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14This example assumes that the threshold 

requirements have been met and the average daily 

customer-to-customer transactions are less than 

75,001 contracts, which means that the subsidy will 

be paid starting with contract 75,001. To illustrate 

a subsidy covering two tiers, (again assuming the 

threshold requirements have been met (2,200,000 

eligible contracts/20 days = 110,000, the average 

daily contract volume) and the average daily 

customer-to-customer transactions are less than 

75,001 contracts), if a member organization has 

2,200,000 eligible contracts in a month with 20 

trading days, that member organization would 

receive $0.01 per contract on 25,000 customer-tonon-customer contracts multiplied by 20 trading 

days, with the remaining 10,000 contracts receiving 

$0.04 per contract multiplied by 20 trading days. 

Thus, that member organization would receive a 

subsidy for that month totaling $13,000. To further 

illustrate the impact of customer-to-customer 

volume, assuming the threshold requirements have 

been met and the average daily customer-tocustomer transactions are 85,000 contracts, if a 

member organization has 2,200,000 eligible 

contracts in a month with 20 trading days, that 

member organization would receive $0.01 per 

contract on 15,000 customer-to-non-customer 

contracts multiplied by 20 trading days, with the 

remaining 10,000 contracts receiving $0.04 per 

contract multiplied by 20 trading days. Thus, that 

member organization would receive a subsidy for 

that month totaling $11,000. 

15The exchange believes that this method of 

calculation should therefore help member 

organizations with Exchange registered floor 

brokers to maximize the subsidy that is paid to 

them because customer-to-customer transactions 

will help the member organization reach the 

threshold requirements and then qualifying 

transactions after the threshold requirements are 

met will be paid the applicable per contract 

subsidy. See footnotes 13 and 14 above for specific 

examples. 

16To clarify, the floor broker subsidy set forth in 

this proposal does not apply to the physical 

delivery currency options, as those options are not 

entered into FBMS. 

17 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii). 

18 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(2). 19 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

multiplied by 19 trading days, resulting 

in a subsidy of $190.14

When computing the threshold 

amounts, the Exchange intends to first 

count all customer-to-customer 

transactions and then all other 

customer-to-non-customer 

transactions.15

The Exchange also proposes to 

eliminate the floor brokerage assessment 

that is set forth on the Exchange’s fee 

schedule in several places, specifically 

the Summary of Equity Option and RUT 

and RMN Charges, the Summary of 

Index Option Charges, the Summary of 

U.S. Dollar-Settled Foreign Currency 

Option Charges, and the Summary of 

Physical Delivery Currency Option 

Charges. 

The Exchange states that purpose of 

providing for a subsidy and deleting the 

floor brokerage assessment is to attract 

additional floor brokerage business to 

the Exchange, which should, in turn, 

attract more consistent liquidity as the 

Exchange’s market share increases. The 

purpose of deleting the floor brokerage 

assessment on the Summary of Physical 

Delivery Currency Option Charges is to 

delete a fee that is deemed no longer 

necessary by the Exchange at this 

time.16

The Exchange represents that this 

proposal should not adversely affect its 

commitment of resources to its 

regulatory oversight program. 

B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Burden on Competition 

The Exchange does not believe that 

the proposed rule change will impose 

any burden on competition not 

necessary or appropriate in furtherance 

of the purposes of the Act. 

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Comments on the 

Proposed Rule Change Received From 

Members, Participants, or Others 

No written comments were solicited 

or received with respect to the proposed 

rule change. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

The foregoing proposed rule change 

has been designated as a fee change 

pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the 

Act 17 and Rule 19b–4(f)(2) 18

thereunder, because it establishes or 

changes a due, fee, or other charge 

imposed by the Exchange. Accordingly, 

the proposal will take effect upon filing 

with the Commission. At any time 

within 60 days of the filing of such 

proposed rule change the Commission 

may summarily abrogate such rule 

change if it appears to the Commission 

that such action is necessary or 

appropriate in the public interest, for 

the protection of investors, or otherwise 

in furtherance of the purposes of the 

Act. 

IV. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views, and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Act. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s Internet 

comment form (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an e-mail to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File 

Number SR–Phlx–2008–08 on the 

subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Nancy M. Morris, Secretary, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–Phlx–2008–08. This file 

number should be included on the 

subject line if e-mail is used. To help the 

Commission process and review your 

comments more efficiently, please use 

only one method. The Commission will 

post all comments on the Commission’s 

Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the 

submission, all subsequent 

amendments, all written statements 

with respect to the proposed rule 

change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for inspection and copying in 

the Commission’s Public Reference 

Room, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, 

DC 20549, on official business days 

between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. 

