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collected; and (d) Ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. Comments submitted in 

response to this notice will be submitted 

to OMB as part of its review of this 

request. All comments will become a 

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[FR Doc. 2022–02090 Filed 2–1–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AM–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. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

is issuing a notice inviting applications 

for fiscal year (FY) 2022 for the 

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation 

Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship 

Program, Assistance Listing Number 

84.022A. This notice relates to the 

approved information collection under 

OMB control number 1840–0005. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: February 2, 

2022. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 6, 2022. 

Pre-Application Webinar information: 

The Department will hold a preapplication meeting via webinar for 

prospective applicants. Detailed 

information regarding this webinar will 

be provided on the Doctoral Dissertation 

Research Abroad website at https://

www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpsddrap/ 

applicant.html. Additional information 

for new potential grantees who are 

unfamiliar with grantmaking at the 

Department may read about the 

discretionary grant process and funding 

basics resources at https://www2.ed.gov/ 

documents/funding-101/funding-101- 

basics.pdf (Funding 101 Basics). 

ADDRESSES: The addresses pertinent to 

this competition—including the 

addresses for obtaining and submitting 

an application—can be found under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Marrion, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 258–24, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 453–5628. Email: 

DDRA@ed.gov. 

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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The FulbrightHays DDRA Fellowship Program 

provides opportunities for doctoral 

students to engage in dissertation 

research abroad in modern foreign 

languages and area studies. The program 

is designed to contribute to the 

development and improvement of the 

study of modern foreign languages and 

area studies in the United States. 

Priorities: This notice contains one 

absolute priority and three competitive 

preference priorities. In accordance with 

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

Priority and Competitive Preference 

Priorities 1 and 2 are from the 

regulations for this program (34 CFR 

662.21(d)). Competitive Preference 

Priority 3 is from the Secretary’s Notice 

of Final Supplemental Priorities and 

Definitions for Discretionary Grant 

Programs, published in the Federal 

Register on December 10, 2021 (86 FR 

70612) (Supplemental Priorities). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2022, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

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

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

Specific Geographic Regions of the 

World. 

A research project that focuses on one 

or more of the following geographic 

areas: Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia 

and the Pacific Islands, South Asia, the 

Near East, Central and Eastern Europe 

and Eurasia, and the Western 

Hemisphere (excluding the United 

States and its territories). 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2022, these priorities are competitive 

preference priorities. Under 34 CFR 

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

two points to an application that meets 

Competitive Preference Priority 1; an 

additional two points to an application 

that meets Competitive Preference 

Priority 2; and an additional two points 

to an application that meets Competitive 

Priority 3 (up to 6 additional points 

possible). 

These priorities are: 

Competitive Preference Priority 1— 

Focus on Less Commonly Taught 

Languages (2 points). 

A research project that focuses on any 

modern foreign language except French, 

German, or Spanish. 

Competitive Preference Priority 2— 

Thematic Focus on Academic Fields (2 

points). 

Applications that propose dissertation 

research projects in modern foreign 

languages and area studies with an 

academic focus on any of the following 

academic fields: Science (including 

climate change), technology, 

engineering (including infrastructure 

studies), mathematics, computer 

science, education (comparative or 

international), international 

development, political science, public 

health (including epidemiology), or 

economics. 

Competitive Preference Priority 3— 

Promoting Equity in Student Access to 

Educational Resources and 

Opportunities (2 points). 

Projects implemented by one of the 

following entities: 

• Historically Black colleges and 

universities (as defined in this notice); 

• Minority-serving institutions (as 

defined in this notice); or 

• Tribal colleges and universities (as 

defined in this notice). 

Definitions: The following definitions 

are from the Supplemental Priorities, to 

provide clarity for applicants addressing 

Competitive preference Priority 3. 

Historically Black colleges and 

universities means colleges and 

universities that meet the criteria set out 

in 34 CFR 608.2. 

Minority-serving institutions means an 

institution that is eligible to receive 

assistance under sections 316 through 

320 of part A of title III, under part B 

of title III, or under title V of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965 (HEA). 

Tribal colleges or universities has the 

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

of the HEA. 

Program Authority: 22 U.S.C. 

2452(b)(6). 

