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1Sasha Zhou, Rachel Banawa and Hans Oh, The 

Mental Health Impact of Covid–19 Racial and 

Ethnic Discrimination Against Asian American and 

Pacific Islanders, https://www.frontiersin.org/ 

articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.708426/full. 

2Zara Abrams, The mental health impact of antiAsian racism, https://www.apa.org/monitor/2021/ 

07/impact-anti-asian-racism. 

3Nathan Stewart, Supporting the health and wellbeing of Asian American and Pacific Islander 

college students https://timely.md/blog/supportingaapi-students-and-communities/. 

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[FR Doc. 2022–07150 Filed 4–4–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Asian 

American and Native American Pacific 

Islander-Serving Institutions 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 Asian American 

and Native American Pacific IslanderServing Institutions (AANAPISI) 

Program, Assistance Listing Number 

84.031L. This notice relates to the 

approved information collection under 

OMB control number 1840–0798. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: April 5, 2022. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: June 6, 2022. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: August 3, 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: 

Pearson Owens, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 2B109, Washington, DC 20202– 

4260. Telephone: (202) 453–7997. 

Email: Pearson.Owens@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 AANAPISI 

Program provides grants to eligible 

institutions of higher education (IHEs) 

to enable them to improve and expand 

their capacity to serve Asian American 

and Native American Pacific Islander 

students. Institutions may use these 

grants to plan, develop, or implement 

activities that strengthen the 

institution’s services leading to student 

success. 

Background: It is well documented 

that the novel coronavirus 2019 

(COVID–19) pandemic is having a 

negative impact on Asian American and 

Pacific Islander students. Hate crimes 

against Asian American and Pacific 

Islanders in the United States surged 

during the COVID–19 pandemic.1 AntiAsian racism is impacting the mental 

health of Asian American and Pacific 

Islanders as well.2 While the population 

of Asian American and Pacific Islanders 

(AAPI) continues to grow on college 

campuses, research shows they are least 

likely to seek help. Only two out of 10 

AAPI college students experiencing a 

mental health issue receives treatment.3

To combat these problems, this 

competition includes two competitive 

preference priorities aimed at providing 

comprehensive student supports. 

Priorities: This notice contains two 

competitive preference priorities. The 

priorities are 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 Priorities: For 

FY 2022 and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applications from this 

competition, these priorities are 

competitive preference priorities. Under 

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

an additional five points to an 

application for each priority, depending 

on how well the application meets one 

or more of these priorities. Applicants 

may apply to one or both priorities for 

a total of 10 additional points. 

These priorities are: 

Competitive Preference Priority 1: 

Meeting Student Social, Emotional, and 

Academic Needs (up to 5 points). 

Projects that are designed to improve 

students’ social, emotional, academic, 

and career development, with a focus on 

underserved students, in the following 

area: 

(a) Creating a positive, inclusive, and 

identity-safe climate at institutions of 

higher education through one or more of 

the following activities: 

(1) Fostering a sense of belonging and 

inclusion for underserved students. 

(2) Implementing evidence-based 

practices for advancing student success 

for underserved students. 

(3) Providing evidence-based 

professional development opportunities 

designed to build asset-based mindsets 

for faculty and staff on campus and that 

are inclusive with regard to race, 

ethnicity, culture, language, and 

disability status. 

Competitive Preference Priority 2: 

Increasing Postsecondary Education 

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Post-Enrollment Success (up to 5 

points). 

Projects that are designed to increase 

postsecondary access, affordability, 

completion, and success for 

underserved students by addressing one 

or more of the following priority areas: 

(a) Increasing postsecondary 

education access and reducing the cost 

of college by creating clearer pathways 

for students between institutions and 

making transfer of course credits more 

seamless and transparent. 

(b) Increasing the number and 

proportion of underserved students who 

enroll in and complete postsecondary 

education programs, which may include 

strategies related to college preparation, 

awareness, application, selection, 

advising, counseling, and enrollment. 

(c) Establishing a system of highquality data collection and analysis, 

such as data on persistence, retention, 

completion, and post-college outcomes, 

for transparency, accountability, and 

institutional improvement. 

(d) Supporting the development and 

implementation of student success 

programs that integrate multiple 

comprehensive and evidence-based 

services or initiatives, such as academic 

advising, structured/guided pathways, 

career services, credit-bearing academic 

undergraduate courses focused on 

career, and programs to meet basic 

needs, such as housing, childcare, 

transportation, student financial aid, 

and access to technological devices. 

