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(EO), and laser detecting rangingtracking set, developed and produced 

for use by the U.S. Air Force on the 

MQ–9 Reaper. This advanced EO and IR 

system provides long-range 

surveillance, high altitude, target 

acquisition, tracking, range finding, and 

laser designation for all tri-service and 

NATO laser-guided munitions. 

d. The Honeywell H–764 Adaptive 

Configurable Embedded Global 

Positioning System/Inertial Guidance 

Unit (EGI) contains the Force 524D GPS 

Receiver card with Selective 

Availability Anti-Spoofing Module 

(SAASM). The Force 524D is a 24- 

channel SAASM based GPS receiver 

with precise positioning service 

capability built upon Trimble’s next 

generation GPS technology. The Force 

524D retains backward compatibility 

with the proven Force 5GS while adding 

new functionality to interface with the 

digital antenna electronics to 

significantly improve anti-jam 

performance. The host platform can 

select the radio frequency of digital 

antenna electronics interface. In the 

digital mode, the Force 524D is capable 

of controlling up to 16 independent 

beams. 

2. The MQ–9 Reaper Remotely Piloted 

Aircraft is Unclassified. The highest 

level of classified information required 

for training, operation, and maintenance 

is Secret. 

3. If a technologically advanced 

adversary were to obtain knowledge of 

the specific hardware or software in this 

proposed sale, the information could be 

used to develop countermeasures which 

might reduce weapon system 

effectiveness or be used in the 

development of a system with similar or 

advanced capabilities. 

4. A determination has been made 

that the recipient country can provide 

the same degree of protection for the 

sensitive technology being released as 

the U.S. Government. This sale is 

necessary in furtherance of the U.S. 

foreign policy and national security 

objectives outlined in the Policy 

Justification. 

5. All defense articles and services 

listed in this transmittal have been 

authorized for release and export to the 

Government of the Netherlands. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03387 Filed 2–18–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad 

Program—Short-Term Projects 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: 

Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad 

Program—Short-Term Projects 

Notice Inviting Applications for New 

Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.021A. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: February 19, 

2015. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 23, 2015. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The FulbrightHays Group Projects Abroad (FulbrightHays GPA) Program supports overseas 

projects in training, research, and 

curriculum development in modern 

foreign languages and area studies for 

groups of teachers, students, and faculty 

engaged in a common endeavor. Shortterm projects may include seminars, 

curriculum development, or group 

research or study. 

Priorities: This notice contains one 

absolute priority, three competitive 

preference priorities, and one 

invitational priority. In accordance with 

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

priority is from the regulations for this 

program (34 CFR 664.32). Competitive 

Preference Priorities 1 and 2 are from 

the regulations for this program (34 CFR 

664.32), and Competitive Preference 

Priority 3 is from the notice of final 

priorities published in the Federal 

Register on September 24, 2010 (75 FR 

59050). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2015 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, 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 group project that focuses on one or 

more of the following geographic 

regions of the world: Africa, East Asia, 

South Asia, Southeast Asia and the 

Pacific, the Western Hemisphere 

(Central and South America, Mexico, 

and the Caribbean), East Central Europe 

and Eurasia, and the Near East. 

Competitive Preference Priorities: 

Within this absolute priority, we give 

competitive preference to applications 

that address one or more of the 

following three priorities. 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), for FY 

2015, we award an additional two 

points to an application that meets 

Competitive Preference Priority 1; up to 

an additional three points to an 

application that meets Competitive 

Preference Priority 2; and up to an 

additional five points to an application 

that meets Competitive Preference 

Priority 3. An applicant can address 

one, two, or all three of the competitive 

preference priorities. We can therefore 

award up to an additional 10 total 

points to an application, depending on 

how well the application meets 

competitive preference priorities 1, 2, 

and 3. 

Note: In order to receive preference under 

these competitive preference priorities, the 

applicant must identify the priority or 

priorities that it believes it meets and provide 

documentation supporting its claims. 

These priorities are: 

Competitive Preference Priority 1: 

Specific Geographic Regions of the 

World (2 Points). 

