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Time Topic Presenter 

8:30 a.m .......................................................................... Administrative Remarks .................................................. CAPT Budney, USN (NSS). 

8:45 a.m .......................................................................... Review and Discussion.

10:45 a.m ........................................................................ Break.

11 a.m ............................................................................. Review and Discussion.

12 p.m ............................................................................. Lunch.

1 p.m ............................................................................... Review and Discussion.

3:15 p.m .......................................................................... Break.

3:30 p.m .......................................................................... Deliberations and Guidance.

4:30 p.m .......................................................................... Adjourn.

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. para. 552b, as 

amended and 41 CFR para. 102–3.155, 

the Department of Defense has 

determined that the meeting shall be 

closed to the public. The Director, U.S. 

Nuclear Command and Control System 

Support Staff, in consultation with his 

General Counsel, has determined in 

writing that the public interest requires 

that all sessions of the committee’s 

meeting will be closed to the public 

because they will be concerned with 

classified information and matters 

covered by section 5 U.S.C. para. 

552b(c)(1). 

Committee’s Designated Federal 

Officer: Mr. William L. Jones, (703) 681– 

8681, U.S. Nuclear Command and 

Control System Support Staff (NSS), 

Skyline 3, 5201 Leesburg Pike, Suite 

500, Falls Church, Virginia 22041. 

William.jones@nss.pentagon.mil. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR paras. 102– 

3.105(j) and 102–3.140, and section 

10(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, the public or 

interested organizations may submit 

written statements at any time to the 

Nuclear Command and Control System 

Federal Advisory Committee about its 

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March 25, 2009. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. E9–7293 Filed 3–31–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Postsecondary Education; 

Overview Information Institute of 

International Public Policy; Notice 

Inviting Applications for New Awards 

for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.269A. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: April 1, 2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 1, 2009. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 30, 2009. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: To provide a 

grant that establishes an Institute for 

International Public Policy that will 

conduct a program to enhance the 

international competitiveness of the 

United States by increasing the 

participation of underrepresented 

populations in the international service, 

including private international 

voluntary organizations and the foreign 

service of the United States. The 

program shall include a program for 

students to study abroad in their junior 

year, fellowships for graduate study, 

internships, and intensive academic 

programs, such as summer institutes, or 

intensive language training. 

Priorities: Under this competition we 

are particularly interested in 

applications that address the following 

priority. 

Invitational Priority: For FY 2009 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, this 

priority is an invitational priority. 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1), we do not 

give an application that meets this 

invitational priority a competitive or 

absolute preference over other 

applications. 

The priority is: 

Invitational Priority: 

Projects that focus on any of the 

following seventy-eight (78) priority 

languages selected from the U.S. 

Department of Education’s list of Less 

Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs): 

Akan (Twi-Fante), Albanian, 

Amharic, Arabic (all dialects), 

Armenian, Azeri (Azerbaijani), Balochi, 

Bamanakan (Bamana, Bambara, 

Mandikan, Mandingo, Maninka, Dyula), 

Belarusian, Bengali (Bangla), Berber (all 

languages), Bosnian, Bulgarian, 

Burmese, Cebuano (Visayan), Chechen, 

Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Gan), 

Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Min), 

Chinese (Wu), Croatian, Dari, Dinka, 

Georgian, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew 

(Modern), Hindi, Igbo, Indonesian, 

Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kashmiri, 

Kazakh, Khmer (Cambodian), Kirghiz, 

Korean, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kurdish 

(Sorani), Lao, Malay (Bahasa Melayu or 

Malaysian), Malayalam, Marathi, 

Mongolian, Nepali, Oromo, Panjabi, 

Pashto, Persian (Farsi), Polish, 

Portuguese (all varieties), Quechua, 

Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala 

(Sinhalese), Somali, Swahili, Tagalog, 

Tajik, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, 

Tigrigna, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, 

Urdu, Uyghur/Uigur, Uzbek, 

Vietnamese, Wolof, Xhosa, Yoruba, and 

Zulu. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1131– 

1131f. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 

85, 86, 97, 98, and 99; and (b) The 

regulations in 34 CFR part 655. 

Note: Because there are no programspecific regulations for the Institute for 

International Public Policy Program, 

applicants are encouraged to read the 

authorizing statute in sections 621 through 

629 of part C, Title VI, of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA) 

(20 U.S.C. 1131–1131f). 