Note: Applicants addressing one or 

both of the competitive preference 

priorities must include in the one-page 

abstract submitted with the application 

a statement indicating that they have 

done so. If the applicant has addressed 

one or both competitive preference 

priorities, this information must also be 

listed on the AANAPISI Program Profile 

Form in the Application booklet. 

Definitions: The definitions below are 

from 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. 

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 

and operational relationships among the 

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, to help 

design their logic models. 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. 

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. 

Underserved student means a student 

(which may include children in early 

learning environments, students in K– 

12 programs, students in postsecondary 

education or career and technical 

education, and adult learners, as 

appropriate) in one or more of the 

following subgroups: 

(a) A student who is living in poverty 

or is served by schools with high 

concentrations of students living in 

poverty. 

(b) A student of color. 

(c) An English learner. 

(d) A migrant student. 

(e) A student without documentation 

of immigration status. 

(f) A student who is the first in their 

family to attend postsecondary 

education. 

(g) A student enrolling in or seeking 

to enroll postsecondary education for 

the first time at the age of 20 or older. 

(h) A student who is working fulltime while enrolled in postsecondary 

education. 

(i) A student who is enrolled in or is 

seeking to enroll in postsecondary 

education who is eligible for a Pell 

Grant. 

(j) An adult student in need of 

improving their basic skills or an adult 

student with limited English 

proficiency. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1059g 

(title III, part A, of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (HEA)). 

Note: Projects will be awarded and 

must be operated in a manner consistent 

with the nondiscrimination 

requirements contained in Federal civil 

rights laws. 

Note: In 2008, the HEA was amended 

by the Higher Education Opportunity 

Act of 2008 (HEOA), Public Law 110– 

315. Please note that the regulations for 

the AANAPISI Program in 34 CFR part 

607 have not been updated to reflect 

these statutory changes. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR 

parts 75, 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 607. (e) The Supplemental 

Priorities. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Five-year Individual Development 

Grants and Cooperative Arrangement 

Development Grants will be awarded in 

FY 2022. 

Note: A cooperative arrangement is an 

arrangement to carry out allowable grant 

activities between an institution eligible 

to receive a grant under this part and 

another eligible or ineligible IHE, under 

which the resources of the cooperating 

institutions are combined and shared to 

better achieve the purposes of this part 

and avoid costly duplication of effort. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$5,890,580. 

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. 

Individual Development Grants: 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$350,000–$400,000 per year. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$375,000 per year. 

Maximum Award: We will not make 

an award exceeding $400,000 for a 

single budget period of 12 months. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 12. 

Cooperative Arrangement 

Development Grants: 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$450,000–$500,000 per year. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$475,000 per year. 

Maximum Award: We will not make 

an award exceeding $500,000 for a 

single budget period of 12 months. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 3. 

Note: The Department is not bound by 

any estimates in this notice. 


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Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: This program is 

authorized by title III, part A of the 

HEA. At the time of submission of their 

applications, applicants must certify 

their total undergraduate headcount 

enrollment and that 10 percent of the 

IHE’s enrollment is Asian American or 

Native American Pacific Islander. An 

assurance form, which is included in 

the application materials for this 

competition, must be signed by an 

official for the applicant and submitted. 

To qualify as an eligible institution 

under the AANAPISI Program, an 

institution must— 

(i) Be accredited or pre-accredited by 

a nationally recognized accrediting 

agency or association that the Secretary 

has determined to be a reliable authority 

as to the quality of education or training 

offered; 

(ii) Be legally authorized by the State 

in which it is located to be a junior or 

community college or to provide an 

educational program for which it 

awards a bachelor’s degree; and 

(iii) Be designated as an ‘‘eligible 

institution,’’ as defined in 34 CFR 600.2, 

by demonstrating that it (1) has an 

enrollment of needy students as 

described in 34 CFR 607.3, and (2) has 

low average educational and general 

expenditures per full-time equivalent 

(FTE) undergraduate student as 

described in 34 CFR 607.4. 

Note: The notice announcing the FY 

2022 process for designation of eligible 

institutions, and inviting applications 

for waiver of eligibility requirements, 

was published in the Federal Register 

on December 16, 2021 (86 FR 71470). 

The eligibility designation process was 

reopened and published in the Federal 

Register on February 7, 2022 (87 FR 

6855). Only institutions that the 

Department determines are eligible, or 

which are granted a waiver under the 

process described in that notice, may 

apply for a grant in this program. 

b. Relationship between the Title III, 

Part A Programs and the Developing 

Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) 

Program: 

A grantee under the Developing HSI 

Program, which is authorized under title 

V of the HEA, may not receive a grant 

under any HEA, title III, part A program. 

