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FACA, 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 102– 

3.140, and the procedures described in 

this notice. Written statements may be 

submitted to the DHB’s Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO), Captain Gorman, 

at gregory.h.gorman.mil@mail.mil. 

Supporting documentation may also be 

included, to establish the appropriate 

historical context and to provide any 

necessary background information. If 

the written statement is not received at 

least five (5) business days prior to the 

meeting, the DFO may choose to 

postpone consideration of the statement 

until the next open meeting. The DFO 

will review all timely submissions with 

the DHB President and ensure they are 

provided to members of the DHB before 

the meeting that is subject to this notice. 

After reviewing the written comments, 

the President and the DFO may choose 

to invite the submitter to orally present 

their issue during an open portion of 

this meeting or at a future meeting. 

Dated: March 4, 2022. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Ronald 

E. McNair Postbaccalaureate 

Achievement Program 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) is issuing a notice inviting 

applications for new awards for fiscal 

year (FY) 2022 for the Ronald E. McNair 

Postbaccalaureate Achievement 

(McNair) Program, Assistance Listing 

Number 84.217A. This notice relates to 

the approved information collection 

under OMB control number 1840–0619. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: March 9, 

2022. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 25, 2022. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 22, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: For the addresses for 

obtaining and submitting an 

application, please refer to our Common 

Instructions for Applicants to 

Department of Education Discretionary 

Grant Programs, published in the 

Federal Register on December 27, 2021 

(86 FR 73264), and available at 

www.federalregister.gov/d/2021-27979. 

Please note that these Common 

Instructions supersede the version 

published on February 13, 2019, and, in 

part, describe the transition from the 

requirement to register in SAM.gov a 

Data Universal Numbering System 

(DUNS) number to the implementation 

of the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). 

More information on the phaseout of 

DUNS numbers is available at https://

www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ofo/ 

docs/unique-entity-identifier-transitionfact-sheet.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carmen Gordon, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 2C219, Washington, DC 20202– 

4260. Telephone: (202) 453–7311. 

Email: Carmen.Gordon@ed.gov; or 

ReShone Moore, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 2B214, Washington, DC 20202– 

4260. Telephone (202) 453–7624. Email: 

ReShone.Moore@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 McNair 

Program is one of the seven programs 

collectively known as the Federal TRIO 

Programs. The McNair Program awards 

discretionary grants to institutions of 

higher education for projects designed 

to provide disadvantaged college 

students with effective preparation for 

doctoral study. 

Required services under the McNair 

Program are specified in sections 

402E(b) of the Higher Education Act of 

1965, as amended (HEA) (20 U.S.C. 

1070a–15), and permissible services 

under the McNair Program are specified 

in section 402E(c) of the HEA. 

Priorities: This notice contains two 

competitive preference priorities. 

Competitive Preference Priority 1 is 

from the Secretary’s Supplemental 

Priorities and Definitions for 

Discretionary Grant Programs, 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 10, 2021 (86 FR 70612) 

(Supplemental Priorities). Competitive 

Preference Priority 2 is from the 

Secretary’s Notice of Administrative 

Priorities for Discretionary Grant 

Programs, published in the Federal 

Register on March 9, 2020 (85 FR 

13640) (Administrative Priorities). 

Note: Applicants must include in the 

one-page abstract submitted with the 

application a statement indicating 

which, if any, competitive preference 

priorities are addressed. If the applicant 

has addressed any of the competitive 

preference priorities, this information 

must also be listed on the McNair 

Program Profile Form. 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2022 and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applicants from this 

competition, these priorities are 

competitive preference priorities. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we award up to 

an additional six points to an 

application, depending on how well the 

application meets these priorities. 

These priorities are: 

Competitive Preference Priority 1: 

Promoting Equity in Student Access to 

Educational Resources and 

Opportunities (Up to 3 points). 

Under this priority, an applicant must 

demonstrate that the project will be 

implemented by one or more of the 

following entities: 

(1) Historically Black colleges and 

universities (as defined in this notice). 

