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Dated: January 23, 2007. 

Margaret Spellings, 

Secretary of Education. 

[FR Doc. E7–1354 Filed 1–26–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Postsecondary Education; 

Overview Information; American 

Overseas Research Centers Program; 

Notice Inviting Applications for New 

Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.274A. 

Dates: Applications Available: 

January 29, 2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 15, 2007. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: May 14, 2007. 

Eligible Applicants: Any American 

overseas research center that is a 

consortium of United States institutions 

of higher education that (1) Receives 

more than 50 percent of their funding 

from public or private United States 

sources; (2) has a permanent presence in 

the country in which the center is 

located; and (3) is an organization 

described in section 501(c)(3) of the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986, which is 

exempt from taxation under section 

501(a) of the Code. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration has requested 

$1,150,000 for the American Overseas 

Research Centers Program for FY 2007, 

which we intend to use for new awards. 

The actual level of funding, if any, 

depends on final congressional action. 

However, we are inviting applications to 

allow enough time to complete the grant 

process if Congress appropriates funds 

for this program. 

Estimated Range of Awards: $42,000–

$130,000 per year. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$82,143. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 14. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 48 months. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The American 

Overseas Research Centers (AORC) 

Program provides grants to any 

American overseas research center that 

is a consortium of United States 

institutions of higher education to 

enable the center to promote 

postgraduate research, exchanges, and 

area studies. AORC grants may be used 

to pay all or a portion of the cost of 

establishing or operating a center or 

program, including the cost of operation 

and maintenance of overseas facilities; 

the cost of organizing and managing 

conferences; the cost of teaching and 

research materials; the cost of 

acquisition, maintenance, and 

preservation of library collections; the 

cost of bringing visiting scholars and 

faculty to the center to teach or to 

conduct research; the cost of faculty and 

staff stipends and salaries; the cost of 

faculty, staff, and student travel; and the 

cost of publication and dissemination of 

material for the scholarly and general 

public. 

Priorities: In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(i), we are particularly 

interested in applications that meet the 

following invitational priorities. 

Invitational Priorities: For FY 2007 

these priorities are invitational 

priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we 

do not give an application that meets 

these priorities a competitive or 

absolute preference over other 

applications. 

These priorities are: 

Invitational Priority 1: Projects that 

propose to establish new or to maintain 

existing overseas immersion language 

study programs to enhance advanced 

language training to students, faculty, 

and postgraduate researchers. 

Invitational Priority 2: Applications 

that propose to establish new or to 

maintain existing centers in countries 

where the following critical languages 

are spoken: Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, 

Korean, and Russian, as well as the 

Indic, Iranian, and Turkic language 

families. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1128a. 

Applicable Regulations: The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 

85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR Part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

only. 

Note: The AORC Program does not have 

program specific regulations; therefore, 

applicants are directed to the authorizing 

statute, section 609 of part A, title VI of the 

Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, 

20 U.S.C. 1128a. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration has requested 

$1,150,000 for the American Overseas 

Research Centers Program for FY 2007, 

which we intend to use for new awards. 

The actual level of funding, if any, 

depends on final congressional action. 

However, we are inviting applications to 

allow enough time to complete the grant 

process if Congress appropriates funds 

for this program. 

Estimated Range of Awards: $42,000–

$130,000 per year. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$82,143. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 14. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 48 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Any American 

overseas research center that is a 

consortium of United States institutions 

of higher education that (1) Receives 

more than 50 percent of their funding 

from public or private United States 

sources; (2) has a permanent presence in 

the country in which the center is 

located; and (3) is an organization 

described in section 501(c)(3) of the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986, which is 

exempt from taxation under section 

501(a) of the Code. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not involve cost sharing 

or matching. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Cheryl E. Gibbs, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., suite 6083, Washington, DC 

20006–8521. Telephone: (202) 502–7634 

or by e-mail: cheryl.gibbs@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain a copy of the application package 

in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, 

large print, audiotape, or computer 


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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 and instructions 

for this program. Page Limit: The 

program narrative is where you, the 

applicant, address the selection criteria 

that reviewers use to evaluate your 

application. You must limit the section 

of the narrative that addresses the 

selection criteria to the equivalent of no 

more than 25 pages, using the following 

standards: 

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

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

and both sides. Page numbers and an 

identifier may be outside of the 1′′ 

margin. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, except titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions. Charts, tables, 

figures, and graphs in the application 

narrative may be single spaced and will 

count toward the page limit. 

