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BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice:7308] 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant 

Proposals: National Security Language 

Initiative for Youth (NSLI–Y) 

Announcement Type: New 

Cooperative Agreement. 

Funding Opportunity Number: ECA/ 

PE/C/PY–11–03. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 19.415. 

Key Dates 

Application Deadline: March 24, 

2011. 

Executive Summary: The Office of 

Citizen Exchanges of the Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) 

announces an open competition for one 

cooperative agreement for the National 

Security Language Initiative for Youth 

(NSLI–Y), which provides overseas 

foreign language instruction for 

American high school students and 

those recently graduated. Public and 

private non-profit organizations, 

meeting the provisions described in 

Internal Revenue Code section 26 U.S.C. 

501(c)(3), may submit proposals to 

cooperate with ECA in the overall 

administration of NSLI–Y organizational 

responsibilities and the implementation 

of overseas language programs of two 

different durations for approximately 

610 total individual participant 

scholarships according to the duration 

and language distribution detailed in 

the Project Objectives, Goals and 

Implementation (POGI). NSLI–Y 

programs funded by this award will take 

place between June 2012 and June 2013. 

NSLI–Y is an important component of a 

multi-agency USG initiative to increase 

American citizens’ ability to engage 

with people throughout the world who 

speak Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Indic 

(Hindi), Korean, Persian (Tajiki or 

Farsi), Russian and Turkish. Please 

note: ECA reserves the right to add or 

subtract languages and countries based 

on the needs of the Department, security 

considerations at the time of 

implementation and the overall 

objectives of the program. The Bureau 

anticipates that the single award 

recipient will manage the 

comprehensive organizational and 

administrative responsibilities of this 

program as well as the identification of 

qualified sub-award recipients known as 

‘‘implementing organizations’’ to 

implement the overseas language 

programs. Under this award, the award 

recipient may also serve as an 

implementing organization. 

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 

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. 

Purpose: ECA is supporting the 

participation of American high school 

students and those who have recently 

graduated (who are U.S. citizens and 

between the ages of 15 and 18 at the 

start of the program), in intensive, 

substantive overseas foreign language 

study to dramatically increase the 

number of Americans learning, speaking 

and using critical need foreign 

languages throughout their academic 

and professional lives. For additional 

information about NSLI–Y, please visit 

http://exchanges.state.gov/youth/ 

programs/nsli.html. 

It is anticipated that the total amount 

of funding available to support the 

overall administration and overseas 

language program implementation in 

the seven current NSLI–Y languages is 

$9,000,000, pending the availability of 

funds. This amount is intended to 

support approximately 610 

scholarships, including comprehensive 

administrative and program costs. 

Overseas language programs, in 

countries where the seven NSLI–Y 

languages are widely spoken, will 

provide a minimum of two articulated 

and integrated language learning 

environments: (1) Structured classroom 

target language instruction and (2) less 

formal, interactive and/or applied 

learning opportunities. These 

opportunities are offered through a 

comprehensive exchange experience 

that primarily emphasizes language 

acquisition. 

Applicants may submit only one 

proposal under this competition. If 

multiple proposals are received from the 

same applicant, all submissions will be 

declared ineligible and receive no 

further consideration in the review 

process. 

ECA is seeking one organization that 

will (1) administer and organize the 

diverse and comprehensive NSLI–Y 

overseas intensive language programs 

and (2) engage additional sub-award 

implementing organizations with 

relevant expertise in one or more of the 

target languages to implement the 

overseas language programs for high 

school students across the current seven 

NSLI–Y languages. Organizations 

applying for this award must 

demonstrate their capacity for 

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conducting projects of this nature, 

focusing on four areas of competency: 

(1) Administrative and Organizational 

Experience: Administrative and 

organizational experience and expertise 

that includes applicant recruitment and 

selection, planning and execution, 

management, monitoring of 

participants’ safety and welfare, 

evaluation of language acquisition and 

program effectiveness, and follow-on/ 

alumni activities; 

(2) Language Instruction and Related 

Activities: Provision of foreign language 

instruction programs and related 

language-focused educational/cultural 

activities as outlined in this document; 

(3) Assessment: Language level and 

age appropriate programming for the 

target audience; and 

(4) Overseas Program Experience: 

Experience in conducting programs in 

the proposed partner country/countries 

or locations. 

The goals of the NSLI–Y program are: 

(1) Language Learning: Improve the 

ability of Americans to engage with the 

people of Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), 

Indic (Hindi), Korean, Persian (Tajiki or 

Farsi), Russian and Turkish-speaking 

countries in the language of the country 

by promoting language learning to 

advanced levels; 

(2) Cultural Understanding: Assist in 

developing a cadre of Americans whose 

foreign language skills enhance related 

cultural understanding and who use 

these language and cultural skills to 

advance international dialogue and 

compete effectively in the global 

economy; 

(3) Scholarship: Provide a tangible 

incentive for the learning and use of 

foreign languages by creating and 

optimizing overseas language study 

opportunities for American high school 

students; and 

(4) Commitment: Spark a lifetime 

interest in foreign languages and 

cultures among American youth. 