Applications that focus on one or 

more of the following geographic 

regions of the world: sub-Saharan Africa 

(Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina 

Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, 

Central African Republic, Chad, 

Comoros, Coˆte d’Ivoire, Democratic 

Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, 

Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, 

Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, 

Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, 

Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, 

Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, 

Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the 

Congo, Re ́union, Rwanda, Sa ̃o Tome ́

and Prı ́ncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, 

Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, 

South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, 

Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, 

Zimbabwe); South Asia (Afghanistan, 

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, 

Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka); and 

Southeast Asia (Brunei, Burma, 

Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, 

Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, 

Timor-Leste, Vietnam). 

Competitive Preference Priority 2: 

Substantive Training and Thematic 

Focus on Priority Languages (Up to 3 

Points). 

Applications that propose short-term 

projects abroad that provide substantive 

training and thematic focus on any of 

the 78 priority languages selected from 

the U.S. Department of Education’s list 

of Less Commonly Taught Languages: 

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Arabic (all dialects), Armenian, Azeri 

(Azerbaijani), Balochi, Bamanakan 

(Bamana, Bambara, Mandikan, 

Mandingo, Maninka, Dyula), Belarusian, 

Bengali (Bangla), Berber (all languages), 

Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cebuano 

(Visayan), Chechen, Chinese 

(Cantonese), Chinese (Gan), Chinese 

(Mandarin), Chinese (Min), Chinese 

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

Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew (Modern), 

Hindi, Igbo, Indonesian, Japanese, 

Javanese, Kannada, Kashmiri, Kazakh, 

Khmer (Cambodian), Kirghiz, Korean, 

Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kurdish (Sorani), 

Lao, Malay (Bahasa Melayu or 

Malaysian), Malayalam, Marathi, 

Mongolian, Nepali, Oromo, Panjabi, 

Pashto, Persian (Farsi), Polish, 

Portuguese (all varieties), Quechua, 

Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala 

(Sinhalese), Somali, Swahili, Tagalog, 

Tajik, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, 

Tigrigna, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, 

Urdu, Uyghur/Uigur, Uzbek, 

Vietnamese, Wolof, Xhosa, Yoruba, and 

Zulu. 

Competitive Preference Priority 3: 

Inclusion of K–12 Educators (Up to 5 

Points). 

Applications that propose short-term 

projects abroad that develop and 

improve foreign language studies, area 

studies, or both at elementary and 

secondary schools by including K–12 

teachers or K–12 administrators as at 

least 50 percent of the project 

participants. 

Invitational Priority: For FY 2015 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards based on the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, this 

priority is an invitational priority. 

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

give an application that meets this 

invitational priority a competitive or 

absolute preference over other 

applications. 

This priority is: 

Applications from any one of the 

following: 

(a) Minority-Serving Institutions (as 

defined in this notice). 

(b) Community colleges (as defined in 

this notice). 

(c) New applicants (as defined in this 

notice). 

Definitions: 

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, as amended 

(HEA). 

Community college means an 

institution that meets the definition in 

section 312(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 

1058(f)); or an institution of higher 

education (as defined in section 101 of 

the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1001)) that awards 

degrees and certificates, more than 50 

percent of which are not bachelor’s 

degrees (or an equivalent). 

New applicant means any applicant 

who has not received a discretionary 

grant from the Department of Education 

under a program authorized by title VI 

of the HEA or the Fulbright-Hays Act for 

five years prior to the deadline date for 

applications under this program. 

Program Authority: 22 U.S.C. 

2452(b)(6). 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 75, 77, 81, 82, 84, 86, 97, 

98, and 99. (b) The 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 3485. (c) The 

Uniform Administrative Requirements, 

Cost Principles, and Audit 

Requirements for Federal Awards in 2 

CFR part 200, as adopted and amended 

in 2 CFR part 3474. (d) The regulations 

for this program in 34 CFR part 664. (e) 

The notice of final priorities for this 

program, published in the Federal 

Register on September 24, 2010 (75 FR 

59050). 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

(IHEs) only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$1,361,000. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$50,000—$125,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

80,059. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $125,000 for a single budget 

period of 18 months. The Assistant 

Secretary for Postsecondary Education 

may change the maximum award 

through a notice published in the 

Federal Register. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 17. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 18 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: (1) IHEs, (2) 

State departments of education, (3) 

Private nonprofit educational 

organizations, and (4) Consortia of these 

entities. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: You can obtain an application 

package via the Internet or from the 

Education Publications Center (ED 

Pubs). To obtain a copy via the Internet, 

use the following address: 

www.Grants.gov. To obtain a copy from 

ED Pubs, write, fax, or call the 

following: ED Pubs, U.S. Department of 

Education, P.O. Box 22207, Alexandria, 

VA 22304. Telephone, toll free: 1–877– 

433–7827. FAX: (703) 605–6794. If you 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) or a text telephone (TTY), 

call, toll free: 1–877–576–7734. 

