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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Veterans 

Upward Bound 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 Veterans Upward 

Bound (VUB) Program, Assistance 

Listing Number 84.047V. This notice 

relates to the approved information 

collection under OMB control number 

1840–0823. 

DATES:

Applications Available: April 26, 

2022. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: June 10, 2022. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: August 9, 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 phase-out 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: 

Kenneth Foushee, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 2C221, Washington, DC 20202– 

4260. Telephone: (202) 453–7417. 

Email: Kenneth.Foushee@ed.gov or 

Dana Foreman, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 2C142, Washington, DC 20202– 

4260. Telephone: (202) 453–7396. 

Email: Dana.Foreman@ed.gov. 

If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or 

have a speech disability and wish to 

access telecommunications relay 

services, please dial 7–1–1. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The Upward 

Bound (UB) Program is one of the seven 

programs collectively known as the 

Federal TRIO Programs. The UB 

Program is a discretionary grant 

program that supports projects designed 

to provide students with the skills and 

motivation necessary to complete a 

program of secondary education and 

enter into and succeed in a program of 

postsecondary education. There are 

three types of grants under the UB 

Program: UB; VUB; and UB Math and 

Science. In this notice we invite 

applications for VUB grants only. The 

invitation to apply for UB grants was 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 16, 2021, and is available at 

https://www.federalregister.gov/ 

documents/2021/12/16/2021-27235/ 

applications-for-new-awards-upwardbound-program. We will invite 

applications for UB Math and Science 

grants in a separate notice. 

The VUB Program supports projects 

designed to prepare, motivate, and assist 

military veterans in the development of 

academic and other skills necessary for 

acceptance into and success in a 

program of postsecondary education. 

VUB grantees are required to provide 

the services listed in section 402C(b) 

and (c) of the Higher Education Act of 

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

1070a–13(b), (c)). Permissible services 

under the VUB Program are specified in 

section 402C(d) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 

1070a–13(d)). 

Priorities: This notice contains three 

competitive preference priorities. 

Competitive Preference Priority 1 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). Competitive 

Preference Priorities 2 and 3 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). 

Note: Applicants must include in the 

one-page abstract submitted with the 

application an indication of which, if 

any, competitive preference priorities 

are addressed. If the applicant has 

addressed one or more of the 

competitive preference priorities, this 

information must also be listed on the 

VUB 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 nine points to an 

application, depending on how well the 

application meets the priorities. 

These priorities are: 

Competitive Preference Priority 1: 

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). 

Note: A list of evidence-based 

practices that are relevant to the VUB 

Program is available at https://

www2.ed.gov/programs/triovub/ 

applicant.html. This list is not 

exhaustive. Additional information 

regarding What Works Clearinghouse 

practice guides and intervention reports 

that could also be relevant is posted on 

the Department’s website at 

www.ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc. 

Competitive Preference Priority 2: 

Meeting Student Social, Emotional, and 

Academic Needs (Up to 3 points). 

Projects that are designed to improve 

students’ social, emotional, academic, 

and career development, with a focus on 

underserved students, through the 

following priority areas: 

(a) Developing and supporting 

educator and school capacity to support 

social and emotional learning and 

development that is trauma-informed, 

such as addressing exposure to 

community-based violence and trauma 

specific to military- or veteranconnected students (as defined in this 

notice); and 

(b) Creating education or work-based 

settings that are supportive, positive, 

identify-safe and inclusive with regard 

to race, ethnicity, culture, language, and 

disability status, through developing 

trusting relationships between students 

(including underserved students), 

educators, families, and community 

partners. 

Note: Because the VUB Program 

supports students and not the 

professional development of educators, 

applicants should address supports for 

students only. 

Competitive Preference Priority 3: 

Strengthening Cross-Agency 

Coordination and Community 

Engagement to Advance Systemic 

Change (Up to 3 points). 