NSLI–Y project learning objectives 

include: 

(1) Acquisition: Participants will 

demonstrate a substantive, measurable 

increase in language proficiency (oral 

comprehension, speaking, reading and 

writing), as verified through pre- and 

post-program assessment with a 

standardized language assessment tool; 

(2) Cultural Understanding: 

Participants will demonstrate a deeper 

understanding of the host country’s 

society, institutions and culture; and 

(3) Multiplier Effect: Participants will 

share experiences as young Americans 

with their overseas peers through the 

use of common language. 

While the NSLI–Y overseas language 

programs are active in multiple 

countries/locations, it is important that 

a single worldwide program identity be 

established and maintained. 

Accordingly, ECA anticipates making 

one single award to an organization/ 

institution with the capacity and 

experience to manage the administrative 

and organizational responsibilities, and 

which would be responsible for 

engaging additional sub-award 

implementing organizations, where 

necessary, to meet the goals and 

objectives of the NSLI–Y program. 

Language study must be the primary 

focus of the program. 

Overseas language programs may be 

implemented by the award recipient, 

where the experience and overseas 

institutional capacity exists or can be 

satisfactorily developed, and by subaward implementing organizations 

identified and proposed by the award 

recipient. Through sub-award 

agreements with the award recipient 

and under the administration of, and in 

coordination with, the award recipient, 

ECA anticipates that overseas language 

programs will be implemented and 

administered for participants in 

countries/locations where Arabic, 

Chinese (Mandarin), Indic (Hindi), 

Korean, Persian (Tajiki or Farsi), 

Russian and Turkish are widely spoken. 

Like the award recipient, should it 

choose to implement overseas programs, 

sub-award implementing organizations 

must have the necessary capacity in the 

partner country/countries or location to 

implement the program through either 

their own offices or partner institutions. 

In their capacity as an implementing 

organization, the award recipient and 

the sub-award implementing 

organizations may demonstrate their 

direct expertise or they may partner 

with other organizations/institutions to 

best respond to the requirements 

outlined in this RFGP. In the proposal, 

the applicant must clearly demonstrate 

how it will accomplish overseas 

language program implementation. ECA 

reserves the right of final approval for 

all proposed sub-award implementing 

organizations. 

Overseas language programs will be of 

two durations: six- to eight-week ‘‘short’’ 

duration, and eight- to nine-month 

‘‘long’’ duration. The applicant is 

advised to consider both the traditional 

U.S. academic schedule and that of the 

proposed overseas language institution 

when envisioning and detailing NSLI–Y 

overseas programs. ‘‘Short’’ duration 

programs must provide a minimum of 

120 contact/classroom hours. ‘‘Long’’ 

duration programs must be structured in 

a way that meets a minimum standard 

of ten classroom contact hours 

established by the award recipient in 

consultation with ECA and includes 

daily language instruction (with the 

exception of weekends), unless an 

alternative language delivery model 

receives prior concurrence from ECA. 

NSLI–Y participants must be in 

language institutions/academic 

environments where the target language 

is the language of instruction, unless an 

alternative language environment 

receives prior concurrence from ECA. 

The award recipient and its sub-award 

implementing organizations may 

propose either short or long duration 

programs or both, according to the 

guidelines provided in the POGI, and 

may propose overseas programs in one 

or as many languages as they have the 

capacity and institutional relationships 

to support. The applicant must ensure 

that plans are submitted to implement 

programs in all seven languages across 

all program durations, as outlined in the 

POGI. The Bureau anticipates that there 

will be no more than one long duration 

implementing organization per language 

per country/location and that the 

minimum number of participants is five; 

there may be multiple short duration 

implementing organizations per 

language per country/location. The 

period of time within which short and 

long duration programs must be 

implemented and concluded is June 

2012 through June 2013. 

Role of ECA 

In a cooperative agreement, ECA is 

substantially involved in program 

activities above and beyond routine 

monitoring. ECA activities and 

responsibilities for this program include 

but are not limited to: 

(1) Program Components: Guidance in 

the execution of all program 

components, providing concurrence as 

necessary. 

(2) Program Documents: Materials 

review of all print and online 

documents prior to publication and 

dissemination, including application 

forms, the Web site and brochure. This 

includes individual implementing 

organizations’ instructional materials for 

the classroom portion of the language 

learning and the ideas/plans for the outof-classroom, applied language-learning 

opportunities, including volunteer 

projects, guided internships, excursions, 

etc. These materials must be provided to 

ECA at least two months in advance of 

the start of the overseas program. The 

award recipient must seek and obtain 

written ECA concurrence on substantive 

and logistical changes in the program, if 

changes occur after this material has 

been provided. 

(3) Promotion: Collaboration to 

publicize the program. 

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(4) Recruitment: Review and approval 

of the participant recruitment strategy. 

(5) Selection: Concurrence on 

participant finalists and alternates. 

(6) Notification: Review and approval 

of participant award documentation, 

including the NSLI–Y Terms and 

Conditions. 

(7) Assessment: Support of the award 

recipient’s standardized pre- and postprogram testing of participants’ 

language proficiency and progress. 

(8) Program Coordination: Assist in 

liaison with appropriate Department of 

State offices, including the regional 

bureaus and overseas posts. 

Implementing organizations are 

required to directly liaise early and 

often with overseas posts (the relevant 

embassy and/or consulate Public Affairs 

Section or PAS) in order to obtain 

concurrence on general program 

location, concurrence on host family or 

accommodation location, participation 

in a post-arrival briefing for the 

NSLI–Y participants and assistance in 

the event of a grave emergency. The 

award recipient is responsible for 

ensuring that these contacts are 

established in a timely fashion and 

maintained throughout the 

implementation of the program. 

(9) Host Government Liaison: 

Cooperation with the award recipient 

and post, as necessary, in the event that 

coordination with host government 

officials is needed. 

(10) Security Considerations: 

Modifications to program locations and/ 

or logistics based on security 

considerations and overall objectives of 

the program. 

(11) Inter-Agency NSLI Programs: 

Assistance with promoting continuity 

among inter-agency NSLI programs, i.e., 

Startalk, The Language Flagship, the 

Critical Language Scholarships (CLS), 

Teachers of Critical Languages Program 

(TCLP) and Intensive Summer Language 

Institutes for Teachers (ISLI). 

(12) Pre-Departure Orientations: 

Collaboration on participant predeparture orientations (PDOs) and 

participating in them, when possible. 

(13) Changes to Implementing 

Organizations: Concurrence on any 

possible additional implementing 

organizations that the award recipient 

might suggest to more effectively meet 

scholarship demand in a particular 

language or languages for a particular 

duration or durations. 

(14) Planning Meetings: Collaboration 

on and participation in organizational/ 

planning meeting(s). 

(15) Bureau Evaluation Surveys: 

Access to Bureau-approved evaluation 

surveys (E–Goals) links for participant 

completion and results for program 

management. 

(16) Alumni Activities: Input on 

alumni activities and follow-up events. 

(17) Travel Registration and Health 

Benefits: Facilitation of the award 

recipients’ access to the Department of 

State’s international travel registration 

system (Smart Travel Enrollment 

Program or STEP), ASPE health benefits 

program and to relevant consular forms. 

Role of Public Affairs Section/Embassy/ 

Consulate 

ECA seeks to minimize the burden on 

posts (embassies and consulates) in 

whose consular districts the NSLI–Y 

programs are implemented. Therefore, 

the proposal must demonstrate the 

applicant’s ability to perform the 

requirements independent of post but 

also its commitment to working with 

posts as described in the RFGP and 

POGI. Applicants are advised to provide 

examples of past successful programs 

and the ways in which collaboration 

with posts strengthened the 

management and monitoring of the 

program and its participants. In order to 

promote this important overseas 

relationship, ECA anticipates that the 

award recipient and its implementing 

organizations have the experience, 

knowledge and staffing to carry out the 

daily operations, including on-program 

support, in the host locations. ECA 

expects that the overseas implementing 

organizations and relevant Public 

Affairs Sections (PAS) will establish the 

level of cooperation about the program 

that suits both parties. Implementing 

organizations are required to request 

and obtain post’s concurrence on 

general program location, host family or 

other accommodation location and 

involvement in a post-arrival orientation 

in order to apprise NSLI–Y participants 

of security and other relevant issues. 

ECA expects that implementing 

organizations, under the guidance of the 

award recipient, will handle urgent 

medical crises, natural disasters or other 

unforeseen problems, but that they will 

communicate with and turn to post, as 

necessary and appropriate, given that 

NSLI–Y participants are American high 

school students whose welfare and 

safety are paramount. Post must always 

be informed in the event that a NSLI– 

Y participant is involved in civil or 

criminal police matters. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Cooperative 

Agreement. ECA’s level of involvement 

in this program is listed under number 

I above. 

Fiscal Year Funds: 2011 (pending 

availability of funds). 

Approximate Total Funding: 

$9,000,000. 

Approximate Number of Awards: 1. 

Approximate Average Award: 

$9,000,000. 

