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court reporter will be available at the 

meeting to accept oral comments. 

Dated: October 4, 2005. 

I.C. Le Moyne Jr., 

Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, 

U.S. Navy, Alternate Federal Register Liaison 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–20436 Filed 10–11–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Postsecondary Education; 

Overview Information; Business and 

International Education Program; 

Notice Inviting Applications for New 

Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.153A 

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 that enter into 

agreements with business enterprises, 

trade organizations or associations that 

are engaged in international economic 

activity—or a combination or 

consortium of these enterprises, 

organizations, or associations—for the 

purposes of pursuing the activities 

authorized under this program. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration has requested 

$2,268,066 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: 

$50,000—$110,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$84,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $110,000 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: 27. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 24 months. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The Business 

and International Education program 

provides grants to enhance international 

business education programs and to 

expand the capacity of the business 

community to engage in international 

economic activities. 

Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(ii), this priority is from the 

regulations for this program (34 CFR 

661.32). 

Invitational Priority: For FY 2006 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: 

Applications from institutions of 

higher education that propose 

educational projects that include 

activities focused in the targeted world 

areas of Central and South Asia, the 

Middle East, Russia, the Independent 

States of the former Soviet Union, and 

Africa. These projects should be 

integrated into the curricula of the home 

institution or institutions. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1130—

1130b. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 

84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The 

regulations in 34 CFR parts 655 and 661. 

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 has requested 

$2,268,066 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: 

$50,000—$110,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$84,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $110,000 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: 27. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 24 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Institutions of 

higher education that enter into 

agreements with business enterprises, 

trade organizations or associations that 

are engaged in international economic 

activity—or a combination or 

consortium of these enterprises, 

organizations, or associations—for the 

purposes of pursuing the activities 

authorized under this program. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: The 

matching requirement is described in 

section 613(d) of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. 

1130a) (HEA). The HEA provides that 

the applicant’s share of the total cost of 

carrying out a program supported by a 

grant under this program must be no 

less than 50 percent of the total cost of 

the project in each fiscal year. The nonFederal share of the cost may be 

provided either in-kind or in cash. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: 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 or visit 

http://www.ed.gov/HEP/iegps to 

download an application. 

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 section of the narrative that 

addresses the selection criteria 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 

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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. 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New or Arial. Applications submitted in 

any other font (including Times Roman, 

Arial Narrow) will not be accepted. 

The page limit does not apply to the 

cover sheet; the budget section, 

including the narrative budget 

justification; the assurances and 

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 a federally-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 ..................................................................................................................................................... 11/15/05 1/16/06 

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

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 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 

Business and International Education 

program must be submitted 

electronically using the 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 e-mail 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 

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 Business and 

International Education program at: 

http://www.grants.gov/. You must 

search for the downloadable application 

package for this competition by the 

CFDA number. Do not include the 

CFDA number’s alpha suffix in your 

search. 

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 time and date stamped. Your 

application must be fully uploaded and 

submitted, and must be date/time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system no 

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

time, on the application deadline date. 

Except as otherwise noted in this 

section, we will not consider your 

application if it is date/time stamped by 

the Grants.gov system later than 4:30 

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

application deadline date. When we 

retrieve your application from 

Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are 

rejecting your application because it 

was date/time stamped by the 

Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m., 

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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 the 

steps in the Grants.gov registration 

process (see http://www.Grants.gov/ 

GetStarted) and 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. 

• 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 

typically included on the Application 

for Federal Assistance (SF 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. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive an 

automatic acknowledgement from 

Grants.gov that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. The Department will 

retrieve your application from 

Grants.gov and send you a second 

confirmation by e-mail that will include 

a PR/Award number (an ED-specified 

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 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 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 as described elsewhere in 

this notice. If you submit an application 

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

the deadline date, please contact the 

person listed elsewhere in this notice 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT, and provide an explanation of 

the technical problem you experienced 

with Grants.gov, along with the 

Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number 

(if available). 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 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: Extensions referred to 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 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 

• 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: Ms. Tanyelle Richardson, 

U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K 

Street, NW., 6th Floor, Washington, DC 

20006–8521. FAX: (202) 502–7691. 

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: 84.153A, 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: 84.153A, 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. 

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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: