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Northern California coast about 35 miles 

to the north of San Francisco. It consists 

of two portions: The Upper Channel that 

begins in Petaluma City and extends 14 

miles to the mouth of Petaluma River at 

San Pablo Bay (near the Highway 37 

Bridge); and the Across the Flats (ATF) 

portion that continues southeast of the 

Highway 37 Bridge and extends 5 miles 

into the deeper water of San Pablo Bay. 

It is a shallow draft navigation project 

that supports light commercial and 

sport fishing, and recreational boating. 

Both the channel width and depth 

vary throughout the entire length of the 

federal project. An 8 foot depth is 

authorized for the five miles of the ATF 

portion extending into San Pablo Bay 

(200 foot wide channel) and as far 

upstream as Western Avenue in the City 

of Petaluma (100 foot wide channel). 

This includes a 300 foot by 400 foot 

turning basin. The channel then reduces 

to 50 feet wide with a 4 foot depth until 

the Washington Street Bridge and from 

there it reduces to a 40 foot width and 

a 4 foot depth for an additional 935 

linear feet. 

Historically, dredged sediment from 

the Upper Channel was placed at an 

upland disposal site located 

downstream of the turning basin. The 

dredged sediment from the ATF portion 

has historically been placed at the San 

Pablo in-bay disposal site SF–10. 

Proposed Action(s): The San 

Francisco District, US Army Corps of 

Engineers, is evaluating whether there is 

sufficient placement/disposal capacity 

and verifying economic justification to 

support continued federal and nonfederal maintenance dredging over the 

next 20 years. 

Issues: Potentially significant issues 

associated with the project may include: 

air quality emissions, biological 

resource impacts, hazards and 

hazardous materials, hydrology and 

water quality, noise, traffic and 

transportation, and cumulative impacts 

from past, present and reasonably 

foreseeable future projects. 

Scoping Process: The U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers is seeking 

participation and input of all interested 

federal, state, and local agencies, Native 

American groups, and other concerned 

private organizations or individuals 

through this public notice. The purpose 

of the public meeting is to solicit 

comments regarding the potential 

impacts and environmental issues 

associated with the proposed action to 

be considered. A meeting will be held 

on April 30, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. (PDT). 

The draft PA is expected to be available 

for public review and comment in late 

summer of 2015. 

John C. Morrow, 

Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, District 

Engineer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08723 Filed 4–14–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Education Research and Special 

Education Research Grant Programs 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences, 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information 

Education Research and Special 

Education Research Grant Programs 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2016. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Numbers: 84.305A, 84.305B, 

84.305C, 84.305D, 84.305H, 84.305N, 

84.324A, and 84.324B. 

DATES: The dates when applications are 

available and the deadlines for 

transmittal of applications invited under 

this notice are indicated in the chart at 

the end of this notice. 

SUMMARY: The Acting Director of the 

Institute of Education Sciences 

(Institute) announces the Institute’s FY 

2016 competitions for grants to support 

education research and special 

education research. The Acting Director 

takes this action under the Education 

Sciences Reform Act of 2002. The 

Institute’s purpose in awarding these 

grants is to provide national leadership 

in expanding fundamental knowledge 

and understanding of (1) developmental 

and school readiness outcomes for 

infants and toddlers with or at risk for 

disability, and (2) education outcomes 

for all students from early childhood 

education through postsecondary and 

adult education. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The central 

purpose of the Institute’s research grant 

programs is to provide interested 

individuals and the general public with 

reliable and valid information about 

education practices that support 

learning and improve academic 

achievement and access to education 

opportunities for all students. These 

interested individuals include parents, 

educators, students, researchers, and 

policymakers. In carrying out its grant 

programs, the Institute provides support 

for programs of research in areas of 

demonstrated national need. 

Competitions in This Notice: The 

Institute will conduct eight research 

competitions in FY 2016 through two of 

its centers: 

The Institute’s National Center for 

Education Research (NCER) will hold 

six competitions: one competition for 

education research, one competition for 

education research training, one 

competition for education research and 

development centers, one competition 

for statistical and research methodology 

in education, one competition for 

partnerships and collaborations focused 

on problems of practice or policy, and 

one competition for research networks. 

The Institute’s National Center for 

Special Education Research (NCSER) 

will hold two competitions: one 

competition for special education 

research and one competition for special 

education research training. 

NCER Competitions 

The Education Research Competition. 

Under this competition, NCER will 

consider only applications that address 

one of the following ten education 

research topics: 

• Cognition and Student Learning. 

• Early Learning Programs and 

Policies. 

• Education Technology. 

• Effective Teachers and Effective 

Teaching. 

• English Learners. 

• Improving Education Systems: 

Policies, Organization, Management, 

and Leadership. 

• Mathematics and Science 

Education. 

• Postsecondary and Adult 

Education. 

• Reading and Writing. 

• Social and Behavioral Context for 

Academic Learning. 

The Research Training Programs in 

the Education Sciences. Under this 

competition, NCER will consider only 

applications that address the following 

topic: 

• Pathways to the Education Sciences 

Research Training. 

The Education Research and 

Development Centers Competition. 

Under this competition, NCER will 

consider only applications that address 

the following topic: 

• Virtual Learning. 

The Statistical and Research 

Methodology in Education Competition. 

Under this competition, NCER will 

consider only applications that address 

the following topic: 

• Early Career Statistical and 

Research Methodology Grants. 

Partnerships and Collaborations 

Focused on Problems of Practice or 


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Policy Competition. Under this 

competition, NCER will consider only 

applications that address the following 

topic: 

• Researcher-Practitioner 

Partnerships in Education Research. 

The Research Networks Focused on 

Critical Problems of Education Policy 

and Practice Competition. Under this 

competition, NCER will consider only 

applications that address one of the 

following two topics: 

• Supporting Early Learning from 

Preschool through Early Elementary 

Grades. 

• Scalable Strategies to Support 

College Completion. 

NCSER Competitions 

The Special Education Research 

Competitions. Under this competition, 

NCSER will consider only applications 

that address one of the following eleven 

topics: 

• Autism Spectrum Disorders. 

• Cognition and Student Learning in 

Special Education. 

• Early Intervention and Early 

Learning in Special Education. 

• Families of Children with 

Disabilities. 

• Mathematics and Science 

Education. 

• Professional Development for 

Teachers and Related Services 

Providers. 

• Reading, Writing, and Language 

Development. 

• Social and Behavioral Outcomes to 

Support Learning. 

• Special Education Policy, Finance, 

and Systems. 

• Technology for Special Education. 

• Transition Outcomes for Secondary 

Students with Disabilities. 

The Research Training Programs in 

Special Education Competition. Under 

this competition, NCSER will consider 

only applications that address one of the 

following three topics: 

• Postdoctoral Research Training 

Program. 

• Early Career Development and 

Mentoring. 

• Methods Training Using Single 

Case Designs. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 9501 et seq. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR 

parts 77, 81, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98, and 99. 

In addition, the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 75 are applicable, except for the 

provisions in 34 CFR 75.100, 75.101(b), 

75.102, 75.103, 75.105, 75.109(a), 

75.200, 75.201, 75.209, 75.210, 75.211, 

75.217(a) through (c), 75.219, 75.220, 

75.221, 75.222, and 75.230. (b) The 

Office of Management and Budget 

Guidelines to Agencies on 

Governmentwide Debarment and 

Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR 

part 180, as adopted and amended as 

regulations of the Department in 2 CFR 

part 3485. (c) The Uniform 

Administrative Requirements, Cost 

Principles, and Audit Requirements for 

Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as 

adopted and amended in 2 CFR part 

3474. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

only. 

II. Award Information 

Types of Awards: Discretionary grants 

and cooperative agreements. 

Fiscal Information: Although 

Congress has not yet enacted an 

appropriation for fiscal year 2016, the 

Institute is inviting applications for 

these competitions now so that we may 

give applicants adequate time to prepare 

their applications. The Department may 

announce additional topics later in 

2015. The actual award of grants will 

depend on the availability of funds. The 

size of the awards will depend on the 

scope of the projects proposed. The 

number of awards made under each 

competition will depend on the quality 

of the applications received for that 

competition, the availability of funds, 

and the following limits on awards for 

specific competitions and topics set by 

the Institute. 

