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Dated: October 25, 2024. 

Carrie Diane Robinson, 

Director, Office of Habitat Conservation, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Intent To Grant a Partially 

Exclusive License; BrandRank.AI 

AGENCY: National Security Agency 

(NSA), Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The NSA hereby gives notice 

of its intent to grant BrandRank.AI a 

revocable, non-assignable, partially 

exclusive, license to practice the 

following Government-Owned 

invention as described and claimed in 

United States Patent Number, 8,799,339 

Device for and Method of Measuring 

Similarity Between Sets. 

DATES: Anyone wishing to object to the 

grant of this license has until November 

14, 2024 to file written objections 

including evidence and argument that 

establish that the grant of the license 

would not be consistent with the 

requirements of 35 United States Code 

(U.S.C.) 209 and 37 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) 404.7. 

ADDRESSES: Written objections are to be 

filed with the National Security Agency 

Technology Transfer Program, 9800 

Savage Road, Suite 6843, Fort George G. 

Meade, MD 20755–6843. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen D. Presley, Director, Technology 

Transfer Program, 9800 Savage Road, 

Suite 6843, Fort George G. Meade, MD 

20755–6843, telephone (443) 634–3519. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

prospective partially exclusive license 

will comply with the terms and 

conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 

404.7. The patent rights in these 

inventions have been assigned to the 

United States Government as 

represented by the NSA. 

Dated: October 25, 2024. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Defense Science Board; Notice of 

Federal Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: Under Secretary of Defense for 

Research and Engineering, Department 

of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing this 

notice to announce that the following 

Federal Advisory Committee meeting of 

the Defense Science Board (DSB) will 

take place. 

DATES: Closed to the public Wednesday, 

November 13, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 2 

p.m. Eastern Standard Time. 

ADDRESSES: The address of the closed 

meeting is Strategic Analysis, Inc., 4075 

Wilson Blvd., #300, Arlington, VA 

22203. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Elizabeth J. Kowalski, Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO): (703) 571–0081 

(Voice), (703) 697–1860 (Facsimile), 

elizabeth.j.kowalski.civ@mail.mil, 

(Email). Mailing address is Defense 

Science Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–3140. Website: 

http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/. The most 

up-to-date changes to the meeting 

agenda can be found on the website. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is being held under the 

provisions of chapter 10 of title 5, 

United States Code (U.S.C.) (commonly 

known as the ‘‘Federal Advisory 

Committee Act’’ or ‘‘FACA’’), 5 U.S.C. 

552b (commonly known as the 

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’), 

and title 41 Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR) 102–3.140 and 102–3.150. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The mission of 

the DSB is to provide independent 

advice and recommendations on matters 

relating to the DoD’s scientific and 

technical enterprise. The objective of 

the meeting is to obtain, review, and 

evaluate classified information related 

to the DSB’s mission. The DSB will 

convene to deliberate and vote on 

classified findings and 

recommendations. 

Agenda: The meeting will begin on 

Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at 

10:00 a.m. Ms. Betsy Kowalski, DFO, 

and Dr. Eric Evans, Chair of the DSB, 

will provide opening remarks and a 

classified overview of the objectives of 

the 2024 Summer Study on Advanced 

Capabilities for Potential Future 

Conflict. Next, the DSB will deliberate 

on updating the classified findings and 

recommendations of the 2024 Summer 

Study on Advanced Capabilities for 

Potential Future Conflict. The DSB will 

then vote on the updated classified 

findings and recommendations. The 

meeting will adjourn at 2:00 p.m. 

Meeting Accessibility: In accordance 

with 5 U.S.C. 1009(a) and 41 CFR 102– 

3.140 through 102–3.165, the DoD has 

determined that the DSB meeting will 

be closed to the public. Specifically, the 

Under Secretary of Defense for Research 

and Engineering, in consultation with 

the DoD Office of the General Counsel, 

has determined in writing that the 

meeting will be closed to the public 

because it will consider matters covered 

by 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1). The 

determination is based on the 

consideration that it is expected that 

discussions throughout will involve 

classified matters of national security 

concern. Such classified material is so 

intertwined with the unclassified 

material that it cannot reasonably be 

segregated into separate discussions 

without defeating the effectiveness and 

meaning of the overall meetings. To 

permit the meeting to be open to the 

public would preclude discussion of 

such matters and would greatly 

diminish the ultimate utility of the 

DSB’s findings and recommendations to 

the Secretary of Defense and to the 

Under Secretary of Defense for Research 

and Engineering. 