Note: Projects will be awarded and 

must be operated in a manner consistent 

with the nondiscrimination 

requirements contained in Federal civil 

rights laws. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR 

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

99. (b) The Office of Management and 

Budget Guidelines to Agencies on 

Governmentwide Debarment and 

Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR 

part 180, as adopted and amended as 

regulations of the Department in 2 CFR 

part 3485. (c) The Uniform 

Administrative Requirements, Cost 

Principles, and Audit Requirements for 

Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as 

adopted and amended as regulations of 

the Department in 2 CFR part 3474. (d) 

The regulations for this program in 34 


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CFR part 662. (e) The Supplemental 

Priorities. 

Note: The open licensing requirement 

in 2 CFR 3474.20 does not apply to this 

program. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants 

redistributed as fellowships to 

individual beneficiaries. 

Note: The Administration has 

requested $8,811,000 for awards under 

the Fulbright-Hays Overseas program for 

FY 2022, of which the DDRA 

Fellowship Program is one part; we 

intend to use an estimated $4,153,390 

for this DDRA competition. The actual 

level of funding, if any, depends on 

final congressional action. However, we 

are inviting applications to allow 

enough time to complete the grant 

process before the end of the current 

fiscal year if Congress appropriates 

funds for this program. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$4,153,390. 

Estimated Range of Awards: $15,000– 

$60,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$46,000. 

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. Doctoral 

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: Institutions of 

higher education (IHEs). Eligible 

doctoral students submit their 

individual research narratives and forms 

to the project director at their home IHE, 

who then compiles the doctoral student 

submissions and incorporates them into 

the institutional grant application that is 

submitted electronically to the 

Department through the G5 system. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

3. Subgrantees: A grantee under this 

competition may not award subgrants to 

entities to directly carry out project 

activities described in its application. 

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

DDRA Fellowship Program applicant 

concurrently may receive a grant from 

the Fulbright U.S. Student Program 

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

this reason, when applying for a grant 

under the Fulbright-Hays DDRA 

Fellowship Program, a doctoral student 

must indicate in the application 

whether he or she also has applied for 

a FUSP grant. At any time during the 

U.S. Department of Education FulbrightHays DDRA Fellowship Program 

competition process, if a doctoral 

student accepts a fellowship award from 

the FUSP, or the FUSP disperses funds 

to provide training services to a doctoral 

student, that doctoral student is 

automatically ineligible for 

consideration for a grant under the 

Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellowship 

Program. Also, if the FUSP notifies the 

Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellowship 

Program that it has awarded funds or 

provided training to a potential 

recipient of a Fulbright-Hays DDRA 

Fellowship, the Department will 

automatically deem the doctoral student 

ineligible for further consideration. 

Doctoral students thus should notify the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT prior to accepting 

any grant support or training from the 

FUSP. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Both IHEs and doctoral 

student applicants can obtain an 

application package via the internet or 

from the Education Publications Center 

(ED Pubs). To obtain a copy via the 

internet, use the following address: 

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 TDD 

or a TTY, call, toll free: 1–877–576– 

7734. 

You also can contact ED Pubs at its 

website at https://www.ed.gov/edpubs/, 

or at its email address at edpubs@

inet.ed.gov. 

If you request an application package 

from ED Pubs, be sure to identify this 

program as follows: Assistance Listing 

Number 84.022A. 

2. Submission Dates and Times: 

Submit applications for grants under 

the program electronically using G5.gov. 

For information (including dates and 

times) about how to submit your 

application electronically, please refer 

to Other Submission Requirements 

below. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

Individuals with disabilities who 

need an accommodation or auxiliary aid 

in connection with the application 

process should contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. If the Department provides an 

accommodation or auxiliary aid to an 

individual with a disability in 

connection with the application 

process, the individual’s application 

remains subject to all other 

requirements and limitations in this 

notice. 

3. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is not subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. 

4. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

5. Recommended Page Limit: The 

application narrative is where you, the 

applicant, address the selection criteria 

that reviewers use to evaluate your 

application. We recommend that you (1) 

limit the application narrative to no 

more than 10 pages and the 

bibliography to no more than two pages 

and (2) use the following standards: 

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

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

and both sides. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions, as well as all 

text in charts, tables, figures, and 

graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger, or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. 

