applications, to the 

Department, the applicant IHE will 

receive an automatic acknowledgment, 

which will include a PR/Award Number 

(an identifying number unique to the 

IHE’s application). 

• Within three working days after 

submitting the IHE’s electronic 

application, the IHE must fax a signed 

copy of the SF 424 to the Application 

Control Center after following these 

steps: 

(1) Print SF 424 from e-Application. 

(2) The applicant IHE’s Authorizing 

Representative must sign this form. 

(3) Place the PR/Award number in the 

upper right hand corner of the hardcopy signature page of the SF 424. 

(4) Fax the signed SF 424 to the 

Application Control Center at (202) 

245–6272. 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on the SF 424 and 

other forms at a later date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of e-Application Unavailability: 

If an IHE is prevented from 

electronically submitting its application 

on the application deadline date 

because e-Application is unavailable, 

we will grant the IHE an extension of 

one business day to enable the IHE to 

transmit its application electronically, 

by mail, or by hand delivery. We will 

grant this extension if— 

(1) The IHE is a registered user of eApplication and the IHE has initiated an 

electronic application for this 

competition; and 

(2)(a) E-Application is unavailable for 

60 minutes or more between the hours 

of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date; or 

(b) E-Application system is 

unavailable for any period of time 

between 3:30 p.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. 

We must acknowledge and confirm 

these periods of unavailability before 

granting the IHE an extension. To 

request this extension or to confirm our 

acknowledgement of any system 

unavailability, an IHE may contact 

either (1) the person listed elsewhere in 

this notice under For Further 

Information Contact (see Section VII. 

Agency Contact) or (2) the e-Grants help 

desk at 1–888–336–8930. If eApplication is unavailable due to 

technical problems with the system and, 

therefore, the application deadline is 

extended, an e-mail will be sent to all 

registered users who have initiated an eApplication. Extensions referred to in 

this section apply only to the 

unavailability of e-Application. 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement: An IHE qualifies for an 

exception to the electronic submission 

requirement, and may submit its 

application in paper format if the IHE is 

unable to submit an application through 

e-Application because— 

• The IHE or a faculty applicant does 

not have access to the Internet; or 

• The IHE or a faculty applicant does 

not have the capacity to upload large 

documents to e-Application; 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), the IHE mails or faxes a 

written statement to the Department, 

explaining which of the two grounds for 

an exception prevents the IHE from 

using the Internet to submit its 

application. If an IHE mails a written 

statement to the Department, it must be 

postmarked no later than two weeks 

before the application deadline date. If 

an IHE faxes its 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 this 

statement to: Cynthia Dudzinski, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., Room 6007, Washington, DC 

20006–8521. Fax: (202) 502–7860. 


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The IHE’s 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 an IHE qualifies for an exception to 

the electronic submission requirement, 

the IHE may mail (through the U.S. 

Postal Service or a commercial carrier) 

its application to the Department. The 

IHE must mail the original and two 

copies of the 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 84.019A), LBJ Basement 

Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The IHE 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 the IHE mails its 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 the IHE’s application is postmarked 

after the application deadline date, we 

will not consider its application. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, the IHE should check 

with its local post office. 

c. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Hand Delivery. 

If an IHE qualifies for an exception to 

the electronic submission requirement, 

the IHE (or a courier service) may 

deliver its paper application to the 

Department by hand. The IHE must 

deliver the original and two copies of 

the 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 84.019A), 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 an IHE mails or hand 

delivers its application to the Department— 

(1) The IHE must indicate on the envelope 

and—if not provided by the Department—in 

Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA Number, and 

suffix letter, if any, of the competition under 

which the IHE is submitting its application; 

and 

(2) The Application Control Center will 

mail a notification of receipt of the IHE’s 

grant application. If the IHE does not receive 

the grant application receipt 

acknowledgment within 15 business days 

from the application deadline date, the IHE 

should call the U.S. Department of Education 

Application Control Center at (202) 245– 

6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. General: For FY 2010, faculty 

applications are divided into seven 

categories based on the world area focus 

of their research projects, as described 

in the absolute priority listed in this 

notice. Language and area studies 

experts in seven discrete world areabased panels will review the faculty 

applications. Each panel reviews, 

scores, and ranks its applications 

separately from the applications 

assigned to the other world area panels. 