Areas of National Need: In 

accordance with section 601(c) of the 

HEA (20 U.S.C. 1121(c)(1)), the 

Secretary has consulted with and 

received recommendations regarding 

national need for expertise in foreign 

languages and world regions from the 

head officials of a wide range of Federal 

agencies. The Secretary has taken these 

recommendations into account and a 

list of foreign languages and world 

regions identified by the Secretary as 

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areas of national need may be found on 

the following Web sites: http:// 

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

policy.html; http://www.ed.gov/ 

programs/iegpsiipp/legislation.html. 

Also included on these Web sites are the 

specific recommendations the Secretary 

received from Federal agencies. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$1,837,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$1,837,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $1,837,000 for a single budget 

period of 12 months. The Assistant 

Secretary for Postsecondary Education 

may change the maximum amount 

through a notice published in the 

Federal Register. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 1. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Consortia 

consisting of one or more of the 

following entities: (1) An institution 

eligible for assistance under part B of 

title III of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1060 et 

seq.); (2) a tribally-controlled college or 

university or Alaska Native or Native 

Hawaiian-serving institution eligible for 

assistance under part A or B of title III 

of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1057 et seq. or 

1060 et seq.) or an institution eligible for 

assistance under title V of the HEA (20 

U.S.C. 1101 et seq.); (3) an institution of 

higher education that serves substantial 

numbers of underrepresented minority 

students; and (4) an institution of higher 

education with programs in training 

foreign service professionals. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: The 

matching requirement is described in 

section 621(e) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 

1131(e)). The eligible recipient of a grant 

in this competition shall contribute to 

the conduct of the program supported 

by the grant amount from non-Federal 

sources equal to at least one-half the 

amount of the grant. This contribution 

may be in cash or in kind. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Tanyelle Richardson, 

International Education Programs 

Service, U.S. Department of Education, 

1990 K Street, NW., room 6017, 

Washington, DC 20006–8521. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7626 or by e-mail: 

tanyelle.richardson@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), at 1–800– 

877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

in an accessible format (e.g., braille, 

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the program 

contact person listed in this section. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this 

program. Page Limit: The application 

narrative is where you, the applicant, 

address the selection criteria that 

reviewers use to evaluate your 

application. You must limit the 

application narrative [Part III] to no 

more than 60 pages, using 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, except titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, captions and all text in 

charts, tables, and graphs may be single 

spaced. Charts, tables, figures, and 

graphs in the application narrative 

count toward the page limit. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger, or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). However, you may 

use a 10 point font in charts, tables, 

figures, and graphs. 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. Applications submitted 

in any other font (including Times 

Roman and Arial Narrow) will not be 

accepted. 

The page limit does not apply to Part 

I, the Application for Federal Assistance 

face sheet (SF 424); the supplemental 

information form required by the 

Department of Education; Part II, the 

budget information summary form (ED 

Form 524); and Part IV, the assurances 

and certifications. The page limit also 

does not apply to a table of contents. 

However, the page limit does apply to 

all of the application narrative section 

[Part III]. If you include any attachments 

or appendices not specifically 

requested, these items will be counted 

as part of the application narrative [Part 

III] for purposes of the page limit 

requirement. You must include your 

complete response to the selection 

criteria in the application narrative. 

We will reject your application if you 

apply these standards and exceed the 

page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: April 1, 2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 1, 2009. 

Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov). For information 

(including dates and times) about how 

to submit your application 

electronically, or in paper format by 

mail or hand delivery if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, please refer to 

section IV. 6. Other Submission 

Requirements of this notice. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

Individuals with disabilities who 

need an accommodation or auxiliary aid 

in connection with the application 

process should contact the person listed 

under For Further Information Contact 

in section VII of this notice. If the 

Department provides an accommodation 

or auxiliary aid to an individual with a 

disability in connection with the 

application process, the individual’s 

application remains subject to all other 

requirements and limitations in this 

notice. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 30, 2009. 

4. 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. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

the regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted 

electronically unless you qualify for an 

exception to this requirement in 

accordance with the instructions in this 

section. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

Applications for grants under the 

Institute for International Public Policy, 

CFDA number 84.269A, must be 

submitted electronically using the 

Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site 

at http://www.Grants.gov. Through this 

site, you will be able to download a 

copy of the application package, 

complete it offline, and then upload and 

submit your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant 

application to us. 