Copies of such filing also will be 

available for inspection and copying at 

the principal office of the Exchange. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change; the Commission does 

not edit personal identifying 

information from submissions. You 

should submit only information that 

you wish to make available publicly. All 

submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–Phlx–2008–08 and should 

be submitted on or before February 28, 

2008. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.19

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–2245 Filed 2–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6092] 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs (ECA) 

Request for Grant Proposals: Summer 

Institute for European Student Leaders. 

Announcement Type: New 

Cooperative Agreement. 

Funding Opportunity Number: ECA/ 

A/E/EUR 08–04. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 00.000. 

Key Dates: May 7, 2008–January 1, 

2009. 


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Application Deadline: March 17, 

2008. 

Executive Summary: The Office of 

Academic Exchange Programs, 

European and Eurasian Programs 

Branch (ECA/A/E/EUR) announces an 

open competition for a five-week 

Summer Institute for European Student 

Leaders. Accredited, post-secondary 

educational institutions in the United 

States may submit proposals to 

administer the program. 

The Summer Institute for European 

Student Leaders will offer a group of 

twenty young Europeans from a broad 

range of ethnic, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds the opportunity 

to learn about the United States and 

build leadership skills during a fiveweek program on an American campus. 

The Fulbright Commissions in 

Denmark, France, the Netherlands, 

Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and 

the United Kingdom will recruit 

participants who are first- or secondyear undergraduate students or recent 

high school graduates who will enter 

university in fall 2008. The goals of the 

Institute are to promote study and 

learning about the United States, 

leadership development, and civic 

engagement through academic 

coursework and participatory activities 

that will serve the participants in their 

academic and professional careers and 

to promote mutual understanding 

between the United States and their 

home countries. ECA anticipates that 

program dates will be for the 

approximate period of July 13–August 

16, 2008. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Authority: Overall grant making authority 

for this program is contained in the Mutual 

Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 

1961, Public Law 87–256, as amended, also 

known as the Fulbright-Hays Act. The 

purpose of the Act is ‘‘to enable the 

Government of the United States to increase 

mutual understanding between the people of 

the United States and the people of other 

countries * * *; to strengthen the ties which 

unite us with other nations by demonstrating 

the educational and cultural interests, 

developments, and achievements of the 

people of the United States and other nations 

* * * and thus to assist in the development 

of friendly, sympathetic and peaceful 

relations between the United States and the 

other countries of the world.’’ The funding 

authority for the program above is provided 

through legislation. 

Purpose: The purpose of the Summer 

Institute for European Student Leaders 

is to provide undergraduate students 

from a broad range of ethnic, religious, 

geographic, and socioeconomic 

backgrounds, the opportunity to learn 

about the United States and to 

participate in coursework that will serve 

them well in their academic and 

professional careers. The program will 

allow participants to explore the 

concepts of leadership and civic 

engagement from American 

perspectives. Please refer to the Project 

Objectives, Goals, and Implementation 

(POGI) document for the complete 

program description. 

Guidelines: The program should be 

designed to support the following 

components: 

(a) An academic program that will 

introduce participants to the important 

events, people, and documents that 

have shaped the United States and 

contemporary American life. The host 

institution is encouraged to identify or 

develop an academic course that 

Institute participants can take together 

with American students at the 

university. 

(b) A cultural component that 

complements and reinforces the 

academic component. Activities should 

include visits to historical and cultural 

sites of interest and participation in 

extra-curricular activities that will allow 

an optimal level of interaction with 

American peers. This component 

should include plans for participants to 

be engaged in a community service 

activity one to two hours per week. 

(c) An English language component 

designed to strengthen the English 

proficiency of all participants. While all 

program activities should aim to 

promote English-language learning, 

preparations should be in place to assist 

students through one-on-one or small 

group tutorials. Institute participants 

will be required to take the Oral 

Proficiency Interview (OPI) 

administered by American Council on 

the Teaching of Foreign Languages 

(ACTFL). The host institution will work 

with ACTFL to administer the OPI to 

participants before they depart Europe 

for the United States. The one-on-one 

and/or small group tutorials should be 

held at least three times a week 

throughout the duration of the Institute 

and will be mandatory for those 

participants deemed to require 

additional language instruction based 

on the OPI assessment. 

(d) A U.S. student mentor program. 