The recommended page limit does not 

apply to the cover sheet, budget section, 

including the narrative budget 

justification; the assurance and 

certifications; or the one-page abstract, 

the resumes, the biography, or letters of 

support. However, the recommended 

page limit does apply to all of the 

application narrative. 

6. DUNS/UEI Number, Taxpayer 

Identification Number, and System for 

Award Management: 

To do business with the Department, 

you must— 

a. Have a Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS) number/Unique Entity 

Identifier (UEI) and a Taxpayer 

Identification Number (TIN); 

b. Register both your DUNS/UEI 

number and TIN with the System for 

Award Management (SAM), the 

Government’s primary registrant 

database; 

c. Provide your DUNS/UEI 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 

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Until April 3, 2022, you can obtain a 

DUNS number from Dun and Bradstreet 

at the following website: http://

fedgov.dnb.com/webform. A DUNS 

number can be created within one to 

two business days. Beginning on April 

4, 2022, we will transition to using UEI 

numbers instead of DUNS numbers. If 

you are not already registered in SAM 

at that time, you can obtain a UEI 

directly through the SAM system. 

If you are a corporate entity, agency, 

institution, or organization, you can 

obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue 

Service. If you are an individual, you 

can obtain a TIN from the Internal 

Revenue Service or the Social Security 

Administration. If you need a new TIN, 

please allow two to five weeks for your 

TIN to become active. 

The SAM registration process can take 

approximately seven business days, but 

may take upwards of several weeks, 

depending on the completeness and 

accuracy of the data you enter into the 

SAM database. Thus, if you think you 

might want to apply for Federal 

financial assistance under a program 

administered by the Department, please 

allow sufficient time to obtain and 

register your DUNS/UEI number and 

TIN. We strongly recommend that you 

register early. 

Note: Once your SAM registration is 

active, it may be 24 to 48 hours before 

you can submit an application through 

G5. 

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/UEI 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/UEI 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. 

Submit applications for grants under 

the Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellowship 

Program, Assistance Listing Number 

84.022A, electronically using the G5 

system, accessible through the 

Department’s G5 site at: www.G5.gov. 

While completing the electronic 

application, both the IHE and the 

doctoral student applicant will be 

entering data online that will be saved 

into a database. Neither the IHE nor the 

doctoral student applicant may email an 

electronic copy of a grant application to 

us. 

Please note the following: 

• The process for submitting 

applications electronically under the 

Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellowship 

Program requires several steps. The 

following is a brief overview of the 

process; however, all applicants should 

review the detailed description of the 

application process in the application 

package. In summary, the major steps 

are: 

(1) IHEs must email the name of the 

institution and the full name and email 

address of the project director to 

DDRA@ed.gov. We suggest that 

applicant IHEs submit this information 

no later than two weeks prior to the 

application deadline date to ensure that 

they obtain access to G5 well before that 

date; 

(2) Doctoral students must complete 

their individual applications and submit 

them to their home IHE project director 

using G5; 

(3) Persons providing references for 

individual doctoral students must 

complete and submit reference forms for 

the doctoral 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, 

including all eligible individual 

doctoral student applications, reference 

forms, and other required forms, using 

G5. 

• The IHE must complete the 

electronic submission of the grant 

application by 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time, 

on the application deadline date. G5 

will not accept an application for this 

competition after 4:30 p.m., Eastern 

Time, on the application deadline date. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

both the IHE and the doctoral student 

applicant not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the application 

process. The table below shows the days 

and times that the G5 website will be 

available. 

G5 HOURS OF OPERATION IN EASTERN TIME

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 

Unavailable from 3:00 

p.m.–11:59 p.m.

Unavailable from 12:00 

a.m.–6:00 a.m.

Available 24 hours Unavailable from 9:00 

p.m.–11:59 p.m.

Unavailable from 12:00 

a.m.–6:00 a.m.

Available 24 hours Available 24 hours. 

• Doctoral student applicants will not 

receive additional point value because 

the doctoral student submits his or her 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize the IHE or doctoral 

student applicant if the applicant 

qualifies for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, as 

described elsewhere in this section, and 

submits an application in paper format. 

• IHEs must upload all application 

documents electronically, including the 

following forms: The Application for 

Federal Assistance (SF 424), the 

Department of Education Supplemental 

Information for SF 424, Budget 

Information—Non-Construction 

Programs (ED 524), and all necessary 

assurances and certifications. 