The Institute may waive any of the 

following limits on awards for a specific 

competition or topic in the special case 

that the peer review process results in 

a tie between two or more grant 

applications, making it impossible to 

adhere to the limits without funding 

only some of the equally ranked 

applications. In that case, the Institute 

may make a larger number of awards to 

include all applications of the same 

rank. 

For the NCER’s Research Training 

Programs in the Education Sciences 

competition, we will award no more 

than four grants under the Pathways to 

the Education Sciences Research 

Training topic. 

For the NCER’s Education Research 

and Development Center competition, 

we will award no more than one grant 

under the Virtual Learning topic. 

For the NCER’s Statistical and 

Research Methodology in Education 

competition, we will award no more 

than four grants under the Early Career 

Statistical and Research Methodology 

Grants topic. 

For the NCER’s Partnerships and 

Collaborations Focused on Problems of 

Practice or Policy competition, we will 

award no more than five grants under 

the Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships 

in Education Research topic. 

For the NCER’s Research Networks 

Focused on Critical Problems of 

Education Policy and Practice 

competition, we will award no more 

than four grants under the Supporting 

Early Learning from Preschool through 

Early Elementary Grades topic and no 

more than four grants under the 

Scalable Strategies to Support College 

Completion topic. 

For the NCSER’s Research Training 

Programs in Special Education 

competition, we will award no more 

than two grants under the Postdoctoral 

Research Training topic, no more than 

five grants under the Early Career 

Development and Mentoring topic, and 

no more than one grant under the 

Methods Training Using Single Case 

Designs topic. 

The Director of the Institute may 

change the maximum number of awards 

per competition through a notice in the 

Federal Register. Contingent on the 

availability of funds and the quality of 

applications, we may make additional 

awards in FY 2017 from the list of 

unfunded applications from the FY 

2016 competitions. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Applicants that 

have the ability and capacity to conduct 

scientifically valid research are eligible 

to apply. Eligible applicants include, 

but are not limited to, nonprofit and forprofit organizations and public and 

private agencies and institutions, such 

as colleges and universities. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: These 

programs do not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Request for Applications and Other 

Information: Information regarding 

program and application requirements 

for the competitions will be contained 

in the NCER and NCSER Requests for 

Applications (RFAs), which will be 

available on the Institute’s Web site at: 

http://ies.ed.gov/funding/. Each 

competition will have its own 

application package. 

RFAs Available: The RFAs for all 

eight competitions announced in this 

notice will be available at the Web site 

listed above on or before April 30, 2015. 

The dates on which the application 

packages for these competitions will be 

available are indicated in the chart at 

the end of this notice. 

The selection criteria and review 

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contained in the RFAs. The RFAs also 

include information on the maximum 

award available under each grant 

competition. Applications that include 

proposed budgets higher than the 

relevant maximum award will not be 

considered for an award. The Director of 

the Institute may change the maximum 

amount through a notice in the Federal 

Register. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application are 

contained in the RFA for the specific 

competition. The forms that must be 

submitted are in the application package 

for the specific competition. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: The 

deadline date for transmittal of 

applications invited under this notice is 

indicated in the chart at the end of this 

notice and in the RFAs for the 

competitions. 

Application packages for grants under 

these competitions must be obtained 

from and submitted electronically using 

the Grants.gov Apply site 

(www.Grants.gov). For information 

(including dates and times) about how 

to submit your application package 

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 and 

the chart at the end 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 

competition is not subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 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. 