The host institution should retain four 

qualified U.S. mentors/escorts (upper 

division or graduate students) who 

exhibit cultural sensitivity and an 

understanding of the Institute’s 

objectives to serve as cultural 

interpreters and accompany the 

participants throughout the program. 

The mentors should reside in the 

dormitories or other campus housing 

with the participants. 

Applicants should take into account 

that the participants may not be familiar 

with the American student-centered 

classroom approach and will have 

varying degrees of experience in 

expressing their opinions in a classroom 

environment. All aspects of the Institute 

program should be designed to 

encourage the students to interact with 

each other and American counterparts. 

ECA anticipates that the participants 

will travel to the United States and 

directly to the host institution campus 

on approximately Sunday, July 13, 

2008, and depart for Europe from 

Washington, DC, on Thursday, August 

14, 2008. Round-trip international travel 

will be booked and paid for by the 

participating Fulbright Commissions. 

Please note that in a cooperative 

agreement, ECA/A/E/EUR is 

substantially involved in program 

activities above and beyond routine 

grant monitoring. ECA/A/E/EUR’s 

activities and responsibilities for this 

program are as follows: 

Æ ECA will select participants who 

are nominated by the participating 

Fulbright Commissions. 

Æ ECA will facilitate sending prearrival orientation materials 

electronically to participants via the 

participating Fulbright Commissions. 

Æ ECA will enroll all participants in 

the Accident and Sickness and Sickness 

Program for Exchanges (ASPE). This 

health benefits program will be of no 

cost to the host institution. The 

participants will be responsible for the 

co-pays for medical treatment. 

Æ ECA will issue DS–2019s for the 

participants to enter the United States 

on J-visas. 

Æ ECA will organize a debriefing 

session in Washington, DC, at the 

conclusion of the Institute. All costs for 

the debriefing (travel to Washington, 

lodging, meals) will be the 

responsibility of the host institution and 

should be included in the proposal 

budget. 

Æ ECA will provide the host 

institution with biographical 

information about the participants and 

their travel itineraries. 

Æ ECA will be available to provide 

additional guidance and consultation. 

Proposal Contents: Applicants should 

submit a complete and thorough 

proposal describing the program in a 

convincing and comprehensive manner. 

Since there is no opportunity for 

applicants to meet with reviewing 

officials, the proposal should respond to 

the criteria set forth in the solicitation 

and other guidelines as clearly as 

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II. Award Information 

Type of Award: ECA’s level of 

involvement in this program is listed 

under number I above. 

Fiscal Year Funds: 2008. 

Approximate Total Funding: 

$180,000. 

Approximate Number of Awards: 1. 

Anticipated Award Date: May 7, 2008. 

Anticipated Project Completion Date: 

January 1, 2009. 

Additional Information: Pending 

successful implementation of this 

program and the availability of funds in 

subsequent fiscal years, it is ECA’s 

intent to renew this grant for two 

additional fiscal years, before openly 

competing it again. 

III. Eligibility Information 

III.1. Eligible applicants: Applications 

may be submitted by public and private 

non-profit organizations meeting the 

provisions described in Internal 

Revenue Code section 26 U.S.C. 

501(c)(3). 

III.2. Cost Sharing or Matching Funds: 

There is no minimum or maximum 

percentage required for this 

competition. However, the Bureau 

encourages applicants to provide 

maximum levels of cost sharing and 

funding in support of its programs. 

When cost sharing is offered, it is 

understood and agreed that the 

applicant must provide the amount of 

cost sharing as stipulated in its proposal 

and later included in an approved grant 

agreement. Cost sharing may be in the 

form of allowable direct or indirect 

costs. For accountability, you must 

maintain written records to support all 

costs which are claimed as your 

contribution, as well as costs to be paid 

by the Federal government. Such 

records are subject to audit. The basis 

for determining the value of cash and 

in-kind contributions must be in 

accordance with OMB Circular A–110, 

(Revised), Subpart C.23—Cost Sharing 

and Matching. In the event you do not 

provide the minimum amount of cost 

sharing as stipulated in the approved 

budget, ECA’s contribution will be 

reduced in like proportion. 

