[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 149 (Friday, August 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51789-51790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16684]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Reopening; Applications for New Awards; 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 May 23, 2023, we published in the Federal Register a notice 
inviting applications (NIA) for fiscal year (FY) 2023 for the EIR 
program--Early-phase Grants competition, Assistance Listing Number 
84.411C (Early-phase Grants). The NIA established a deadline date of 
August 1, 2023, for the transmittal of applications. For eligible 
applicants located in the New York counties of Clinton, Dutchess, 
Essex, Hamilton, Ontario, Orange, Putnam, and Rockland; the Oklahoma 
counties of Beaver, Cimarron, Comanche, Cotton, Craig, Creek, Delaware, 
Harper, Jefferson, Love, Major, Mayes, McCurtain, Payne, Pushmataha, 
Rogers, Stephens, Tulsa, and Woodward; and the State of Vermont, which 
are covered by major disaster declarations issued by the President, 
this notice reopens the competition until August 16, 2023 and extends 
the date of intergovernmental review until October 16, 2023.

DATES: 
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications for Affected Applicants: 
August 16, 2023.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: October 16, 2023.

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 are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability and 
wish to access telecommunications relay services, please dial 7-1-1.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 23, 2023, we published the NIA in the 
Federal Register (88 FR 33126) for Early-phase Grants. Under the NIA, 
applications were due on August 1, 2023. We are reopening this 
competition to allow affected applicants (as defined under Eligibility) 
more time--until August 16, 2023--to prepare and submit their 
applications.
    Eligibility: The extended application deadline only applies to 
eligible applicants under the Early-phase Grants competition that are 
affected applicants. An eligible applicant for this competition is 
defined in the NIA. To qualify as an affected applicant, the applicant 
must have a mailing address that is located in the federally declared 
disaster areas and must provide appropriate supporting documentation, 
if requested.
    The applicable federally declared disaster area under this 
declaration is the area in which assistance to

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individuals or public assistance has been authorized under FEMA's 
disaster declaration for New York Severe Storms and Flooding (DR-4723-
NY), Vermont Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (DR-
4720-VT), and Oklahoma Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, and 
Tornadoes (DR-4721-OK). See the disaster declarations at: https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4723, https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4720, and 
https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4721.
    Affected applicants that have already timely submitted applications 
under the FY 2023 Early-phase Grants competition may resubmit 
applications on or before the extended application deadline of August 
16, 2023, but are not required to do so. If a new application is not 
submitted, the Department will use the application that was submitted 
by the original deadline. If a new application is submitted, the 
Department will consider the application that is last submitted and 
timely received by 11:59:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on August 16, 2023.
    Any application submitted by an affected applicant under the 
extended deadline must contain evidence (e.g., the applicant 
organization mailing address) that the applicant is located in one of 
the applicable federally declared disaster areas and, if requested, the 
applicant must provide appropriate supporting documentation.
    The application period is not reopened for all applicants. 
Applications from applicants that are not affected applicants, as 
defined above, will not be accepted past the August 1, 2023 deadline.

    Note:  All information in the NIA for this competition remains 
the same, except for the extended deadline for the transmittal of 
applications 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, the NIA, 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.
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    You may also access documents of the Department published in the 
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by the Department.

Adam Schott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Programs, Delegated the 
Authority to Perform the Functions and Duties of the Assistant 
Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2023-16684 Filed 8-3-23; 8:45 am]
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