• Both IHEs and doctoral student 

applicants must upload their 

applications, including the required 

narrative sections and all required 

attachments to their applications, as 

files in a read-only flattened Portable 

Document Format (PDF), meaning any 

fillable documents must be saved and 

submitted as non-fillable PDF files. Do 

not upload any interactive or fillable 

PDF files. If you upload a file type other 

than a read-only, non-modifiable PDF 

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

submit a password-protected file, we 

will be unable to review that material. 

Please note that this will likely result in 

your application not being considered 

for funding. The Department will not 

convert material from other formats to 

PDF. 

• Submit doctoral student transcripts 

electronically through the G5 system. 

• Prior to submitting your electronic 

application, you may wish to print a 

copy of it for your records. 

• After the individual doctoral 

student electronically submits his or her 

application to the IHE, the doctoral 

student will receive an automatic 

acknowledgment from the G5 system. 

After a person submits a reference 

electronically, he or she will receive an 

online confirmation from the G5 system. 

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application to the Department, 

including all eligible individual 

doctoral student applications, the 

applicant IHE will receive an automatic 

acknowledgment from G5 that will 

include a unique PR/Award number for 

the IHE’s application. 

• Within three working days after 

submitting its electronic application, the 

applicant IHE must— 

(1) Print the SF 424 from G5; 

(2) Have the Authorizing 

Representative sign this form; 

(3) Place the PR/Award number in the 

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

(4) Email the signed SF 424 to the 

Application Control Center at DDRA@

ed.gov. 

• We may request that you provide us 

hard copies with original signatures for 

other forms in the application at a later 

date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of System Unavailability: If an 

IHE is prevented from electronically 

submitting its application on the 

application deadline date because the 

G5 system is unavailable, we will grant 

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

Eastern Time, the following business 

day to enable the IHE to transmit its 

application electronically, by mail, or by 

hand delivery. We will grant this 

extension if— 

(1) The IHE is a registered user of the 

G5 system and the IHE has initiated an 

electronic application for this 

competition; and 

(2)(a) G5 is unavailable for 60 minutes 

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

and 3:30 p.m., Eastern Time, on the 

application deadline date; or 

(b) G5 is unavailable for any period of 

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

Eastern Time, on the application 

deadline date. 

We must acknowledge and confirm 

these periods of unavailability before 

granting the IHE an extension. To 

request this extension or to confirm our 

acknowledgment of any system 

unavailability, an IHE may contact 

either (1) the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT or (2) the 

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

If 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. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications. 

We discourage paper applications, but 

if electronic submission is not possible 

(e.g., you do not have access to the 

internet), you must provide a written 

statement that you intend to submit a 

paper application. Send this written 

statement 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) to Amy Marrion, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, Room 258–24, Washington, 

DC 20202–4260. Telephone: (202) 453– 

5628. Email: DDRA@ed.gov. 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 submit a paper application, 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: (Assistance 

Listing 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. 

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. 

We will not consider applications 

postmarked after the application 

deadline date. 

c. Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of 

Paper Applications: If an IHE mails or 

hand delivers its application to the 

Department— 

(1) The IHE must indicate on the 

envelope and—if not provided by the 

Department—in Item 11 of the SF 424, 

the Assistance Listing 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. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from the 

regulations for this program in 34 CFR 

662.21 and are as follows: 

(a) Quality of proposed project. (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; 

(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; 

(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; 

(4) The justification for overseas field 

research and preparations to establish 

appropriate and sufficient research 

contacts and affiliations abroad; 

(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; 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. 

(b) 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; 

(2) The extent to which the 

applicant’s academic record 

demonstrates strength in area studies 

relevant to the proposed project; 

(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; and 

(4) The applicant’s ability to conduct 

research in a foreign cultural context, as 

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or previous overseas experience, or 

both. 

2. Review and Selection Process: We 

remind potential applicants that in 

reviewing applications in any 

discretionary grant competition, the 

Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR 

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

applicant in carrying out a previous 

award, such as the applicant’s use of 

funds, achievement of project 

objectives, and compliance with grant 

conditions. The Secretary may also 

consider whether the applicant failed to 

submit a timely performance report or 

submitted a report of unacceptable 

quality. 