Written Statements: In accordance 

with 5 U.S.C. 1009(a)(3) and 41 CFR 

102–3.105(j) and 102–3.140, interested 

persons may submit a written statement 

for consideration by the DSB at any time 

regarding its mission or in response to 

the stated agenda of a planned meeting. 

Individuals submitting a written 

statement must submit their statement 

to the DSB DFO at the email address 

provided in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section at any 

point; however, if a written statement is 

not received at least three calendar days 

prior to the meeting, which is the 

subject of this notice, then it may not be 

provided to or considered by the DSB 

until a later date. 

Dated: October 25, 2024. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation 

Research Abroad Fellowship Program 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 


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ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

is issuing a notice inviting applications 

for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the 

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation 

Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship 

Program. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: October 30, 

2024. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: January 15, 2025. 

Pre-Application Webinar Information: 

The Department will hold a preapplication meeting via webinar for 

prospective applicants. Detailed 

information regarding this webinar will 

be provided on the DDRA website at 

https://www.ed.gov/grants-andprograms/grants-higher-education/ifle/ 

fulbright-hays-doctoral-dissertationresearch-abroad#How-To-Apply. 

For additional information about the 

Department’s discretionary grant 

process, especially for new potential 

grantees unfamiliar with grantmaking at 

the Department, please review the 

Education Grants: Application, 

Management, & Closeout website at 

www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/about/ 

grantmaking/index.html. 

The resources will be especially 

helpful for individuals who are 

exploring the Department’s funding 

opportunities for the first time. 

ADDRESSES: The addresses pertinent to 

this competition—including the 

addresses for obtaining and submitting 

an application—can be found under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela J. Maimer, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: 

(202) 453–6891. Email: DDRA@ed.gov. 

If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or 

have a speech disability and wish to 

access telecommunications relay 

services, please dial 7–1–1. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The FulbrightHays DDRA Fellowship Program 

provides opportunities for doctoral 

students to engage in dissertation 

research abroad in modern foreign 

languages and area studies. The program 

is designed to contribute to the 

development and improvement of the 

study of modern foreign languages and 

area studies in the United States. 

Assistance Listing Number: 84.022A. 

OMB Control Number: 1840–0005. 

Priorities: This notice contains one 

absolute priority and three competitive 

preference priorities. In accordance with 

34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii), the absolute 

priority and Competitive Preference 

Priorities 1 and 2 are from the 

regulations for this program (34 CFR 

662.21(d)). Competitive Preference 

Priority 3 is from the Secretary’s Notice 

of Final Supplemental Priorities and 

Definitions for Discretionary Grant 

Programs, published in the Federal 

Register on December 10, 2021 (86 FR 

70612) (Supplemental Priorities). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2025, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

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

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

Specific Geographic Regions of the 

World. 

A research project that focuses on one 

or more of the following geographic 

areas: Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia 

and the Pacific Islands, South Asia, the 

Near East, Central and Eastern Europe 

and Eurasia, and the Western 

Hemisphere (excluding the United 

States and its territories). 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2025, these priorities are competitive 

preference priorities. Under 34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(i), we award an additional 

two points to an application that meets 

Competitive Preference Priority 1; an 

additional two points to an application 

that meets Competitive Preference 

Priority 2; and an additional two points 

to an application that meets Competitive 

Preference Priority 3 (up to 6 additional 

points possible). 

These priorities are: 

Competitive Preference Priority 1— 

Focus on Less Commonly Taught 

Languages (2 points). 

A research project that focuses on any 

modern foreign language except French, 

German, or Spanish. 

Competitive Preference Priority 2— 

Thematic Focus on Academic Fields (2 

points). 

Applications that propose dissertation 

research projects in modern foreign 

languages and area studies with an 

academic focus on any of the following 

academic fields: science (including 

climate change), technology, 

engineering (including infrastructure 

studies), mathematics, computer 

science, psychology, social work, 

education (comparative or 

international), international 

development, political science, public 

health (including epidemiology), or 

economics. 

Competitive Preference Priority 3— 

Promoting Equity in Student Access to 

Educational Resources and 

Opportunities (2 points). 

