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triennial actuarial evaluation for postretirement benefits required by GASB 

45; and (b) authorizing the Executive 

Director to retain an independent 

accounting firm to perform required 

annual audits for fiscal years 2015 

through 2017, with an option to 

continue these services through 2019. 

There will be no opportunity for 

additional public comment at the March 

11 business meeting on hearing items 

for which the hearing was completed on 

March 10 or a previous date. 

Commission consideration on March 11 

of items for which the public hearing is 

closed may result in either approval of 

the item (docket or resolution) as 

proposed, approval with changes, 

denial, or deferral. When the 

Commissioners defer an action, they 

may announce an additional period for 

written comment on the item, with or 

without an additional hearing date, or 

they may take additional time to 

consider the input they have already 

received without requesting further 

public input. Any deferred items will be 

considered for action at a public 

meeting of the Commission on a future 

date. 

Advance Sign-Up for Oral Comment. 

Individuals who wish to comment for 

the record at the public hearing on 

March 10 or to address the 

Commissioners informally during the 

public dialogue portion of the hearing 

that day are asked to sign up in advance 

by contacting Ms. Paula Schmitt of the 

Commission staff, at paula.schmitt@

drbc.state.nj.us or by phoning Ms. 

Schmitt at 609–883–9500 ext. 224. 

Addresses for Written Comment. 

Written comment on items scheduled 

for hearing may be delivered by hand at 

the public hearing or in advance of the 

hearing, either: by hand, U.S. Mail or 

private carrier to: Commission 

Secretary, P.O. Box 7360, 25 State Police 

Drive, West Trenton, NJ 08628; by fax to 

Commission Secretary, DRBC at 609– 

883–9522; or by email to 

paula.schmitt@drbc.state.nj.us. If 

submitted by email in advance of the 

hearing date, written comments on a 

docket should also be sent to Mr. 

William Muszynski, Manager, Water 

Resources Management at 

william.muszynski@drbc.state.nj.us. 

Accommodations for Special Needs. 

Individuals in need of an 

accommodation as provided for in the 

Americans with Disabilities Act who 

wish to attend the informational 

meeting, conference session or hearings 

should contact the Commission 

Secretary directly at 609–883–9500 ext. 

203 or through the Telecommunications 

Relay Services (TRS) at 711, to discuss 

how we can accommodate your needs. 

Updates. Items scheduled for hearing 

are occasionally postponed to allow 

more time for the Commission to 

consider them. Other meeting items also 

are subject to change. Please check the 

Commission’s Web site, www.drbc.net, 

closer to the meeting date for changes 

that may be made after the deadline for 

filing this notice. 

Additional Information, Contacts. The 

list of projects scheduled for hearing, 

with descriptions, will be posted on the 

Commission’s Web site, www.drbc.net, 

in a long form of this notice at least ten 

days before the hearing date. Draft 

dockets and resolutions for hearing 

items will be available as hyperlinks 

from the posted notice. Additional 

public records relating to hearing items 

may be examined at the Commission’s 

offices by appointment by contacting 

Carol Adamovic, 609–883–9500, ext. 

249. For other questions concerning 

hearing items, please contact Project 

Review Section assistant Victoria 

Lawson at 609–883–9500, ext. 216. 

Dated: February 18, 2015. 

Pamela M. Bush, 

Commission Secretary and Assistant General 

Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03956 Filed 2–26–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6360–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation 

Research Abroad Fellowship Program 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: Fulbright-Hays 

Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad 

(DDRA) Fellowship Program. 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2015. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.022A. 

DATES: Applications Available: February 

27, 2015. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 28, 2015. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The FulbrightHays DDRA Fellowship Program 

provides opportunities to doctoral 

candidates to engage in full-time 

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. 

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 and 

competitive preference priorities are 

from the regulations for this program (34 

CFR 662.21(d)). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2015, 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). Please note 

that applications that propose projects 

focused on the following countries are 

not eligible: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, 

Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, 

Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, 

Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, 

Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, 

San Marino, Spain, Sweden, 

Switzerland, United Kingdom, or 

Vatican City. 

Competitive Preference Priorities: 

Within this absolute priority, we give 

competitive preference to applications 

that address one or more of the 

following priorities. 

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

2015, we award an additional three 

points to an application that meets 

Competitive Preference Priority 1; two 

points for an application that meets 

Competitive Preference Priority 2; and 

five points for an application that meets 

Competitive Preference Priority 3 (up to 

10 additional points possible). 

These priorities are: 

Competitive Preference Priority 1: 

Specific Geographic Regions of the 

World (3 points). 

A research project that focuses on one 

or more of the following geographic 

areas: 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, 

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Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, 

Zimbabwe), Southeast Asia (Brunei, 

Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, 

Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 

Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam), and 

South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, 

Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, 

Pakistan, Sri Lanka). 

