Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 27 / Friday, February 8, 2008 / Notices 7535 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Intent to Grant Partially 

Exclusive License of U.S. Patent 

Application No. 11/82,432 Entitled ‘‘A 

Method and System for Treating MetalContaining Fluid Emissions’’ and U.S. 

Patent Application No. 10/931,232 

‘‘Perlite Sorbents for Vapor Phase 

Metals and Metals Compounds’’ to 

Bouldin & Lawson, LLC 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The notice published in the 

Federal Register on January 25, 2008 

(73 FR 4544) was missing the 

corporation name. The partially 

exclusive license will be granted to 

Bouldin & Lawson, LLC., 70 Easy Street, 

McMinnville, TN 37110. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Bea Shahin, (217) 373–7234, Fax (217) 

373–7210; Internet: 

Bea.S.Shahin@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–2358 Filed 2–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–92–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Postsecondary Education; 

Overview Information; Fund for the 

Improvement of Postsecondary 

Education (FIPSE)—Special Focus 

Competition: Program for North 

American Mobility in Higher Education; 

Notice Inviting Applications for New 

Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.116N. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: February 8, 

2008. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 11, 2008. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 11, 2008. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: To provide 

grants for or enter into cooperative 

agreements to improve postsecondary 

education opportunities by focusing on 

problem areas or improvement 

approaches in postsecondary education. 

Priority: Under this competition we 

are particularly interested in 

applications that address the following 

priority. 

Invitational Priority: For FY 2008, 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: 

This priority is designed to support 

the formation of educational consortia 

of American, Canadian, and Mexican 

institutions to encourage cooperation in 

the coordination of curricula, the 

exchange of students, and the opening 

of educational opportunities among the 

United States (U.S.), Canada, and 

Mexico. The invitational priority is 

issued in cooperation with Canada and 

Mexico. These awards support only the 

participation of U.S. institutions and 

students in these consortia of American, 

Canadian, and Mexican institutions. 

Canadian and Mexican institutions 

participating in any consortium 

proposal responding to the invitational 

priority may apply, respectively, to 

Human Resources and Social 

Development Canada (HRSDC) or the 

Mexican Secretariat for Public 

Education (SEP), for additional funding 

under separate but parallel Canadian 

and Mexican competitions. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1138–

1138d. 

Applicable Regulations: The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 82, 84, 

85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except federally 

recognized Indian tribes. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to Institutions of Higher Education 

(IHEs) only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: $300,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

Any FY 2008 application that is funded 

will be awarded $180,000 for a four-year 

grant. The estimated award for the first 

year is $30,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $100,000 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: 10. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice 

Note: We do not anticipate holding another 

competition for this program until FY 2010. 

Project Period: Up to 48 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs or 

combinations of IHEs and other public 

and private nonprofit institutions and 

agencies. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Education Publications Center 

(ED Pubs), P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 

20794–1398. Telephone, toll free: 1–

877–433–7827. FAX: (301) 470–1244. If 

you use a telecommunications device 

for the deaf (TDD), call, toll free: 1–877–

576–7734. 

You can contact ED Pubs at its Web 

site, also: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/ 

edpubs.html or at its e-mail address: 

edpubs@inet.ed.gov. 

If you request an application package 

from ED Pubs, be sure to identify this 

program or competition as follows: 

CFDA number 84.116N. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, 

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the person listed 

under Alternative Format in section VIII 

of this notice. 

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 

(Part III of the application) is where you, 

the applicant, address the selection 

criteria that reviewers use to evaluate 

your application. You must limit the 

application narrative (Part III) to the 

equivalent of no more than 20 pages, 

using the following standards: 

• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5′′ × 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, as well as 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). 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. An application submitted 

in any other font (including Times 


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