Projects that are designed to take a 

systemic evidence-based approach to 

improving outcomes for underserved 

students by establishing cross-agency 

partnerships, or community-based 

partnerships with local nonprofit 

organizations, businesses, philanthropic 

organizations, or others, to meet family 

well-being needs. 

Definitions: The definitions below are 

from 34 CFR 77.1, the Supplemental 

Priorities, and the UB regulations at 34 

CFR 645.6. 


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1 In accordance with the VUB regulations, 

‘‘military- and veteran-connected student’’ is 

limited to those who qualify as ‘‘veterans’’ under 34 

CFR 645.6(b), namely ‘‘a person who— 

(1) Served on active duty as a member of the 

Armed Forces of the United States for a period of 

more than 180 days and was discharged or released 

under conditions other than dishonorable; 

(2) Served on active duty as a member of the 

Armed Forces of the United States and was 

discharged or released because of a service 

connected disability; 

(3) Was a member of a reserve component of the 

Armed Forces of the United States and was called 

to active duty for a period of more than 30 days; 

or 

(4) Was a member of a reserve component of the 

Armed Forces of the United States who served on 

active duty in support of a contingency operation 

(as that term is defined in section 101(a)(13) of title 

10, United States Code) on or after September 11, 

2001.’’ 

34 CFR 645.6(b). 

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. 

Evidence-based means the proposed 

project component is supported by 

evidence that demonstrates a rationale. 

Logic model (also referred to as theory 

of action) means a framework that 

identifies key components of the 

proposed project, product (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. 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. 

Military- or veteran-connected student 

means a student who is a member of the 

uniformed services, a veteran of the 

uniformed services, or the spouse of a 

service member or veteran.1

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 

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 experiencing 

homelessness or housing insecurity. 

(c) A student who is the first in their 

family to attend postsecondary 

education. 

(d) A student who is enrolled in or is 

seeking to enroll in postsecondary 

education who is eligible for a Pell 

Grant. 

Application Requirements: The 

following application requirements for 

FY 2022 are from section 402C(e) of the 

HEA (20 U.S.C. 1070a–13(e)) and the 

program regulations at 34 CFR 645.21. 

An applicant must submit the 

following, as part of the application— 

(1) Not less than two-thirds of the 

project’s participants will be lowincome individuals who are potential 

first- generation college students; 

(2) The remaining participants will be 

low-income individuals, potential firstgeneration college students, or veterans 

who have a high risk for academic 

failure; and 

(3) The project will collaborate with 

other Federal TRIO projects or programs 

serving similar populations in the target 

area in order to minimize the 

duplication of services and promote 

collaborations so that more students can 

be served. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a– 

11 and 1070a–13. 

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 (EDGAR) 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 645. (e) The Administrative 

Priorities. (f) The Supplemental 

Priorities. 

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: The 

Administration received $1,137,000,000 

for the Federal TRIO Programs for FY 

2022, of which we intend to use an 

estimated $19,288,880 for the VUB 

Program. 

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: 

$287,537–$460,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$373,768. 

Maximum Award: The maximum 

award varies based on whether the 

applicant is currently receiving a VUB 

Program grant, as well as the number of 

participants served. 

• For an applicant that is not 

currently receiving a VUB Program 

grant, the maximum award amount is 

$287,537, based upon a per-participant 

cost of no more than $2,300 and a 

minimum of 125 participants. 

• For an applicant that is currently 

receiving a VUB Program grant, the 

maximum award amount is 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: 60. 

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; public and private 

agencies; organizations, including 

community-based organizations with 

experience in serving disadvantaged 

youth; secondary schools; and 

combinations of such institutions, 

agencies, and organizations. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not require cost 

sharing or matching. 

3. 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 eight percent of a modified total 

direct cost base, whichever amount is 

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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. 

4. 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. 

5. Subgrantees: A grantee under this 

competition may not award subgrants to 

entities to directly carry out project 

activities described in its application. 

