[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50335-50336]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19283]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Reopening the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Competition for Certain 
Eligible Applicants; Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program--
Early-Phase Grants

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of 
Education.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On July 28, 2021, we published in the Federal Register a 
notice inviting applications (NIA) for the FY 2021 Education Innovation 
and Research Program--Early-phase Grants, Assistance Listing Number 
84.411C (Early-phase Grants). This notice reopens this competition to 
allow more time for the preparation and submission of applications by 
eligible applicants affected by the severe storm and flooding in the 
following counties in Tennessee: Dickson, Hickman, Houston,

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and Humphreys which have been designated for Individual Assistance or 
Public Assistance under Presidential major disaster declaration 4609-
DR-TN (``affected applicants'').

DATES: 
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications for Affected Applicants: 
September 13, 2021.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: November 12, 2021.

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-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yvonne Crockett, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 3E344, Washington, DC 20202-
5900. Telephone: (202) 453-7122. Email: [email protected].
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll-free, at 1-
800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    On July 28, 2021, we published in the Federal Register (86 FR 
40510) the NIA for EIR Early-phase Grants. Under the NIA, applications 
were due on August 27, 2021. We are reopening this competition for five 
days for affected applicants to allow those applicants more time to 
prepare and submit their applications.

Eligibility:

    The reopening of this competition applies to eligible applicants 
under the Early-phase Grants competition that are affected applicants. 
An eligible applicant for the Early-phase Grant competition is defined 
in the NIA. The federally declared disaster areas under this 
declaration are the jurisdictions identified by the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency under declaration 4609-DR-TN in which assistance to 
individuals or public assistance has been authorized. To determine if 
you are an affected applicant, see the Emergency Declaration available 
at: www.fema.gov/disaster/4609 and https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4609/designated-areas.
    An affected applicant submitting an application as part of the 
reopened competition must provide a certification in its application 
that it is located in a jurisdiction that is part of one of the 
applicable federally declared disaster areas and must provide 
appropriate supporting documentation, if requested.
    We are not reopening the application period for all applicants. 
Thus, applications from applicants that are not affected applicants may 
not be submitted as part of this reopened period for submission of 
applications.

    Note:  All information in the NIA remains the same, except for 
the deadline date for affected applicants and the deadline for 
intergovernmental review.

    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7261.
    Accessible Format: On request to the program contact person listed 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, individuals with disabilities 
can obtain this document and a copy of the application package in an 
accessible format. The Department will provide the requestor with an 
accessible format that may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or text 
format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 file, braille, large print, 
audiotape, or compact disc, or other accessible format.
    Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this 
document is the document published in the Federal Register. You may 
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by the Department.

Ruth Ryder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Programs, Office of 
Elementary and Secondary Education.
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