The project will be implemented by 

one of the following entities: 

• Historically Black colleges and 

universities (as defined in this notice). 

• Minority-serving institutions (as 

defined in this notice). 

• Tribal colleges and universities (as 

defined in this notice). 

Definitions: The following definitions 

are from the Supplemental Priorities 

and 34 CFR 662.7. 

Area studies means a program of 

comprehensive study of the aspects of a 

society or societies, including the study 

of their geography, history, culture, 

economy, politics, international 

relations, and languages. 

Binational commission means an 

educational and cultural commission 

established, through an agreement 

between the United States and either a 

foreign government or an international 

organization, to carry out functions in 

connection with the DDRA Fellowship 

program. 

Historically Black colleges and 

universities means colleges and 

universities that meet the criteria set out 

in 34 CFR 608.2. 

Institution of Higher Education means 

the definition contained in 34 CFR 

600.4. 

Minority-serving institution means an 

institution that is eligible to receive 

assistance under sections 316 through 

320 of part A of title III, under part B 

of title III, or under title V of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965 (HEA). 

Tribal college or university has the 

meaning ascribed it in section 316(b)(3) 

of the HEA. 

Note: Hispanic-Serving Institutions 

that meet the criteria in 34 CFR 606.2(a) 

are, among other qualifying institutions, 

‘‘minority-serving institutions.’’ 

Program Authority: 22 U.S.C. 

2452(b)(6). 

Note: Projects will be awarded and 

must be operated in a manner consistent 

with the nondiscrimination 

requirements contained in Federal civil 

rights laws. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR 

parts 75, 77, 81, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98, and 

99. (b) The Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) 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 Guidance for Federal 

Assistance 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 662. (e) The Supplemental 

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Note: The open licensing requirement 

in 2 CFR 3474.20 does not apply to this 

program. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants 

redistributed as fellowships to 

individual beneficiaries. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$8,249,000 for the Fulbright-Hays 

Overseas programs. We intend to use an 

estimated $3,000,000 for the DDRA 

competition. 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: $15,000– 

$60,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$37,500. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 80. 

Note: The Department is not bound by 

any estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: The institutional 

project period is 18 months. Doctoral 

students may request funding for a 

period of no less than 6 months and no 

more than 12 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1.a. Eligible Applicants: Institutions of 

higher education (IHEs). Eligible 

doctoral students submit their 

individual research narratives and 

application forms to the project director 

at their home IHE, who then compiles 

all the research narratives from the 

doctoral students and incorporates them 

into the institutional grant application 

package that the institution submits 

electronically through the Department’s 

G6 system on behalf of all doctoral 

student applicants at that institution. 

b. Individuals Eligible to Receive a 

Fellowship: An individual is eligible to 

receive a fellowship if the individual: is 

a citizen, national or permanent resident 

of the United States; is a graduate 

student in good standing at an 

institution of higher education and, 

when the fellowship period begins, is 

admitted to candidacy in a doctoral 

degree program in modern foreign 

languages and area studies at that 

institution; is planning a teaching career 

in the United States upon completion of 

his or her doctoral program; and 

possesses sufficient foreign language 

skills to carry out the dissertation 

research project. 

2.a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

b. Administrative Cost Limitation: In 

accordance with 34 CFR 663.30(d), the 

Secretary awards the institution an 

administrative allowance of $100 for 

each fellowship listed in the grant 

award document. 

3. Subgrantees: A grantee under this 

competition may not award subgrants to 

entities to directly carry out project 

activities described in the grantee’s 

application. 

4. Build America, Buy America Act: 

This program is not subject to the Build 

America, Buy America Act (Pub. L. 117– 

58) domestic sourcing requirements. 

5. Other: Under 34 CFR 662.22(b), no 

applicant for a fellowship may be 

awarded more than one graduate 

fellowship under the Fulbright-Hays Act 

from appropriations for a given fiscal 

year. Therefore, no DDRA Fellowship 

Program applicant concurrently may 

receive a grant from the Fulbright U.S. 

Student Program (FUSP) and a grant 

from the Fulbright-Hays DDRA 

Fellowship Program from the same 

fiscal year’s appropriation. For this 

reason, when applying for a grant under 

the Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellowship 

Program, a doctoral student must 

indicate in the application whether they 

have also applied for a FUSP grant. At 

any time during the U.S. Department of 

Education Fulbright-Hays DDRA 

Fellowship Program competition 

process, if a doctoral student accepts a 

fellowship award from the FUSP, or the 

FUSP disperses funds to provide 

training services to a doctoral student, 

that doctoral student is automatically 

deemed ineligible for consideration for 

a grant under the Fulbright-Hays DDRA 

Fellowship Program. Also, if the FUSP 

notifies the Fulbright-Hays DDRA 

Fellowship Program that it has awarded 

funds or provided training to a potential 

recipient of a Fulbright-Hays DDRA 

Fellowship, the Department will 

automatically deem the doctoral student 

ineligible for further consideration. 

Doctoral students thus should notify the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT prior to accepting 

any grant support or training from the 

FUSP. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Both IHEs and doctoral 

student applicants can obtain an 

application package via the internet at 

the following internet address: 

www.g6.ed.gov. 

2. Submission Dates and Times: 

Submit applications for grants under 

the program electronically using 

www.g6.ed.gov. For information 

(including dates and times) about how 

to submit your application 

electronically, please refer to Other 

Submission Requirements. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

Individuals with disabilities who 

need an accommodation or auxiliary aid 

in connection with the application 

process should contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. If the Department provides an 

accommodation or auxiliary aid to an 

individual with a disability in 

connection with the application 

process, the individual’s application 

remains subject to all other 

requirements and limitations in this 

notice. 

3. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is not subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. 

4. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

5. Recommended Page Limit: The 

application narrative is where you, the 

applicant, address the selection criteria 

that reviewers use to evaluate your 

application. We recommend that you (1) 

limit the application narrative to no 

more than 10 pages and the 

bibliography to no more than two pages 

and (2) use the following standards: 

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

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

and both sides. 

• Double-space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions, as well as all 

text in charts, tables, figures, and 

graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger, or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. 

The recommended page limit does not 

apply to the cover sheet, budget section, 

including the narrative budget 

justification; the assurance and 

certifications; or the one-page abstract, 

the resumes, the biography, or the 

letters of support. However, the 

recommended page limit does apply to 

all of the application narrative. 

6. Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), 

Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), 

and System for Award Management 

(SAM): 

To do business with the Department, 

you must— 

a. Have a UEI and a TIN; 

b. Register both your UEI and TIN 

with SAM, the Government’s primary 

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c. Provide your UEI and TIN on your 

application; and 

d. Maintain an active SAM 

registration with current information 

while your application is under review 

by the Department and, if you are 

awarded a grant, during the project 

period. 

If you are a corporate entity, agency, 

institution, or organization, you can 

obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue 

Service. If you are an individual, you 

can obtain a TIN from the Internal 

Revenue Service or the Social Security 

Administration. If you need a new TIN, 

please allow two to five weeks for your 

TIN to become active. 

The SAM registration process can take 

approximately seven business days, but 

may take upwards of several weeks, 

depending on the completeness and 

accuracy of the data you enter into the 

SAM database. Thus, if you think you 

might want to apply for Federal 

financial assistance under a program 

administered by the Department, please 

allow sufficient time to obtain and 

register your UEI and TIN. We strongly 

recommend that you register early. 

Note: Once your SAM registration is active, 

it may be 24 to 48 hours before you can 

submit an application through G6. 

If you are currently registered with 

SAM, you may not need to make any 

changes. However, please make certain 

that the TIN associated with your UEI is 

correct. Also note that you will need to 

update your registration annually. This 

may take three or more business days. 

Information about SAM is available at 

www.SAM.gov. To further assist you 

with obtaining and registering your UEI 

and TIN in SAM or updating your 

existing SAM account, please visit 

https://sam.gov/content/help. 

7. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted 

electronically unless an IHE qualifies for 

an exception to this requirement in 

accordance with the instructions in this 

section. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

Submit applications for grants under 

the Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellowship 

Program, Assistance Listing Number 

84.022A, electronically using the G6 

system, accessible through the 

Department’s G6 site at www.g6.ed.gov. 

While completing the electronic 

application, both the IHE and the 

doctoral student applicant will be 

entering data online that will be saved 

into a database. Neither the IHE nor the 

doctoral student applicant may email an 

electronic copy of a grant application to 

us. 