However, all fellowship applications 

will be ranked together from the highest 

to lowest score for funding purposes. 

2. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from 34 

CFR 663.21 and are listed in the 

following paragraphs. The maximum 

score for all of the criteria, including the 

competitive preference priority, is 105 

points. The maximum score for each 

criterion is indicated in parentheses. 

Quality of proposed project (60 

points): In determining the quality of 

the research project proposed by the 

applicant, the Secretary considers (1) 

The statement of the major hypotheses 

to be tested or questions to be examined, 

and the description and justification of 

the research methods to be used (10 

points); (2) The relationship of the 

research to the literature on the topic 

and to major theoretical issues in the 

field, and the project’s originality and 

importance in terms of the concerns of 

the discipline (10 points); (3) The 

preliminary research already completed 

or plans for research prior to going 

overseas, and the kinds, quality and 

availability of data for the research in 

the host country or countries (10 

points); (4) The justification for overseas 

field research and preparations to 

establish appropriate and sufficient 

research contacts and affiliations abroad 

(10 points); (5) The applicant’s plans to 

share the results of the research in 

progress with scholars and officials of 

the host country or countries and the 

American scholarly community (10 

points); and (6) The objectives of the 

project regarding the sponsoring 

institution’s plans for developing or 

strengthening, or both, curricula in 

modern foreign languages and area 

studies (10 points). 

Qualifications of the applicant (40 

points): In determining the 

qualifications of the applicant, the 

Secretary considers (1) The overall 

strength of the applicant’s academic 

record (teaching, research, 

contributions, professional association 

activities) (10 points); (2) The 

applicant’s excellence as a teacher or 

researcher, or both, in his or her area or 

areas of specialization (10 points); (3) 

The applicant’s proficiency in one or 

more of the languages (other than 

English and the applicant’s native 

language) of the country or countries of 

research, and the specific measures to 

be taken to overcome any anticipated 

language barriers (15 points); and (4) 

The applicant’s ability to conduct 

research in a foreign cultural context, as 

evidenced by the applicant’s previous 

overseas experience, or documentation 

provided by the sponsoring institution, 

or both (5 points). 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If a faculty 

application is successful, we notify the 

IHE’s U.S. Representative and U.S. 

Senators and send the IHE a Grant 

Award Notice (GAN). We may notify the 

IHE informally, also. 

If a faculty application is not 

evaluated or not selected for funding, 

we notify the IHE. 

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 in this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section in 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates its approved 

application as part of the binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: At the end of the project 

period, the IHE must submit a final 

performance report, including the final 

reports of all of the IHE’s fellows, and 

financial information, as directed by the 

Secretary. The IHE and fellows are 

required to use the electronic reporting 

system International Resource 

Information System (IRIS) to complete 

the final report. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

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Act of 1993, the objective for the 

Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad 

(FRA) Program is to provide grants to 

institutions of higher education to fund 

faculty to maintain and improve their 

area studies and language skills by 

conducting research abroad for periods 

of 3 to 12 months. 

The Department will use the 

following FRA measures to evaluate its 

success in meeting this objective: 

Performance Measure 1: The average 

language competency score of FulbrightHays Faculty Research Abroad Program 

recipients at the end of their period of 

research minus their average language 

competency at the beginning of the 

period. 

Performance Measure 2: Percentage of 

all Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research 

Abroad Program projects judged to be 

successful by the program officer, based 

on a review of information provided in 

annual performance reports. 

