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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 208 / Monday, November 1, 2021 / Notices be provided on the International and Foreign Language Education website at https www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/
ope/iegps/index.html. Additionally, for new potential grantees unfamiliar with grantmaking at the Department, please consult our funding basics resources at www2.ed.gov/documents/funding-101/
funding-101-basics.pdf.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: December 16, 2021.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: February 14, 2022.
ADDRESSES: For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019
84 FR 3768 and available at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-201902-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Timothy Duvall, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 2B225, Washington, DC 20202.
Telephone: 202 4537521. Email:
timothy.duvall@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf TDD or a text telephone TTY, call the Federal Relay Service FRS, toll free, at 1800877
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Full Text of Announcement I. Funding Opportunity Description Purpose of Program: The purpose of the CIBE Program is to provide funding to institutions of higher education IHEs or consortia of such institutions for curriculum development, research, and training on issues of importance to international business and U.S. trade competitiveness.
Priorities: This notice contains two competitive preference priorities and one invitational priority. The competitive preference priorities for fiscal year FY 2022 are from the notice of final priorities for this program published in the Federal Register on June 3, 2014 79 FR 31870 NFP.
Competitive Preference Priorities: For FY 2022 and any subsequent year in which we make awards from the list of unfunded applications from this competition, these priorities are competitive preference priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105c2i, we award up to an additional five points depending on how well the application addresses Competitive Preference Priority 1, and up to an additional five points depending on how well the application addresses Competitive Preference Priority 2. An applicant may receive a
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maximum of 10 additional points under the competitive preference priorities.
These priorities are:
Competitive Preference Priority 1
Collaboration with a Professional Association or Business up to 5 points.
Applications that propose to collaborate with one or more professional associations and/or businesses on activities designed to expand employment opportunities for international business students, such as internships and work-study opportunities.
Competitive Preference Priority 2
Collaboration with Minority-Serving Institutions MSIs or Community Colleges up to 5 points.
Applications that propose significant and sustained collaborative activities with one or more MSIs as defined in this notice and/or with one or more community colleges as defined in this notice. These activities must be designed to incorporate international, intercultural, or global dimensions into the business curriculum of the MSIs and/or community colleges. If an applicant institution is an MSI, that institution may propose intra-campus collaborative activities instead of, or in addition to, collaborative activities with other MSIs or community colleges.
For the purpose of this priority:
Community college means an institution that meets the definition in section 312f of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended HEA 20
U.S.C. 1058f; or an institution of higher education as defined in section 101 of the HEA 20 U.S.C. 1001 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 MSI
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.
Note: The institutions designated eligible under Title III and Title V may be viewed at the following link: https
www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/
idues/eligibility.html.
Invitational Priority: For FY 2022 and any subsequent year in which we make awards from the list of unfunded applications from this competition, this priority is an invitational priority.
Under 34 CFR 75.105c1, we do not give an application that meets this invitational priority a competitive or absolute preference over other applications.
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Applications that propose programs or activities focused on language instruction and/or performance testing and assessment to strengthen the preparation of international business professionals.
Application Requirements: The following application requirements for fiscal year FY 2022 are from section 612f of the HEA.
An applicant must submit, as part of its application a Evidence that the IHE, or consortium of such IHEs, will conduct extensive planning prior to the establishment of a center concerning the scope of the centers activities and the design of its programs in accordance with 20 U.S.C. 11301d1;
b Assurance of ongoing collaboration in the establishment and operation of the center by faculty of the business, management, foreign language, international studies, professional international affairs, and other professional schools or departments, as appropriate;
c Assurance that the education and training programs of the center will be open to students concentrating in each of these respective areas, as appropriate, and that diverse perspectives will be made available to students in programs under 612f of the HEA; and d Assurance that the IHE, or consortium of such IHEs, will use the assistance provided under this program to supplement and not to supplant activities conducted by IHEs described in 20 U.S.C. 11301c1.
Program Authority: Title VI, part B, HEA 20 U.S.C. 11301 and 20 U.S.C.
1132 through 11327.
Note: Projects will be awarded and must be operated in a manner consistent with the nondiscrimination requirements contained in Federal civil rights laws.
Applicable Regulations: a The Education Department General Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR
parts 75, 76, 77, 79, 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. d The NFP.
II. Award Information Type of Award: Discretionary grants.

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