We will reject your application if you 

submit it in paper format unless, as 

described elsewhere in this section, you 

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qualify for one of the exceptions to the 

electronic submission requirement and 

submit, no later than two weeks before 

the application deadline date, a written 

statement to the Department that you 

qualify for one of these exceptions. 

Further information regarding 

calculation of the date that is two weeks 

before the application deadline date is 

provided later in this section under 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for the Institute for 

International Public Policy at: 

www.Grants.gov. You must search for 

the downloadable application package 

for this program by the CFDA number. 

Do not include the CFDA number’s 

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

for 84.269, not 84.269A). 

Please note the following: 

• When you enter the Grants.gov site, 

you will find information about 

submitting an application electronically 

through the site, as well as the hours of 

operation. 

• Applications received by Grants.gov 

are date and time stamped. Your 

application must be fully uploaded and 

submitted and must be date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system no 

later than 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, on the application deadline date. 

Except as otherwise noted in this 

section, we will not accept your 

application if it is received—that is, date 

and time stamped by the Grants.gov 

system—after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date. We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. When we retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov, we will 

notify you if we are rejecting your 

application because it was date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system after 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. 

• The amount of time it can take to 

upload an application will vary 

depending on a variety of factors, 

including the size of the application and 

the speed of your Internet connection. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the submission 

process through Grants.gov. 

• You should review and follow the 

Education Submission Procedures for 

submitting an application through 

Grants.gov that are included in the 

application package for this program to 

ensure that you submit your application 

in a timely manner to the Grants.gov 

system. You can also find the Education 

Submission Procedures pertaining to 

Grants.gov at 

http://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/ 

GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf. 

• To submit your application via 

Grants.gov, you must complete all steps 

in the Grants.gov registration process 

(see http://www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

get_registered.jsp). These steps include 

(1) Registering your organization, a 

multi-part process that includes 

registration with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR); (2) registering yourself 

as an Authorized Organization 

Representative (AOR); and (3) getting 

authorized as an AOR by your 

organization. Details on these steps are 

outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step 

Registration Guide (see http:// 

www.grants.gov/section910/ 

Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). 

You also must provide on your 

application the same D–U–N–S Number 

used with this registration. Please note 

that the registration process may take 

five or more business days to complete, 

and you must have completed all 

registration steps to allow you to submit 

successfully an application via 

Grants.gov. In addition, you will need to 

update your CCR registration on an 

annual basis. This may take three or 

more business days to complete. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, as described 

elsewhere in this section, and submit 

your application in paper format. 

• You must submit all documents 

electronically, including all information 

you typically provide on the following 

forms: Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF 424), the Department of 

Education Supplemental Information for 

SF 424, Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all 

necessary assurances and certifications. 

• You must attach any narrative 

sections of your application as files in 

a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text), or 

.PDF (Portable Document) format. If you 

upload a file type other than the three 

file types specified in this paragraph or 

submit a password-protected file, we 

will not review that material. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any page-limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive from 

Grants.gov an automatic notification of 

receipt that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. (This notification 

indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not 

receipt by the Department.) The 

Department then will retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov and send a 

second notification to you by e-mail. 

This second notification indicates that 

the Department has received your 

application and has assigned your 

application a PR/Award number (an EDspecified identifying number unique to 

your application). 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on forms at a later 

date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of Technical Issues with the 

Grants.gov System: If you are 

experiencing problems submitting your 

application through Grants.gov, please 

contact the Grants.gov Support Desk, 

toll free, at 1–800–518–4726. You must 

obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number and must keep a record of it. 

If you are prevented from 

electronically submitting your 

application on the application deadline 

date because of technical problems with 

the Grants.gov system, we will grant you 

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

Washington, DC time, the following 

business day to enable you to transmit 

your application electronically or by 

hand delivery. You also may mail your 

application by following the mailing 

instructions described elsewhere in this 

notice. 

If you submit an application after 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in 

Section VII of this notice and provide an 

explanation of the technical problem 

you experienced with Grants.gov, along 

with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number. We will accept your 

application if we can confirm that a 

technical problem occurred with the 

Grants.gov system and that that problem 

affected your ability to submit your 

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

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. The 

Department will contact you after a 

determination is made on whether your 

application will be accepted. 