(2) Tribal Colleges and Universities 

(as defined in this notice). 

(3) Minority-serving institutions (as 

defined in this notice). 

Competitive Preference Priority 2: 

Applications that Demonstrate a 

Rationale (Up to 3 points). 

Under this priority, an applicant 

proposes a project that demonstrates a 

rationale (as defined in this notice). 

Definitions: 

The definitions below are from the 

McNair Program regulations, 34 CFR 

647.7(b); 34 CFR 77.1; and the 

Supplemental Priorities. 

Demonstrates a rationale means a key 

project component included in the 

project’s logic model is informed by 

research or evaluation findings that 

suggest the project component is likely 

to improve relevant outcomes. 

Groups underrepresented in graduate 

education include Black (non-Hispanic), 

Hispanic, American Indian, Alaskan 

Native (as defined in section 7306 of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA)), 

Native Hawaiians (as defined in section 

7207 of the ESEA), and Native American 

Pacific Islanders (as defined in section 

320 of the HEA). 

Historically Black colleges and 

universities means colleges and 

universities that meet the criteria set out 

in 34 CFR 608.2. 

Logic model (also referred to as a 

theory of action) means a framework 

that identifies key project components 

of the proposed project (i.e., the active 

‘‘ingredients’’ that are hypothesized to 

be critical to achieving the relevant 

outcomes) and describes the theoretical 

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key project components and relevant 

outcomes. 

Note: In developing logic models, 

applicants may want to use resources, 

such as the Regional Educational 

Laboratory Program’s (REL Pacific) 

Education Logic Model Application, 

available at https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/ 

edlabs/regions/pacific/elm.asp. Other 

sources include: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/ 

edlabs/regions/pacific/pdf/REL_

2014025.pdf, https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/ 

edlabs/regions/pacific/pdf/REL_

2014007.pdf, and https://ies.ed.gov/ 

ncee/edlabs/regions/northeast/pdf/REL_

2015057.pdf. 

Minority-serving institution means an 

institution that is eligible to receive 

assistance under sections 316 through 

320 of part A of title III, under part B 

of title III, or under title V of the HEA. 

Project component means an activity, 

strategy, intervention, process, product, 

practice, or policy included in a project. 

Evidence may pertain to an individual 

project component or to a combination 

of project components (e.g., training 

teachers on instructional practices for 

English learners and follow-on coaching 

for these teachers). 

Relevant outcome means the student 

outcome(s) or other outcome(s) the key 

project component is designed to 

improve, consistent with the specific 

goals of the program. 

Tribal College or University has the 

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

of the HEA. 

Application Requirements: The 

following application requirements for 

FY 2022 are from section 402E(d) of the 

HEA (20 U.S.C. 1070a-15(d)) and the 

program regulations at 34 CFR 647.11. 

An applicant must submit as part of 

its application, assurances that— 

(a) Each participant enrolled in the 

project will be enrolled in a degree 

program at an institution of higher 

education that participates in one or 

more of the student financial assistance 

programs authorized under title IV of 

the HEA; 

(b) Each participant given a summer 

research internship will have completed 

his or her sophomore year of study; 

(c) (1) At least two-thirds of the 

students to be served will be lowincome individuals who are firstgeneration college students; and 

(2) The remaining students to be 

served will be members of groups 

underrepresented in graduate education 

(as defined in this notice); and 

(d) A student will not be served by 

more than one McNair project at any 

one time, and the McNair project will 

collaborate with other McNair and 

Student Support Services program 

projects and other State and 

institutional programs at the grantee 

institution, including those supporting 

undergraduate research, so that more 

students can be served. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a– 

11 and 20 U.S.C. 1070a–15. 