Competitive Preference Priority 2: 

Focus on Priority Languages (2 points). 

A research project that focuses on any 

of the 78 priority languages selected 

from the U.S. Department of Education’s 

list of Less Commonly Taught 

Languages (LCTLs), as follows: 

Akan (Twi-Fante), Albanian, 

Amharic, 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: 

Thematic Focus on Academic Fields 

and Advanced Proficiency in Less 

Commonly Taught Languages (5 points). 

A research project in the field of 

economics, engineering, international 

development, global education, 

mathematics, political science, public 

health, science, or technology proposed 

by an applicant who will use advanced 

language proficiency in one of the 78 

LCTLs listed in Competitive Preference 

Priority 2 of this notice in his or her 

research. An applicant must meet all 

three components of this priority in 

order to be awarded points: Propose a 

research project in one of the fields 

listed above, be proficient in the 

language of research at an advanced 

level, and propose using as a language 

of research one of the 78 LCTLs listed 

in this notice. 

Invitational Priority: For FY 2015, 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 Minority-Serving 

Institutions as well as other institutions 

that promote the participation of 

students from minority backgrounds in 

research abroad projects in foreign 

languages and international studies. For 

purposes of this invitational priority, 

Minority-Serving Institution means an 

institution that is eligible to receive 

assistance under 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). 

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 part 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 662. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

(IHEs) only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants 

redistributed as fellowships to 

individual beneficiaries. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$3,011,692. 

Estimated Range of Awards: $15,000 

to $60,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$33,463. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 90. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: The institutional 

project period is 18 months, beginning 

October 1, 2015. Students may request 

funding for a period of no less than six 

months and no more than 12 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs. As part of 

the application process, students submit 

individual applications to the IHE. The 

IHE then officially submits all eligible 

individual student applications with its 

grant application to the Department. 

Note: As part of its FY 2015 budget request, 

the Administration proposed to continue to 

allow funds to be used to support the 

applications of individuals who plan both to 

utilize their language skills in world areas 

vital to United States national security and to 

apply their language skills and knowledge of 

these countries in the fields of government, 

international development, and the 

professions. Therefore, students planning to 

apply their language skills in such fields and 

those planning teaching careers are eligible to 

apply to IHEs for funds from this program. 

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: Both IHEs and student 

applicants can obtain an application 

package via the Internet at www.G5.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 84.022A. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

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 the applicant must 

submit, are in the application package 

for this program. 

Page Limits: The application narrative 

is where the student applicant addresses 

the selection criteria that reviewers use 

to evaluate the application. The student 

applicant must limit the application 

narrative to no more than 10 pages and 

the bibliography to no more than two 

pages, using the following standards: 

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

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

both sides, and portrait orientation. 

Note: For purposes of determining 

compliance with the page limits, each 

page on which there are words will be 

counted as one full page. 

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• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative. However, student 

applicants may single space all text in 

charts, tables, figures, graphs, titles, 

headings, footnotes, endnotes, 

quotations, bibliography, and captions. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger, or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). Student applicants 

may use a 10-point font in charts, tables, 

figures, graphs, footnotes, and endnotes. 

However, these items are considered 

part of the narrative and counted within 

the 10-page limit. 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. An application submitted 

in any other font (including Times 

Roman or Arial Narrow) will not be 

accepted. 

The page limits only apply to the 

application narrative and bibliography. 

The page limits do not apply to the 

Application for Federal Assistance face 

sheet (SF 424), the supplemental 

information form required by the 

Department of Education, or the 

assurances and certification. However, 

student applicants must include their 

complete responses to the selection 

criteria in the application narrative. 

We will reject a student applicant’s 

application if the application exceeds 

the page limits. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: February 27, 

2015. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 28, 2015. 

Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted 

electronically using G5, the 

Department’s grant management system, 

accessible through the Department’s G5 

site. For information (including dates 

and times) about how to submit an IHE’s 

application electronically, or in paper 

format by mail or hand delivery if an 

IHE qualifies 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 reference 

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 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 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: www2.ed.gov/

fund/grant/apply/sam-faqs.html. 

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. 

Applications for grants under the 

Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellowship 

Program, CFDA number 84.022A, must 

be submitted electronically using the G5 

system, accessible through the 

Department’s G5 site at: www.G5.gov. 

We will reject an application if an IHE 

submits it in paper format unless, as 

described elsewhere in this section, the 

IHE qualifies for one of the exceptions 

to the electronic submission 

requirement and submits, no later than 

two weeks before the application 

deadline date, a written statement to the 

Department that the IHE qualifies 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. 