6. Other: An applicant may submit 

more than one application for a VUB 

Program grant so long as each 

application describes a project that 

serves a different target area (34 CFR 

645.20(a)). The Secretary is not 

designating any additional populations 

for which an applicant may submit a 

separate application under this 

competition (34 CFR 645.20 (b)). The 

term ‘‘target area’’ is defined as a 

discrete local or regional geographical 

area served by a project (34 CFR 

645.6(b)). 

IV. Application 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 645.41. 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 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 three additional pages for each 

priority, for a total of up to nine 

additional pages for the competitive 

preference priorities if the three 

competitive preference priorities are 

addressed. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The following 

selection criteria are from 34 CFR 

645.31. 

We will award up to 100 points to an 

application under the selection criteria 

and up to 9 additional points to an 

application under the competitive 

preference priorities, for a total score of 

up to 109 points. The maximum number 

of points available for each criterion is 

indicated in parentheses. 

(a) Need for the project. (Up to 24 

points). The Secretary evaluates the 

need for a VUB project in the proposed 

target area on the basis of clear evidence 

that shows— 

(i) The proposed target area lacks the 

services for eligible veterans that the 

applicant proposes to provide; (Up to 6 

points) 

(ii) A large number of veterans who 

reside in the target area are low income 

and potential first-generation college 

students; (Up to 6 points) 

(iii) A large number of veterans who 

reside in the target area who have not 

completed high school, or have 

completed high school but have not 

enrolled in a program of postsecondary 

education; (Up to 6 points) and 

(iv) Other indicators of need for a 

VUB project, including the presence of 

unaddressed academic or socioeconomic problems of veterans in the 

area. (Up to 6 points) 

(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 selection 

criterion (a), and attainable, given the 

project’s plan of operation, budget, and 

other resources: 

(i) Academic performance 

(standardized test scores) (2 points); 

(ii) Education program retention and 

completion (3 points); 

(iii) Postsecondary enrollment (3 

points); and 

(iv) Postsecondary completion (1 

point). 

(c) Plan of operation. (Up to 30 

points). The Secretary determines the 

quality of the applicant’s plan of 

operation by assessing the quality of— 

(1) The plan to inform the faculty and 

staff at the applicant institution or 

agency and the interested individuals 

and organizations throughout the target 

area of the goals and objectives of the 

project (Up to 3 points); 

(2) The plan for identifying, 

recruiting, and selecting participants to 

be served by the project (Up to 3 points); 

(3) The plan for assessing individual 

participant needs and for monitoring the 

academic progress of participants while 

they are in VUB (Up to 3 points); 

(4) The plan for locating the project 

within the applicant’s organizational 

structure (Up to 3 points); 

(5) The curriculum, services and 

activities that are planned for 

participants in both the academic year 

and summer components (Up to 3 

points); 

(6) The planned timelines for 

accomplishing critical elements of the 

project (Up to 3 points); 

(7) The plan to ensure effective and 

efficient administration of the project, 

including, but not limited to, financial 

management, student records 

management, and personnel 

management (Up to 3 points); 

(8) The applicant’s plan to use its 

resources and personnel to achieve 

project objectives and to coordinate the 

VUB project with other projects for 

disadvantaged students (Up to 3 points); 


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(9) The plan to work cooperatively 

with parents and key administrative, 

teaching, and counseling personnel at 

the target schools to achieve project 

objectives (Up to 3 points); and 

(10) A follow-up plan for tracking 

graduates of VUB as they enter and 

continue in postsecondary education 

(Up to 3 points). 

(d) Applicant and community 

support. (Up to 16 points). The 

Secretary evaluates the applicant and 

community support for the proposed 

project on the basis of the extent to 

which— 

(1) The applicant is committed to 

supplementing the project with 

resources that enhance the project such 

as: Space, furniture and equipment, 

supplies, and the time and effort of 

personnel other than those employed in 

the project (Up to 8 points). 

(2) Resources secured through written 

commitments from community partners 

(Up to 8 points). 