Anticipated Award Date: Pending 

availability of funds, July 2011. 

Anticipated Project Completion Date: 

December 31, 2013. 

Additional Information 

Pending successful implementation of 

this program and the availability of 

funds in subsequent fiscal years, it is 

ECA’s intent to renew this cooperative 

agreement for two additional fiscal 

years, before openly competing it again. 

III. Eligibility Information 

III.1. Eligible applicants: Applications 

may 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). 

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 

maximum levels of cost sharing and 

funding in support of its programs. 

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 

agreement. Cost sharing may be in the 

form of allowable direct or indirect 

costs. For accountability, you must 

maintain written records to support all 

costs which are claimed as your 

contribution, 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 you do not 

provide the minimum amount of cost 

sharing as stipulated in the approved 

budget, ECA’s contribution will be 

reduced in like proportion. 

III.3. Other Eligibility Requirements 

III.3a. Guidelines: Bureau cooperative 

agreement/grant guidelines require that 

organizations with less than four years 

experience in conducting international 

exchanges be limited to $60,000 in 

Bureau funding. ECA anticipates 

making one award, in an amount up to 

$9,000,000, to support administrative 

and program costs required to 

implement this exchange program. 

Therefore, organizations with less than 

four years experience in conducting 

international exchanges are ineligible to 

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apply to ECA under this competition. 

Applicants should demonstrate 

extensive experience in administering 

exchange programs for secondary school 

students in compliance with Federal 

regulations. The Bureau encourages 

applicants to provide maximum levels 

of cost sharing and funding in support 

of its programs. 

III.3a.1. Sub-Awards: In proposing 

sub-award implementing organizations, 

the applicant must demonstrate the 

capacity, experience and expertise of 

the proposed sub-award implementing 

organizations in the particular language 

and country/location where the 

language program is proposed. ECA 

anticipates that applicants will propose 

multiple organizations as sub-award 

implementing organizations to 

implement overseas language programs 

because of the scope, language 

acquisition focus and geographic 

breadth of the programs to be 

implemented under this cooperative 

agreement. This is encouraged to 

strengthen the award recipient’s 

capacity for each of the seven languages 

across the various countries/locations in 

which NSLI–Y programs are to be 

implemented. Each U.S.-based 

implementing organization must exhibit 

an established effective relationship 

with the overseas implementing 

organization to guide, direct, influence, 

manage and monitor each overseas 

language program (and the overseas 

institutional partner implementing it, 

where relevant) so that it meets the 

NSLI–Y goals. It is the award recipient, 

however, that must be fully responsible 

for the oversight, monitoring and 

management of sub-award 

implementing organizations. Further 

information on sub-agreements is 

provided in the OMB Circulars 

referenced in Section VI.2. 

III.3b. Technical Eligibility: All 

proposals must comply with the 

following or they will result in the 

proposal being declared technically 

ineligible and given no further 

consideration in the review process: 

III.3b.1. Commitment: Proposal 

narratives must demonstrate a 

commitment to short and long duration 

overseas language programs which must 

begin no earlier than June 2012 and end 

no later than June 2013. 

III.3b.2. Monitoring Plan: Proposals 

must detail methods for monitoring 

NSLI–Y participant safety and welfare 

while on program, as well as plans to 

provide on-program support to NSLI–Y 

participants. 

III.3b.3. Per Capita Costs: Proposals 

must cap per participant costs for short 

duration programs at $11,000 and for 

long duration programs at $21,500. This 

approximate cap may change over the 

life of the cooperative agreement, 

contingent upon ECA concurrence. 

III.3b.4. Assessment: Proposals must 

identify the use of a standardized and 

recognized language assessment tool, 

subject to ECA approval, to assist with 

participant placement into the 

appropriate level of language classes in 

overseas programs and to evaluate the 

language gain by individual scholarship 

recipients. 

III.3b.5. Letters of Commitment: 

Proposals must identify and include 

letters of commitment for all 

implementing organizations for all 

seven languages with proposed overseas 

language institutions identified and the 

proposed language levels to be taught at 

each. A letter of commitment from the 

proposed overseas language 

institution(s) should be included. The 

sole exception exists in the event that 

the award recipient determines that it 

unexpectedly cannot meet overseas 

program capacity outlined in this RFGP 

with the sub-award implementing 

organizations identified in its proposal. 

The award recipient may propose the 

addition of implementing 

organization(s), subject to ECA’s 

approval. 