While completing the electronic 

application, both the IHE and the 

student applicant will be entering data 

online that will be saved into a 

database. Neither the IHE nor the 

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 has several parts. The 

following is a brief summary of the 

process; however, all applicants should 

review and follow the detailed 

description of the application process 

that is contained in the application 

package. In summary, the major steps 

are: 

(1) IHEs must email the following 

information to ddra@ed.gov: Name of 

university and full name and email 

address of potential project director. We 

recommend that applicant IHEs submit 

this information as soon as possible to 

ensure that they obtain access to G5 

well before the application deadline 

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date. We suggest that applicant IHEs 

send this information no later than two 

weeks prior to the closing date in order 

to facilitate timely submission of their 

applications; 

(2) Students must complete their 

individual applications and submit 

them to their IHE’s project director 

using G5; 

(3) Persons providing references for 

individual students must complete and 

submit reference forms for the students 

and submit them to the IHE’s project 

director using G5; and 

(4) The IHE’s project director must 

officially submit the IHE’s application, 

which must include all eligible 

individual student applications, 

reference forms, and other required 

forms, using G5. 

• The IHE must complete the 

electronic submission of the grant 

application by 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. G5 will not 

accept an application for this 

competition after 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. Therefore, we 

strongly recommend that both the IHE 

and the student applicant not wait until 

the application deadline date to begin 

the application process. 

• The hours of operation of the G5 

Web site are 6:00 a.m. Monday until 

7:00 p.m., Wednesday; and 6:00 a.m. 

Thursday until 8:00 p.m., Sunday, 

Washington, DC time. Please note that, 

because of maintenance, the system is 

unavailable between 8:00 p.m. on 

Sundays and 6:00 a.m. on Mondays, and 

between 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and 

6:00 a.m. on Thursdays, Washington, 

DC time. Any modifications to these 

hours are posted on the G5 Web site. 

• Student applicants will not receive 

additional point value because the 

student submits his or her application 

in electronic format, nor will we 

penalize the IHE or 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 submit all documents 

electronically, including all information 

typically provided 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. 

• Both IHEs and student applicants 

must upload any narrative sections and 

all other attachments to their 

application as files in a PDF (Portable 

Document) read-only, non-modifiable 

format. Do not upload an interactive or 

fillable PDF file. If you upload a file 

type other than a read-only, nonmodifiable PDF or submit a passwordprotected file, we will not review that 

material. 

• Student transcripts must be 

submitted electronically through the G5 

system. 

• Both the IHE’s and the student 

applicant’s electronic applications must 

comply with any page limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• Prior to submitting your electronic 

application, you may wish to print a 

copy of it for your records. 

• After the individual student 

applicant electronically submits his or 

her application to the student’s IHE, the 

student will receive an automatic 

acknowledgment. After a person 

submits a reference electronically, he or 

she will receive an online confirmation. 

After the applicant IHE submits its 

application, including all eligible 

individual student applications, to the 

Department, the applicant IHE will 

receive an automatic acknowledgment, 

which will include a PR/Award number 

(an identifying number unique to the 

IHE’s application). 

• Within three working days after 

submitting the its electronic application, 

the IHE must fax a signed copy of the 

SF 424 to the Application Control 

Center after following these steps: 

(1) Print SF 424 from G5. 

(2) The applicant IHE’s Authorizing 

Representative must sign this form. 

(3) Place the PR/Award number in the 

upper right hand corner of the hardcopy signature page of the SF 424. 

(4) Fax the signed SF 424 to the 

Application Control Center at (202) 

245–6272. 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on other forms 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 

G5 system is unavailable, we will grant 

the IHE an extension until 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC 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 

G5 system and the IHE has initiated an 

electronic application for this 

competition; and 

(2) (a) The G5 system is unavailable 

for 60 minutes or more between the 

hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date; or 

(b) G5 is unavailable for any period of 

time between 3:30 p.m. and 4:30:00 

p.m., Washington, DC 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 elsewhere in 

this notice under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT (see Section VII. 

Agency Contact) or (2) the G5 help desk 

at 1–888–336–8930. If G5 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 G5 application. Extensions 

referred to in this section apply only to 

the unavailability of the G5 system. 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement: An IHE qualifies for an 

exception to the electronic submission 

requirement, and may submit its 

application in paper format, if the IHE 

is unable to submit an application 

through G5 because— 

• The IHE or a student applicant does 

not have access to the Internet; or 

• The IHE or a student applicant does 

not have the capacity to upload large 

documents to G5; 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), the IHE mails or faxes a 

written statement to the Department, 

explaining which of the two grounds for 

an exception prevents the IHE from 

using the Internet to submit its 

application. If an IHE mails a written 

statement to the Department, it must be 

postmarked no later than two weeks 

before the application deadline date. If 

an IHE faxes its 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 this 

statement to: Pamela J. Maimer, Ph.D., 

U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K 

Street NW., Room 6106, Washington, 

DC 20006–6078. FAX: (202) 502–7860. 