Note: The extensions to which we refer in 

this section apply only to the unavailability 

of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov 

system. We will not grant you an extension 

if you failed to fully register to submit your 

application to Grants.gov before the 

application deadline date and time; or, if the 

technical problem you experienced is 

unrelated to the Grants.gov system. 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement: You qualify for an 

exception to the electronic submission 

requirement, and may submit your 

application in paper format, if you are 

unable to submit an application through 

the Grants.gov system because— 

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

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• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to the 

Grants.gov system; and 

• No later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date (14 calendar 

days; or, if the fourteenth calendar day 

before the application deadline date 

falls on a Federal holiday, the next 

business day following the Federal 

holiday), you mail or fax a written 

statement to the Department, explaining 

which of the two grounds for an 

exception prevent you from using the 

Internet to submit your application. 

If you mail your written statement to 

the Department, it must be postmarked 

no later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date. If you fax 

your written statement to the 

Department, we must receive the faxed 

statement no later than two weeks 

before the application deadline date. 

Address and mail or fax your 

statement to: Tanyelle Richardson, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., room 6017, Washington, DC 

20006–8521. FAX: (202) 502–7859. 

Your paper application must be 

submitted in accordance with the mail 

or hand delivery instructions described 

in this notice. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

may mail (through the U.S. Postal 

Service or a commercial carrier) your 

application to the Department. You 

must mail the original and two copies 

of your application, on or before the 

application deadline date, to the 

Department at the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.269A), LBJ Basement 

Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

You must show proof of mailing 

consisting of one of the following: 

(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 

postmark. 

(2) A legible mail receipt with the 

date of mailing stamped by the U.S. 

Postal Service. 

(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier. 

(4) Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

If you mail your application through 

the U.S. Postal Service, we do not 

accept either of the following as proof 

of mailing: 

(1) A private metered postmark. 

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

If your application is postmarked after 

the application deadline date, we will 

not consider your application. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, you should check 

with your local post office. 

c. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Hand Delivery. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

(or a courier service) may deliver your 

paper application to the Department by 

hand. You must deliver the original and 

two copies of your application by hand, 

on or before the application deadline 

date, to the Department at the following 

address: U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.269A), 550 12th 

Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 

8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays, 

and Federal holidays. 

Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper 

Applications: If you mail or hand deliver 

your application to the Department— 

(1) You must indicate on the envelope 

and—if not provided by the Department—in 

Item 11 of the SF 424, the CFDA number, 

including suffix letter, if any, of the 

competition under which you are submitting 

your application; and 

(2) The Application Control Center will 

mail to you a notification of receipt of your 

grant application. If you do not receive this 

notification within 15 business days from the 

application deadline date, you should call 

the U.S. Department of Education 

Application Control Center at (202) 245– 

6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. General: Applications are randomly 

divided into groupings for review. 

International studies and foreign 

language experts, organized into panels 

of three, will review each application. 

Each panel reviews, scores, and ranks 

its applications separately from the 

applications assigned to the other 

panels. Ultimately, all applications, 

without being divided into groups, will 

be ranked from the highest to the lowest 

score for funding purposes. 

2. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this program are from section 

75.210 of EDGAR and are as follows: (a) 

Significance of the project (20 points), 

(b) quality of the project design (20 

points), (c) quality of project personnel 

(10 points), (d) quality of management 

plan (15 points), (e) adequacy of 

resources (15 points), and (f) quality of 

project evaluation (20 points). 

Applicants should review section 

75.210 of EDGAR for a complete 

description of these criteria. 

3. Application Requirements: In 

addition to any other requirements 

outlined in the application package for 

this program, section 621(c) of the HEA 

(20 U.S.C. 1131(c)) requires that each 

application include a description of 

how the activities funded by the grant 

will reflect diverse perspectives and a 

wide range of views and generate debate 

on world regions and international 

affairs, where applicable. 

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 Notice (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: At the end of your 

project period, you must submit a final 

performance report, including financial 

information, as directed by the 

Secretary. If you receive a multi-year 

award, you must submit an annual 

performance report that provides the 

most current performance and financial 

expenditure information as specified by 

the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118. 