Please note the following: 

• The process for submitting 

applications electronically under the 

Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellowship 

Program requires several steps. The 

following is a brief overview of the 

process; however, all applicants should 

review the detailed description of the 

application process in the application 

package. In summary, the major steps 

are: 

(1) IHEs must email the name of the 

institution and the full name and email 

address of the project director to 

DDRA@ed.gov. We suggest that 

applicant IHEs submit this information 

no later than 2 weeks prior to the 

application deadline date to ensure that 

they obtain access to G6 well before that 

date; 

(2) Doctoral students must complete 

their individual applications and submit 

them to their home IHE project director 

using G6; 

(3) Persons providing references for 

individual doctoral students must 

complete and submit reference forms for 

the doctoral students to the IHE project 

director using G6; and 

(4) The IHE project director must 

officially submit the IHE’s application, 

including all eligible individual 

doctoral student applications, reference 

forms, and other required forms, using 

G6. 

• The IHE must complete the 

electronic submission of the grant 

application by 11:59:59 p.m., Eastern 

Time, on the application deadline date. 

G6 will not accept an application for 

this competition after 11:59:59 p.m., 

Eastern Time, on the application 

deadline date. Therefore, we strongly 

recommend that both the IHE and the 

doctoral student applicant not wait until 

close to the application deadline date to 

begin the application process. The table 

below shows the days and times that the 

G6 website will be available. 

G6 HOURS OF OPERATION IN EASTERN TIME

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 

Unavailable 

from 03:00 

p.m.–11:59 

p.m 

Unavailable from 

12:00 a.m.– 

06:00 a.m 

Available 24 hours Unavailable from 

09:00 p.m.– 

11:59 p.m 

Unavailable from 

12:00 a.m.– 

06:00 a.m 

Available 24 hours Available 24 hours. 

• Doctoral student applicants will not 

receive additional points because they 

submit their applications in electronic 

format, nor will we penalize the IHE or 

the doctoral student applicant if the 

applicant qualifies for an exception to 

the electronic submission requirement, 

as described elsewhere in this section, 

and submits an application in paper 

format. 

• IHEs must upload all application 

documents electronically, including the 

following forms: the Application for 

Federal Assistance (SF 424), the 

Department of Education Supplemental 

Information for SF 424, Budget 

Information—Non-Construction 

Programs (ED 524), and all necessary 

assurances and certifications. 

• Both IHEs and doctoral student 

applicants must upload their 

applications, including the required 

narrative sections and all required 

attachments to their applications, as 

files in a read-only flattened Portable 

Document Format (PDF), meaning any 

fillable documents must be saved and 

submitted as non-fillable PDF files. Do 

not upload any interactive or fillable 

PDF files. If you upload a file type other 

than a read-only, non-modifiable PDF 

(e.g., Word, Excel, WordPerfect, etc.) or 

submit a password-protected file, we 

will be unable to review that material. 

Please note that this will likely result in 

your application not being considered 

for funding. The Department will not 

convert material from other formats to 

PDF. 

• Submit doctoral student transcripts 

electronically through the G6 system. 

• Prior to submitting your electronic 

application, you may wish to print a 

copy of it for your records. 

• After the individual doctoral 

student electronically submits their 

application to the IHE, the doctoral 

student will receive an automatic 

acknowledgment from the G6 system. 

After the person designated to provide 

a reference submits the reference 

electronically to the Department on 

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they will receive an automatic 

acknowledgment from the G6 system. 

After the applicant IHE submits its 

application to the Department, 

including all eligible individual 

doctoral student applications, the 

applicant IHE will receive an automatic 

acknowledgment from G6 that will 

include a unique PR/Award number for 

the IHE’s application. 

• Within 3 working days after 

submitting its electronic application, the 

applicant IHE must— 

(1) Print the SF 424 from G6; 

(2) Have the Authorizing 

Representative sign the SF 424 form; 

(3) Place the PR/Award number in the 

upper right-hand corner of the hardcopy signature page of the SF 424; and 

(4) Email the signed SF 424 to DDRA@

ed.gov. 

