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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: 

84.153A, 550 12th Street, SW., Room 

7041, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 8 

a.m. and 4:30 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 4 of the Application for Federal 

Education Assistance (SF 424) the CFDA 

number—and suffix letter, if any—of the 

competition under which you are submitting 

your application. 

(2) The Application Control Center will 

mail a grant application receipt 

acknowledgment to you. If you do not receive 

the grant application receipt 

acknowledgment 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 

Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this program are in 34 CFR 

661.31 and are as follows: (a) Need for 

the project (25 points); (b) plan of 

operation (20 points); (c) qualifications 

of the key personnel (10 points); (d) 

budget and cost effectiveness (15 

points); (e) evaluation plan (25 points); 

and (f) adequacy of resources (5 points). 

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). We may also notify you 

informally. 

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. The 

applicant is required to use the 

electronic data instrument Evaluation of 

Exchange, Language, International and 

Areas Studies (EELIAS) system to 

complete the final report. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: Ms. 

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), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this document in an alternative 

format (e.g., Braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed in this section. 

VIII. Other Information 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You may 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/ 

fedregister. 

To use PDF you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC, area at (202) 512–1530. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: October 5, 2005. 

Sally L. Stroup, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 05–20394 Filed 10–11–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–U 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Postsecondary Education; 

Overview Information; Undergraduate 

International Studies and Foreign 

Language Program; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2006 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.016A 

Dates: Applications Available: 

October 12, 2005. Deadline for 

Transmittal of Applications: See the 

chart listed under section IV. 

Application and Submission 

Information, 3. Submission Dates and 

Times (chart). Deadline for 

Intergovernmental Review: See chart. 

Eligible Applicants: (1) Institutions of 

higher education (IHEs); (2) 

combinations of IHEs; (3) partnerships 

between nonprofit educational 

organizations and IHEs; and (4) public 

and private nonprofit agencies and 

organizations, including professional 

and scholarly associations. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration has requested 

$1,926,721 for new awards for this 

program for FY 2006. The actual level 

of funding, if any, depends on final 

congressional action. However, we are 

inviting applications to allow enough 

time to complete the grant process if 

Congress appropriates funds for this 

program. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

Single Institution: $50,000–$90,000. 

Consortial/Organization/Associations: 

$80,000–$140,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

Single Institution: $77,069. 

Consortial/Organization/Associations: 

$110,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $90,000 for a single budget 

period of 12 months for a single 

institution application and $140,000 for 

a single budget period of 12 months for 

a consortial/organization/association 

application. The Assistant Secretary for 

Postsecondary Education may change 

the maximum amount through a notice 

published in the Federal Register. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 25. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: 

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Single Institution: Up to 24 months. 

Consortial/Organization/Associations: 

Up to 36 months. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The 

Undergraduate International Studies 

and Foreign Language (UISFL) Program 

provides grants to strengthen and 

improve undergraduate instruction in 

international studies and foreign 

languages. 

Priorities: This notice contains one 

competitive preference priority and two 

invitational priorities. In accordance 

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

competitive preference priority is from 

the regulations for this program (34 CFR 

658.35). 

Competitive Preference Priority: For 

FY 2006 this priority is a competitive 

preference priority. Under 34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(i) we award up to an 

additional five points to an application, 

depending on the extent to which the 

application meets this priority. 

This priority is: 

Applications that: (a) Require entering 

students to have successfully completed 

at least two years of secondary school 

foreign language instruction; (b) require 

each graduating student to earn two 

years of postsecondary credit in a 

foreign language or have demonstrated 

equivalent competence in the foreign 

language; or (c) in the case of a two-year 

degree granting institution, offer two 

years of postsecondary credit in a 

foreign language. 

Under this competition we are 

particularly interested in applications 

that address the following priorities. 

Invitational Priorities: For FY 2006 

these 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 propose projects 

that provide in-service training for K–12 

teachers in foreign languages and 

international studies and that strengthen 

instruction in international studies and 

foreign languages in teacher education 

programs. 

