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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For the 

purpose of providing individuals who 

are blind with remunerative 

employment, enlarging their economic 

opportunities, and stimulating greater 

efforts to make themselves selfsupporting, the Randolph-Sheppard 

Act, 20 U.S.C. 107 et seq. (Act), 

authorizes individuals who are blind to 

operate vending facilities on Federal 

property and provides them with a 

priority for doing so. The vending 

facilities include, among other things, 

cafeterias, snack bars, and automatic 

vending machines. The Department 

administers the Act and designates an 

agency in each State—the State 

Licensing Agency (SLA)—to license 

individuals who are blind to operate 

vending facilities on Federal and other 

property in the State. 

The Act requires arbitration of 

disputes between SLAs and vendors 

who are blind and between SLAs and 

Federal agencies before three-person 

panels convened by the Department 

whose decisions constitute final agency 

action. 20 U.S.C. 107d–1. The Act also 

makes these decisions matters of public 

record and requires their publication in 

the Federal Register. 20 U.S.C. 107d– 

2(c). 

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text of the decisions listed would be 

available on the Department’s website or 

by request (see 82 FR 41941). 

In the fourth quarter of 2017, 

Randolph-Sheppard arbitration panels 

issued the following decision. 

Case name Docket No. Date State 

Phyliss P. Davis v. Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency ........................................................ R–S/15–14 11/21/17 Georgia. 

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Dated: July 25, 2018. 

Johnny W. Collett, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16243 Filed 7–27–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Graduate Assistance in Areas of 

National Need 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

is issuing a notice inviting applications 

for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2018 

for the Graduate Assistance in Areas of 

National Need (GAANN) Program, 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) number 84.200A. 

DATES: Applications Available: July 30, 

2018. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: August 29, 2018. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: September 28, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: For the addresses for 

obtaining and submitting an 

application, please refer to our Common 

Instructions for Applicants to 

Department of Education Discretionary 

Grant Programs, published in the 

Federal Register on February 12, 2018 

(83 FR 6003) and available at 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-12/ 

pdf/2018-02558.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Ell, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 268–04, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 453–6348. Email: 

OPE_GAANN_Program@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), contact the Federal 

Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800– 

877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The GAANN 

Program provides grants to academic 

departments and programs of 

institutions of higher education (IHEs) 

to support graduate fellowships for 

students with excellent academic 

records who demonstrate financial need 

and plan to pursue the highest degree 

available in their course of study at the 

institution. 

Background: In accordance with 

section 712(b) of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. 

1135a), the Secretary designates areas of 

national need following a required 

consultation. Four broad areas have 

been identified as national needs: 

1. Computer and Information 

Sciences: Cybersecurity, secure 

computer programming, and artificial 

intelligence. 

2. Rebuilding the Nation’s 

Infrastructure: The Administration’s 

Legislative Outline for Rebuilding 

Infrastructure in America 1 identifies a 

need for public and private investment 

in rebuilding the Nation’s infrastructure. 

To meet this goal, the Nation needs to 

expand the prepared workforce to 

ensure timely planning, delivery, and 

inspection of infrastructure projects. 

Therefore, there is a national need to 

increase the number of professional 

engineers able to facilitate a wide range 

of infrastructure projects. 

3. National Civic Literacy: Studies of 

American adults’ knowledge of 

American history and institutions have 

demonstrated low levels of knowledge 

and that ‘‘greater civic knowledge 

trumps a college degree as the leading 

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2National Civic Literacy Board (2011). 

Enlightened Citizenship: How Civic Knowledge 

Trumps a College Degree in Promoting Active Civic 

Engagement. Available at: 

www.americancivicliteracy.org/2011/summary_

summary.html. 

engagement.’’ 2 In order to improve civic 

engagement, Americans need a clear 

understanding of American history and 

the Western traditions that gave rise to 

the American Republic. 