• We may request that you provide us 

hard copies with original signatures for 

other forms in the application at a later 

date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of System Unavailability: If an 

IHE is prevented from electronically 

submitting its application on the 

application deadline date because the 

G6 system is unavailable, we will grant 

the IHE an extension until 11:59:59 

p.m., Eastern Time, the following 

business day to enable the IHE to 

transmit its application electronically, 

by mail, or by hand delivery. We will 

grant this extension if— 

(1) The IHE is a registered user of the 

G6 system and the IHE has initiated an 

electronic application for this 

competition; and 

(2) G6 is unavailable for 60 minutes 

or more between the hours of 8:30 a.m. 

and 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on the 

application deadline date. 

We must acknowledge and confirm 

these periods of unavailability before 

granting the IHE an extension. To 

request this extension or to confirm our 

acknowledgment of any system 

unavailability, an IHE may contact 

either (1) the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT or (2) the 

e-Grants help desk at 1–888–336–8930. 

If G6 is unavailable due to technical 

problems with the system and, 

therefore, the application deadline is 

extended, an email will be sent to all 

registered users who have initiated a G6 

application. Extensions referred to in 

this section apply only to the 

unavailability of the G6 system. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications. 

The Department discourages paper 

applications, but if electronic 

submission is not possible (e.g., you do 

not have access to the internet), (1) you 

must provide a prior written notification 

that you intend to submit a paper 

application and (2) your paper 

application must be postmarked by the 

application deadline date. 

The prior written notification may be 

submitted by email or by mail to the 

person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section above. If 

you submit your notification by email, 

it must be received by the Department 

no later than 14 calendar days before the 

application deadline date. If you mail 

your notification to the Department, it 

must be postmarked no later than 14 

calendar days before the application 

deadline date. 

If you submit a paper application, you 

must have and include in your 

application a UEI; and mail the original 

and two copies of your application, on 

or before the application deadline date, 

to the Department at the following 

address: U.S. Department of Education, 

OFO/G5 Functional Application Team, 

Mail Stop 5C231, Attention: 84.022A, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20202–4260. 

The IHE must show proof of mailing 

consisting of one of the following: 

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

postmark. 

(2) A legible mail receipt with the 

date of mailing stamped by the U.S. 

Postal Service. 

(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier. 

(4) Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

If the IHE mails its application 

through the U.S. Postal Service, we do 

not accept either of the following as 

proof of mailing: 

(1) A private metered postmark. 

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. 

Before relying on this method, the IHE 

should check with its local post office. 

The Department will not consider 

applications postmarked after the 

application deadline date. 

c. Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of 

Paper Applications: If an IHE mails or 

hand delivers its application to the 

Department— 

(1) The IHE must indicate on the 

envelope and—if not provided by the 

Department—in Item 11 of the SF 424, 

the ALN, including suffix letter, if any, 

of the competition under which the IHE 

is submitting its application; and 

(2) The G6 Functional Application 

Team will notify you of the 

Department’s receipt of your grant 

application. If you do not receive this 

notification within 15 business days 

from the application deadline date, you 

should contact the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from the 

regulations for this program in 34 CFR 

662.21 and are as follows: 

(a) Quality of proposed project. (63 

points) The Secretary reviews each 

application to determine the quality of 

the research project proposed by the 

applicant. The Secretary considers— 

(1) The statement of the major 

hypotheses to be tested or questions to 

be examined, and the description and 

justification of the research methods to 

be used (20 points); 

(2) The relationship of the research to 

the literature on the topic and to major 

theoretical issues in the field, and the 

project’s originality and importance in 

terms of the concerns of the discipline 

(10 points); 

(3) The preliminary research already 

completed in the United States and 

overseas or plans for such research prior 

to going overseas, and the kinds, quality 

and availability of data for the research 

in the host country or countries (10 

points); 

(4) The justification for overseas field 

research and preparations to establish 

appropriate and sufficient research 

contacts and affiliations abroad (10 

points); 

(5) The applicant’s plans to share the 

results of the research in progress and 

a copy of the dissertation with scholars 

and officials of the host country or 

countries (3 points); and 

(6) The guidance and supervision of 

the dissertation advisor or committee at 

all stages of the project, including 

guidance in developing the project, 

understanding research conditions 

abroad, and acquainting the applicant 

with research in the field (10 points). 

