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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 58 / Monday, March 29, 2021 / Notices nonprofit institutions of higher education in rural locale settings.
Depending on the funds available for this absolute priority, some applicants may not be funded based on tier rankings. An IHE must complete Section 5 of the Program Profile Information Form for this absolute priority.
Absolute Priority 7Institutions With a Large Graduate Student Population A public or private non-profit institution in which graduate students make up 90 percent or more of total enrollment. An institution funded under this priority must use funds awarded for financial aid grants to graduate students with financial need associated with the coronavirus e.g., loss of employment, decreased wages, childcare. An IHE
must complete Section 5 of the Program Profile Information Form for this absolute priority.
Definitions: For fiscal year FY 2021
grant competitions and any subsequent year in which we make awards from the list of unfunded applications from this competition, we are establishing the definition of community college and Minority Serving Institution, in accordance with section 437d1 of GEPA, 20 U.S.C. 1232d1.
Community college means an institution that meets the definition in section 312f of the HEA 20 U.S.C.
1058f or an IHE as defined in section 101 of the HEA that awards degrees and certificates, more than 50 percent of which are not bachelors degrees or an equivalent or masters, professional, or other advanced degrees.
Minority-Serving Institution means an institution that is eligible to receive assistance under sections 316 through 320 of part A of title III, under part B
of title III, or under title V of the HEA.
Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking:
Under the Administrative Procedure Act 5 U.S.C. 553, the Department generally offers interested parties the opportunity to comment on proposed priorities and definitions. Section 437d1 of GEPA, however, allows the Secretary to exempt from rulemaking requirements regulations governing the first grant competition under a new or substantially revised program authority.
This is the first grant competition for this program under section 314a3 of CRRSAA, and therefore qualifies for this exemption. To ensure timely grant awards, the Secretary has decided to forgo public comment on the priorities and definitions under section 437d1
of GEPA.
Program Authority: The Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 CRRSAA, Division M of Public Law 116260.

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Applicable Regulations: a The Education Department General Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR
parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98, and 99. b The Office of Management and Budget Guidelines to Agencies on Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension Nonprocurement in 2 CFR
part 180, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department in 2 CFR
part 3485. c The Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department in 2 CFR part 3474.
II. Award Information Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds:
$113,485,680.
Estimated Range of Awards: The range of awards will depend on the absolute priority for which an institution is applying. See the Absolute Priorities section of this notice for more information. For any of the absolute priorities included in this notice, should the Department receive more applications than it has available funding under CRRSAA section 314a3, the Department reserves the right to make ratable reductions for any of the allocations under any of the absolute priorities. For Absolute Priority 6, the Department may not fund all eligible applications, and will prioritized by tier.
Project Period: Up to 12 months.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice.
III. Eligibility Information 1. Eligible Applicants: Eligible applicants are IHEs as defined in section 101 of the HEA 20 U.S.C. 1001, that are public or private non-profit IHEs and meet the criteria under the absolute priority for which they are applying.
With the exception of Absolute Priority 4, institutional eligibility is based on the six-digit OPEID.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not require cost sharing or matching.
3. Subgrantees: Subgrants are not allowed under this program.
4. Uses of Funds: Unless noted otherwise in this notice, in accordance with section 314c of the CRRSAA, grantees may use these grant funds for their institutional costs to defray expenses associated with coronavirus including lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses already incurred, technology costs associated with a transition to distance education, faculty and staff trainings, and payroll; carry out student support activities
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authorized by the HEA that address needs related to coronavirus; and make additional financial grants to students, which may be used for any component of the students cost of attendance or for emergency costs that arise due to coronavirus, such as tuition, food, housing, health care including mental health care, or child care.
IV. Application and Submission Information 1. Application Submission Instructions: For information on how to submit an application please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 12, 2018
83 FR 6003, and available at www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-12/
pdf/2018-02558.pdf.
2. Intergovernmental Review: This competition is subject to Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34
CFR part 79. However, under 34 CFR
79.8a, we waive intergovernmental review in order to make awards in a timely manner.
3. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining funding restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice.
Additionally, no funds received by an IHE under this section shall be used to fund contractors for the provision of pre-enrollment recruitment activities;
marketing or recruitment; endowments;
capital outlays associated with facilities related to athletics, sectarian instruction, or religious worship; senior administrator or executive salaries, benefits, bonuses, contracts, incentives;
stock buybacks, shareholder dividends, capital distributions, and stock options;
or any other cash or other benefit for a senior administrator or executive.
4. Recommended Page Limit: There is a 10-page recommended page limit. The application for this program includes the Standard form 424, the Certificate and Agreement, and the SAIHE Program Profile. If you wish to include any additional documents, those documents should be included under the other attachments form. The project narrative form in grants.gov is where you, the applicant, will include the Certificate and Agreement for this program and the SAIHE Program Profile.
5. Program Profile: Applicants must complete the program profile and submit under the program narrative form in grants.gov.
V. Application Review Information 1. Review and Selection Process: We remind potential applicants that in reviewing applications in any
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