4. Workforce Development: The 

Nation needs innovative solutions that 

enable individuals to gain the 

knowledge and skills necessary to meet 

workforce demands through shorterterm programs that align with the needs 

of employers. Professional Science 

Master’s (PSM) degrees provide such a 

solution within graduate education. To 

better meet the Nation’s needs in 

computer and information sciences and 

in engineering, PSM programs are 

included as terminal degree programs 

chosen for these areas in this 

competition. 

Priority: This competition includes 

one absolute priority. In accordance 

with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii), this 

priority is from the regulations for this 

program (34 CFR 648.33(a) and 

Appendix to part 648—Academic 

Areas). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2018 and 

any subsequent year for which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applications from this competition, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

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

applications that meet this priority. 

The absolute priority is: 

Graduate Assistance in Areas of 

National Need. 

A project must provide fellowships in 

one or more of the following areas of 

national need, in an interdisciplinary 

program of study involving at least two 

of these areas, or for a multidisciplinary 

project. A multidisciplinary project is 

one that requests fellowships for more 

than a single academic department in 

one or more of the following areas, and 

in which each department’s program of 

study is independent. 

A. For the following academic areas, 

the project must provide fellowships for 

programs that lead either to a PSM 

degree or a doctoral degree. 

1. Computer and Information 

Sciences. A degree or a degree with 

specialization in one or more of the 

following areas: 

• Cybersecurity (the interdiscipline of 

‘‘Computer and Information Sciences, 

General’’ and ‘‘Computer Systems 

Analysis’’). 

• Secure computer programming (the 

interdiscipline of ‘‘Computer and 

Information Sciences, General’’ and 

‘‘Computer Programming’’). 

• Artificial Intelligence (the 

interdiscipline of ‘‘Computer 

Programming,’’ ‘‘Information Sciences 

and Systems,’’ and ‘‘Computer 

Engineering’’). 

2. Professional Engineering. A degree 

or a degree with specialization in one or 

more of the following areas: 

• Aerospace, Aeronautical, and 

Astronautical Engineering. 

• Architectural Engineering. 

• Chemical Engineering. 

• Civil Engineering. 

• Computer Engineering. 

• Electrical, Electronic, and 

Communications Engineering. 

• Industrial/Manufacturing 

Engineering. 

• Mechanical Engineering. 

• Naval Architecture and Marine 

Engineering. 

• Petroleum Engineering. 

• Systems Engineering. 

• Engineering Design. 

• Engineering/Industrial 

Management. 

• Materials Science. 

• Polymer/Plastics Engineering. 

B. For the following academic areas, 

the project must provide fellowships to 

students who plan to pursue the highest 

possible degree available in their course 

of study at the institution in a program 

that provides a master’s degree, 

professional degree, or other postbaccalaureate degree in, or a doctorate 

that includes, one or more of the 

following specializations: 

• American Political Development, 

Foundations of Western Civilization, 

American History and Institutions, or 

the American Founding (subsets of 

‘‘Area Studies’’). 

• Constitutional Law (a subset of 

‘‘Law and Legal Studies’’). 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1135. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR 

parts 75, 77, 79, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98, and 

99. (b) The Office of Management and 

Budget Guidelines to Agencies on 

Governmentwide Debarment and 

Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR 

part 180, as adopted and amended as 

regulations of the Department in 2 CFR 

part 3485. (c) The Uniform 

Administrative Requirements, Cost 

Principles, and Audit Requirements for 

Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as 

adopted and amended as regulations of 

the Department in 2 CFR part 3474. (d) 

The regulations for this program in 34 

CFR part 648. 

Note: The open licensing requirement in 2 

CFR 3474.20 does not apply for this program. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except federally 

recognized Indian Tribes. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to IHEs only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants, 

including funds redistributed as 

graduate fellowships to individual 

fellows. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$18,357,000. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards in 

subsequent years from the list of 

unfunded applications from this 

competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$149,250–$398,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$248,750. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 74. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 36 months. 