III.3b.6. Letter of Acknowledgment: 

Proposals should include a letter of 

acknowledgment from the relevant 

overseas post Public Affairs Section 

(U.S. embassy/consulate, also known as 

‘‘post,’’ in whose district the proposed 

program will take place.) When 

requesting a letter of acknowledgment 

from post, the award recipient must: 

(1) Language Program Location: 

Identify the location (city) in which the 

language program is proposed to take 

place; 

(2) Language Provider(s)/ 

Institution(s): Identify the proposed 

language provider(s)/institution(s); 

(3) Participant Numbers: Specify the 

proposed number of participants to be 

programmed in a particular location; 

(4) Program Duration: Specify the 

proposed duration; and 

(5) Accommodations: Describe the 

proposed accommodations. 

III.3b.7. Proposal Submissions: 

Eligible applicants may not submit more 

than one proposal in this competition. 

Please note: Applicant organizations are 

defined by their legal name, DUNS and EIN 

number as stated on their completed SF–424 

and additional supporting documentation 

outlined in the Proposal Submission 

Instructions (PSI) document. 

III.3b.8. Sub-Award Proposal 

Submissions: Eligible sub-award 

implementing organizations may not be 

included in more than one proposal in 

this competition. Please note: Applicant 

organizations are defined by their legal 

name, DUNS number and EIN number 

as stated on their completed SF–424 and 

additional supporting documentation 

outlined in the Proposal Submission 

Instructions (PSI) document. 

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 NSLI–Y Program 

Specialist, Linda Beach, at ECA/PE/C/ 

PY, U.S. Department of State, SA–5, 3– 

H11, 2200 C St., NW., Washington, DC 

20037, telephone: 202–632–6414 or 

beachlf@state.gov to request a 

Solicitation Package. Please refer to the 

Funding Opportunity Number ECA/PE/ 

C/PY–11–03 located at the top of this 

announcement when making your 

request. 

Alternatively, an electronic 

application package may be obtained 

from grants.gov. Please see section IV.3f 

for further information. 

The Solicitation Package contains the 

PSI document which consists of 

required application forms, and 

standard guidelines for proposal 

preparation. It also contains the Project 

Objectives, Goals and Implementation 

(POGI) document, which provides 

specific information, award criteria and 

budget instructions tailored to this 

competition. 

Please specify Linda Beach, NSLI–Y 

Program Specialist, and refer to the 

Funding Opportunity Number ECA/PE/ 

C/PY–11–03 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/grants/ 

open2.html, or from the Grants.gov Web 

site at http://www.grants.gov. 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 ten copies of the 

application should be submitted per the 

instructions under IV.3f. ‘‘Application 

Deadline and Methods of Submission’’ 

section below. 

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IV.3a. DUNS Number: 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 ninedigit 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. Proposal Contents: All 

proposals must contain an executive 

summary, proposal narrative and 

budget. 

Please Refer to the Solicitation 

Package. It contains the mandatory PSI 

document and the POGI document for 

additional formatting and technical 

requirements. 

IV.3c. CCR Registration, DUNS 

Number, Non-Profit Status and Other 

Documentation: All Federal award 

recipients and sub-recipients must 

maintain current registrations in the 

Central Contractor Registration (CCR) 

database and have a Dun and Bradstreet 

Data Universal Numbering System 

(DUNS) number. Recipients and subrecipients must maintain accurate and 

up-to-date information in the CCR until 

all program and financial activity and 

reporting have been completed. All 

entities must review and update the 

information at least annually after the 

initial registration and more frequently 

if required information changes or 

another award is granted. 

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 

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 program reporting 

requirements, award recipients will also 

be required to submit a one-page 

document, derived from their program 

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. 

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. Proposal Narrative: 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. While 

outbound American program 

participants do not receive J visas and 

are, therefore, not governed by J visa 

regulations, ECA monitors the award 

recipient’s compliance with established 

standards that parallel J visa regulations 

for inbound academic year participants. 

These regulations are found in 22 CFR 

62.25. Therefore, proposals should 

demonstrate and explicitly state in 

writing the applicant’s capacity and 

willingness to meet all relevant 

requirements that parallel the 

administration of the Exchange Visitor 

Programs as set forth in 22 CFR part 62, 

including the screening and selection of 

program participants; provision of prearrival information and orientation to 

participants; regular monthly 

monitoring of participants; 

identification of, reference checking for, 

orientation of and regular contact with 

host families; proper maintenance and 

security of forms, record-keeping, 

reporting; and other requirements. 

A copy of the complete regulations 

governing the administration of 

Exchange Visitor (J) programs is 

available at http://exchanges.state.gov 

or from: Office of Designation, Private 

Sector Programs Division, U.S. 

Department of State, ECA/EC/D/PS, 

SA–5, 5th Floor, 2200 C Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20037. 

Please refer to Solicitation Package for 

further information. 

IV.3d.2. Diversity, Freedom and 

Democracy Guidelines 

Pursuant to the Bureau’s authorizing 

legislation, programs 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. 