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 (except for 75.215 through 

75.221), 77, 79, 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 

CFR part 647. (e) The Administrative 

Priorities. (f) The Supplemental 

Priorities. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration has requested 

$1,297,761,000 for the Federal TRIO 

Programs for FY 2022, of which we 

intend to use an estimated $51,778,211 

for McNair awards. The actual level of 

funding, if any, depends on final 

congressional action. However, we are 

inviting applications to allow enough 

time to complete the grant process if 

Congress appropriates funds for the 

Federal TRIO Programs. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards in 

subsequent years from the list of 

unfunded applications from this 

competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: $261,888 

to $437,772. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$276,889. 

Maximum Award: The maximum 

award varies based on whether the 

applicant is currently receiving a 

McNair Program grant, as well as the 

number of participants served. 

• For an applicant that is not 

currently receiving a McNair Program 

grant, the maximum award amount is 

$261,888 based upon a per participant 

cost of no more than $10,476 to serve a 

minimum of 25 eligible participants. For 

an applicant currently receiving a 

McNair Program grant and applying to 

serve a different campus, the maximum 

award is $261,888, to serve a minimum 

of 25 eligible participants. 

• For an applicant currently receiving 

a McNair Program grant and not 

applying to serve a different campus, 

the maximum award is the amount 

equal to the applicant’s base award 

amount for FY 2021, and the minimum 

number of participants is the number of 

participants in the project’s FY 2021 

grant award notification. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 187. 

Note: The Department is not bound by 

any estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Institutions of 

higher education and combinations of 

those institutions. 

2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not require cost 

sharing or matching. 

b. Indirect Cost Rate Information: This 

program uses a training indirect cost 

rate. This limits indirect cost 

reimbursement to an entity’s actual 

indirect costs, as determined in its 

negotiated indirect cost rate agreement, 

or 8 percent of a modified total direct 

cost base, whichever amount is less. For 

more information regarding training 

indirect cost rates, see 34 CFR 75.562. 

For more information regarding indirect 

costs, or to obtain a negotiated indirect 

cost rate, please see www2.ed.gov/ 

about/offices/list/ocfo/intro.html. 

c. Administrative Cost Limitation: 

This program does not include any 

program-specific limitation on 

administrative expenses. All 

administrative expenses must be 

reasonable and necessary and conform 

to Cost Principles described in 2 CFR 

part 200 subpart E of the Uniform 

Guidance. 

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: An applicant may submit 

more than one application for a McNair 

grant as long as each application 

describes a project that serves a different 

campus (34 CFR 647.10(a)). The 

Secretary is not designating any 

additional populations for which an 

applicant may submit a separate 

application under this competition (34 

CFR 647.10(b)). The McNair Program 

regulations define ‘‘different campus’’ as 

‘‘a site of an institution of higher 

education that—(1) Is geographically 

apart from the main campus of the 

institution; (2) Is permanent in nature; 

and (3) Offers courses in educational 

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or other recognized educational 

credential.’’ (34 CFR 647.7(b)). 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Application Submission 

Instructions: Applicants are required to 

follow the Common Instructions for 

Applicants to Department of Education 

Discretionary Grant Programs, 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 27, 2021 (86 FR 73264) and 

available at www.federalregister.gov/d/ 

2021-27979, which contain 

requirements and information on how to 

submit an application. Please note that 

these Common Instructions supersede 

the version published on February 13, 

2019, and, in part, describe the 

transition from the requirement to 

register in SAM.gov a DUNS number to 

the implementation of the UEI. More 

information on the phase-out of DUNS 

numbers is available at https://

www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ofo/ 

docs/unique-entity-identifier-transitionfact-sheet.pdf. 

2. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

program. 

3. Funding Restrictions: We specify 

unallowable costs in 34 CFR 647.31. We 

reference additional regulations 

outlining funding restrictions in the 

Applicable Regulations section of this 

notice. 

4. 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, which 

includes the budget narrative, to no 

more than 65 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 excluding titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions, as well as all 

text in charts, tables, figures, and 

graphs, which may be single-spaced. 