Invitational Priority 2 

Applications that propose educational 

projects that include activities that are 

focused on the targeted world areas of 

Central and South Asia, the Middle 

East, Russia, the Independent States of 

the former Soviet Union, and Africa and 

that are integrated into the curricula of 

the home institutions or organizations. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1124. 

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 in 

34 CFR parts 655 and 658. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applications except federally 

recognized Indian tribes. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to IHEs only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration has requested 

$1,926,721 for new awards for this 

program for FY 2006. The actual level 

of funding, if any, depends on final 

congressional action. However, we are 

inviting applications to allow enough 

time to complete the grant process, if 

Congress appropriates funds for this 

program. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

Single Institution: $50,000–$90,000. 

Consortial/Organization/Associations: 

$80,000–$140,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

Single Institution: $77,069. 

Consortial/Organization/Associations: 

$110,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $90,000 for a single budget 

period of 12 months for a single 

institution application and $140,000 for 

a single budget period of 12 months for 

a consortial/organization/association 

application. The Assistant Secretary for 

Postsecondary Education may change 

the maximum amount through a notice 

published in the Federal Register. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 25. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: 

Single Institutions: Up to 24 months. 

Consortial/Organization/Associations: 

Up to 36 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: (1) IHEs; (2) 

combinations of IHEs; (3) partnerships 

between nonprofit educational 

organizations and IHEs; and (4) public 

and private nonprofit agencies and 

organizations, including professional 

and scholarly associations. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program has a matching requirement 

under title VI, part A, section 604(a)(3) 

of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

amended, 20 U.S.C. 1124(a)(3) (HEA), 

and the regulations for this program in 

34 CFR 658.40. UISFL Program grantees 

must provide matching funds in either 

of the following ways: (a) Cash 

contributions from private sector 

corporations or foundations equal to 

one-third of the total project costs; or (b) 

a combination of institutional and noninstitutional cash or in-kind 

contributions including State and 

private sector corporation or foundation 

contributions, equal to one-half of the 

total project costs. The Secretary may 

waive or reduce the required matching 

share for institutions that are eligible to 

receive assistance under part A or part 

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

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Christine Corey, International 

Education Programs Service, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., room 6069, Washington, DC 

20006–8521. Telephone: (202) 502–7629 

or by e-mail: christine.corey@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain a copy of the application package 

in an alternative 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 narrative to the equivalent of 

no more than 40 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, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions. However, you 

may single space all text in charts, 

tables, figures and graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12-point or 

larger or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). However, you may 

use a 10-point font in charts, tables, 

figures, and graphs. 

The page limit does not apply to the 

cover sheet; the budget section, 

including the narrative budget 

justification; the assurances and 

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certifications; the one-page abstract; or 

the appendices. However, 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; or 

• You apply other standards and 

exceed the equivalent of the page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: October 12, 

2005. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: In light of the damage 

caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita 

we are establishing two separate 

deadlines for the submission of 

applications for grants under this 

competition to permit potential 

applicants affected by Hurricanes 

Katrina and/or Rita additional time to 

submit their applications. We are 

establishing a General Deadline for all 

applicants, and an Extended Deadline 

for potential applicants who have been 

affected by Hurricanes Katrina and/or 

Rita and are located in Louisiana, Texas, 

Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida. 

Specifically, the Extended Deadline 

applies only to: (1) Institutions of higher 

education, SEAs, LEAs, non-profit 

organizations and other public or 

private organization applicants that are 

located in afederally-declared disaster 

area as determined by the Federal 

Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA) (see http://www.fema.gov/news/ 

disasters.fema) and that were adversely 

affected by Hurricanes Katrina and/or 

Rita, and (2) individual applicants who 

reside or resided, on the disaster 

declaration date, in a federally-declared 

disaster area as determined by FEMA 

(see http://www.fema.gov/news/ 

disasters.fema) and were adversely 

affected by Hurricanes Katrina and/or 

Rita. These applicants must provide a 

certification in their application that 

they meet the criteria for submitting an 

application on the Extended Deadline, 

and be prepared to provide appropriate 

supporting documentation, if requested. 