Proposals that address and encourage 

the participation of traditionally 

underserved audiences in all 

institutional and individual award 

programs and other program activities 

will be favorably reviewed. These 

audiences include, but are not limited 

to, women, racial and ethnic minorities, 

people living in underserved geographic 

locations, religious minorities, people of 

lower socio-economic status and people 

with disabilities. Applicants are 

strongly encouraged to adhere to the 

advancement of this principle both in 

program administration and in program 

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 program contents, to 

the fullest extent deemed feasible. 

Special Note on Diversity: It is a goal 

of the Department to ensure that all 

funded programs reflect the diversity of 

American Society. Proposals must 

describe plans to promote this goal 

across all program components and 

describe the way in which the applicant 

will encourage diversity in participant 

selection. Proposals should ensure that 

special efforts are made to recruit 

participants from underserved 

populations and locales. Selection 

should reflect a preference for qualified 

candidates who have not already 

studied overseas and who might not 

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otherwise be able to study abroad were 

it not for the scholarship opportunity. 

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 the proposal 

include a draft survey questionnaire or 

other instrument plus a description of a 

methodology used to link outcomes to 

original project objectives. The Bureau 

expects that the recipient organization 

will monitor participants and be able to 

respond to key evaluation questions, 

including satisfaction with the program, 

language acquisition and cultural 

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 language acquisition and 

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. 

The evaluation plan should include a 

description of the project’s objectives, 

anticipated project outcomes, and how 

and when these outcomes (performance 

indicators) will be measured. 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. Please also show how the 

project objectives link to the goals and 

objectives of the program, as described 

in this RFGP. 

The 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 and 

objectives 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 language 

acquisition, substantive (subjectspecific) 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 

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 the monitoring 

and evaluation plan will be judged on 

how well it: 

(1) Outcomes: Specifies intended 

outcomes; 

(2) How Outcomes are Measured: 

Gives clear descriptions of how each 

outcome will be measured; 

(3) When Outcomes are Measured: 

Identifies when particular outcomes 

will be measured; and 

(4) Strategy: 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, quarterly 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. 

The NSLI–Y program uses the 

Bureau’s E–Goals system for evaluation 

and additional guidance on its use is 

located in the POGI. 

Program monitoring includes 

participant monitoring, which focuses 

specifically on ensuring participants’ 

health, safety and welfare throughout 

the duration of the overseas program. 

Proposals must include a plan to 

monitor the participants’ safety and 

welfare that parallels the standards for 

J1 visa regulations for inbound 

academic year participants found in 22 

CFR 62.25. They must also include a 

plan to monitor and report on the NSLI– 

Y participants’ successes, including 

language acquisition, both as the 

activities unfold and at the end of the 

program. The Bureau recommends that 

the proposal include a draft survey 

questionnaire or other technique and a 

description of the methodology that will 

be used to monitor participants’ health, 

safety and welfare. The Bureau expects 

that the award recipient will monitor 

NSLI–Y participants and be able to 

respond to key participant monitoring 

questions throughout the period of the 

cooperative agreement. 

IV.3e. Proposal Budget: Please take 

the following information into 

consideration when preparing your 

budget: 

IV.3e.1. Comprehensive Budget: 

Applicants must submit SF–424A— 

‘‘Budget Information—Non-Construction 

Programs’’ along with a comprehensive 

budget for the entire program. The 

budget request may not exceed 

$9,000,000 and must clearly indicate the 

proposed number of participants for 

each of the seven languages and 

proposed countries/locations, in 

accordance with the guidelines in the 

POGI, for the first year of this 

potentially three year cooperative 

agreement. There must be a summary 

budget that reflects a breakdown of both 

administrative and program budgets. 

Applicants may provide separate subbudgets for each program component, 

phase, location, or activity to provide 

clarification. Detailed budgets of 

proposed sub-award recipients should 

also be included. 

Please refer to the Solicitation 

Package (POGI and/or PSI) for complete 

budget guidelines and formatting 

instructions. 

IV.3f. Application Deadline and 

Methods of Submission 

Application Deadline Date: March 24, 

2011. 

Reference Number: ECA/PE/C/PY– 

11–03. 

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, Airborne 

Express, 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 above 

Reference Number in Box 11 on the SF– 

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424 contained in the mandatory 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’’. 

The original and ten (10) copies of the 

application should be sent to: Program 

Management Division, ECA–IIP/EX/PM, 

Ref.: ECA/PE/C/PY–11–03, SA–5, Floor 

4, Department of State, 2200 C Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20037. 