You can contact ED Pubs at its Web 

site, also: www.EDPubs.gov or at its 

email address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov. 

If you request an application from ED 

Pubs, be sure to identify this program as 

follows: CFDA number 84.021A. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

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

large print, audiotape, or compact disc) 

by contacting the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in 

section VII of this notice. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this 

program. 

Page Limit: The application narrative 

is where you, the applicant, address the 

selection criteria that reviewers use to 

evaluate your application. You must 

limit the application narrative (Part III) 

to no more than 40 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. 

• 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. An application submitted 

in any other font (including Times 

Roman and Arial Narrow) will not be 

accepted. 

• The 40-page limit does not apply to 

Part I, the Application for Federal 

Assistance face sheet (SF 424); the 


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supplemental information form required 

by the Department of Education; Part II, 

Budget Information—Non-Construction 

Programs (ED 524); Part IV, assurances, 

certifications, and the response to 

section 427 of the General Education 

Provisions Act (GEPA); the table of 

contents; the one-page project abstract; 

the appendices; or the line-item budget. 

However, the page limit does apply to 

all of the application narrative (Part III). 

If you include any attachments or 

appendices not specifically requested, 

these items will be counted as part of 

the application narrative for purposes of 

the page-limit requirement. 

We will reject your application if you 

exceed the page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: February 19, 

2015. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 23, 2015. 

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 in paper format by 

mail or hand delivery if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, please refer to 

section IV. 7. Other Submission 

Requirements of this notice. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

Individuals with disabilities who 

need an accommodation or auxiliary aid 

in connection with the application 

process should contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in section VII of this notice. If 

the Department provides an 

accommodation or auxiliary aid to an 

individual with a disability in 

connection with the application 

process, the individual’s application 

remains subject to all other 

requirements and limitations in this 

notice. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is not subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We specify 

unallowable costs in 34 CFR 664.33. We 

reference additional regulations 

outlining funding restrictions in the 

Applicable Regulations section of this 

notice. 

6. Data Universal Numbering System 

Number, Taxpayer Identification 

Number, and System for Award 

Management: To do business with the 

Department of Education, you must— 

a. Have a Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS) number and a Taxpayer 

Identification Number (TIN); 

b. Register both your DUNS number 

and TIN with the System for Award 

Management (SAM) (formerly the 

Central Contractor Registry (CCR)), the 

Government’s primary registrant 

database; 

c. Provide your DUNS number 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. 

You can obtain a DUNS number from 

Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number 

can be created within one to two 

business days. 

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 2–5 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 entered into the 

SAM database by an entity. 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 DUNS 

number and TIN. We strongly 

recommend that you register early. 

Note: Once your SAM registration is active, 

you will need to allow 24 to 48 hours for the 

information to be available in Grants.gov and 

before you can submit an application through 

Grants.gov. 

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 DUNS 

number 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 

DUNS number and TIN in SAM or 

updating your existing SAM account, 

we have prepared a SAM.gov Tip Sheet, 

which you can find at: http://

www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/samfaqs.html. 

In addition, if you are submitting your 

application via Grants.gov, you must (1) 

be designated by your organization as an 

Authorized Organization Representative 

(AOR); and (2) register yourself with 

Grants.gov as an AOR. Details on these 

steps are outlined at the following 

Grants.gov Web page: www.grants.gov/

web/grants/register.html. 

7. 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 

Fulbright-Hays GPA Program, CFDA 

number 84.021A, must be submitted 

electronically using the 

Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site 

at 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 email 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 Fulbright-Hays GPA 

Program at 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 

(e.g., search for 84.021, not 84.021A). 

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 date and time stamped. Your 

application must be fully uploaded and 

submitted and must be date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system no 

later than 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, on the application deadline date. 