Grantees are required to use the 

electronic data instrument International 

Resource Information System (IRIS) to 

complete both the annual and final 

report. The Secretary may also require 

more frequent performance reports 

under 34 CFR 75.720(c). For specific 

requirements on reporting, please go to 

http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measure: The goal of 

the Institute for International Public 

Policy is to assist certain eligible 

institutions of higher education to 

produce experts in less commonly 

taught languages and area studies, 

particularly from members of 

underrepresented populations, who are 

capable of contributing to the needs of 

the U.S. Government and national 

security. The Department will use the 

following measures to evaluate the 

success of the Institute for International 

Public Policy program: 

1. Percentage of Institute for 

International Public Policy graduates 

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who are employed in government or 

international service. 

2. Percentage of Institute for 

International Public Policy program 

participants who complete a master’s 

degree within six years of enrolling in 

the program. 

3. Federal cost per Institute for 

International Public Policy graduates 

employed in government or 

international service. 

The Department will use information 

provided by grantees in their 

performance reports submitted via IRIS 

as the source of data for this measure. 

Reporting screens for applicants can be 

viewed at: http://www.ieps-iris.org/iris/ 

pdfs/IIPP.pdf. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Tanyelle Richardson, International 

Education Programs Service, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., room 6017, Washington, DC 

20006–8521. Telephone: (202) 502–7626 

or by e-mail: 

tanyelle.richardson@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

person listed under For Further 

Information Contact in section VII in 

this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF), on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

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Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

Daniel T. Madzelan, Director, 

Forecasting and Policy Analysis for the 

Office of Postsecondary Education, to 

perform the functions of the Assistant 

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Dated: March 27, 2009. 

Daniel T. Madzelan, 

Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis. 

[FR Doc. E9–7303 Filed 3–31–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Postsecondary Education; 

Overview Information; Minority 

Science and Engineering Improvement 

Program (MSEIP); Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2009 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.120A. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: April 1, 2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 1, 2009. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 30, 2009. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The MSEIP is 

designed to effect long-range 

improvement in science and 

engineering education at predominantly 

minority institutions and to increase the 

flow of underrepresented ethnic 

minorities, particularly minority 

women, into scientific and 

technological careers. 

Priorities: In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(iv), these priorities are from 

allowable activities specified in section 

352 of the Higher Education Act of 

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

1067b(b)). 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2009, three priorities are competitive 

preference priorities based on 34 CFR 

637.31(c). Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) 

we award an additional five (5) points 

to an application that meets Competitive 

Preference Priority 1. Under 34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(ii) we give preference to an 

application that meets Competitive 

Preference Priority 2 and Competitive 

Preference Priority 3 over an application 

of comparable merit that does not meet 

these priorities. 

These priorities are: 

Competitive Preference Priority 1. 

Applications from institutions that have 

not received a MSEIP grant within five 

years prior to this competition. 

Competitive Preference Priority 2. 

Applications from previous grantees 

with a proven record of success. 

Competitive Preference Priority 3. 

Applications that contribute to 

achieving balance among funded 

projects with respect to—(a) geographic 

region; (b) academic discipline; and (c) 

project type. 

Invitational Priorities: For FY 2009, 

three priorities are invitational 

priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we 

do not give an application that meets 

these invitational priorities a 

competitive or absolute preference over 

other applications. 

These priorities are: 

Invitational Priority 1. Applications 

that focus on the development of bridge 

or articulation programs that target prefreshmen entering into the science, 

technology, engineering, or mathematics 

(STEM) fields. 

Invitational Priority 2. Applications 

that focus directly on student learning 

and encourage and facilitate 

implementation of pedagogical 

approaches that have been proven 

effective in increasing student retention 

and achievement in STEM fields. 

Invitational Priority 3. Applications 

that focus on mentoring programs 

designed to increase the number of 

underrepresented students who 

graduate with STEM undergraduate 

degrees. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1067– 

1067k. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 84, 85, 

86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The regulations 

for this program in 34 CFR part 637. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$2,907,826. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

Institutional Project Grants: $100,000– 

$200,000. Special Project Grants: 

$35,000–$100,000. Cooperative Project 

Grants: $135,000–$300,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

Institutional Project Grants: $150,000. 

Special Project Grants: $75,000. 

Cooperative Project Grants: $220,000. 

Maximum Awards: Institutional 

Project Grants: $200,000. Special Project 

Grants: $100,000. Cooperative Project 

Grants: $300,000. For each type of grant, 

we will not fund any application at an 

amount exceeding the specified 

maximum amount for a single budget 

period of 12 months. We may choose 

not to further consider or review 

applications with budgets that exceed 

the maximum amounts if we conclude, 

during our initial review of the 

application, that the proposed goals and