• Use a font size that is either 12 

point or larger and 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; the budget 

section, including the narrative budget 

justification; the assurances and 

certifications; or the one-page abstract. 

However, the recommended page limit 

does apply to all of the application 

narrative. We recommend that any 

application addressing the competitive 

preference priorities include no more 

than two additional pages for each 

priority, for a total of up to four 

additional pages for the competitive 

preference priorities if the two 

competitive preference priorities are 

addressed. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from 34 

CFR 647.21. 

We will award up to 100 points to an 

application under the selection criteria 

and up to six additional points to an 

application under the competitive 

preference priorities, for a total score of 

up to 106 points. The maximum number 

of points available for each criterion is 

indicated in parentheses. 

(a) Need. (Up to 16 Points). The 

Secretary reviews each application to 

determine the extent to which the 

applicant can clearly and definitively 

demonstrate the need for a McNair 

project to serve the target population. In 

particular, the Secretary looks for 

information that clearly defines the 

target population; describes the 

academic, financial and other problems 

that prevent potentially eligible project 

participants in the target population 

from completing baccalaureate programs 

and continuing to postbaccalaureate 

programs; and demonstrates that the 

project’s target population is 

underrepresented in graduate education, 

doctorate degrees conferred and careers 

where a doctorate is a prerequisite. 

(b) Objectives. (Up to 9 points). The 

Secretary evaluates the quality of the 

applicant’s objectives and proposed 

targets (percentages) in the following 

areas on the basis of the extent to which 

they are both ambitious, as related to the 

need data provided under paragraph (a) 

of this section, and attainable, given the 

project’s plan of operation, budget, and 

other resources— 

(1) (Up to 2 points) Research or 

scholarly activity. 

(2) (Up to 3 points) Enrollment in a 

graduate program. 

(3) (Up to 2 points) Continued 

enrollment in graduate study. 

(4) (Up to 2 points) Doctoral degree 

attainment. 

(c) Plan of Operation. (Up to 44 

points). The Secretary reviews each 

application to determine the quality of 

the applicant’s plans of operation, 

including— 

(1) (Up to 4 points) The plan for 

identifying, recruiting and selecting 

participants to be served by the project, 

including students enrolled in the SSS 

program; 

(2) (Up to 4 points) The plan for 

assessing individual participant needs 

and for monitoring the academic growth 

of participants during the period in 

which the student is a McNair 

participant; 

(3) (Up to 5 points) The plan for 

providing high-quality research and 

scholarly activities in which 

participants will be involved; 

(4) (Up to 5 points) The plan for 

involving faculty members in the design 

of research activities in which students 

will be involved; 

(5) (Up to 5 points) The plan for 

providing internships, seminars, and 

other educational activities designed to 

prepare undergraduate students for 

doctoral study; 

(6) (Up to 5 points) The plan for 

providing individual or group services 

designed to enhance a student’s 

successful entry into postbaccalaureate 

education; 

(7) (Up to 3 points) The plan to inform 

the institutional community of the goals 

and objectives of the project; 

(8) (Up to 8 points) The plan to ensure 

proper and efficient administration of 

the project including, but not limited to, 

matters such as financial management, 

student records management, personnel 

management, the organizational 

structure, and the plan for coordinating 

the McNair project with other programs 

for disadvantaged students; and 

(9) (Up to 5 points) The follow-up 

plan that will be used to track the 

academic and career accomplishments 

of participants after they are no longer 

participating in the McNair project. 

(d) Quality of key personnel. (Up to 9 

points). The Secretary evaluates the 

quality of key personnel the applicant 

plans to use on the project on the basis 

of the following: 

(1) (i) (Up to 3 points) The job 

qualifications of the project director. 

(ii) (Up to 3 points) The job 

qualifications of each of the project’s 

other key personnel. 

(iii) (Up to 3 points) The quality of the 

project’s plan for employing highly 

qualified persons, including the 

procedures to be used to employ 

members of groups underrepresented in 

higher education, including Blacks, 

Hispanics, American Indians, Alaska 

Natives, Asian Americans and Pacific 

Islanders (including Native Hawaiians). 