Except as otherwise noted in this 

section, we will not accept your 

application if it is received—that is, date 

and time stamped by the Grants.gov 

system—after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

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date. We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. When we retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov, we will 

notify you if we are rejecting your 

application because it was date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system after 

4:30:00 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 under News and Events on 

the Department’s G5 system home page 

at www.G5.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 

you typically provide on the following 

forms: The Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF 424), the Department of 

Education Supplemental Information for 

SF 424, Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all 

necessary assurances and certifications. 

• You must upload any narrative 

sections and all other attachments to 

your application as files in a PDF 

(Portable Document) read-only, nonmodifiable format. Do not upload an 

interactive or fillable PDF file. If you 

upload a file type other than a readonly, non-modifiable PDF 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 from 

Grants.gov an automatic notification of 

receipt that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. (This notification 

indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not 

receipt by the Department.) The 

Department then will retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov and send a 

second notification to you by email. 

This second notification indicates that 

the Department has received your 

application and has assigned your 

application a PR/Award number (an EDspecified 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 

experiencing problems submitting your 

application through Grants.gov, please 

contact the Grants.gov Support Desk, 

toll free, at 1–800–518–4726. You must 

obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number and must keep a record of it. 

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 4:30:00 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 described elsewhere in this 

notice. 

If you submit an application after 

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

the application deadline date, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in 

section VII of this notice and provide an 

explanation of the technical problem 

you experienced with Grants.gov, along 

with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number. 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 4:30:00 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: The extensions to which we refer 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 

application 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 prevents 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 for Fulbright-Hays GPA ShortTerm Projects (CFDA 84.021A) to: Reha 

Mallory, Fulbright-Hays Group Projects 

Abroad Program, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street NW., room 

6100, Washington, DC 20006–8521. 

FAX: (202) 502–7675. 

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 following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center,Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.021A), LBJ Basement 

Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

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. 

(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. 


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(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 84.021A), 550 12th 

Street SW., Room 7039, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 

8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays, 

and Federal holidays. 

Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper 

Applications: If 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 SF 424 the CFDA number, 

including suffix letter, if any, of the 

competition under which you are submitting 

your application; and 

(2) The Application Control Center will 

mail to you a notification of receipt of your 

grant application. If you do not receive this 

notification 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 

1. General Information: For FY 2015, 

short-term project applications will be 

reviewed by separate panels according 

to world area. Each panel reviews, 

scores, and ranks its applications 

separately from the applications 

assigned to the other world area panels. 

However, all applications will be ranked 

against each other from the highest to 

the lowest score for funding purposes. A 

rank order from highest to lowest score 

will be developed and will be used for 

funding purposes. 

2. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this program are from 34 CFR 

664.31 and are as follows: (a) Plan of 

operation (20 points); (b) Quality of key 

personnel (10 points); (c) Budget and 

cost effectiveness (10 points); (d) 

Evaluation plan (20 points); (e) 

Adequacy of resources (5 points); (f) 

Potential impact of the project on the 

development of the study of modern 

foreign languages and area studies in 

American education (15 points); (g) The 

project’s relevance to the applicant’s 

educational goals and its relationship to 

its program development in modern 

foreign languages and area studies (5 

points); and (h) The extent to which 

direct experience abroad is necessary to 

achieve the project’s objectives and the 

effectiveness with which relevant host 

country resources will be utilized (10 

points). Additional information about 

these criteria is in the application 

package for this program. 

3. 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 also 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). 

4. Special Conditions: Under 2 CFR 

3474.10, the Secretary may impose 

special 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. 

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 may notify 

you informally, also. 

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 multi-year 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. Grantees are 

required to use the electronic data 

instrument International Resource 

Information System (IRIS) to complete 

the final report. 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: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993, the following measures will 

be used by the Department to evaluate 

the success of the GPA short-term 

program: percentage of GPA participants 

who disseminated information about or 

materials from their group project 

abroad through more than one outreach 

activity within six months of returning 

to their home institution. 

The information provided by grantees 

in their performance reports submitted 

via IRIS will be the source of data for 

this measure. Reporting screens for 

institutions can be viewed at: http://

iris.ed.gov/iris/pdfs/gpa_director.pdf 

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

participant.pdf. 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reha Mallory, Fulbright-Hays Group 

Projects Abroad Program, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street 

NW., Room 6100, Washington, DC 

20006–8521. Telephone: (202) 502–7605 

or by email: reha.mallory@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the 

FRS, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. 