• Use a font that is either 12-point or 

larger or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). However, you may 

use a 10-point font in charts, tables, 

figures, and graphs. 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New or Arial. Applications submitted in 

any other font (including Times Roman 

and Arial Narrow) will be rejected. 

• The page limit does not apply to 

Part I, the Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF–424); the supplemental 

information form required by the 

Department of Education; Part II, the 

budget information summary form (ED 

Form 524); and Part IV, the assurances 

and certifications. The page limit also 

does not apply to a table of contents. If 

you include any attachments or 

appendices not specifically requested, 

these items will be counted as part of 

the program narrative (Part III) for 

purposes of the page limit requirement. 

You must include your complete 

response to the selection criteria in the 

program narrative. 

We will reject your application if: 

• You apply these standards and 

exceed the page limit; or 

• You apply other standards and 

exceed the equivalent of the page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: January 29, 

2007. Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 15, 2007. 

Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov). For information 

(including dates and times) about how 

to submit your application 

electronically or by mail or hand 

delivery if you qualify for an exception 

to the electronic submission 

requirement, please refer to Section IV. 

6. Other submission Requirements in 

this notice. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: May 14, 2007. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to the requirements 

of Executive Order 12372 and the 

regulations in 34 CFR Part 79. 

Information about Intergovernmental 

Review of Federal Programs under 

Executive Order 12372 is in the 

application package for this program. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

the regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted 

electronically unless you qualify for an 

exception to this requirement in 

accordance with the instructions in this 

section. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. Applications for grants 

under the American Overseas Research 

Centers Program—CFDA Number 

84.274A must be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site at: http://www.grants.gov. 

Through this site, you will be able to 

download a copy of the application 

package, complete it offline, and then 

upload and submit your application. 

You may not e-mail an electronic copy 

of a grant application to us. 

We will reject your application if you 

submit it in paper format unless, as 

described elsewhere in this section, you 

qualify for one of the exceptions to the 

electronic submission requirement and 

submit, no later than two weeks before 

the application deadline date, a written 

statement to the Department that you 

qualify for one of these exceptions. 

Further information regarding 

calculation of the date that is two weeks 

before the application deadline date is 

provided later in this section under 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for the American Overseas 

Research Centers Program at: http:// 

www.grants.gov. You must search for 

the downloadable application package 

for this program by the CFDA number. 

Do not include the CFDA number’s 

alpha suffix in your search. 

Please note the following: 

• When you enter the Grants.gov site, 

you will find information about 

submitting an application electronically 

through the site, as well as the hours of 

operation. 

• Applications received by Grants.gov 

are time and date stamped. Your 

application must be fully uploaded and 

submitted, and must be date/time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system no 

later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, on the application deadline date. 

Except as otherwise noted in this 

section, we will not consider your 

application if it is date/time stamped by 

the Grants.gov system later than 4:30 

p.m., Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. When we 

retrieve your application from 

Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are 

rejecting your application because it 

was date/time stamped by the 

Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. 

• The amount of time it can take to 

upload an application will vary 

depending on a variety of factors 

including the size of the application and 

the speed of your Internet connection. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the submission 

process through Grants.gov. 

• You should review and follow the 

Education Submission Procedures for 

submitting an application through 

Grants.gov that are included in the 

application package for this program to 

ensure that you submit your application 

in a timely manner to the Grants.gov 

system. You can also find the Education 

Submission Procedures pertaining to 

Grants.gov at: http://e-Grants.ed.gov/ 

help/ 

GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf. 

• To submit your application via 

Grants.gov, you must complete all the 

steps in the Grants.gov registration 

process (see http://www.grants.gov/ 

applicants/get_registered.jsp). These 

steps include: (1) Registering your 

organization, (2) registering yourself as 

an Authorized Organization 

Representative (AOR), and (3) getting 

authorized as an AOR by your 

organization. Details on these steps are 

outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step 

Registration Guide (see http:// 

www.grants.gov/section910/ 

Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). 