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 these 

competitions 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 

Education Research, Research Training 

Programs in the Education Sciences, 

Education Research and Development 

Centers, Statistical and Research 

Methodology in Education, the 

Partnerships and Collaborations 

Focused on Problems of Practice or 

Policy, Research Networks Focused on 

Critical Problems of Education Policy 

and Practice, Special Education 

Research, and Research Training 

Programs in Special Education 

competitions, CFDA numbers 84.305A, 

84.305B, 84.305C, 84.305D, 84.305H, 

84.305N, 84.324A, and 84.324B, 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 

applications for the Education Research, 

Special Education Research, Research 

Training Programs in the Education 

Sciences, Research Training Programs in 

Special Education, Education Research 

and Development Centers, Statistical 

and Research Methodology in 

Education, Partnerships and 

Collaborations Focused on Problems of 

Practice or Policy, and Research 

Networks Focused on Critical Problems 

of Education Policy and Practice 

competitions at www.Grants.gov. You 

must search for the downloadable 

application package for each 


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competition by the CFDA number. Do 

not include the CFDA number’s alpha 

suffix in your search (e.g., search for 

84.305, not 84.305A). 

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, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

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 the competition 

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 the relevant 

RFA for your application. 

• 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 to: Ellie Pelaez, U.S. 

Department of Education, 555 New 

Jersey Avenue NW., Room 600e, 

Washington, DC 20208. FAX: (202) 219– 

1466. 

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 


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Department at the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number: [Identify the CFDA 

number, including suffix letter, for the 

competition under which you are 

applying.]), 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. 

(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: [Identify the CFDA 

number, including suffix letter, for the 

competition under which you are 

applying.]), 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. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are 

provided in the RFAs. 

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 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). 

3. 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. Grant Administration: Applicants 

should budget for an annual two-day 

meeting for project directors to be held 

in Washington, DC. 

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

grant under one of the competitions 

announced in this notice, 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. 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. 

5. Performance Measures: To evaluate 

the overall success of its education 

research grant program, the Institute 

annually assesses the percentage of 

projects that result in peer-reviewed 

publications, the number of newly 

developed or modified interventions 

with evidence of promise for improving 

student education outcomes, and the 

number of Institute-supported 

interventions with evidence of efficacy 

in improving student outcomes 

including school readiness outcomes for 

young children and student academic 

outcomes and social and behavioral 

competencies for school-age students. 

School readiness outcomes include prereading, reading, pre-writing, early 

mathematics, early science, and socialemotional skills that prepare young 

children for school. Student academic 

outcomes include learning and 

achievement in core academic content 

areas (reading, writing, math, and 

science) and outcomes that reflect 

students’ successful progression through 

the education system (e.g., course and 

grade completion; high school 

graduation; postsecondary enrollment, 

progress, and completion). Social and 

behavioral competencies include social 

skills, attitudes, and behaviors that may 

be important to student’s academic and 

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education outcomes for students with or 

at risk of disability include 

developmental outcomes for infants and 

toddlers (birth to age three) with or at 

risk for a disability pertaining to 

cognitive, communicative, linguistic, 

social, emotional, adaptive, functional, 

or physical development; and 

developmental and functional outcomes 

that improve education outcomes, 

transition to employment, independent 

living, and postsecondary education for 

students with disabilities. 

6. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award under 34 CFR 

75.253, the Secretary considers, among 

other things: Whether a grantee has 

made substantial progress in meeting 

the goals and objectives of the project; 

whether the grantee has expended funds 

in a manner that is consistent with its 

approved application and budget; and, 

if the Secretary has established 

performance measurement 

requirements, whether the grantee has 

met the performance targets in the 

grantee’s approved application. In 

making a continuation grant, the 

Secretary also considers whether the 

grantee is operating in compliance with 

the assurances in its approved 

application, including those applicable 

to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

contact person associated with a 

particular research competition is listed 

in the chart at the end of this notice, in 

the relevant RFA, and in the relevant 

application package. The date on which 

applications will be available, the 

deadline for transmittal of applications, 

the estimated range of awards, and the 

project period ranges are also listed in 

the chart and in the RFAs that are 

posted at the following Web sites: 

http://ies.ed.gov/funding/ and 

www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ies/

programs.html. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the RFA in an accessible 

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

audiotape, or compact disc) on request 

to the appropriate program contact 

person listed in the chart at the end 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 this 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: April 10, 2015. 

Sue Betka, 

Acting Director, Institute of Education 

Sciences. 