(i) An applicant that is an institution 

of higher education must include in its 

application commitments from the 

target schools and community 

organizations; 

(ii) An applicant that is a secondary 

school must include in its application 

commitments from institutions of higher 

education, community organizations, 

and, as appropriate, other secondary 

schools and the school district; 

(iii) An applicant that is a community 

organization must include in its 

application commitments from the 

target schools and institutions of higher 

education. 

(e) Quality of personnel. (Up to 8 

points). To determine the quality of 

personnel the applicant plans to use, the 

Secretary looks for information that 

shows— 

(1) The qualifications required of the 

project director, including formal 

training or work experience in fields 

related to the objectives of the project 

and experience in designing, managing, 

or implementing similar projects (Up to 

3 points); 

(2) The qualifications required of each 

of the other personnel to be used in the 

project, including formal training or 

work experience in fields related to the 

objectives of the project (Up to 3 points); 

and 

(3) The quality of the applicant’s plan 

for employing personnel who have 

succeeded in overcoming barriers 

similar to those confronting the project’s 

target population (Up to 2 points). 

(f) Budget and cost effectiveness. (Up 

to 5 points). The Secretary reviews each 

application to determine the extent to 

which— 

(1) The budget for the project is 

adequate to support planned project 

services and activities (Up to 3 points); 

and 

(2) Costs are reasonable in relation to 

the objectives and scope of the project 

(Up to 2 points). 

(g) Evaluation plan. (Up to 8 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) Are appropriate to the project and 

include both quantitative and 

qualitative evaluation measures (Up to 4 

points); and 

(2) Examine in specific and 

measurable ways the success of the 

project in making progress toward 

achieving its process and outcomes 

objectives (Up to 4 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 assistance 

from the Department of Education (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 645.31. The 

individual scores of the reviewers will 

be added and the sum divided by the 

number of reviewers to determine the 

average peer reviewer score received in 

the review process. Additionally, in 

accordance with 34 CFR 645.32, the 

Secretary will award prior experience 

points to applicants that conducted a 

VUB Program project during budget 

periods 2017–18, 2018–2019, 2019–20, 

and 2020–21, based on their 

documented experience. Prior 

experience points, if any, will be added 

to the application’s averaged reader 

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 significant 

concentration of veterans, that have 

been underserved by the VUB program, 

in accordance with 34 CFR 645.30(c) 

and 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 (a) that did not 

have a VUB project during the prior 

grant cycle and (b) that have the highest 

percentage of veterans among the 

general population of their district. If 

this first tie-breaker provision exhausts 

available funds, then no further action 

is taken. 

• Second, the remaining applicants in 

the funding band that have the highest 

percentage of veterans among the 

general population of their district. 

Note: In applying the tie-breaker 

criteria, the Department will use the 

most current data available. With 

respect to Congressional Districts and 

percentages of veterans among the 

general population within 

Congressional Districts, the most recent 

available data from the National Center 

for Veterans Analysis and Statistics 

Veterans Population Tables for 

Congressional Districts is for the 116th 

Congress. Therefore, the geographical 

boundaries used for the tie-breaker are 

drawn from the 116th Congress. 

3. Risk Assessment and Special 

Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR 

200.206, before awarding grants under 

this program the Department conducts a 

review of the risks posed by applicants. 

Under 2 CFR 200.208, the Secretary may 

impose special 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)), 


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accessible through the System for 

Award Management (SAM). 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 success 

of the VUB Program will be measured 

by the percentage of VUB participants 

who enroll in and complete a 

postsecondary education program. The 

following performance measures have 

been developed to track progress toward 

achieving program success: 

(a) The percentage of VUB 

participants who enrolled in a program 

of postsecondary education; 

(b) The percentage of former VUB 

participants who enrolled in a program 

of postsecondary education and who 

attained either an associate’s degree 

within three years or a bachelor’s degree 

within six years; 

(c) The percentage of former VUB 

participants who enrolled in a program 

of postsecondary education and who in 

the first year of the program placed into 

college-level math and English without 

the need for remediation; and 

(d) The percentage of former VUB 

participants who enrolled in a program 

of postsecondary education and 

graduated on time-–within four years for 

a bachelor’s degree and within two 

years for an associate’s degree. 