(2) In evaluating the qualifications of 

a person, the Secretary considers his or 

her experience and training in fields 

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(e) Adequacy of the resources and 

budget. (Up to 15 points). The Secretary 

evaluates the extent to which— 

(1) (Up to 5 points) The applicant’s 

proposed allocation of resources in the 

budget is clearly related to the 

objectives of the project; 

(2) (Up to 5 points) Project costs and 

resources, including facilities, 

equipment, and supplies, are reasonable 

in relation to the objectives and scope 

of the project; and 

(3) (Up to 5 points) The applicant’s 

proposed commitment of institutional 

resources to the McNair participants as, 

for example, the commitment of time 

from institutional research faculty and 

the waiver of tuition and fees for 

McNair participants engaged in summer 

research projects. 

(f) Evaluation plan. (Up to 7 points). 

The Secretary evaluates the quality of 

the evaluation plan for the project on 

the basis of the extent to which the 

applicant’s methods of evaluation— 

(1) (Up to 2 points) Are appropriate to 

the project’s objectives; 

(2) (Up to 3 points) Provide for the 

applicant to determine, in specific and 

measurable ways, the success of the 

project in— 

(i) Making progress toward achieving 

its objectives (a formative evaluation); 

and 

(ii) Achieving its objectives at the end 

of the project period (a summative 

evaluation); and 

(3) (Up to 2 points) Provide for a 

description of other project outcomes, 

including the use of quantifiable 

measures, if appropriate. 

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 (34 CFR 

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

For this competition, a panel of nonFederal reviewers will review each 

application in accordance with the 

selection criteria in 34 CFR 647.21 and 

the competitive preference priorities. 

The individual scores of the reviewers 

will be added and the sum divided by 

the number of reviewers to determine 

the peer review score received in the 

review process. Additionally, in 

accordance with 34 CFR 647.22, the 

Secretary will award prior experience 

points to applicants that conducted a 

McNair Program project during budget 

periods 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 

and 2020–21, based on their 

documented experience. Prior 

experience points, if any, will be added 

to the application’s average reviewer 

score to determine the total score for 

each application. 

If there are insufficient funds for all 

applications with the same total scores, 

the Secretary will choose among the tied 

applications so as to serve geographic 

areas in which there is a significantly 

low degree attainment rate in a 

congressional district, in accordance 

with the following procedures. The 

Secretary will identify and recommend 

an award for— 

• First, applicants in the funding 

band that are located within a 

congressional district with the lowest 

bachelor’s degree attainment rate below 

the national average for the population 

25 years and older. If this first tiebreaker provision exhausts available 

funds, then no further action is taken. 

• Second, applicants in the funding 

band that are located within a 

congressional district in which, among 

those 25 years of age and over, the 

percentage who attained a graduate/ 

professional degree is below the 

national average. If this second tiebreaker provision exhausts available 

funds, then no further action is taken. 

• Third, applicants in the funding 

band that are located within a 

congressional district with the highest 

percentage of Pell Grant recipients. 

Note: In applying the tie-breaker 

criteria, the Department will use the 

most current data available. With 

respect to congressional districts and 

degree attainment data within 

congressional districts, the most 

recently available degree attainment 

data pre-dates the 118th United States 

Census for Congressional Districts. 

3. Risk Assessment and Specific 

Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR 

200.206, before awarding grants under 

this competition the Department 

conducts a review of the risks posed by 

applicants. Under 2 CFR 200.208, the 

Secretary may impose specific 

conditions and, under 2 CFR 3474.10, in 

appropriate circumstances, high-risk 

conditions on a grant if the applicant or 

grantee is not financially stable; has a 

history of unsatisfactory performance; 

has a financial or other management 

system that does not meet the standards 

in 2 CFR part 200, subpart D; has not 

fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; 

or is otherwise not responsible. 