(b) Qualifications of the applicant. (37 

points) The Secretary reviews each 

application to determine the 

qualifications of the applicant. The 

Secretary considers— 

(1) The overall strength of the 

applicant’s graduate academic record 

(10 points); 

(2) The extent to which the 

applicant’s academic record 

demonstrates strength in area studies 

relevant to the proposed project (10 

points); 

(3) The applicant’s proficiency in one 

or more of the languages (other than 

English) of the host country or countries 

of research (10 points); 

(4) The extent to which the 

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to overcome any anticipated language 

barriers relative to the proposed 

research project (5 points); and 

(5) The applicant’s ability to conduct 

research in a foreign cultural context, as 

evidenced by the applicant’s references 

or previous overseas experience, or both 

(2 points). 

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 (34 CFR 

100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

For FY 2025, doctoral student 

applications will be divided into seven 

categories based on the geographic area 

focus of their research projects, as 

described in the absolute priority. 

Foreign language and area studies 

experts assigned to geographic areabased panels will review the doctoral 

student applications. Each panel will 

review, score, and rank its applications 

separately from the applications 

assigned to the other geographic area 

panels. At the conclusion of the peer 

review process, however, all fellowship 

applications in the competition will be 

ranked from the highest to the lowest 

score for funding purposes. 

If there are applications on the rank 

order slate with the same average score, 

the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship 

Board’s (FFSB) policy governing 

veteran’s preference will be used in the 

tiebreaker and selection process. 

Veteran’s preference will be used first to 

determine which application to 

recommend for funding. This means 

that in instances where two or more 

applications have the same average 

score on the rank order slate, and there 

are insufficient funds to support all of 

the equally ranked applications, the 

veteran’s application will be given 

preference. 

For applications that have tied 

average scores but are not subject to 

veteran’s preference consideration, we 

will use the average score assigned on 

the Technical Review Forms for the 

‘‘Quality of proposed project’’ selection 

criterion. If a tie still exists, the average 

score for selection criterion (a)(1) under 

‘‘Quality of proposed project’’ (20 

points) will be used as the tiebreaker. As 

a final tiebreaker, should it become 

necessary, we will use the average score 

assigned for the ‘‘Qualifications of the 

applicant’’ selection criterion. 

Finally, in selecting DDRA fellowship 

recipients, under 34 CFR 662.20 the 

Secretary will consider information on 

budget, political sensitivity, and 

feasibility from binational commissions 

or United States diplomatic missions, or 

both, in the proposed country or 

countries of research. 

3. Risk Assessment and Specific 

Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR 

200.206, before awarding grants under 

this competition the Department 

conducts a review of the risks posed by 

applicants. Under 2 CFR 200.208, the 

Secretary may impose specific 

conditions and, under 2 CFR 3474.10, 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 $250,000), under 2 

CFR 200.206(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 SAM. 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. 

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. The Secretary 

may also require more frequent 

performance reports under 34 CFR 

75.720(c). For specific requirements on 

reporting, please go to www.ed.gov/ 

fund/grant/apply/appforms/ 

appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: The 

objective for the Fulbright-Hays DDRA 

Fellowship Program is to provide grants 

to colleges and universities to fund 

individual doctoral students to conduct 

research in other countries in modern 

foreign languages and area studies for 

periods of 6 to 12 months. 

For the purpose of Department 

reporting under 34 CFR 75.110, the 

Department will use the following 

measures to evaluate its success in 

meeting this objective: 

DDRA Measure 1: The percentage of 

DDRA fellows who increased their 

foreign language scores in speaking, 

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DDRA Measure 2: The percentage of 

DDRA fellows who complete their 

degree in their program of study within 

four years of receipt of the fellowship. 

DDRA Measure 3: The percentage of 

DDRA fellows who found employment 

that utilized their language and area 

studies skills within eight years of 

receiving their award. 

DDRA Measure 4: Efficiency 

Measure—The cost per DDRA fellow 

who found employment that utilized 

their language and area studies skills 

within eight years. 

The information provided by grantees 

in their performance reports submitted 

via the International Resource 

Information System (IRIS) will be the 

source of data for these measures. 

Reporting screens for institutions and 

fellows may be viewed at http://

iris.ed.gov/iris/pdfs/DDRA_director.pdf, 

and http://iris.ed.gov/iris/pdfs/DDRA_

fellow.pdf. 

VII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document and a copy of the 

application package in an accessible 

format. The Department will provide the 

requestor with an accessible format that 

may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or 

text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 

file, braille, large print, audiotape, or 

compact disc, or other accessible format. 