All VUB Program grantees will be 

required to submit APRs. 

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: 

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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 

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1 In addressing Absolute Priority 6, the 

Department encourages applicants to (a) focus on 

directors who are in the early years of that role, and 

(b) demonstrate that the training will provide new 

project directors with the basic tools required to be 

a successful TRIO project director, including 

incorporation, where possible, of the content in 

Absolute Priorities 1 through 5. 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Michelle Asha Cooper, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of 

Postsecondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2022–08827 Filed 4–25–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Training 

Program for Federal TRIO Programs 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

is issuing a notice inviting applications 

for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2022 

for the Training Program for Federal 

TRIO Programs (Training Program), 

Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 

84.103A. This notice relates to the 

approved information collection under 

OMB control number 1840–0814. 

DATES:

Applications Available: April 26, 

2022. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: June 10, 2022. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: August 9, 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 phase-out 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: 

Suzanne Ulmer, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 2C222, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 453–7691. Email: 

Suzanne.Ulmer@ed.gov; or ReShone 

Moore, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 2B– 

214, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

Telephone: (202) 453–7624. Email: 

reshone.moore@ed.gov. 

If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or 

have a speech disability and wish to 

access telecommunications relay 

services, please dial 7–1–1. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The Training 

Program provides grants to train the 

staff and leadership personnel 

employed in, participating in, or 

preparing for employment in, projects 

funded under the Federal TRIO 

Programs, to improve project operation. 

Priorities: This notice contains six 

absolute priorities and one invitational 

priority. In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(iv) and 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(ii), the absolute priorities 

are from section 402G(b) of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(HEA), and the regulations for this 

program at 34 CFR 642.24. The 

invitational priority 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). 

Absolute 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 absolute priorities. 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider 

only applications that meet one of these 

absolute priorities. 

In accordance with 34 CFR 642.7, 

each application must clearly identify 

the specific absolute priority for which 

a grant is requested. An applicant must 

submit a separate application for each 

absolute priority it proposes to address. 

If an applicant submits more than one 

application for the same absolute 

priority, we will accept only the 

application with the latest ‘‘date/time 

received’’ validation. 

These priorities are: 

Absolute Priority 1. Training to 

improve reporting of student and project 

performance and project evaluation, in 

order to design and operate a model 

program for projects funded under the 

Federal TRIO Programs. 

Absolute Priority 2. Training on 

budget management and the statutory 

and regulatory requirements for the 

operation of projects funded under the 

Federal TRIO Programs. 

Absolute Priority 3. Training on 

assessment of student needs; retention 

and graduation strategies; and the use of 

appropriate educational technology in 

the operation of projects funded under 

the Federal TRIO programs. 

Absolute Priority 4. Training on 

assisting students in receiving adequate 

financial aid from programs assisted 

under title IV of the HEA and from other 

programs, and on college and university 

admissions policies and procedures. 

Absolute Priority 5. Training on 

strategies for recruiting and serving hard 

to reach populations, including students 

who are limited English proficient, 

students from groups that are 

traditionally underrepresented in 

postsecondary education, students with 

disabilities, students who are homeless 

children and youths (as this term is 

defined in section 725 of the McKinneyVento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

U.S.C. 11434a)), students who are foster 

care youth, or other disconnected 

students. 

Absolute Priority 6. Training on 

general project management for new 

project directors.1

Under this competition we are 

particularly interested in applications 

that address the following priority. 

Invitational Priority: For FY 2022 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applications 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. 

This priority is: 

Increasing Postsecondary Education 

Access, Affordability, Completion, and 

Post-Enrollment Success. 

Projects supporting the development 

and implementation of high-quality and 

accessible learning opportunities, 

including learning opportunities that 

are accelerated or hybrid online; creditbearing; work-based; and flexible for 

working students. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a– 

11 and 1070a–17. 

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 


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