If the applicant is submitting the 

application electronically, submission 

of the application serves as the 

applicant’s attestation that they meet the 

criteria for submitting an application on 

the Extended Deadline. 

The following chart provides the 

applicable deadlines for the submission 

of applications. If this program is 

subject to Executive Order 12372, the 

relevant deadline for intergovernmental 

review is also indicated in the chart. 

Transmittal of 

applications 

Intergovernmental review 

General Deadline ..................................................................................................................................................... 11/17/05 1/17/06 

Extended Deadline .................................................................................................................................................. 12/1/05 2/1/06 

Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted 

electronically using the Electronic Grant 

Application System (e-Application) 

available through the Department’s eGrants system. For information 

(including dates and times) about how 

to submit your application 

electronically or 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 in 

this notice. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: See chart. 

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 

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 

Undergraduate International Studies 

and Foreign Language Program—CFDA 

Number 84.016A must be submitted 

electronically using e-Application 

available through the Department’s eGrants system, accessible through the eGrants portal page at: http://egrants.ed.gov 

We will reject your application if you 

submit it in paper format unless, as 

described elsewhere in this section, you 

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. 

While completing your electronic 

application, you will be entering data 

online that will be saved into a 

database. You may not e-mail an 

electronic copy of a grant application to 

us. 

Please note the following: 

• You must complete the electronic 

submission of your grant application by 

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

application deadline date. The eApplication system will not accept an 

application for this program after 4:30 

p.m., Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. Therefore, we 

strongly recommend that you do not 

wait until the application deadline date 

to begin the application process. 

• The regular hours of operation of 

the e-Grants Web site are 6 a.m. Monday 

until 7 p.m. Wednesday; and 6 a.m. 

Thursday until midnight Saturday, 

Washington, DC time. Please note that 

the system is unavailable on Sundays, 

and between 7 p.m. on Wednesdays and 

6 a.m. on Thursdays, Washington, DC 

time, for maintenance. Any 

modifications to these hours are posted 

on the e-Grants Web site. 

• 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 the 

Application for Federal Education 

Assistance (ED 424), Budget 

Information—Non-Construction 

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 above 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. 

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• Prior to submitting your electronic 

application, you may wish to print a 

copy of it for your records. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive an 

automatic acknowledgment that will 

include a PR/Award number (an 

identifying number unique to your 

application). 

• Within three working days after 

submitting your electronic application, 

fax a signed copy of the ED 424 to the 

Application Control Center after 

following these steps: 

(1) Print ED 424 from e-Application. 

(2) The applicant’s Authorizing 

Representative must sign this form. 

(3) Place the PR/Award number in the 

upper right hand corner of the hardcopy signature page of the ED 424. 

(4) Fax the signed ED 424 to the 

Application Control Center at (202) 

245–6272. 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on other forms at a 

later date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of e-Application System 

Unavailability: If you are prevented 

from electronically submitting your 

application on the application deadline 

date because the e-Application system is 

unavailable, we will grant you an 

extension of one business day in order 

to transmit your application 

electronically, by mail, or by hand 

delivery. We will grant this extension 

if—

(1) You are a registered user of eApplication and you have initiated an 

electronic application for this 

competition; and 

(2)(a) The e-Application system is 

unavailable for 60 minutes or more 

between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 

p.m., Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date; or 

(b) The e-Application system is 

unavailable for any period of time 

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

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. 

We must acknowledge and confirm 

these periods of unavailability before 

granting you an extension. To request 

this extension or to confirm our 

acknowledgment of any system 

unavailability, you may contact either 

(1) the person listed elsewhere in this 

notice under For Further Information 

Contact (see VII. Agency Contact) or (2) 

the e-Grants help desk at 1–888–336–

8930. If the system is down and 

therefore the application deadline is 

extended, an e-mail will be sent to all 

registered users who have initiated an 

e-Application. Extensions referred to in 

this section apply only to the 

unavailability of the Department’s eApplication 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 e-Application system because—

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to the 

Department’s e-Application 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: Ms. Christine Corey, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., 6th Floor, 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 applicable following 

address: 

By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, 

Attention: 84.016A, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202–

4260 or 

By mail through a commercial carrier: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center—Stop 

4260, Attention: 84.016A, 7100 Old 

Landover Road, Landover, MD 20785–

1506. 

