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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 22 / Thursday, February 4, 2021 / Notices this competition after 4:30:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the application deadline date. Therefore, we strongly
recommend that both the IHE and the student applicant not wait until the application deadline date to begin the
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application process. The table below shows the days and times that the G5
website will be available.

G5 HOURS OF OPERATION IN EASTERN TIME
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Tuesday Available 24
hours.

Student applicants will not receive additional point value because the student submits his or her application in electronic format, nor will we penalize the IHE or student applicant if the applicant qualifies for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, as described elsewhere in this section, and submits an application in paper format.
IHEs must upload all application documents electronically, including the following forms: The Application for Federal Assistance SF 424, the Department of Education Supplemental Information for SF 424, Budget InformationNon-Construction Programs ED 524, and all necessary assurances and certifications.
Both IHEs and student applicants must upload the narrative sections and all other attachments to their application as files in a read-only flattened Portable Document Format PDF, meaning any fillable documents must be saved and submitted as nonfillable PDF files. Do not upload any interactive or fillable PDF files. If you upload a file type other than a readonly, non-modifiable PDF e.g., Word, Excel, WordPerfect, etc. or submit a password-protected file, we will be unable to review that material. Please note that this will likely result in your application not being considered for funding. The Department will not convert material from other formats to PDF.
Submit student transcripts electronically through the G5 system.
Prior to submitting your electronic application, you may wish to print a copy of it for your records.
After the individual student electronically submits his or her application to the IHE, the student will receive an automatic acknowledgment from the G5 system. After a person submits a reference electronically, he or she will receive an online confirmation from the G5 system. After the applicant IHE submits its application, including all eligible individual student applications, to the Department, the applicant IHE will receive an automatic acknowledgment from G5 that will
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include a unique PR/Award number for the IHEs application.
Within three working days after submitting its electronic application the applicant IHE must 1 Print the SF 424 from G5;
2 Have the Authorizing Representative sign this form;
3 Place the PR/Award number in the upper right-hand corner of the hardcopy signature page of the SF 424; and 4 Fax the signed SF 424 to the Application Control Center at 202
2456272.
We may request that you provide us hard copies with original signatures for other forms in the application at a later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of System Unavailability: If an IHE is prevented from electronically submitting its application on the application deadline date because the G5 system is unavailable, we will grant the IHE an extension until 4:30:00 p.m., Eastern Time, the following business day to enable the IHE to transmit its application electronically, by mail, or by hand delivery. We will grant this extension if 1 The IHE is a registered user of the G5 system and the IHE has initiated an electronic application for this competition; and 2 a G5 is unavailable for 60
minutes or more between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Eastern Time, on the application deadline date; or b G5 is unavailable for any period of time between 3:30 p.m. and 4:30:00
p.m., Eastern Time, on the application deadline date.
We must acknowledge and confirm these periods of unavailability before granting the IHE an extension. To request this extension or to confirm our acknowledgment of any system unavailability, an IHE may contact either 1 the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT or 2 the e-Grants help desk at 18883368930.
If G5 is unavailable due to technical problems with the system and, therefore, the application deadline is extended, an email will be sent to all registered users who have initiated a G5

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application. Extensions referred to in this section apply only to the unavailability of the G5 system.
b. Submission of Paper Applications.
We discourage paper applications, but if electronic submission is not possible e.g., you do not have access to the internet, you must provide a written statement that you intend to submit a paper application. Send this written statement 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 to Dr. Pamela J.
Maimer, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave SW, Room 25824, Washington, DC 202024260.
Telephone: 202 4536891. Email:
ddra@ed.gov.
If you mail your written statement to the Department, it must be postmarked no later than two weeks before the application deadline date. Please send this statement to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
If you submit a paper application, you must mail the original and two copies of your application, on or before the application deadline date, to the Department at the following address:
U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: Assistance Listing Number 84.022A LBJ Basement Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 202024260

The IHE 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.
4 Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S.
Department of Education.
If the IHE mails its application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
1 A private metered postmark.

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