III.3. Other Eligibility Requirements 

(a) Bureau grant guidelines require 

that organizations with less than four 

years experience in conducting 

international exchanges be limited to 

$60,000 in Bureau funding. ECA 

anticipates awarding one grant, in an 

amount up to $180,000 to support 

program and administrative costs 

required to implement this exchange 

program. Therefore, organizations with 

less than four years experience in 

conducting international exchanges are 

ineligible to apply under this 

competition. The Bureau encourages 

applicants to provide maximum levels 

of cost sharing and funding in support 

of its programs. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

Note: Please read the complete 

announcement before sending inquiries or 

submitting proposals. Once the RFGP 

deadline has passed, Bureau staff may not 

discuss this competition with applicants 

until the proposal review process has been 

completed. 

IV.1. Contact Information to Request an 

Application Package: 

Please contact the Office of Academic 

Exchange Programs, European and 

Eurasian Programs, U.S. Department of 

State, SA–44, 301 4th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20547, 202–453–8524 

to request a Solicitation Package. Please 

refer to the Funding Opportunity 

Number ECA/A/E/EUR 08–04 located at 

the top of this announcement when 

making your request. Alternatively, an 

electronic application package may be 

obtained from grants.gov. Please see 

section IV.3f for further information. 

The Solicitation Package contains the 

Proposal Submission Instruction (PSI) 

document which consists of required 

application forms, and standard 

guidelines for proposal preparation. 

It also contains the Project Objectives, 

Goals and Implementation (POGI) 

document, which provides specific 

information, award criteria and budget 

instructions tailored to this competition. 

Please specify Carolina Chavez, 

Program Officer, and refer to the 

Funding Opportunity Number (ECA/A/ 

E/EUR 08–04) located at the top of this 

announcement on all other inquiries 

and correspondence. 

IV.2. To Download a Solicitation 

Package Via Internet 

The entire Solicitation Package may 

be downloaded from the Bureau’s Web 

site at http://exchanges.state.gov/ 

education/rfgps/menu.htm, or from the 

Grants.gov Web site at http:// 

www.grants.gov. 

Please read all information before 

downloading. 

IV.3. Content and Form of Submission 

Applicants must follow all 

instructions in the Solicitation Package. 

The application should be submitted 

per the instructions under IV.3f. 

‘‘Application Deadline and Methods of 

Submission’’ section below. 

IV.3a. You are required to have a Dun 

and Bradstreet Data Universal 

Numbering System (DUNS) number to 

apply for a grant or cooperative 

agreement from the U.S. Government. 

This number is a nine-digit 

identification number, which uniquely 

identifies business entities. Obtaining a 

DUNS number is easy and there is no 

charge. To obtain a DUNS number, 

access http:// 

www.dunandbradstreet.com or call 1–

866–705–5711. Please ensure that your 

DUNS number is included in the 

appropriate box of the SF–424 which is 

part of the formal application package. 

IV.3b. All proposals must contain an 

executive summary, proposal narrative 

and budget. Please refer to the 

Solicitation Package. It contains the 

mandatory Proposal Submission 

Instructions (PSI) document and the 

Project Objectives, Goals and 

Implementation (POGI) document for 

additional formatting and technical 

requirements. 

IV.3c. You must have nonprofit status 

with the IRS at the time of application. 

If your organization is a private 

nonprofit which has not received a grant 

or cooperative agreement from ECA in 

the past three years, or if your 

organization received nonprofit status 

from the IRS within the past four years, 

you must submit the necessary 

documentation to verify nonprofit status 

as directed in the PSI document. Failure 

to do so will cause your proposal to be 

declared technically ineligible. 

IV.3d. Please take into consideration 

the following information when 

preparing your proposal narrative: 

IV.3d.1 ADHERENCE TO ALL 

REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE J 

VISA 

The Bureau of Educational and 

Cultural Affairs places critically 

important emphases on the security and 

proper administration of the Exchange 

Visitor (J visa) Programs and adherence 

by grantees and sponsors to all 

regulations governing the J visa. 

Therefore, proposals should 

demonstrate the applicant’s capacity to 

meet all requirements governing the 

administration of the Exchange Visitor 

Programs as set forth in 22 CFR 62, 

including the oversight of Responsible 

Officers and Alternate Responsible 

Officers, screening and selection of 

program participants, provision of prearrival information and orientation to 

participants, monitoring of participants, 

proper maintenance and security of 

forms, record-keeping, reporting and 

other requirements. ECA will be 

responsible for issuing DS–2019 forms 

to participants in this program. 

A copy of the complete regulations 

governing the administration of 

Exchange Visitor (J) programs is 


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available at http://exchanges.state.gov 

or from: 

United States Department of State, 

Office of Exchange Coordination and 

Designation, ECA/EC/ECD—SA–44, 

Room 734, 301 4th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20547, Telephone: 

(202) 203–5029, FAX: (202) 453–8640. 

Please refer to Solicitation Package for 

further information. 

IV.3d.2 Diversity, Freedom and 

Democracy Guidelines 

Pursuant to the Bureau’s authorizing 

legislation, programs must maintain a 

non-political character and should be 

balanced and representative of the 

diversity of American political, social, 

and cultural life. ‘‘Diversity’’ should be 

interpreted in the broadest sense and 

encompass differences including, but 

not limited to ethnicity, race, gender, 

religion, geographic location, socioeconomic status, and disabilities. 

Applicants are strongly encouraged to 

adhere to the advancement of this 

principle both in program 

administration and in program content. 

Please refer to the review criteria under 

the ‘Support for Diversity’ section for 

specific suggestions on incorporating 

diversity into your proposal. Public Law 

104–319 provides that ‘‘in carrying out 

programs of educational and cultural 

exchange in countries whose people do 

not fully enjoy freedom and 

democracy,’’ the Bureau ‘‘shall take 

appropriate steps to provide 

opportunities for participation in such 

programs to human rights and 

democracy leaders of such countries.’’

Public Law 106—113 requires that the 

governments of the countries described 

above do not have inappropriate 

influence in the selection process. 

Proposals should reflect advancement of 

these goals in their program contents, to 

the full extent deemed feasible. 

IV.3d.3. Program Monitoring and 

Evaluation 

Proposals must include a plan to 

monitor and evaluate the project’s 

success, both as the activities unfold 

and at the end of the program. The 

Bureau recommends that your proposal 

include a draft survey questionnaire or 

other technique plus a description of a 

methodology to use to link outcomes to 

original project objectives. The Bureau 

expects that the grantee will track 

participants or partners and be able to 

respond to key evaluation questions, 

including satisfaction with the program, 

learning as a result of the program, 

changes in behavior as a result of the 

program, and effects of the program on 

institutions (institutions in which 

participants work or partner 

institutions). The evaluation plan 

should include indicators that measure 

gains in mutual understanding as well 

as substantive knowledge. 

Successful monitoring and evaluation 

depend heavily on setting clear goals 

and outcomes at the outset of a program. 

Your evaluation plan should include a 

description of your project’s objectives, 

your anticipated project outcomes, and 

how and when you intend to measure 

these outcomes (performance 

indicators). The more that outcomes are 

‘‘smart’’ (specific, measurable, 

attainable, results-oriented, and placed 

in a reasonable time frame), the easier 

it will be to conduct the evaluation. You 

should also show how your project 

objectives link to the goals of the 

program described in this RFGP. 

Your monitoring and evaluation plan 

should clearly distinguish between 

program outputs and outcomes. Outputs 

are products and services delivered, 

often stated as an amount. Output 

information is important to show the 

scope or size of project activities, but it 

cannot substitute for information about 

progress towards outcomes or the 

results achieved. Examples of outputs 

include the number of people trained or 

the number of seminars conducted. 

Outcomes, in contrast, represent 

specific results a project is intended to 

achieve and is usually measured as an 

extent of change. Findings on outputs 

and outcomes should both be reported, 

but the focus should be on outcomes. 

We encourage you to assess the 

following four levels of outcomes, as 

they relate to the program goals set out 

in the RFGP (listed here in increasing 

order of importance): 

1. Participant satisfaction with the 

program and exchange experience. 

2. Participant learning, such as 

increased knowledge, aptitude, skills, 

and changed understanding and 

attitude. Learning includes both 

substantive (subject-specific) learning 

and mutual understanding. 

3. Participant behavior, concrete 

actions to apply knowledge in work or 

community; greater participation and 

responsibility in civic organizations; 

interpretation and explanation of 

experiences and new knowledge gained; 

continued contacts between 

participants, community members, and 

others. 

4. Institutional changes, such as 

increased collaboration and 

partnerships, policy reforms, new 

programming, and organizational 

improvements. 

Please note: Consideration should be given 

to the appropriate timing of data collection 

for each level of outcome. For example, 

satisfaction is usually captured as a shortterm outcome, whereas behavior and 

institutional changes are normally 

considered longer-term outcomes. 

Overall, the quality of your 

monitoring and evaluation plan will be 

judged on how well it (1) specifies 

intended outcomes; (2) gives clear 

descriptions of how each outcome will 

be measured; (3) identifies when 

particular outcomes will be measured; 

and (4) provides a clear description of 

the data collection strategies for each 

outcome (i.e., surveys, interviews, or 

focus groups). (Please note that 

evaluation plans that deal only with the 

first level of outcomes [satisfaction] will 

be deemed less competitive under the 

present evaluation criteria.) 