Applicants submitting hard-copy 

applications must also submit the 

‘‘Executive Summary,’’ ‘‘Proposal 

Narrative,’’ ‘‘Budget,’’ and ‘‘Budget 

Narrative’’ sections of the proposal in 

Microsoft Word and Excel format on 

CD–ROM to the program officer Lisa 

Wishman at wishmanlb@state.gov. As 

appropriate, the Bureau will provide 

these files electronically to Public 

Affairs Section(s) at the U.S. 

embassy(ies)/consulate(s) 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 note: ECA bears no responsibility 

for applicant timeliness of submission or data 

errors resulting from transmission or 

conversion processes for proposals submitted 

via Grants.gov. 

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 extensive 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. 

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. 

IV.3f.3. Proposal Submission: 

Applicants may not submit more than 

one proposal in this competition. Subaward implementing organizations may 

not be included in more than one 

proposal in this competition. Please 

note: Applicant organizations are 

defined by their legal name, and EIN 

number as stated on their completed 

SF–424 and additional supporting 

documentation outlined in the Proposal 

Submission Instructions (PSI) 

document. 

IV.3g. Intergovernmental Review of 

Applications: Executive Order 12372 

does not apply to this program. 

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, regional bureaus and 

Public Affairs/Diplomacy sections 

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 

cooperative agreements 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 

planning: Proposals should exhibit 

originality, substance, precision, and 

relevance to the Bureau’s mission and 

the purposes outlined in this 

solicitation. A detailed agenda and 

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relevant work plan should demonstrate 

the ability to ensure that the proposed 

project accomplishes the stated goals 

and objectives in the desired time frame. 

Proposals should demonstrate how 

participants will be recruited, selected, 

monitored, tested (before and after their 

overseas program) and presented with 

continuing language learning 

opportunities. Proposals should address 

the ways in which the award recipient 

and its implementing organizations will 

prepare and orient overseas language 

instructors for the unique challenges of 

teaching their native language to 

American high school students. 

Proposals should identify proposed 

language learning institutions and 

locations, address both in-class formal 

and out-of-class applied language 

learning and ensure that all 

enhancement activities (cultural 

excursions, guest lectures, guided 

internships, extra-curricular activities 

and volunteer projects) reinforce 

participant’s language skills through 

authentic language practice and use. 

(2) Ability to achieve program goals 

and project objectives: Proposals should 

clearly demonstrate an understanding of 

the program goals and project objectives 

and how the institution will achieve 

them through objectives that are 

reasonable, feasible and flexible (as 

stated in the ‘‘Purpose’’ section of this 

document under the four NSLI–Y goals 

and the three project objectives.) A 

detailed agenda and relevant work plan 

should demonstrate organizational 

competency and logistical capacity. The 

agenda and plan should adhere to the 

program overview, timetable and 

guidelines described in this solicitation. 

The substance of the language 

instruction and the exchange activities 

should be described in detail and 

included as an attachment. The 

responsibilities, capacity and expertise 

of implementing organizations should 

be clearly delineated. 

(3) Support of Diversity: Proposals 

should demonstrate substantive support 

of the Bureau’s policy on diversity in all 

program aspects including but not 

limited to participants, host families, 

resident directors/group leaders, 

overseas peers, language instructors and 

overseas program venues. Achievable 

and relevant features should be cited in 

both program administration (selection 

of participants, program venue and 

program evaluation) and program 

content (orientations, program meetings, 

resource materials and alumni 

activities). Please note that special effort 

should be made to recruit qualified 

candidates from underserved 

populations and locales. Selection 

should reflect a preference for qualified 

candidates who have not already 

studied overseas and who might not 

otherwise be able to study abroad were 

it not for this scholarship opportunity. 

Proposals that articulate a diversity 

plan—not just a statement of 

compliance—will be more favorably 

reviewed. 

(4) Institution’s Record/Institutional 

Capacity: Proposed personnel and 

institutional resources should be 

adequate and appropriate to achieve the 

program or project’s goals and objectives 

in a timely, professional and transparent 

fashion. Reviewers will assess the 

applicant and its implementing 

organizations to determine whether they 

offer adequate resources, expertise, 

experience and management of overseas 

relationships to fulfill program goals 

and objectives. The roles of the award 

recipient and implementing 

organizations should be clearly defined. 

Proposals should demonstrate an 

institutional record of successful 

language-focused exchange programs, 

including responsible fiscal 

management and full compliance with 

all reporting requirements for past 

Bureau awards (grants or cooperative 

agreements) as determined by Bureau 

Grants Staff. The Bureau will consider 

the past performance of prior recipients 

and the demonstrated potential of new 

applicants. 

(5) Participant Monitoring: Proposals 

must include a detailed monitoring plan 

for NSLI–Y participants. Given the 

importance the Bureau places on this 

criterion, the narrative should include 

sufficient explanation about how it will 

achieve the Bureau’s goals in regard to 

monitoring. Appendices may be used to 

house additional details and supporting 

documentation. 