Stipend Level: For the 2018–19 

academic year, the institution must pay 

the fellow a stipend at a level of support 

equal to that provided by the National 

Science Foundation Graduate Research 

Fellowship Program, except that this 

amount must be adjusted as necessary 

so as not to exceed the fellow’s 

demonstrated level of financial need as 

stated under part F of title IV of the 

Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

amended. 

Institutional Payment: For the 2018– 

19 academic year, the institutional 

payment is $15,750 per fellow. This 

amount was determined by adjusting 

the previous academic year’s 

institutional payment of $15,426 per 

fellow by the U.S. Department of Labor’s 

Consumer Price Index for the 2017 

calendar year. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: 

(a) Any academic department of an 

IHE that provides a course of study 

that— 

(i) Leads to a graduate degree in an 

area of national need; and 

(ii) Has been in existence for at least 

four years at the time of an application 

for a grant under this competition; or 

(b) An academic department of an IHE 

that— 

(i) Satisfies the requirements of 

paragraph (a) of this section; and 

(ii) Submits a joint application with 

one or more eligible non-degree-granting 

institutions that have formal 

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dissertation research with one or more 

degree-granting institutions. 

Note: Students are not eligible to apply for 

grants under this program. 

2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: An 

institution must provide, from nonFederal funds, an institutional matching 

contribution equal to at least 25 percent 

of the grant amount received. (See 34 

CFR 648.7.) 

b. Supplement-Not-Supplant: This 

program involves supplement-notsupplant funding requirements. (See 34 

CFR 648.20(b)(5).) 

3. Subgrantees: A grantee under this 

competition may not award subgrants to 

entities to directly carry out project 

activities described in its application. 

4. Other: For requirements relating to 

selecting fellows, see 34 CFR 648.40. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Application Submission 

Instructions: For information on how to 

submit an application please refer to our 

Common Instructions for Applicants to 

Department of Education Discretionary 

Grant Programs, published in the 

Federal Register on February 12, 2018 

(83 FR 6003) and available at 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-12/ 

pdf/2018-02558.pdf. 

2. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

program. Please note that, under 34 CFR 

79.8(a), we have shortened the standard 

60-day intergovernmental review period 

in order to make awards by the end of 

FY 2018. 

3. Funding Restrictions: We specify 

unallowable costs in 34 CFR 648.64. We 

reference additional regulations 

outlining funding restrictions in the 

Applicable Regulations section of this 

notice. 

4. Recommended Page Limit: 

Applications that do not follow the page 

limit and formatting recommendations 

will not be penalized. The application 

narrative, Part II of the application, is 

where you, the applicant, address the 

selection criteria that reviewers use to 

evaluate your application. We 

recommend the following page limits 

and standards: 

• A project narrative in a single 

discipline or for an interdisciplinary 

course of study should be limited to no 

more than 40 pages. 

• A project narrative for a 

multidisciplinary project should be 

limited to no more than 40 pages for 

each academic department. 

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

only, with 1′′ margins. 

• Double-space all text in the 

application project narrative, and singlespace titles, headings, footnotes, 

quotations, references, and captions. 

• Use a 12-point font. 

• Use an easily readable font such as 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. 

• Limit appendices to the following: 

Two-page version of a curriculum vitae, 

per faculty member; a course listing; 

letters of commitment showing 

institutional support; a bibliography; 

and one additional optional appendix 

relevant to the support of the proposals, 

recommended not to exceed five pages. 

The recommended page limit does not 

include Part I, the Application for 

Federal Assistance (SF 424) and the 

Department of Education Supplemental 

Information for the SF 424 Form; the 

one-page abstract; the GAANN Statutory 

Assurances Form; the GAANN Budget 

Spreadsheet(s) Form; the Appendices; 

Part III, the Assurances and 

Certifications; or an optional two-page 

table of contents. 