4. Integrity and Performance System: 

If you are selected under this 

competition to receive an award that 

over the course of the project period 

may exceed the simplified acquisition 

threshold (currently $250,000), under 2 

CFR 200.206(a)(2), we must make a 

judgment about your integrity, business 

ethics, and record of performance under 

Federal awards—that is, the risk posed 

by you as an applicant—before we make 

an award. In doing so, we must consider 

any information about you that is in the 

integrity and performance system 

(currently referred to as the Federal 

Awardee Performance and Integrity 

Information System (FAPIIS)), 

accessible through 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). 


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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. Open Licensing Requirements: 

Unless an exception applies, if you are 

awarded a grant under this competition, 

you will be required to openly license 

to the public grant deliverables created 

in whole, or in part, with Department 

grant funds. When the deliverable 

consists of modifications to pre-existing 

works, the license extends only to those 

modifications that can be separately 

identified and only to the extent that 

open licensing is permitted under the 

terms of any licenses or other legal 

restrictions on the use of pre-existing 

works. Additionally, a grantee or 

subgrantee that is awarded competitive 

grant funds must have a plan to 

disseminate these public grant 

deliverables. This dissemination plan 

can be developed and submitted after 

your application has been reviewed and 

selected for funding. For additional 

information on the open licensing 

requirements please refer to 2 CFR 

3474.20. 

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

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive 

funding under the competition. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 2 CFR 170.110(b). 

(b) At the end of your project period, 

you must submit a final performance 

report, including financial information, 

as directed by the Secretary. If you 

receive a multiyear award, you must 

submit an annual performance report 

that provides the most current 

performance and financial expenditure 

information as directed by the Secretary 

under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary 

may also require more frequent 

performance reports under 34 CFR 

75.720(c). For specific requirements on 

reporting, please go to www.ed.gov/ 

fund/grant/apply/appforms/ 

appforms.html. 

5. Performance Measures: For the 

purposes of Department reporting under 

34 CFR 75.110, we have established a 

set of performance measures for the 

McNair Program. The success of the 

McNair Program will be measured by 

the McNair Program participants’ 

success in completing research and 

participation in scholarly activities, 

enrollment in a graduate program, 

continued enrollment in graduate study, 

and the attainment of a doctoral degree. 

All McNair Program grantees will be 

required to submit an annual 

performance report. 

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 achieving 

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 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the performance targets in the grantee’s 

approved application. 

In making a continuation award, 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). 

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Michelle Asha Cooper, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher 

Education Programs, Delegated the Authority 

to Perform the Functions and Duties of the 

Assistant Secretary for the Office of 

Postsecondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04987 Filed 3–8–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2221–000] 

Empire District Electric Company; 

Notice of Authorization for Continued 

Project Operation 

On February 28, 2020, Empire District 

Electric Company, licensee for the 

Ozark Beach Hydroelectric Project No. 

2221, filed an Application for a New 

License for Ozark Beach Hydroelectric 

Project pursuant to the Federal Power 

Act (FPA) and the Commission’s 

regulations thereunder. The Ozark 

Beach Hydroelectric Project is located 

on the White River near the Town of 

Forsyth, in Taney County, Missouri. 

The license for Project No. 2221 was 

issued for a period ending February 28, 

2022. Section 15(a)(1) of the FPA, 16 

U.S.C. 808(a)(1), requires the 

Commission, at the expiration of a 

license term, to issue from year-to-year 

an annual license to the then licensee(s) 

under the terms and conditions of the 

prior license until a new license is 

issued, or the project is otherwise 

disposed of as provided in section 15 or 

any other applicable section of the FPA. 

If the project’s prior license waived the 

applicability of section 15 of the FPA, 

then, based on section 9(b) of the 

Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 

558(c), and as set forth at 18 CFR 

16.21(a), if the licensee of such project 

has filed an application for a subsequent 

license, the licensee may continue to 

operate the project in accordance with 

the terms and conditions of the license 


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