The title III, part A programs are the 

Strengthening Institutions Program, the 

Tribally Controlled Colleges and 

Universities Program, the Asian 

American and Native American Pacific 

Islander-Serving Institutions Program, 

the Alaska Native and Native HawaiianServing Institutions Program, the Native 

American-Serving Nontribal Institutions 

Program, and the Predominantly Black 

Institutions Program. Furthermore, a 

current Developing HSI Program grantee 

may not give up its Developing HSI 

Program grant in order to be eligible to 

receive a grant under the AANAPISI 

Program or any title III, part A program 

as described in 34 CFR 607.2(g)(1). 

An eligible HSI that is not a current 

grantee under the Developing HSI 

Program may apply for a FY 2022 grant 

under all title III, part A programs for 

which it is eligible, as well as receive 

consideration for a grant under the 

Developing HSI Program. However, a 

successful applicant may receive only 

one grant as described in 34 CFR 

607.2(g)(1). 

An eligible IHE that submits 

applications for an Individual 

Development Grant and a Cooperative 

Arrangement Development Grant in this 

competition may be awarded both in the 

same fiscal year. However, we will not 

award a second Cooperative 

Arrangement Development Grant to an 

otherwise eligible IHE for an award year 

for which the IHE already has a 

Cooperative Arrangement Development 

Grant award under the AANAPISI 

Program. A grantee with an Individual 

Development Grant or a Cooperative 

Arrangement Development Grant may 

be a subgrantee in one or more 

Cooperative Arrangement Development 

Grants. The lead institution in a 

Cooperative Arrangement Development 

Grant must be an eligible institution. 

Partners or subgrantees are not required 

to be eligible institutions. 

2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching unless the grantee uses a 

portion of its grant for establishing or 

improving an endowment fund. If a 

grantee uses a portion of its grant for 

endowment fund purposes, it must 

match those grant funds with nonFederal funds (20 U.S.C. 1057(d)(1)–(2)). 

b. Supplement-Not-Supplant: This 

program involves supplement-notsupplant funding requirements. Grant 

funds must be used so that they 

supplement and, to the extent practical, 

increase the funds that would otherwise 

be available for the activities to be 

carried out under the grant and in no 

case supplant those funds (34 CFR 

607.30(b)). 

3. Subgrantees: A grantee under this 

competition may not award subgrants to 

entities to directly carry out project 

activities described in its application. 

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 607.10(c). 

We reference 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 to no 

more than 50 pages for Individual 

Development Grants and no more than 

65 pages for Cooperative Arrangement 

Development Grants and (2) use the 

following standards below. If you are 

addressing one or both competitive 

preference priorities, we recommend 

that you limit your response to no more 

than an additional six pages total, three 

additional pages for Competitive 

Preference Priority 1 and three 

additional pages for Competitive 

Preference Priority 2. Please include a 

separate heading when responding to 

one or both competitive preference 

priorities. 

• 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, and no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 


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• 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 

and the bibliography. However, the 

recommended page limit does apply to 

all of the application narrative. 

Note: The Budget Information-NonConstruction Programs Form (ED 524) 

Sections A–C are not the same as the 

narrative response to the Budget section 

of the selection criteria. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The following 

selection criteria for this competition 

are from 34 CFR 75.210. Applicants 

should address each of the following 

selection criteria separately for each 

proposed activity. The selection criteria 

are worth a total of 100 points; the 

maximum score for each criterion is 

noted in parentheses. 

(a) Need for project. (Maximum 20 

points) The Secretary considers the 

need for the proposed project. In 

determining the need for the proposed 

project, the Secretary considers: 

(1) The magnitude of the need for the 

services to be provided or the activities 

to be carried out by the proposed 

project. (10 points) 

(2) The extent to which the proposed 

project will focus on serving or 

otherwise addressing the needs of 

disadvantaged individuals. (5 points) 

(3) The extent to which specific gaps 

or weaknesses in services, 

infrastructure, or opportunities have 

been identified and will be addressed by 

the proposed project, including the 

nature and magnitude of those gaps or 

weaknesses. (5 points) 

(b) Quality of the project design. 

(Maximum 25 points) The Secretary 

considers the quality of the design of the 

proposed project. In determining the 

quality of the design of the proposed 

project, the Secretary considers: 

(1) The extent to which the goals, 

objectives, and outcomes to be achieved 

by the proposed project are clearly 

specified and measurable. (10 points) 

(2) The extent to which the design of 

the proposed project is appropriate to, 

and will successfully address, the needs 

of the target population or other 

identified needs. (5 points) 

(3) The extent to which the proposed 

project demonstrates a rationale (as 

defined in this notice). (10 points) 

(c) Quality of project services. 