In addition, in making a competitive 

grant award, the Secretary requires 

various assurances including those 

applicable to Federal civil rights laws 

that prohibit discrimination in programs 

or activities receiving Federal financial 

assistance from the Department (34 CFR 

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

For FY 2022, doctoral student 

applications will be divided into seven 

categories based on the world area focus 

of their research projects, as described 

in the absolute priority. Foreign 

language and area studies experts on 

discrete world area-based panels will 

review the doctoral student 

applications. Each panel will review, 

score, and rank its applications 

separately from the applications 

assigned to the other world area panels. 

At the conclusion of the peer review 

process, however, all fellowship 

applications in the competition will be 

ranked from the highest to the lowest 

score for funding purposes. 

If there are applications on the rank 

order slate with the same average score, 

the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship 

Board’s (FFSB) policy governing 

veteran’s preference will be used in the 

tiebreaker and selection process. 

Veteran’s preference will be used first to 

determine which application to 

recommend for funding. This means 

that in instances where two or more 

applications have the same average 

score on the rank order slate, and there 

are insufficient funds to support all of 

the equally-ranked applications, the 

veteran’s application will be given 

preference. 

For applications that have tied 

average scores but are not subject to 

veteran’s preference consideration, we 

will use the average score assigned on 

the Technical Review Forms for the 

‘‘Quality of the Proposed Project’’ 

selection criterion. If a tie still exists, 

the average score for Competitive 

Preference Priority 1 will be used as the 

tiebreaker. A final tiebreaker, should it 

become necessary, will use the average 

score assigned for the ‘‘Qualifications of 

the Applicant’’ selection criterion. 

3. Risk Assessment and Specific 

Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR 

200.206, before awarding grants under 

this competition the Department 

conducts a review of the risks posed by 

applicants. Under 2 CFR 200.208, the 

Secretary may impose specific 

conditions and, under 2 CFR 3474.10, in 

appropriate circumstances, high-risk 

conditions on a grant if the applicant or 

grantee is not financially stable; has a 

history of unsatisfactory performance; 

has a financial or other management 

system that does not meet the standards 

in 2 CFR part 200, subpart D; has not 

fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; 

or is otherwise not responsible. 

4. Integrity and Performance System: 

If you are selected under this 

competition to receive an award that 

over the course of the project period 

may exceed the simplified acquisition 

threshold (currently $250,000), under 2 

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

judgment about your integrity, business 

ethics, and record of performance under 

Federal awards—that is, the risk posed 

by you as an applicant—before we make 

an award. In doing so, we must consider 

any information about you that is in the 

integrity and performance system 

(currently referred to as the Federal 

Awardee Performance and Integrity 

Information System (FAPIIS)), 

accessible through the System for 

Award Management. You may review 

and comment on any information about 

yourself that a Federal agency 

previously entered and that is currently 

in FAPIIS. 

Please note that, if the total value of 

your currently active grants, cooperative 

agreements, and procurement contracts 

from the Federal Government exceeds 

$10,000,000, the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 200, Appendix XII, 

require you to report certain integrity 

information to FAPIIS semiannually. 

Please review the requirements in 2 CFR 

part 200, Appendix XII, if this grant 

plus all the other Federal funds you 

receive exceed $10,000,000. 

5. In General: In accordance with the 

Office of Management and Budget’s 

guidance located at 2 CFR part 200, all 

applicable Federal laws, and relevant 

Executive guidance, the Department 

will review and consider applications 

for funding pursuant to this notice 

inviting applications in accordance 

with— 

(a) Selecting recipients most likely to 

be successful in delivering results based 

on the program objectives through an 

objective process of evaluating Federal 

award applications (2 CFR 200.205); 

(b) Prohibiting the purchase of certain 

telecommunication and video 

surveillance services or equipment in 

alignment with section 889 of the 

National Defense Authorization Act of 

2019 (Pub. L. 115—232) (2 CFR 

200.216); 

(c) Providing a preference, to the 

extent permitted by law, to maximize 

use of goods, products, and materials 

produced in the United States (2 CFR 

200.322); and 

(d) Terminating agreements in whole 

or in part to the greatest extent 

authorized by law if an award no longer 

effectuates the program goals or agency 

priorities (2 CFR 200.340). 

