[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 144 (Friday, July 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60607-60608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16590]


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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 6, 2024, we published in the Federal Register a notice 
inviting applications (NIA) for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 EIR program 
Early-phase Grants competition, Assistance Listing Number 84.411C 
(Early-phase Grants). The NIA established a deadline date of July 22, 
2024, for the transmittal of applications. For eligible applicants 
located in counties in Texas that are covered by a major disaster 
declaration issued by the President, this notice reopens the 
competition until July 31, 2024 and extends the date of 
intergovernmental review until September 30, 2024.

DATES: 
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 31, 2024.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 30, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jamila Smith. Telephone: (202) 987-
1753. 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 6, 2024, we published the NIA in the 
Federal Register (89 FR 37185). Under the NIA, applications were due on 
July 22, 2024. We are reopening this competition to allow affected 
applicants (as defined under Eligibility) more time--until July 31, 
2024--to prepare and submit their applications. Eligibility: The 
extended application deadline applies only to eligible applicants under 
the FY 2024 EIR 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 area 
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must provide appropriate supporting documentation, if requested.
    The applicable federally declared disaster area under this 
declaration is the area in which assistance to individuals or public 
assistance has been authorized under FEMA's disaster declaration for 
Texas Hurricane Beryl DR-4798-TX. See the disaster declaration 
available at https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4798.
    Affected applicants that have already timely submitted applications 
under the FY 2024 EIR Early-phase Grants competition may resubmit 
applications on or before the extended application deadline of July 31, 
2024, 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 July 31, 2024.
    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 the 
applicable federally declared disaster area 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, as defined above, 
will not be accepted past the original July 22, 2024, deadline.
    Note: All information in the NIA for this competition remains the 
same, except for the 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 notice, 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, 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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Federal Regulations at www.govinfo.gov. At this site, you can view this 
document, as well as all other Department documents published in the 
Federal Register, in text or Portable Document Format (PDF). To use 
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site.
    You may also access Department documents published in the Federal 
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feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published 
by the Department.

Adam Schott,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Delegated the Authority to 
Perform the Functions and Duties of the Assistant Secretary, Office of 
Elementary and Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2024-16590 Filed 7-25-24; 8:45 am]
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