You also must provide on your 

application the same D–U–N–S Number 

used with this registration. Please note 

that the registration process may take 

five or more business days to complete, 

and you must have completed all 

registration steps to allow you to 


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successfully submit an application via 

Grants.gov. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, as described 

elsewhere in this section, and submit 

your application in paper format. 

• You must submit all documents 

electronically including all information 

typically included on the Application 

for Federal Assistance (SF 424), Budget 

Information—Non-Construction 

Programs (ED 524), and all necessary 

assurances and certifications. You must 

attach any narrative sections of your 

application as files in a .DOC 

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

(Portable Document) format. If you 

upload a file type other than the three 

file types specified above or submit a 

password protected file, we will not 

review that material. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any page limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive an 

automatic acknowledgment from 

Grants.gov that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. The Department will 

retrieve your application from 

Grants.gov and send you a second 

confirmation by e-mail that will include 

a PR/Award number (an ED-specified 

identifying number unique to your 

application). 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on forms at a later 

date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of Technical Issues with the 

Grants.gov System: If you are prevented 

from electronically submitting your 

application on the application deadline 

date because of technical problems with 

the Grants.gov system, we will grant you 

an extension until 4:30 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, the following 

business day to enable you to transmit 

your application electronically, or by 

hand delivery. You also may mail your 

application by following the mailing 

instructions as described elsewhere in 

this notice. If you submit an application 

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

the deadline date, please contact either 

of the persons listed elsewhere in this 

notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT, and provide an explanation of 

the technical problem you experienced 

with Grants.gov, along with the 

Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number 

(if available). We will accept your 

application if we can confirm that a 

technical problem occurred with the 

Grants.gov system and that that problem 

affected your ability to submit your 

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

DC time, on the application deadline 

date. The Department will contact you 

after a determination is made on 

whether your application will be 

accepted. 

Note: Extensions referred to in this section 

apply only to the unavailability of or 

technical problems with the Grants.gov 

system. We will not grant you an extension 

if you failed to fully register to submit your 

application to Grants.gov before the deadline 

date and time; or, if the technical problem 

you experienced is unrelated to the 

Grants.gov system. 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement: You qualify for an 

exception to the electronic submission 

requirement, and may submit your 

application in paper format, if you are 

unable to submit an application through 

the Grants.gov system because—

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to the 

Grants.gov system; 

and 

• No later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date (14 calendar 

days or, if the fourteenth calendar day 

before the application deadline date 

falls on a Federal holiday, the next 

business day following the Federal 

holiday), you mail or fax a written 

statement to the Department, explaining 

which of the two grounds for an 

exception prevent you from using the 

Internet to submit your application. If 

you mail your written statement to the 

Department, it must be postmarked no 

later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date. If you fax 

your written statement to the 

Department, we must receive the faxed 

statement no later than two weeks 

before the application deadline date. 

Address and mail or fax your 

statement to: Cheryl E. Gibbs, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., Suite 6083, Washington, DC 

20006–8521. Fax: (202) 502–7860. 

Your paper application must be 

submitted in accordance with the mail 

or hand delivery instructions described 

in this notice. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

may mail (through the U.S. Postal 

Service or a commercial carrier) your 

application to the Department. You 

must mail the original and two copies 

of your application, on or before the 

application deadline date, to the 

Department at the applicable following 

address: 

By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, 

Attention: (CFDA Number 84.274A), 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

or 

By mail through a commercial carrier: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center—Stop 

4260, Attention: (CFDA Number 

84.274A), 7100 Old Landover Road, 

Landover, MD 20785–1506. 

Regardless of which address you use, 

you must show proof of mailing 

consisting of one of the following: 

(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 

postmark, 

(2) A legible mail receipt with the 

date of mailing stamped by the U.S. 