Grantees will be required to provide 

reports analyzing their evaluation 

findings to the Bureau in their regular 

program reports. All data collected, 

including survey responses and contact 

information, must be maintained for a 

minimum of three years and provided to 

the Bureau upon request. 

IV.3e. Please take the following 

information into consideration when 

preparing your budget: 

IV.3e.1. Applicants must submit a 

comprehensive budget for the entire 

program. Budget requests may not 

exceed $180,000. There must be a 

summary budget as well as breakdowns 

reflecting both administrative and 

program budgets. Applicants may 

provide separate sub-budgets for each 

program component, phase, location, or 

activity to provide clarification. 

IV.3f. Application Deadline and 

Methods of Submission: 

Application Deadline Date: March 17, 

2008. 

Reference Number: ECA/A/E/EUR 08–

04. 

Methods of Submission: 

Applications may be submitted in one 

of two ways: 

(1) In hard-copy, via a nationally 

recognized overnight delivery service 

(i.e., DHL, Federal Express, UPS, 

Airborne Express, or U.S. Postal Service 

Express Overnight Mail, etc.), or 

(2) Electronically through http:// 

www.grants.gov. 

Along with the Project Title, all 

applicants must enter the above 

Reference Number in Box 11 on the SF–

424 contained in the mandatory 

Proposal Submission Instructions (PSI) 

of the solicitation document. 

IV.3f.1. Submitting Printed Applications 

Applications must be shipped no later 

than the above deadline. Delivery 

services used by applicants must have 

in-place, centralized shipping 

identification and tracking systems that 

may be accessed via the Internet and 


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delivery people who are identifiable by 

commonly recognized uniforms and 

delivery vehicles. Proposals shipped on 

or before the above deadline but 

received at ECA more than seven days 

after the deadline will be ineligible for 

further consideration under this 

competition. Proposals shipped after the 

established deadlines are ineligible for 

consideration under this competition. 

ECA will not notify you upon receipt of 

application. It is each applicant’s 

responsibility to ensure that each 

package is marked with a legible 

tracking number and to monitor/confirm 

delivery to ECA via the Internet. 

Delivery of proposal packages may not 

be made via local courier service or in 

person for this competition. Faxed 

documents will not be accepted at any 

time. Only proposals submitted as 

stated above will be considered. 

Important note: When preparing your 

submission please make sure to include one 

extra copy of the completed SF–424 form and 

place it in an envelope addressed to ‘‘ECA/ 

EX/PM’’. 

The original and 8 copies of the 

application should be sent to: U.S. 

Department of State, SA–44, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Ref.: 

ECA/A/E/EUR–08–04, Program 

Management, ECA/EX/PM, Room 534, 

301 4th Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20547. 

Applicants submitting hard-copy 

applications must also submit the 

‘‘Executive Summary’’ and ‘‘Proposal 

Narrative’’ sections of the proposal in a 

Microsoft Word format on a CD–ROM. 

IV.3f.2.—Submitting Electronic 

Applications Applicants have the 

option of submitting proposals 

electronically through Grants.gov 

(http://www.grants.gov). Complete 

solicitation packages are available at 

Grants.gov in the ‘‘Find’’ portion of the 

system. Please follow the instructions 

available in the ‘Get Started’ portion of 

the site (http://www.grants.gov/ 

GetStarted). 

Several of the steps in the Grants.gov 

registration process could take several 

weeks. Therefore, applicants should 

check with appropriate staff within their 

organizations immediately after 

reviewing this RFGP to confirm or 

determine their registration status with 

Grants.gov. Once registered, 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 not wait 

until the application deadline to begin 

the submission process through 

Grants.gov. 

Direct all questions regarding 

Grants.gov registration and submission 

to: Grants.gov Customer Support, 

Contact Center Phone: 800–518–4726, 

Business Hours: Monday–Friday, 7 

a.m.–9 p.m. Eastern Time, E-mail: 

support@Grants.gov. 

Applicants have until midnight (12 

a.m.), Washington, DC time of the 

closing date to ensure that their entire 

application has been uploaded to the 

Grants.gov site. There are no exceptions 

to the above deadline. Applications 

uploaded to the site after midnight of 

the application deadline date will be 

automatically rejected by the Grants.gov 

system, and will be technically 

ineligible. 

