[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 31923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12842]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 84.200A]


Funding Down the Grant Slate From Fiscal Year (FY) 2012; Graduate 
Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Program

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of intent to fund down the grant slate from fiscal year 
(FY) 2012.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary intends to use the grant slate developed in FY 
2012 for the GAANN Program authorized by Section 711 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), to make new grant awards in FY 
2014. The Secretary takes this action because a significant number of 
high-quality applications remain on the FY 2012 grant slate and limited 
funding is available for new grant awards in FY 2014. We expect to use 
an estimated $1,268,000 for new awards in FY 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Ell, U.S. Department of 
Education, 1990 K Street NW., room 7105, K-OPE-7-7063, Washington, DC 
20006. Telephone: (202) 502-7779 or via Internet: [email protected].
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INFORMATION CONTACT.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 15, 2011, the Department of Education published a 
notice in the Federal Register (76 FR 77985) inviting applications for 
FY 2012 for new awards under the GAANN Program.
    In response to that notice, we received a significant number of 
high-quality applications. Many applications that received high scores 
by peer reviewers were not selected for funding.
    To conserve funding that would have been required for a peer review 
of new grant applications submitted under this program and instead use 
those funds to support grant activities, the FY 2013 GAANN grantees 
were selected from the slate of applicants developed during the FY 2012 
competition using the priority, selection criteria, and application 
requirements referenced in the December 2011 notice. A number of high-
quality applications from the 2012 competition were not funded in 2012 
or 2013. We will select new grantees in FY 2014 from the existing slate 
developed in FY 2012 for the same reasons and in the same manner as we 
did in FY 2013.

    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1135.

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    Dated: May 29, 2014.
Lynn B. Mahaffie,
Senior Director, Policy Coordination, Development, and Accreditation 
Service, delegated the authority to perform the functions and duties of 
the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2014-12842 Filed 6-2-14; 8:45 am]
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