U.S. Department of Education Washington, D.C. 20202-5335 APPLICATION FOR GRANTS UNDER THE Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program CFDA # 84.022A PR/Award # N/A OMB No. 1840-0005, Expiration Date: 04/30/2017 Closing Date: 06/24/2014 04:30:00 PM PR/Award # N/A Table of Contents Sl# Title Page# 1. Dear Applicant Letter --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 2. Notice Inviting Applications ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 3. DDRA Fellowship Legislation and Regulations ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 4. Competition Highlights ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 5. Project Director Instructions and FAQs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 6. Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 7. Student Instructions and FAQs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 8. Fulbright Hays Maintenance Allowances ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 9. Institutions and Project Directors ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 10. Technical Review Form ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 11. G5 e-Application Procedures and Tips --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 12. Application Checklist --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 13. IRB Information for Student Applicants -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 14. SF-424 Instructions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 15. ED Supplemental to SF-424 Instructions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 16. Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 17. Dept of Education Supplemental Information for SF-424 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 18. OPE- Fulbright-Hays Item #22 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 19. SF-424B - Assurances Non-Construction Programs --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 20. 427 GEPA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 21. ED 80-0013 Certification ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 22. Disclosure of Lobbying Activities ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 23. Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program(022) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 24. OPE-Fulbright-Hays Graduate Student Ref Form(022) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 17 25. Fulbright-Hays Graduate Student REFEREE Form ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 26. OPE-Fulbright-Hays Foreign Language Reference Form -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 27. Fulbright-Hays Foreign Language REFEREE Form ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20 Page 2 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION Dear Applicant: Thank you for your interest in applying for a grant under the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) program. Included in this application booklet are the program introduction, instructions, and forms needed to submit a complete application package to the U.S. Department of Education. Institutional grants awarded under the DDRA program provide fellowships to enable doctoral students enrolled in modern foreign language and area studies programs at U.S. institutions of higher education to conduct dissertation research overseas for 6-12 months. This letter highlights a few items in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 application package that will be important to you in applying for grants under this program. You should review the entire application package carefully before preparing and submitting your application. Information on the DDRA program is accessible at the U.S. Department of Education’s Web site at: http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsddrap/index.html Applicants should pay particular attention to the section entitled “Competition Highlights” that outlines the absolute, competitive and invitational priorities as well as other program and competition details. Although the DDRA program funds doctoral student research, the legal applicant is the institution, and if a grant is awarded, the institution of higher education (IHE) is the legal grantee. Students are not eligible to apply for this funding independently. In order for institutions to apply electronically, representatives of IHEs (i.e., project directors) must register in the G5 e-Application system. Project directors who have not already registered must submit the following information, via e-mail, to [email protected]: first and last name of the project director, university, and e-mail address. We recommend that applicant IHEs submit this information as soon as possible to ensure that applicant IHEs obtain access to the G5 e-Application system well before the application deadline date. We suggest that applicant IHEs send this information no later than two weeks prior to the closing date in order to facilitate timely submission of their electronic applications. Please note that the project director cannot be a student applicant. A list of DDRA institutions and program project directors who have registered in G5 e-Application in previous years is included in this application package. If your institution is not listed, or your project director has changed, please contact. Dr. Pamela J. Maimer at [email protected] with the new project director’s contact information as soon as possible. The Department of Education requires that applications for FY 2014 grants under the DDRA program are submitted electronically using the Department’s G5 e-Application system. The G5 e-Application system 1 Page 3 is accessible through its portal page at: www.G5.gov The application must be submitted on or before the deadline date. Electronic submission of applications via the G5 e-Application system is required unless you qualify for one of the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement as determined by the Notice Inviting Applications. If you think you may need an exception, please review the requirements promptly. Applications submitted late will not be accepted. The Department is required to enforce the established deadline to ensure fairness to all applicants. No changes or additions to an application will be accepted after the deadline date. You are reminded that the document published in the Federal Register (the Notice Inviting Applications) is the official document and that you should not rely upon any information that is inconsistent with the guidance contained in the official document. We look forward to receiving your application and appreciate your efforts to promote excellence in international education. Sincerely, /signed/ Lenore Yaffee Garcia Acting Senior Director International and Foreign Language Education Office of Postsecondary Education U.S. Department of Education 2 Page 4 4001-01-U DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Applications for New Awards; Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship Program AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. ACTION: Notice. Overview Information: Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship Program Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2014. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.022A. Dates: Applications Available: May 19, 2014. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 24, 2014. Full Text of Announcement I. Funding Opportunity Description Purpose of Program: The Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellowship Program provides opportunities to doctoral candidates to engage in full- time dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. The program is designed to contribute to the development and improvement of the study of modern foreign languages and area studies in the United States. Page 5 Priorities: This notice contains one absolute priority, three competitive preference priorities, and one invitational priority, which are described in the following paragraphs. In accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii), the absolute and competitive preference priorities are from the regulations for this program (34 CFR 662.21(d)). Absolute Priority: For FY 2014, this priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only applications that meet this priority. This priority is: A research project that focuses on one or more of the following geographic areas: Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, South Asia, the Near East, Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and the Western Hemisphere (excluding the United States and its territories). Please note that applications that propose projects focused on the following countries are not eligible: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, or Vatican City. Competitive Preference Priorities: Within this absolute priority, we give competitive preference to applications that address one or more of the following priorities. Page 6 Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) and 34 CFR 662.21(d)(2), for FY 2014, we award an additional three points to an application that meets Competitive Preference Priority 1; two points for an application that meets Competitive Preference Priority 2; and five points for an application that meets Competitive Preference Priority 3 (up to 10 additional points possible). These priorities are: Competitive Preference Priority 1 (3 points): A research project that focuses on one or more of the following geographic areas: sub-Saharan Africa (Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Réunion, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe), Southeast Asia (Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam), and South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka). Page 7 Competitive Preference Priority 2 (2 points): A research project that focuses on any of the 78 priority languages selected from the U.S. Department of Education’s list of Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs), as follows: Akan (Twi-Fante), Albanian, Amharic, Arabic (all dialects), Armenian, Azeri (Azerbaijani), Balochi, Bamanakan (Bamana, Bambara, Mandikan, Mandingo, Maninka, Dyula), Belarusian, Bengali (Bangla), Berber (all languages), Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cebuano (Visayan), Chechen, Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Gan), Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Min), Chinese (Wu), Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Georgian, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew (Modern), Hindi, Igbo, Indonesian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kashmiri, Kazakh, Khmer (Cambodian), Kirghiz, Korean, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kurdish (Sorani), Lao, Malay (Bahasa Melayu or Malaysian), Malayalam, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Oromo, Panjabi, Pashto, Persian (Farsi), Polish, Portuguese (all varieties), Quechua, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala (Sinhalese), Somali, Swahili, Tagalog, Tajik, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tigrigna, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur/Uigur, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof, Xhosa, Yoruba, and Zulu. Competitive Preference Priority 3 (5 points): A research project in the field of economics, engineering, international development, global education, mathematics, political science, public health, science, or technology proposed by an applicant Page 8 who will use advanced language proficiency in one of the 78 LCTLs listed in Competitive Preference Priority 2 of this notice in his or her research. Invitational Priority: We encourage applications from Minority- Serving Institutions (MSIs) as well as other institutions that promote the participation of students from minority backgrounds in research abroad projects in foreign languages and international studies. For purposes of this invitational priority, Minority-Serving Institution means an institution that is eligible to receive assistance under Part A of Title III, under Part B of Title III, or under Title V of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). Program Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2452(b)(6). Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 81, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The Education Department suspension and debarment regulations in 2 CFR part 3485. (c) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR part 662. Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of higher education (IHEs) only. II. Award Information Type of Award: Discretionary grants redistributed as fellowships to individual beneficiaries. Page 9 Note: As part of its FY 2014 budget request, the Administration proposed to continue to allow funds to be used to support the applications of individuals who plan both to utilize their language skills in world areas vital to United States national security and to apply their language skills and knowledge of these countries in the fields of government, international development, and the professions. Therefore, students planning to apply their language skills in such fields and those planning teaching careers are eligible to apply for this program. Estimated Available Funds: $2,889,223. Estimated Range of Fellowship Awards: $15,000 to $60,000. Estimated Average Size of Fellowship Awards: $34,818. Estimated Number of Fellowship Awards: 86. Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. Project Period: The institutional project period is 18 months, beginning October 1, 2014. Students may request funding for a period of no less than six months and no more than 12 months. III. Eligibility Information 1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs. As part of the application process, students submit individual applications to the IHE. The IHE then officially submits all eligible individual student applications with its grant application to the Department. Page 10