Applicants will receive a 

confirmation e-mail from Grants.gov 

upon the successful submission of an 

application. ECA will not notify you 

upon receipt of electronic applications. 

It is the responsibility of all 

applicants submitting proposals via the 

Grants.gov Web portal to ensure that 

proposals have been received by 

Grants.gov in their entirety, and ECA 

bears no responsibility for data errors 

resulting from transmission or 

conversion processes. 

IV.3g. Intergovernmental Review of 

Applications: Executive Order 12372 

does not apply to this program. 

V. Application Review Information 

V.1. Review Process 

The Bureau will review all proposals 

for technical eligibility. Proposals will 

be deemed ineligible if they do not fully 

adhere to the guidelines stated herein 

and in the Solicitation Package. All 

eligible proposals will be reviewed by 

the program office, as well as the Public 

Diplomacy section overseas, where 

appropriate. Eligible proposals will be 

subject to compliance with Federal and 

Bureau regulations and guidelines and 

forwarded to Bureau grant panels for 

advisory review. Proposals may also be 

reviewed by the Office of the Legal 

Adviser or by other Department 

elements. Final funding decisions are at 

the discretion of the Department of 

State’s Assistant Secretary for 

Educational and Cultural Affairs. Final 

technical authority for cooperative 

agreements resides with the Bureau’s 

Grants Officer. 

Review Criteria 

Technically eligible applications will 

be competitively reviewed according to 

the criteria stated below. These criteria 

are not rank ordered and all carry equal 

weight in the proposal evaluation: 

1. Quality of Program Idea/Plan: Your 

proposal should exhibit originality, 

substance, precision, and relevance to 

the Bureau’s mission. Detailed agenda 

and relevant work plan should 

demonstrate substantive undertakings 

and logistical capacity. 

2. Ability To Achieve Overall Program 

Objectives: Objectives should be 

reasonable, feasible, and flexible. Your 

proposal should clearly demonstrate 

how the institution will meet the 

program’s objectives and plan. 

3. Support for Diversity: Your 

proposal should demonstrate 

substantive support of the Bureau’s 

policy on diversity. Achievable and 

relevant features should be cited in both 

program administration (selection of 

presenters, program venue and program 

evaluation) and program content 

(orientation and wrap-up sessions, 

program meetings and resource 

materials). 

4. Evaluation and Follow-Up: Your 

proposal should include a plan to 

evaluate the activity’s success, both as 

the activities unfold and at the end of 

the program. Your proposal should also 

discuss provisions made for follow-up 

with returned grantees as a means of 

establishing longer-term individual and 

institutional linkages. 

5. Cost-effectiveness/Cost-sharing: 

The overhead and administrative 

components of the proposal, including 

salaries and honoraria, should be kept 

as low as possible. All other items 

should be necessary and appropriate. 

Your proposal should maximize costsharing through other private sector 

support as well as institutional direct 

funding contributions. 

6. Institutional Track Record/Ability: 

Your proposal should demonstrate an 

institutional record of successful 

exchange programs, including 

responsible fiscal management and full 

compliance with all reporting 

requirements for past Bureau grants as 

determined by Bureau Grants Staff. The 

Bureau will consider the past 

performance of prior recipients and the 

demonstrated potential of new 

applicants. Proposed personnel and 

institutional resources should be fully 

qualified to achieve the project’s goals. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

VI.1a. Award Notices: Final awards 

cannot be made until funds have been 

appropriated by Congress, allocated and 

committed through internal Bureau 

procedures. Successful applicants will 

receive an Assistance Award Document 

(AAD) from the Bureau’s Grants Office. 

The AAD and the original grant 

proposal with subsequent modifications 

(if applicable) shall be the only binding 

authorizing document between the 

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AAD will be signed by an authorized 

Grants Officer, and mailed to the 

recipient’s responsible officer identified 

in the application. 

Unsuccessful applicants will receive 

notification of the results of the 

application review from the ECA 

program office coordinating this 

competition. 

VI.2. Administrative and National 

Policy Requirements 

Terms and Conditions for the 

Administration of ECA agreements 

include the following: 

Office of Management and Budget 

Circular A–122, ‘‘Cost Principles for 

Nonprofit Organizations.’’

Office of Management and Budget 

Circular A–21, ‘‘Cost Principles for 

Educational Institutions.’’

OMB Circular A–87, ‘‘Cost Principles 

for State, Local and Indian 

Governments’’. 