Regardless of which address you use, 

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, or 

(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, or 

(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: 

84.016A, 550 12th Street, SW., Room 

7041, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 8 

a.m. and 4:30 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 4 of the ED 424 the CFDA number—and 

suffix letter, if any—of the competition under 

which you are submitting your application. 

(2) The Application Control Center will 

mail a grant application receipt 

acknowledgment to you. If you do not receive 

the grant application receipt 

acknowledgment 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 

Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this program are from 34 CFR 

658.31 through 658.34. The following 

criteria are used to evaluate all 

applications: (a) Plan of operation (15 

points); (b) quality of key personnel (10 

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points); (c) budget and cost effectiveness 

(10 points); (d) adequacy of resources (5 

points); (e) evaluation plan (20 points). 

The following additional criteria are 

applied to applications submitted by an 

IHE or a combination of IHEs: (a) 

Commitment to international studies (10 

points); (b) elements of the proposed 

international studies program (10 

points); and (c) need for and prospective 

results of the proposed program (10 

points). The following additional 

criterion is applied to applications from 

organizations and associations: need for 

and potential impact of the proposed 

project in improving international 

studies and the study of modern foreign 

languages at the undergraduate level (30 

points). 

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). We may also notify you 

informally. 

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. The 

applicant is required to use the 

electronic data instrument Evaluation of 

Exchange, Language, International, and 

Area Studies (EELIAS), to complete the 

final report. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Christine Corey, International Education 

Programs Service, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 

6069, Washington, DC 20006–8521. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7629 or by e-mail: 

christine.corey@ed.gov 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this document in an alternative 

format (e.g., Braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed in this section. 

VIII. Other Information 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

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Dated: October 5, 2005. 

Sally L. Stroup, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 05–20395 Filed 10–11–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–U 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Postsecondary Education; 

Overview Information, Centers for 

International Business Education 

Program; Notice Inviting Applications 

for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 

2006 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.220A. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: October 12, 

2005. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: See the chart listed under 

section IV. Application and Submission 

Information, 3. Submission Dates and 

Times (chart). Deadline for 

Intergovernmental Review: See chart. 

Eligible Applicants: Institutions of 

higher education or consortia of such 

institutions. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration has requested 

$10,775,000 for new awards under this 

program for FY 2006. The actual level 

of funding, if any, depends on final 

congressional action. However, we are 

inviting applications to allow enough 

time to complete the grant process if 

Congress appropriates funds for this 

program. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$200,000–$450,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$360,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $450,000 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: 30. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 48 months. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Centers for International Business 

Education (CIBE) Program is to provide 

grants to pay the Federal share of the 

cost of planning, establishing and 

operating Centers for International 

Business Education that will—

1. Be national resources for the 

teaching of improved business 

techniques, strategies, and 

methodologies that emphasize the 

international context in which business 

is transacted; 

2. Provide instruction in critical 

foreign languages and international 

fields needed to provide an 

understanding of the cultures and 

customs of United States trading 

partners; 

3. Provide research and training in the 

international aspects of trade, 

commerce, and other fields of study; 

4. Provide training to students 

enrolled in the institution, or 

combinations of institutions, in which a 

center is located; 

5. Serve as regional resources to 

businesses proximately located by 

offering programs and providing 

research designed to meet the 

international training needs of these 

businesses; and 

6. Serve other faculty, students and 

institutions of higher education located 

within their region. 

Under this competition, we are 

particularly interested in applications 

that address the following priorities. 

Invitational Priorities: For FY 06 these 

priorities are invitational priorities. 

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

give an application that meets these