Applications for New Awards; Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Education AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. ACTION: Notice. Overview Information: Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL) Program. Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2016. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.016A. Dates: Applications Available: June 13, 2016. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 22, 2016. Full Text of Announcement I. Funding Opportunity Description Purpose of Program: The UISFL Program provides grants for planning, developing, and carrying out programs to strengthen and improve undergraduate instruction in international studies and foreign languages in the United States. Priorities: This notice contains two competitive preference priorities and two invitational priorities. Competitive Preference Priority 1 is from the notice of final priority, published in the Federal Register on June 11, 2014 ( 79 FR 33432 ). Competitive Preference Priority 2 is from 34 CFR 658.35(a) . Competitive Preference Priorities: For FY 2016, these priorities are competitive preference priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) , we award an additional two or three points depending on whether and how an application meets Competitive Preference Priority 1, and we award up to an additional two points to an application that meets Competitive Preference Priority 2. These priorities are: Competitive Preference Priority 1. (2 or 3 points) Applications from Mino…