OMB Circular No. A–110 (Revised), 

Uniform Administrative Requirements 

for Grants and Agreements with 

Institutions of Higher Education, 

Hospitals, and other Nonprofit 

Organizations. 

OMB Circular No. A–102, Uniform 

Administrative Requirements for 

Grants-in-Aid to State and Local 

Governments. 

OMB Circular No. A–133, Audits of 

States, Local Government, and Nonprofit Organizations 

Please reference the following Web 

sites for additional information: http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants. 

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/ 

grantsdiv/terms.htm#articleI. 

VI.3. Reporting Requirements 

You must provide ECA with a hard 

copy original plus 8 copies of the 

following reports: 

(1) A final program and financial 

report no more than 90 days after the 

expiration of the award; 

Grantees will be required to provide 

reports analyzing their evaluation 

findings to the Bureau in their regular 

program reports. (Please refer to IV. 

Application and Submission 

Instructions (IV.3.d.3) above for Program 

Monitoring and Evaluation 

information.) 

All data collected, including survey 

responses and contact information, must 

be maintained for a minimum of three 

years and provided to the Bureau upon 

request. 

All reports must be sent to the ECA 

Grants Officer and ECA Program Officer 

listed in the final assistance award 

document. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For questions about this 

announcement, contact: Carolina 

Chavez, ECA/A/E/EUR, Room 246, 

ECA/A/E/EUR 08–04, U.S. Department 

of State, SA–44, 301 4th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20547, 202–453–8524, 

ChavezCC@state.gov. 

All correspondence with the Bureau 

concerning this RFGP should reference 

the above title and number ECA/A/E/ 

EUR 08–03. 

Please read the complete 

announcement before sending inquiries 

or submitting proposals. Once the RFGP 

deadline has passed, Bureau staff may 

not discuss this competition with 

applicants until the proposal review 

process has been completed. 

VIII. Other Information 

Notice 

The terms and conditions published 

in this RFGP are binding and may not 

be modified by any Bureau 

representative. Explanatory information 

provided by the Bureau that contradicts 

published language will not be binding. 

Issuance of the RFGP does not 

constitute an award commitment on the 

part of the Government. The Bureau 

reserves the right to reduce, revise, or 

increase proposal budgets in accordance 

with the needs of the program and the 

availability of funds. Awards made will 

be subject to periodic reporting and 

evaluation requirements per section VI.3 

above. 

Dated: January 30, 2008. 

C. Miller Crouch, 

Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

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BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6093] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Gilbert 

& George’’

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: Pursuant to 

the authority vested in me by the Act of 

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 

2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 

27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 

2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et 

seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 

October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority 

No. 236 of October 19, 1999, as 

amended, and Delegation of Authority 

No. 257 of April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], 

I hereby determine that an object to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Gilbert & 

George’’, imported from abroad for 

temporary exhibition within the United 

States, is of cultural significance. The 

object is imported pursuant to loan 

agreements with the foreign owners or 

custodians. I also determine that the 

exhibition or display of the exhibit 

object at the Fine Arts Museums of San 

Francisco, de Young Museum, San 

Francisco, CA, from on or about 

February 16, 2008, until on or about 

May 18, 2008, and at possible additional 

exhibitions or venues yet to be 

determined, is in the national interest. 

Public Notice of these Determinations is 

ordered to be published in the Federal 

Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Richard 

Lahne, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the 

Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State 

(telephone: 202/453–8058). The address 

is U.S. Department of State, SA–44, 301 

4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, 

DC 20547–0001. 

Dated: February 1, 2008. 

C. Miller Crouch, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. E8–2272 Filed 2–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 6073] 

U.S. Advisory Commission on Public 

Diplomacy; Notice of Meeting 

The U.S. Advisory Commission on 

Public Diplomacy will hold a public 

meeting on February 21, 2008, in Room 

602 (Lindner Family Commons) at the 

Elliot School of International Affairs, 

George Washington University, 1957 E 

Street NW., Washington, DC. The 

meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 

noon. The Commissioners will discuss 

public diplomacy issues, including the 

application of political communication 

theory, and associated disciplines, in 

U.S. government public diplomacy 

efforts. 

The Advisory Commission was 

originally established under 604 of the 

United States Information and Exchange 

Act of 1948, as amended (22 U.S.C. 

1469) and section 8 of Reorganization 

Plan Numbered 2 of 1977. It was 

reauthorized pursuant to Public Law 

110–21 (2007). The Commission is a 

bipartisan panel created by Congress in 

1948 to assess public diplomacy 

policies and programs of the U.S. 

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