V. Application 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this program are from 34 CFR 

648.31 and are as follows: 

(a) Meeting the purposes of the 

program (7 points). The Secretary 

reviews each application to determine 

how well the project will meet the 

purposes of the program, including the 

extent to which— 

(1) The applicant’s general and 

specific objectives for the project are 

realistic and measurable; 

(2) The applicant’s objectives for the 

project seek to sustain and enhance the 

capacity for teaching and research at the 

institution and at State, regional, or 

national levels; 

(3) The applicant’s objectives seek to 

institute policies and procedures to 

ensure the enrollment of talented 

graduate students from traditionally 

underrepresented backgrounds; and 

(4) The applicant’s objectives seek to 

institute policies and procedures to 

ensure that it will award fellowships to 

individuals who satisfy the 

requirements of 34 CFR 648.40. 

(b) Extent of need for the project (5 

points). The Secretary considers the 

extent to which a grant under the 

program is needed by the academic 

department by considering— 

(1) How the applicant identified the 

problems that form the specific needs of 

the project; 

(2) The specific problems to be 

resolved by successful realization of the 

goals and objectives of the project; and 

(3) How increasing the number of 

fellowships will meet the specific and 

general objectives of the project. 

(c) Quality of the graduate academic 

program (20 points). The Secretary 

reviews each application to determine 

the quality of the current graduate 

academic program for which project 

funding is sought, including— 

(1) The course offerings and academic 

requirements for the graduate program; 

(2) The qualifications of the faculty, 

including education, research interest, 

publications, teaching ability, and 

accessibility to graduate students; 

(3) The focus and capacity for 

research; and 

(4) Any other evidence the applicant 

deems appropriate to demonstrate the 

quality of its academic program. 

(d) Quality of the supervised teaching 

experience (10 points). The Secretary 

reviews each application to determine 

the quality of the teaching experience 

the applicant plans to provide fellows 

under this program, including the extent 

to which the project— 

(1) Provides each fellow with the 

required supervised training in 

instruction; 

(2) Provides adequate instruction on 

effective teaching techniques; 

(3) Provides extensive supervision of 

each fellow’s teaching performance; and 

(4) Provides adequate and appropriate 

evaluation of the fellow’s teaching 

performance. 

(e) Recruitment plan (5 points). The 

Secretary reviews each application to 

determine the quality of the applicant’s 

recruitment plan, including— 

(1) How the applicant plans to 

identify, recruit, and retain students 

from traditionally underrepresented 

backgrounds in the academic program 

for which fellowships are sought; 

(2) How the applicant plans to 

identify eligible students for 

fellowships; 

(3) The past success of the academic 

department in enrolling talented 

graduate students from traditionally 

underrepresented backgrounds; and 

(4) The past success of the academic 

department in enrolling talented 

graduate students for its academic 

program. 

(f) Project administration (8 points). 

The Secretary reviews the quality of the 

proposed project administration, 

including— 

(1) How the applicant will select 

fellows, including how the applicant 

will ensure that project participants 

who are otherwise eligible to participate 

are selected without regard to race, 

color, national origin, religion, gender, 

age, or disabling condition; 

(2) How the applicant proposes to 

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satisfactory progress toward the degree 

for which the fellowship has been 

awarded; 

(3) How the applicant proposes to 

identify and meet the academic needs of 

fellows; 

(4) How the applicant proposes to 

maintain enrollment of graduate 

students from traditionally 

underrepresented backgrounds; and 

(5) The extent to which the policies 

and procedures the applicant proposes 

to institute for administering the project 

are likely to ensure efficient and 

effective project implementation, 

including assistance to and oversight of 

the project director. 

(g) Institutional commitment (15 

points). The Secretary reviews each 

application for evidence that— 

(1) The applicant will provide, from 

any funds available to it, sufficient 

funds to support the financial needs of 

the fellows if the funds made available 

under the program are insufficient; 

(2) The institution’s social and 

academic environment is supportive of 

the academic success of students from 

traditionally underrepresented 

backgrounds on the applicant’s campus; 

(3) Students receiving fellowships 

under this program will receive stipend 

support for the time necessary to 

complete their courses of study, but in 

no case longer than five years; and 

(4) The applicant demonstrates a 

financial commitment, including the 

nature and amount of the institutional 

matching contribution, and other 

institutional commitments that are 

likely to ensure the continuation of 

project activities for a significant period 

of time following the period in which 

the project receives Federal financial 

assistance. 