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 multiyear award, you must 

submit an annual performance report 

that provides the most current 

performance and financial expenditure 

information as directed by the Secretary 

under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary 

may also require more frequent 

performance reports under 34 CFR 

75.720(c). For specific requirements on 

reporting, please go to www.ed.gov/ 

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4. Performance Measures: The 

objective for the Fulbright-Hays DDRA 

Fellowship Program is to provide grants 

to colleges and universities to fund 

individual doctoral students to conduct 

research in other countries in modern 

foreign languages and area studies for 

periods of 6 to 12 months. 

For the purpose of Department 

reporting under 34 CFR 75.110, the 

Department will use the following 

measures to evaluate its success in 

meeting this objective: 

DDRA Measure 1: The percentage of 

DDRA fellows who increased their 

foreign language scores in speaking, 

reading, or writing by at least one 

proficiency level. 

DDRA Measure 2: The percentage of 

DDRA fellows who complete their 

degree in their program of study within 

four years of receipt of the fellowship. 

DDRA Measure 3: The percentage of 

DDRA fellows who found employment 

that utilized their language and area 

studies skills within eight years of 

receiving their award. 

DDRA Measure 4: Efficiency 

Measure—The cost per DDRA fellow 

who found employment that utilized 

their language and area studies skills 

within eight years. 

The information provided by grantees 

in their performance reports submitted 

via the International Resource 

Information System (IRIS) will be the 

source of data for these measures. 

Reporting screens for institutions and 

fellows may be viewed at http://

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

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

fellow.pdf. 

VII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document and a copy of the 

application package in an accessible 

format. The Department will provide the 

requestor with an accessible format that 

may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or 

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

file, Braille, large print, audiotape, or 

compact disc, or other accessible format. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 

www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can 

view this document, as well as all other 

documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Portable Document Format 

(PDF). To use PDF, you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access 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. 

Michelle Asha Cooper, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher 

Education Programs, Delegated the Authority 

to Perform the Functions and Duties of the 

Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02147 Filed 2–1–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Reinstatement of a Previously 

Approved Information Collection for 

the Weatherization Assistance 

Program 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE), pursuant to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

intends to reinstate a previously 

approved collection, with change, for 

three years with the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). The 

information collection request, 

Weatherization Assistance Program SubPrograms, was previously approved on 

May 31, 2014, under OMB Control No. 

1910–5157 and expired on May 31, 

2017. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

collection must be received on or before 

March 4, 2022. If you anticipate that you 

will be submitting comments but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, please 

advise the OMB Desk Officer of your 

intention to make a submission as soon 

as possible. The Desk Officer may be 

telephoned at (202) 395–4650. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function; or you can send 

comments to Brittany Price by email to 

the following address: Brittany.Price@

ee.doe.gov with the subject line ’’ 

Weatherization Assistance Program SubPrograms (OMB No. 1910–5157)’’ 

included in the message. Submit 

electronic comments in WordPerfect, 

Microsoft Word, PDF, or ASCII file 

format, and avoid the use of special 

characters or any form of encryption. No 

telefacsimiles (faxes) will be accepted. 

For detailed instructions on submitting 

comments, see section III (Submission 

of Comments) of this document. 

Although DOE has routinely accepted 

public comment submissions through a 

variety of mechanisms, including postal 

mail and hand delivery/courier, the 

Department has found it necessary to 

make temporary modifications to the 

comment submission process in light of 

the ongoing Covid–19 pandemic. DOE is 

currently accepting only electronic 

submissions at this time. If a commenter 

finds that this change poses an undue 

hardship, please contact the DOE staff 

person listed in this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Brittany Price, EE–5W, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Ave. SW, Washington, 

DC 20585–0121, or by email or phone at 

brittany.price@ee.doe.gov, 240–306– 

7252. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the extended collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

This information collection request 

contains: (1) OMB No.: 1910–5157; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: ‘‘Weatherization Enhancement 

and Innovation (E&I), Sustainable 

Energy Resources for Consumers 

(SERC), and Community Scale 

Weatherization Pilot Grants’’; 

(3) Type of Review: Reinstatement, 

with change, of a previously approved 

collection for which approval has 

expired; 

(4) Purpose: To collect information on 

the status of grantee activities, including 


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