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VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

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

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in section VII of this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

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 via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site, you 

can view this document, as well as all 

other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF). 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 

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. 

Dated: February 13, 2015. 

Ted Mitchell, 

Under Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03453 Filed 2–18–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Science, Department 

of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Fusion Energy Sciences 

Advisory Committee. The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 

notice of these meetings be announced 

in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, March 12, 2015—8:30 

a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Friday, March 13, 

2015—8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon. 

ADDRESSES: Hilton Gaithersburg, 620 

Perry Parkway, Gaithersburg, MD 20877. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edmund J. Synakowski, Designated 

Federal Officer, Office of Fusion Energy 

Sciences (FES); U.S. Department of 

Energy; SC–24/Germantown Building, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW.; 

Washington, DC 20585–1290; 

Telephone: (301) 903–4941. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Committee: To provide 

advice on a continuing basis to the 

Director, Office of Science of the 

Department of Energy, on the many 

complexes scientific and technical 

issues that arises in the development 

and implementation of the fusion 

energy sciences program. 

Tentative Agenda Items: 

• DOE/SC Perspective and FY 2016 

President’s Budget Request for SC 

• FES Perspective and FY 2016 

President’s Budget Request for FES 

• Report of the 2014 Committee of 

Visitors for FES 

• New Charge for a Report about FES 

Science Contributions and 

Technology Discoveries Beyond 

Fusion Energy 

• Update on Community Engagement 

Technical Workshops 

• Public Comment 

• Adjourn 

Note: Remote attendance of the FESAC 

meeting will be possible via ReadyTalk. 

Instructions can be found on the FESAC Web 

site: (http://science.energy.gov/fes/fesac/

meetings/) or by contacting Dr. Samuel J. 

Barish by email: sam.barish@science.doe.gov 

or by phone (301) 903–2917. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. If you would like to 

file a written statement with the 

Committee, you may do so either before 

or after the meeting. If you would like 

to make an oral statement regarding any 

of the items on the agenda, you should 

contact Dr. Samuel J. Barish at (301) 

903–8584 (fax) or sam.barish@

science.doe.gov (email). Reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

scheduled oral statements during the 

Public Comments time on the agenda. 

The Chairperson of the Committee will 

conduct the meeting to facilitate the 

orderly conduct of business. Public 

comment will follow the 10-minute 

rule. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 30 days on the Fusion 

Energy Sciences Advisory Committee 

Web site at: http://science.energy.gov/

fes/fesac/. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on February 12, 

2015. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03454 Filed 2–18–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP15–77–000] 

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; 

Notice of Application 

Take notice that on January 30, 2015, 

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company 

(Tennessee) filed an application with 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission pursuant to sections 7(b) 

and 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) 

requesting authority to construct and 

operate the Broad Run Expansion 

Project (Project) in Kentucky, Tennessee 

and West Virginia. Specifically, 

Tennessee requests authorization to: (i) 

Construct a new 10,771 hp Compressor 

Station 118A in Kanawha County, West 

Virginia; (ii) construct a new 20,500 hp 

Compressor Station 119A in Kanawha 

County, West Virginia; (iii) construct a 

new 16,000 hp Compressor Station 875 

in Madison County Kentucky; (iv) 

construct a new 30,000 hp Compressor 

Station 563 in Davidson County, 

Tennessee; (v) install 32,000 hp of new 

compression at the existing Compressor 

Station 106 in Powell County, 

Kentucky; and (vi) install 20,500 hp of 

additional compression at the existing 

Compressor Station 114 in Boyd 

County, Kentucky. The project is 

designed to provide an additional 

200,000 dekatherms per day of firm 

incremental transportation service for 

Antero Resources Corporation. A total of 

29,750 hp of added compression at the 

two existing compressor stations in 

Kentucky would replace old equipment 

and would be referred to as the 

Replacement Component of the Project. 

The remaining balance of the added hp 

at the existing stations and all of the hp 

proposed at the new stations are 

referred to as the Market Component of 

the Project. The estimated costs for the 

Market and Replacement components 

are $337.8 million and $68.5 million 

respectively. 

This filing is available for review at 

the Commission in the Public Reference 

Room or may be viewed on the 

Commission’s Web site web at http://

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Any questions regarding the 

application should be directed to 

Shannon M. Miller, Senior Regulatory 

Analyst, Tennessee Gas Pipeline 


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