(h) Quality of key personnel (5 

points). The Secretary reviews each 

application to determine the quality of 

key personnel the applicant plans to use 

on the project, including— 

(1) The qualifications of the project 

director; 

(2) The qualifications of other key 

personnel to be used in the project; 

(3) The time commitment of key 

personnel, including the project 

director, to the project; and 

(4) How the applicant, as part of its 

nondiscriminatory employment 

practices, will ensure that its personnel 

are selected without regard to race, 

color, national origin, religion, gender, 

age, or disabling condition, except 

pursuant to a lawful affirmative action 

plan. 

(i) Budget (5 points). The Secretary 

reviews each application to determine 

the extent to which— 

(1) The applicant shows a clear 

understanding of the acceptable uses of 

program funds; and 

(2) The costs of the project are 

reasonable in relation to the objectives 

of the project. 

(j) Evaluation plan (15 points). The 

Secretary reviews each application to 

determine the quality of the evaluation 

plan for the project, including the extent 

to which the applicant’s methods of 

evaluation— 

(1) Relate to the specific goals and 

measurable objectives of the project; 

(2) Assess the effect of the project on 

the students receiving fellowships 

under this program, including the effect 

on persons of different racial and ethnic 

backgrounds, genders, and ages, and on 

persons with disabilities who are served 

by the project; 

(3) List both process and product 

evaluation questions for each project 

activity and outcome, including those of 

the management plan; 

(4) Describe both the process and 

product evaluation measures for each 

project activity and outcome; 

(5) Describe the data collection 

procedures, instruments, and schedules 

for effective data collection; 

(6) Describe how the applicant will 

analyze and report the data so that it can 

make adjustments and improvements on 

a regular basis; and 

(7) Include a time-line chart that 

relates key evaluation processes and 

benchmarks to other project component 

processes and benchmarks. 

(k) Adequacy of resources (5 points). 

The Secretary reviews each application 

to determine the adequacy of the 

resources that the applicant makes 

available to graduate students receiving 

fellowships under this program, 

including facilities, equipment, and 

supplies. 

2. Review and Selection Process: We 

remind potential applicants that in 

reviewing applications in any 

discretionary grant competition, the 

Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR 

75.217(d)(3), the past performance of the 

applicant in carrying out a previous 

award, such as the applicant’s use of 

funds, achievement of project 

objectives, and compliance with grant 

conditions. The Secretary may also 

consider whether the applicant failed to 

submit a timely performance report or 

submitted a report of unacceptable 

quality. 

In addition, in making a competitive 

grant award, the Secretary requires 

various assurances, including those 

applicable to Federal civil rights laws 

that prohibit discrimination in programs 

or activities receiving Federal financial 

assistance from the Department of 

Education (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 

108.8, and 110.23). 

Additional factors we consider in 

selecting an application for an award are 

in 34 CFR 648.32. 

3. Risk Assessment and Specific 

Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR 

200.205, before awarding grants under 

this program the Department conducts a 

review of the risks posed by applicants. 

Under 2 CFR 3474.10, the Secretary may 

impose specific conditions and, in 

appropriate circumstances, high-risk 

conditions on a grant if the applicant or 

grantee is not financially stable; has a 

history of unsatisfactory performance; 

has a financial or other management 

system that does not meet the standards 

in 2 CFR part 200, subpart D; has not 

fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; 

or is otherwise not responsible. 