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 at www.govinfo.gov. At this site 

you can view this document, as well as all 

other Department documents published in 

the Federal Register, in 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 Department 

documents published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Nasser H. Paydar, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25127 Filed 10–29–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Board for Education Sciences 

AGENCY: National Board for Education 

Sciences, Institute of Education 

Sciences (IES), U.S. Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice of a meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

agenda, time, and instructions to access 

or participate in the open sessions of the 

National Board for Education Sciences 

(hereafter referred to as NBES or Board) 

meeting scheduled for November 15, 

2024. This notice provides information 

about the meeting to members of the 

public who may be interested in 

attending the meeting and/or how to 

provide written comment(s). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be 

conducted virtually via Microsoft 

Teams. 

DATES: The NBES meeting will be held 

on Friday, November 15, 2024, from 

1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EST). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellie 

Pelaez, DFO for NBES, U.S. Department 

of Education, IES: 550 12th Street SW, 

Office 4126–1, Washington, DC 20202, 

telephone: (202) 987–0359, email: 

ellie.pelaez@ed.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Statutory Authority and Function: 

The Board is authorized by section 116 

of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 

2002 (20 U.S.C. 9516). The Board is 

established as part of the U.S. 

Department of Education, IES, and shall, 

consistent with 20 U.S.C. 9514, 9515(b)– 

(c), and 9516 function as a board of 

directors for IES. The mission of IES is 

to provide national leadership in 

expanding fundamental knowledge and 

understanding of education from early 

childhood through postsecondary study, 

in order to provide parents, educators, 

students, researchers, policymakers, and 

the general public with reliable 

information about the condition and 

progress of education in the United 

States; educational practices that 

support learning and improve academic 

achievement and access to educational 

opportunities for all students; and the 

effectiveness of Federal and other 

education programs. 

The Board’s responsibilities are: (1) 

advise and consult with the Director of 

IES (Director) on the policies of IES; (2) 

consider and approve priorities 

proposed by the Director under 20 

U.S.C. 9515 to guide the work of IES; (3) 

transmit approved priorities to the 

appropriate congressional committee 

(20 U.S.C. 9515(b)); (4) ensure that the 

priorities of IES and the National 

Education Centers are consistent with 

the mission of IES (20 U.S.C. 9515(c)); 

(5) review and approve procedures for 

technical and scientific peer review of 

the activities of IES; (6) advise the 

Director on the establishment of 

activities to be supported by IES, 

including the general areas of research 

to be carried out by the National Center 

for Education Research (NCER) and the 

National Center for Special Education 

Research (NCSER) (20 U.S.C. 9567); (7) 

present to the Director such 

recommendations as it may find 

appropriate for (a) the strengthening of 

education research, and (b) the funding 

of IES; (8) advise the Director on the 

funding of applications for grants, 

contracts, and cooperative agreements 

for research, after the completion of peer 

review; (9) review and regularly 

evaluate the work of IES, to ensure that 

scientifically valid research, 

development, evaluation, and statistical 

analysis are consistent with the 

standards for such activities under this 

title; (10) advise the Director on 

ensuring that activities conducted or 

supported by IES are objective, secular, 

neutral, and non-ideological, and are 

free of partisan political influence and 

racial, cultural, gender, or regional bias; 

(11) solicit advice and information from 

those in the educational field, 

particularly practitioners and 

researchers, to recommend to the 

Director topics that require long-term, 

sustained, systematic, programmatic, 

and integrated research efforts, 

including knowledge utilization and 

wide dissemination of research, 

consistent with the priorities and 

mission of IES; (12) advise the Director 

on opportunities for the participation in, 

and the advancement of, women, 

minorities, and persons with disabilities 

in education research, statistics, and 

evaluation activities of IES; (13) 

recommend to the Director ways to 

enhance strategic partnerships and 

collaborative efforts among other 

Federal and State research agencies; (14) 

recommend to the Director individuals 

to serve as Commissioners of the 

National Education Centers; and (15) 

make recommendations to the President 

with respect to the appointment of the 

Director. Notice of this meeting is 

required by Section 1009(a)(2) of 5 

U.S.C. chapter 10 (commonly known as 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act). 

Meeting Agenda: The agenda for the 

meeting is as follows: 

1:30 p.m.–1:45 p.m. Call to order, 

remarks by the Chairwoman of the 

Board, member roll call, Board 

member approval of meeting 

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