(Maximum 10 points) The Secretary 

considers the quality of the services to 

be provided by the proposed project. 

(1) In determining the quality of the 

services to be provided by the proposed 

project, the Secretary considers the 

quality and sufficiency of strategies for 

ensuring equal access and treatment for 

eligible project participants who are 

members of groups that have 

traditionally been underrepresented 

based on race, color, national origin, 

gender, age, or disability. (3 points) 

(2) In addition, the Secretary 

considers: 

(i) The extent to which the services to 

be provided by the proposed project are 

appropriate to the needs of the intended 

recipients or beneficiaries of those 

services. (3 points) 

(ii) The extent to which the services 

to be provided by the proposed project 

reflect up-to-date knowledge from 

research and effective practice. (4 

points) 

(d) Quality of project personnel. 

(Maximum 10 points) The Secretary 

considers the quality of the personnel 

who will carry out the proposed project. 

(1) In determining the quality of 

project personnel, the Secretary 

considers the extent to which the 

applicant encourages applications for 

employment from persons who are 

members of groups that have 

traditionally been underrepresented 

based on race, color, national origin, 

gender, age, or disability. (3 points) 

(2) In addition, the Secretary 

considers: 

(i) The qualifications, including 

relevant training and experience, of the 

project director or principal 

investigator. (4 points) 

(ii) The qualifications, including 

relevant training and experience, of key 

project personnel. (3 points) 

(e) Adequacy of resources. (Maximum 

5 points) The Secretary considers the 

adequacy of resources for the proposed 

project. In determining the adequacy of 

resources for the proposed project, the 

Secretary considers: 

(1) The extent to which the budget is 

adequate to support the proposed 

project. (3 points) 

(2) The extent to which the costs are 

reasonable in relation to the objectives, 

design, and potential significance of the 

proposed project. (2 points) 

(f) Quality of the management plan. 

(Maximum 15 points) The Secretary 

considers the quality of the management 

plan for the proposed project. In 

determining the quality of the 

management plan for the proposed 

project, the Secretary considers: 

(1) The adequacy of the management 

plan to achieve the objectives of the 

proposed project on time and within 

budget, including clearly defined 

responsibilities, timelines, and 

milestones for accomplishing project 

tasks. (5 points) 

(2) The adequacy of procedures for 

ensuring feedback and continuous 

improvement in the operation of the 

proposed project. (5 points) 

(3) The adequacy of mechanisms for 

ensuring high-quality products and 

services from the proposed project. (5 

points) 

(g) Quality of the project evaluation. 

(Maximum 15 points) The Secretary 

considers the quality of the evaluation 

to be conducted of the proposed project. 

In determining the quality of the 

evaluation, the Secretary considers: 

(1) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation are thorough, feasible, and 

appropriate to the goals, objectives, and 

outcomes of the proposed project. (10 

points) 

(2) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation include the use of 

objective performance measures that are 

clearly related to the intended outcomes 

of the project and will produce 

quantitative and qualitative data to the 

extent possible. (5 points) 

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). 

A panel of three non-Federal 

reviewers will review and score each 

application in accordance with the 

selection criteria. A rank order funding 

slate will be made from this review. 

Awards will be made in rank order 

according to the average score received 

from the peer review and from the 

competitive preference priority 

addressed by the applicant. 

In tiebreaking situations for 

development grants, under 34 CFR 

607.23(b), we award one additional 

point to an application from an IHE that 

has an endowment fund of which the 

current market value, per FTE enrolled 

student, is less than the average current 

market value of the endowment funds, 


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per FTE enrolled student, at comparable 

type institutions that offer similar 

instruction. We award one additional 

point to an application from an IHE that 

has expenditures for library materials 

per FTE enrolled student that are less 

than the average expenditure for library 

materials per FTE enrolled student at 

similar type institutions. We also add 

one additional point to an application 

from an IHE that proposes to carry out 

one or more of the following activities: 

(1) Faculty development. 

(2) Funds and administrative management. 

(3) Development and improvement of 

academic programs. 

(4) Acquisition of equipment for use in 

strengthening management and academic 

programs. 

(5) Joint use of facilities. 

(6) Student services. 

For the purpose of these funding 

considerations, we use 2019–2020 data. 