Postal Service, 

(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier, or 

(4) Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

If you mail your application through 

the U.S. Postal Service, we do not 

accept either of the following as proof 

of mailing: 

(1) A private metered postmark, or 

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

If your application is postmarked after 

the application deadline date, we will 

not consider your application. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, you should check 

with your local post office. 

c. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Hand Delivery. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

(or a courier service) may deliver your 

paper application to the Department by 

hand. You must deliver the original and 

two copies of your application, by hand, 

on or before the application deadline 

date, to the Department at the following 

address: U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.274A), 550 12th 

Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 8 

a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, except Saturdays, Sundays, and 

Federal holidays. 

Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper 

Applications: If you mail or hand deliver 

your application to the Department: 

(1) You must indicate on the envelope 

and—if not provided by the Department—in 

Item 11 of the Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF 424) the CFDA number—and 

suffix letter, if any—of the competition under 

which you are submitting your application. 


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(2) The Application Control Center will 

mail a grant application receipt 

acknowledgment to you. If you do not receive 

the grant application receipt 

acknowledgment within 15 business days 

from the application deadline date, you 

should call the U.S. Department of Education 

Application Control Center at (202) 245–

6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this program are from 34 CFR 

75.209(a) and 75.210, and are as 

follows—

Meets the purposes of the authorizing 

statute (20 points); Need for project (15 

points); Significance (10 points); Quality 

of the project design (15 points); Quality 

of project services (10 points); Quality of 

project personnel (10 points); Adequacy 

of resources (10 points); and Quality of 

the project evaluation (10 points). 

Additional information regarding these 

criteria is in the application package for 

this competition. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN). We may also notify you 

informally. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: At the end of your 

project period, you must submit a final 

performance report, including financial 

information, as directed by the 

Secretary. If you receive a multi-year 

award, you must submit an annual 

performance report that provides the 

most current performance and financial 

expenditure information as specified by 

the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118. 

Grantees are required to use the 

electronic data instrument Evaluation of 

Exchange, Language, International, and 

Area Studies (EELIAS) to complete the 

final report. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act (GPRA), the following measures will 

be used by the Department in assessing 

the performance of the American 

Overseas Research Centers Program: 

(1) The percent of projects judged to 

be successful by the program officer, 

based on a review of information 

provided in annual performance reports. 

The information provided by grantees in 

their performance reports submitted via 

EELIAS will be the source of data for 

this measure. 

(2) The percentage of scholars who 

indicated they were ‘‘highly satisfied’’

with the services the Center provided. 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cheryl E. Gibbs, International Education 

Programs Service, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., suite 

6083, Washington, DC 20006–8521. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7634 or by e-mail: 

cheryl.gibbs@ed.gov 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this document in an alternative 

format (e.g., Braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed in this section. 

VIII. Other Information 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You may 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 

Dated: January 24, 2007. 

James F. Manning, 

Delegated the Authority of the Assistant 

Secretary for Postsecondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 07–354 Filed 1–26–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[CFDA No. 84.031A] 

Strengthening Institutions Program 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to fund down 

the grant slate for the Strengthening 

Institutions Program. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary intends to use 

the grant slate developed for the 

Strengthening Institutions Program in 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 to make new grant 

awards in FY 2007. The Secretary takes 

this action because a significant number 

of high-quality applications remain on 

last year’s grant slate. The actual level 

of funding for the FY 2007 program, if 

any, depends on final Congressional 

action. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Maria E. Carrington, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th 

Floor, Washington, DC 20006–6450. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7548 or via 

Internet: maria.carrington@ed.gov 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this document in an alternative 

format (e.g., Braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the contact person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On May 19, 2006, we published a 

notice in the Federal Register (71 FR 

29130) inviting applications for new 

awards under the Strengthening 

Institutions Program. 

We received a significant number of 

applications for grants under the 

Strengthening Institutions Program in 

FY 2006 and made 34 new grants. 

Because such a large number of highquality applications were received, 

many applications that were awarded 

high scores by peer reviewers did not 

receive funding for FY 2006. 

Limited funding is available for new 

awards under this program in FY 2007. 

To conserve funding that would have 

been required for a peer review of new 

grant applications and use those funds 

to support grant activities, we will select 

grantees in FY 2007 from the existing 

slate of applicants. This slate was 

developed during the FY 2006 

competition using the selection criteria, 

application requirements, and 

definitions referenced in the May 19, 


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