The IHE’s 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 an IHE qualifies for an exception to 

the electronic submission requirement, 

the IHE may mail (through the U.S. 

Postal Service or a commercial carrier) 

its application to the Department. The 

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IHE must mail the original and two 

copies of the 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 84.022A), LBJ Basement 

Level 1, 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. 

If the IHE’s application is postmarked 

after the application deadline date, we 

will not consider its application. 

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. 

c. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Hand Delivery. 

If an IHE qualifies for an exception to 

the electronic submission requirement, 

the IHE (or a courier service) may 

deliver its paper application to the 

Department by hand. The IHE must 

deliver the original and two copies of 

the 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 84.022A), 550 12th 

Street SW., Room 7039, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 

8:00:00 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 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 CFDA number, 

including suffix letter, if any, of the 

competition under which the IHE is 

submitting its application; and 

(2) The Application Control Center will 

mail a notification of receipt of the IHE’s 

grant application. If the IHE does not receive 

this grant notification within 15 business 

days from the application deadline date, the 

IHE should call the U.S. Department of 

Education Application Control Center at 

(202) 245–6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. General: For FY 2015, student 

applications are divided into seven 

categories based on the world area focus 

of their research projects, as described 

in the absolute priority listed in this 

notice. Language and area studies 

experts in discrete world area-based 

panels will review the student 

applications. Each panel reviews, 

scores, and ranks its applications 

separately from the applications 

assigned to the other world area panels. 

However, all fellowship applications 

will be ranked together from the highest 

to lowest score for funding purposes. 

2. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from 34 

CFR 662.21 and are listed in the 

following paragraphs. The maximum 

score for all of the selection criteria is 

100 points. The maximum score for 

each criterion is indicated in 

parentheses. The maximum score for all 

criteria, including the competitive 

preference priorities, is 110 points. 

Quality of proposed project (60 

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 (15 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 (5 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). 

Qualifications of the applicant (40 

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 and the applicant’s native 

language) of the country or countries of 

research, and the specific measures to 

be taken to overcome any anticipated 

language barriers (15 points); and 

(4) 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 

(5 points). 

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). 

Under 34 CFR 662.22(b), no applicant 

may receive concurrently a grant from 

the Fulbright US Student Program 

(FUSP) and a grant from the FulbrightHays DDRA Fellowship Program. Once 

a candidate has accepted an award from 

FUSP and FUSP has expended funds on 

the student, the student is then 

ineligible for a grant under the 

Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellowship 

Program. A student applying for a grant 

under the Fulbright-Hays DDRA 

Fellowship Program must indicate on 

the application if the student has 

currently applied for a FUSP grant. If, at 

any point, the candidate accepts a FUSP 

award prior to being notified of the 

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Hays DDRA Fellowship Program, the 

candidate should immediately notify 

the program contact person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in 

section VII of this notice. If, after 

consultation with FUSP, we determine 

that FUSP has expended funds on the 

student (e.g., the candidate has attended 

the pre-departure orientation or was 

issued grant funds), the candidate will 

be deemed ineligible for an award under 

the Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellowship 

Program at that time. 

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 a student 

application is successful, we notify the 

IHE’s U.S. Representative and U.S. 

Senators and send the IHE a Grant 

Award Notification (GAN); or we may 

send the IHE an email containing a link 

to access an electronic version of the 

GAN. We may notify the IHE informally, 

also. 

If a student application is not 

evaluated or not selected for funding, 

we notify the IHE. 

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 the approved 

application as part of the 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 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. 

The Department will use the 

following measures to evaluate its 

success in meeting this objective: 

DDRA GPRA Measure 1: The 

percentage of DDRA fellows who 

increased their foreign language scores 

in speaking, reading, and/or writing by 

at least one proficiency level. 

DDRA GPRA 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 GPRA 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 GPRA 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 report submitted 

via IRIS will be the source of data for 

this measure. Reporting screens for 

institutions and fellows may be viewed 

at: http://iris.ed.gov/iris/pdfs/ 

DDRA_director.pdf. http://iris.ed.gov/ 

iris/pdfs/DDRA_fellow.pdf. 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela J. Maimer, Ph.D., International 

and Foreign Language Education, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street 

NW., Room 6106, Washington, DC 

20006–6078. Telephone: (202) 502–7704 

or by email: ddra@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the 

FRS, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

If you request an application from ED 

Pubs, be sure to identify this program as 

follows: CFDA number 84.022A. 

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 for 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 24, 2015. 

Lynn B. Mahaffie, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, 

Planning, and Innovation, Delegated the 

Authority to Perform the Functions and 

Duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Postsecondary Education. 

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