CFDA No. and name 

Application 

package 

available 

Deadline for 

transmittal of 

applications 

Estimated range of 

awards * Project period For further information contact 

National Center for Education Research (NCER) 

84.305A Education Research ................. May 21, 2015 .. August 6, 2015 .......... $100,000 to $760,000 .... Up to 5 years ....... Rebecca McGill-Wilkinson, 

Rebecca.McGill@ed.gov. 

D Cognition and Student Learning.

D Early Learning Programs and Policies.

D Education Technology.

D Effective Teachers and Effective 

Teaching.

D English Learners.

D Improving Education Systems: Policies, Organization, Management, 

and Leadership.

D Mathematics and Science Education.

D Postsecondary and Adult Education.

D Reading and Writing.

D Social and Behavioral Context for 

Academic Learning.

84.305B Research Training Programs in 

the Education Sciences.

May 21, 2015 .. August 20, 2015 ........ $50,000 to $240,000 ...... Up to 5 years ....... Katina Stapleton, 

Katina.Stapleton@ed.gov. 

D Pathways to the Education 

Sciences Research Training.

84.305C Education Research and Development Center Program.May 21, 2015 .. August 20, 2015 ........ $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 Up to 5 years ....... Erin Higgins, Erin.Higgins@

ed.gov. 

D Virtual Learning.

84.305D Statistical and Research Methodology in Education.May 21, 2015 .. August 6, 2015 .......... $40,000 to $100,000 ...... Up to 2 years ....... Phill Gagne, Phill.Gagne@

ed.gov. 

D Early Career Statistical and Research Methodology Grants.

84.305H Partnerships and Collaborations Focused on Problems of Practice 

or Policy.

May 21, 2015 .. August 6, 2015 .......... $50,000 to $200,000 ...... Up to 2 years ....... Allen Ruby, Allen.Ruby@

ed.gov. 

D Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships in Education Research.


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CFDA No. and name 

Application 

package 

available 

Deadline for 

transmittal of 

applications 

Estimated range of 

awards * Project period For further information contact 

84.305N Research Networks Focused 

on Critical Problems of Education Policy and Practice.

D Supporting Early Learning from 

Preschool through Early Elementary Grades 

D Scalable Strategies to Support College Completion 

May 21, 2015 .. August 6, 2015 .......... $500,000—$1,100,000 ... Up to 5 years ....... Caroline Ebanks (Supporting 

Early Learning), Caroline.Ebanks@ed.gov. 

James.Benson (Scalable 

Strategies), 

James.Benson@ed.gov. 

National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) 

84.324A Special Education Research ....

D Autism Spectrum Disorders. 

May 21, 2015. August 6, 2015 .......... $100,000 to $800,000 .... Up to 5 years ....... Jacquelyn Buckley, Jacquelyn.Buckley@ed.gov. 

D Cognition and Student Learning in 

Special Education.

D Early Intervention and Early Learning in Special Education.

D Families of Children with Disabilities.

D Mathematics and Science Education.

D Professional Development for 

Teachers and Related Services 

Providers.

D Reading, Writing, and Language 

Development.

D Social and Behavioral Outcomes to 

Support Learning.

D Special Education Policy, Finance, 

and Systems.

D Technology for Special Education.

D Transition Outcomes for Secondary 

Students with Disabilities.

84.324B Research Training Programs in 

Special Education.

D Postdoctoral Research Training 

Program 

D Early Career Development and 

Mentoring 

D Methods Training Using Single 

Case Designs 

May 21, 2015 .. August 20, 2015 ........ $50,000 to $233,000 ...... Up to 5 years ....... Kristen Rhoads 

(Postdoctoral and Early 

Career), Kristen.Rhoads@

ed.gov. 

Robert Ochsendorf (Methods Training), Robert.Ochsendorf@ed.gov. 

* These estimates are annual amounts. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. 

Note: If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08627 Filed 4–14–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2015–ICCD–0043] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; National 

Household Education Survey 2016 

(NHES:2016) Full-Scale Data Collection 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences 

(IES)/National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

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Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

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3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 

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