Efficiency measure: Cost per 

Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad 

grantee increasing language competency 

by at least one level in one (or all three) 

area. 

The information provided by grantees 

in their performance report submitted 

via IRIS will be the source of data for 

this measure. Reporting screens for 

institutions and fellows may be viewed 

at: http://www.ieps-iris.org/iris/pdfs/ 

FRA_fellow.pdf; http://www.iepsiris.org/iris/pdfs/FRA_director.pdf. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Cynthia Dudzinski, International 

Education Programs Service, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., Room 6007, Washington, DC 

20006–8521. Telephone: (202) 502–7589 

or by e-mail: cynthia.dudzinski@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. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1– 

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC, area at (202) 512–1530. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

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

index.html. 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

Daniel T. Madzelan, Director, 

Forecasting and Policy Analysis for the 

office of Postsecondary Education, to 

perform the functions and duties of the 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

Dated: September 30, 2009. 

Daniel T. Madzelan, 

Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis. 

[FR Doc. E9–23898 Filed 10–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Technical Advisory Council 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Education, 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education. 

ACTION: Request for Nominations To 

Serve on the National Technical 

Advisory Council (NTAC). 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Education 

(Secretary) invites interested parties to 

submit nominations for individuals to 

serve on the National Technical 

Advisory Council. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Technical Advisory Council 

(NTAC or the Council) is established by 

the Secretary of Education and governed 

by the provisions of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (Pub. 

L. 92–463, as amended; 5 U.S.C. 

Appendix 2). In order to ensure that the 

U.S. Department of Education 

(Department) is making sound technical 

decisions related to the approval of 

state-designed standards, assessments, 

and accountability systems, the NTAC 

shall advise the Secretary and the 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education (Assistant 

Secretary) on technical issues related to 

the design and implementation of 

standards, assessments, and 

accountability systems consistent with 

section 1111(b) of the No Child Left 

Behind Act of 2001 and 34 CFR 200.1 

through 200.20. 

The Council shall consist of 

approximately 16 members, including 

persons who have knowledge of and 

expertise in the design and 

implementation of educational 

standards, assessments, and 

accountability systems for all students, 

including students with disabilities and 

limited English proficient students, and 

experts with technical knowledge 

related to statistics and psychometrics. 

At least one-third of the members shall 

have experience working in or with 

state educational agencies or local 

educational agencies. NTAC will advise 

the Secretary on matters that arise 

during the State Plan review process. 

Nomination Process: Any interested 

person or organization may nominate 

one or more qualified individuals for 

membership. If you would like to 

nominate an individual or yourself for 

appointment to the Council, please 

submit the following information to the 

Department’s White House Liaison 

Office: 

• A copy of the nominee’s resume; 

• A cover letter that provides your 

reason(s) for nominating the individual; 

and 

• Contact information for the 

nominee (name, title, business address, 

business phone, fax number, and 

business e-mail address). 

In addition, the cover letter must state 

that the nominee (if nominating 

someone other than yourself) has agreed 

to be nominated and is willing to serve 

on the Council. Nominees will be 

appointed based on technical 

qualifications, professional experience, 

and demonstrated knowledge of issues 

related to state-designed standards, 

assessment, and accountability systems. 

DATES: Nominations for individuals to 

serve on the Council must be submitted 

(postmarked, if sending by mail; 

submitted electronically; or received, if 

hand delivered) by November 4, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit 

nominations, including attachments, by 

any of the following methods: 

• Electronically: Send to: 

WhiteHouseLiaison@ed.gov (specify in 

the e-mail subject line, ‘‘NTAC 

Nomination’’) 

• Mail, express delivery, hand 

delivery, messenger, or courier service: 

Submit one copy of the documents 

listed above to the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, White 

House Liaison Office, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Room 7C109, 

Washington, DC 20202. Attn: Karen 

Akins. 

For questions, contact Karen Akins, 

White House Liaison Office, at (202) 


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