4. Integrity and Performance System: 

If you are selected under this 

competition to receive an award that 

over the course of the project period 

may exceed the simplified acquisition 

threshold (currently $150,000), under 2 

CFR 200.205(a)(2) we must make a 

judgment about your integrity, business 

ethics, and record of performance under 

Federal awards—that is, the risk posed 

by you as an applicant—before we make 

an award. In doing so, we must consider 

any information about you that is in the 

integrity and performance system 

(currently referred to as the Federal 

Awardee Performance and Integrity 

Information System (FAPIIS)), 

accessible through the System for 

Award Management. You may review 

and comment on any information about 

yourself that a Federal agency 

previously entered and that is currently 

in FAPIIS. 

Please note that, if the total value of 

your currently active grants, cooperative 

agreements, and procurement contracts 

from the Federal Government exceeds 

$10,000,000, the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 200, appendix XII, require 

you to report certain integrity 

information to FAPIIS semiannually. 

Please review the requirements in 2 CFR 

part 200, appendix XII, if this grant plus 

all the other Federal funds you receive 

exceed $10,000,000. 

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), or we may send you an email 

containing a link to access an electronic 

version of your GAN. We also may 

notify you informally. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 


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2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a 

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive 

funding under the competition. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 2 CFR 170.110(b). 

(b) At the end of your project period, 

you must submit a final performance 

report, including financial information, 

as directed by the Secretary. If you 

receive a multiyear award, you must 

submit an annual performance report 

that provides the most current 

performance and financial expenditure 

information as directed by the Secretary 

under 34 CFR 75.118 and 34 CFR 

648.66. To view the performance report 

currently required, visit http://

www2.ed.gov/programs/gaann/ 

performance.html. Please be advised 

that the posted report requirements are 

for informational purposes only and do 

not reflect the actual reporting 

instrument that you will use should you 

receive a GAANN grant. The Secretary 

also may require more frequent 

performance reports under 34 CFR 

75.720(c). For specific requirements on 

reporting, please visit www.ed.gov/fund/ 

grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html. 

(c) Grantees will be required to submit 

a supplement to the Final Performance 

Report two years after the expiration of 

their GAANN grant. The purpose of this 

supplement is to identify and report the 

educational outcome of each GAANN 

fellow. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993, the following measures will 

be used by the Department in assessing 

the performance of the GAANN 

Program: 

(1) The percentage of GAANN fellows 

completing the terminal degree in the 

designated areas of national need. 

(2) The median time to completion of 

master’s and doctoral degrees for 

GAANN fellows. 

(3) The percentage of GAANN fellows 

who have placements in faculty or 

professional positions in the area of 

their studies within one year of 

completing the degree. 

If funded, you will be required to 

collect and report data in your project’s 

annual performance report (34 CFR 

75.590) on those measures and steps 

taken toward improving performance 

toward those outcomes. Consequently, 

applicants are advised to include these 

outcome measures in conceptualizing 

the design, implementation, and 

evaluation of their proposed projects. 

These outcome measures should be 

included in the project evaluation plan, 

in addition to measures of your progress 

toward the goals and objectives specific 

to your project. 

All grantees will be expected to 

submit an annual performance report 

documenting their success in addressing 

these performance measures. 

5. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award under 34 CFR 

75.253, the Secretary considers, among 

other things: Whether a grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the goals and objectives of the project; 

whether the grantee has expended funds 

in a manner that is consistent with its 

approved application and budget; and, 

if the Secretary has established 

performance measurement 

requirements, the performance targets in 

the grantee’s approved application. 

In making a continuation award, the 

Secretary also considers whether the 

grantee is operating in compliance with 

the assurances in its approved 

application, including those applicable 

to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible format (e.g., Braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations via the 

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fdsys. At this site you can view this 

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documents of this Department 

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text or Portable Document Format 

(PDF). To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

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Specifically, through the advanced 

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the Department. 

Dated: July 26, 2018. 

Diane Auer Jones, 

Principal Deputy Under Secretary, delegated 

to perform the duties of Under Secretary and 

Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16330 Filed 7–27–18; 8:45 am] 

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Agency Information Collection 

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ACTION: Notice. 

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