(6) Follow-on Activities: Proposals 

should provide a plan for continued 

contact with alumni to ensure that they 

are tracked over time, utilized and/or 

organized as alumni, and provided 

opportunities to reinforce the 

knowledge and skills acquired on the 

NSLI–Y program. Proposals should 

provide a strategy for maximizing the 

opportunities for alumni to further their 

study of the target language and culture 

of the host country, presenting plans 

that are within the context of the 

cooperative agreement (with the Bureau 

financial support) and after its 

completion (without the Bureau’s 

financial support). Creative, ageappropriate plans for NSLI–Y alumni 

who do not have access to their target 

language through their high school to 

continue their language acquisition will 

be favorably reviewed as will those 

proposals that encourage NSLI–Y 

alumni to continue language 

acquisition, particularly—although not 

exclusively—through other U.S.G. 

supported programs. 

(7) Project Evaluation: Proposals 

should include a plan to evaluate the 

program’s successes and challenges, 

both as the activities unfold and at the 

end of the program. The evaluation plan 

should also address the methodology to 

assess individual participants’ language 

acquisition and show clear linkages 

between program goals/objectives and 

expected outcomes. 

(8) Cost-effectiveness/Cost-sharing: 

Reviewers will analyze the budget for 

clarity and cost-effectiveness. They will 

also assess the rationale of the proposed 

budget and whether the allocation of 

funds is appropriate to complete tasks 

outlined in the project narrative. The 

overhead and administrative 

components of the proposal, including 

salaries and honoraria, should be kept 

as low as possible. While lower ‘‘per 

participant’’ figures will be favorably 

viewed, the Bureau expects all figures to 

be realistic. Proposals should maximize 

cost-sharing through other private sector 

support as well as institutional direct 

funding contributions. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

VI.1. 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 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. 

Unsuccessful applicants will receive 

notification of the results of the 

application review from the ECA 

program office coordinating this 

competition. 

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’’. 

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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 

Please reference 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 two copies 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. The Program Office requests 

that the award recipient submit 

Attachment B on program indicators, 

Attachment E on activities based on 

expenditures and Attachment F on 

program/project management; 

(4) Quarterly program and financial 

reports which should include 

information on the program plan and 

program results to date, an analysis of 

evaluation findings and the quantitative 

and qualitative data you have available. 

The financial report must be submitted 

on the FFR form; and 

(5) The award recipient must also be 

prepared to respond to additional 

Bureau requests for information and 

documents in a timely and effective 

manner. 

Award recipients will be required to 

provide reports analyzing their 

evaluation findings to the Bureau in 

their regular program reports. (Please 

refer to Section IV, Application and 

Submission Instruction (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. 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: Lisa Bess 

Wishman, NSLI–Y Program Officer, 

Bureau of Education and Cultural 

Affairs, Office of Citizen Exchanges, 

Youth Programs Division, ECA/PE/C/ 

PY, ECA/PE/C/PY–11–03, U.S. 

Department of State, SA–5, 3–F16, 2200 

C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037, 

Telephone: 202–632–6082; Fax: 202– 

632–9355; e-mail: 

WishmanLB@state.gov. 

All correspondence with the Bureau 

concerning this RFGP should reference 

the above title and number ECA/PE/C/ 

PY–11–03. 

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. ECA 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: January 21, 2011. 

Ann Stock, 

Assistant Secretary for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2011–1786 Filed 1–26–11; 8:45 am] 

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[Public Notice: 7309] 

Culturally Significant Object Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Gentile 

Bellini: Portrait of Caterina Cornaro, 

Queen of Cyprus’’ 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: Pursuant to 

the authority vested in me by the Act of 

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 

2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 

27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 

2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et 

seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 

October 1, 1999, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000, 

I hereby determine that the object to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Gentile 

Bellini: Portrait of Caterina Cornaro, 

Queen of Cyprus,’’ imported from 

abroad for temporary exhibition within 

the United States, is of cultural 

significance. The object is imported 

pursuant to a loan agreement with the 

foreign owner or custodian. I also 

determine that the exhibition or display 

of the exhibit object at the Metropolitan 

Museum of Art, New York, New York, 

from on or about August 2, 2011, until 

on or about August 7, 2011, and at 

possible additional exhibitions or 

venues yet to be determined, is in the 

national interest. I have ordered that 

Public Notice of these Determinations 

be published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a 

description of the exhibit object, contact 

Paul W. Manning, Attorney-Adviser, 

Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. 

Department of State (telephone: 202– 

632–6469). The mailing address is U.S. 

Department of State, SA–5, L/PD, Fifth 

Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, DC 

20522–0505. 

Dated: January 20, 2011. 

Ann Stock, 

Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational 

and Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2011–1787 Filed 1–26–11; 8:45 am] 

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