International Education-Technological Innovation and Cooperation for Foreign Information Access (84.337)
Program
84.337 International Education-Technological Innovation and Cooperation for Foreign Information Access
Federal Agency
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Authorization
Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, Title VI, Part A.
Program Number
84.337
Last Known Status
Active
Objectives
Grants are awarded to institutions of higher education, public or nonprofit private libraries, or constoria of such institutions or libraries, to develop innovative techniques or programs using new electronic technologies to collect, organize, and preserve, and widely disseminate information on world regions and countries other than the United States that address our Nation's teaching and research needs in international education and foreign languages.
Types of Assistance
Project Grants (Discretionary).
Uses and Use Restrictions
Awards may be used to support projects that facilitate access to or preserve foreign information resources in print or electronic forms; develop new means of immediate, full-text document delivery for information and scholarship from abroad; develop new means of shared electronic access to international data; support collaborative projects of indexing, cataloging, and other means of bibliographic access for scholars to important research materials published or distributed outside the United States; develop methods for the wide dissemination of resources written in non-Roman language alphabets; assist teacher of less commonly taught languages in acquiring, via electronic and other means, materials suitable for classroom use; and promote collaborative technology based projects in foreign languages, area studies, and international studies among grant recipients under this title.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicant Eligibility
Institutions of higher education, and public or nonprofit private libraries or consortia of such institutions or libraries.
Beneficiary Eligibility
Institutions of higher education, and public or nonprofit private libraries or consortia of such institutions or libraries.
Credentials/Documentation
None.
Application and Award Process
Preapplication Coordination
This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review.
Application Procedure
In any fiscal year in which funds are available for new awards, the Department of Education publishes a notice in the Federal Register inviting applications and establishing a deadline date. This program is subject to the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-110.
Award Procedure
Peer review panels composed of representatives from public and private higher education and libraries having expertise in the utilization of technology for accessing and disseminating information on world regions other than the United States that address one nation's teaching and research needs in international education and foreign languages.
Deadlines
The deadline date is published in the Federal Register.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time
Appeals
None.
Renewals
Applications for renewal of multi-year projects are processed and funded before those new projects. Renewals are subject to the availability of funds.
Assistance Considerations
Formula and Matching Requirements
This program has no statutory formula to determine the amount of a grant. The grantee is required to contribute to the project of an amount from nonfederal sources equal to at least 33 1/3 percent the amount of the grants. The nonfederal contribution may be in cash or in-kind.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance
Grants may be made on a multi-year basis.
Post Assistance Requirements
Reports
A final performance report is required.
Audits
In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A- 133 (Revised, June 24, 1997), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Nonprofit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $300,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $300,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133.
Records
Records supporting claims under a grant must be maintained for 5 years after termination of the award.
Program Accomplishments
Ten grants were awarded in fiscal year 2002.
Financial Information
Account Identification
91-0201-0-1-502.
Obligations
(Grants) FY 02 $1,700,000; FY 03 est $1,700,000; and FY 04 est $1,700,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance
Fiscal year 2002 average is estimated at $170,000.
Regulations, Guidelines and Literature
Contact the Program Office for information.
Related Programs
None.
Information Contacts
Regional or Local Office
Not applicable.
Headquarters Office
Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, International Education and Graduate Programs Service, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-5332. Contact: Susanna Easton. E-mail Address susanna.easton@ed.gov. Telephone: (202) 502-7628.
Web Site Address
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/HEP/iegps/ticfia.html
Examples of Funded Projects
Not available.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals
(1)Meeting the purpose of the authorizing statute (20 points); (2) need for project (10 points); (3) significance (12 points); (4) quality of the project design (12 points); (5) quality of project personnel (8 points); (6) quality of project services (6 points); (7) adequacy of resources (12 points); (8) quality of the management plan (10 points); and (9) quality of the project evaluation (10 points).