If a tie remains after applying the 

tiebreaker mechanism above, priority 

will be given to applicants that have the 

lowest endowment values per FTE 

enrolled student. 

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). 

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: The 

Secretary has established the following 

key performance measures for assessing 

the effectiveness of the AANAPISI 

Program: 

(a) The percentage of first-time, full-time 

degree-seeking undergraduate students at 

four-year AANAPISIs who were in their first 

year of postsecondary enrollment in the 

previous year and are enrolled in the current 

year at the same AANAPISI. 

(b) The percentage of first-time, full-time 

degree-seeking undergraduate students at 

two-year AANAPISIs who were in their first 

year of postsecondary enrollment in the 

previous year and are enrolled in the current 

year at the same AANAPISI. 

(c) The percentage of first-time, full-time 

degree-seeking undergraduate students 


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1See The February 2021 Cold Weather Outages in 

Texas and the South Central United States—FERC, 

NERC and Regional Entity Staff Report at pp 18, 

192 (November 16, 2021), https://www.ferc.gov/ 

news-events/news/final-report-february-2021- 

freeze-underscores-winterization-recommendations. 

enrolled at four-year AANAPISIs who 

graduate within six years of enrollment. 

(d) The percentage of first-time, full-time 

degree-seeking undergraduate students 

enrolled at two-year AANAPISIs who 

graduate within three years of enrollment. 

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). 

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 

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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. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2021–SCC–0159] 

EDFacts Data Collection School Years 

2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25 (With 

2021–22 Continuation); Correction 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences, 

National Center for Education Statistics 

(NCES), Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Correction notice. 

SUMMARY: On March 29, 2022, the U.S. 

Department of Education published a 

30-day comment period notice in the 

Federal Register with FR DOC# 2022– 

06553 (Page 18007, Column 1, Column 

2, Column 3) seeking public comment 

for an information collection entitled, 

‘‘EDFacts Data Collection School Years 

2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25 (With 

2021–22 Continuation)’’. Instructions 

were provided in the Addresses section 

for how to access the information 

collection on Reginfo.gov. The purpose 

of this notice is to provide further 

clarification on how to access the 

documents for review and comment. 

Reginfo.gov provides two links to view 

documents related to this information 

collection request. Information 

collection forms and instructions may 

be found by clicking on the ‘‘View 

Information Collection (IC) List’’ link. 

Supporting statements and other 

supporting documentation may be 

found by clicking on the ‘‘View 

Supporting Statement and Other 

Documents’’ link. 

The PRA Coordinator, Strategic 

Collections and Clearance, Office of the 

Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, 

Evaluation and Policy Development, 

hereby issues a correction notice as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. 

Dated: March 31, 2022. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Office of the Chief Data Officer, 

Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07142 Filed 4–4–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AD22–4–000] 

Improving Winter-Readiness of 

Generating Units; Second 

Supplemental Notice of Technical 

Conference 

As announced in the Notices of 

Technical Conference issued in this 

proceeding on November 18, 2021 and 

March 10, 2022, the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) 

will convene a Joint Technical 

Conference with the North American 

Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) 

and the Regional Entities in the abovereferenced proceeding on Wednesday, 

April 27 and Thursday, April 28, 2022 

from approximately 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 

p.m. Eastern time each day. The 

conference will be held virtually via 

WebEx. 

The purpose of this conference is to 

discuss how to improve the winterreadiness of generating units, including 

best practices, lessons learned, and 

increased use of the NERC Guidelines, 

as recommended in the Joint February 

2021 Cold Weather Outages Report.1

The conference will be open for the 

public to attend electronically. 

Registration for the conference is not 

required and there is no fee for 

attendance. To join the conference, go to 

the web Calendar of Events for this 

event on FERC’s website, www.ferc.gov. 

The link for the event will be posted at 

the top of the calendar page and will 

‘‘go live’’ just prior to the conference 

start time. The conference will also be 

transcribed. Transcripts will be 

available for a fee from Ace Reporting, 

(202) 347–3700. 

Commission conferences are 

accessible under section 508 of the 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For 

accessibility accommodations, please 

send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov, 

call toll-free (866) 208–3372 (voice) or 

(202) 208–8659 (TTY), or send a fax to 

(202) 208–2106 with the required 

accommodations. 

For more information about this 

technical conference, please contact 

Lodie White at Lodie.White@ferc.gov or 

(202) 502–8453. For information related 

to logistics, please contact Sarah 

McKinley at Sarah.Mckinley@ferc.gov or 

(202) 502–8368. 


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