<div dir="ltr"><div>Graduates, </div>
<div> </div>
<div>Here is an opportunity for funding for your dissertation especially since many of you work on your dissertations overseas.</div>
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<div>Teresa<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Susan Loughridge</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:loughrid@ohio.edu">loughrid@ohio.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 2:38 PM<br>
Subject: U.S. Department of Education - Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship ( Modern Foreign Languages & Area Studies)<br>To: Office of Research and Sponsored Programs <<a href="mailto:orsp@ohio.edu">orsp@ohio.edu</a>><br>
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------<br>DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION<br><br>Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information;<br>Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship<br>
Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year<br>(FY) 2009<br><br> Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.022A.<br><br>DATES: Applications Available: September 24, 2008.<br> Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: November 13, 2008.<br>
<br>Full Text of Announcement<br><br>I. Funding Opportunity Description<br><br> Purpose of Program: The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation<br>Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship Program provides opportunities to<br>doctoral candidates to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad<br>
in modern foreign languages and area studies. The program is designed<br>to contribute to the development and improvement of the study of modern<br>foreign languages and area studies in the United States.<br> Priorities: In accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii), this<br>
priority is from the regulations for this program (34 CFR 662.21(d)).<br> Absolute Priority: For FY 2009, this priority is an absolute<br>priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only applications that<br>meet this priority.<br>
This priority is:<br> A research project that focuses on one or more of the following<br>geographic areas: Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific<br>Islands, South Asia, the Near East, East Central Europe and Eurasia,<br>
and the Western Hemisphere (excluding the United States and its<br>territories). Please note that applications that propose projects<br>focused on Western Europe are not eligible.<br> Within this absolute priority, we give competitive preference to<br>
applications that address the following priority.<br> Competitive Preference Priority: For FY 2009, this priority is a<br>competitive preference priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) and 34<br>CFR 662.21(d)(2)(iii), we award an additional five (5) points to an<br>
application that meets this priority.<br> This priority is:<br> A research project that focuses on any of the seventy-eight (78)<br>languages deemed critical on the U.S. Department of Education's list of<br>Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs) found below.<br>
This list includes the following: Akan (Twi-Fante), Albanian,<br>Amharic, Arabic (all dialects), Armenian, Azeri (Azerbaijani), Balochi,<br>Bamanakan (Bamana, Bambara, Mandikan, Mandingo, Maninka, Dyula),<br>Belarusian, Bengali (Bangla), Berber (all languages), Bosnian,<br>
Bulgarian, Burmese, Cebuano (Visayan), Chechen, Chinese (Cantonese),<br>Chinese (Gan), Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Min), Chinese (Wu),<br>Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Georgian, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew (Modern),<br>Hindi, Igbo, Indonesian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kashmiri, Kazakh,<br>
Khmer (Cambodian), Kirghiz, Korean, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kurdish<br>(Sorani), Lao, Malay (Bahasa Melayu or Malaysian), Malayalam, Marathi,<br>Mongolian, Nepali, Oromo, Panjabi, Pashto, Persian (Farsi), Polish,<br>Portuguese (all varieties), Quechua, Romanian, Russian, Serbian,<br>
Sinhala (Sinhalese), Somali, Swahili, Tagalog, Tajik, Tamil, Telugu,<br>Thai, Tibetan, Tigrigna, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian,<br><br>[[Page 55056]]<br><br>Urdu, Uyghur/Uigur, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof, Xhosa, Yoruba, and Zulu.<br>
Program Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2452(b)(6).<br> Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General<br>Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 81, 82,<br>84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The regulations for this program in 34<br>
CFR part 662.<br><br> Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of<br>higher education (IHEs) only.<br><br>II. Award Information<br><br> Type of Award: Discretionary grants redistributed as fellowships to<br>
individual beneficiaries. As part of its FY 2009 budget request, the<br>Administration proposed to continue to allow funds to be used to<br>support the applications of individuals who plan both to utilize their<br>language skills in world areas vital to the United States national<br>
security and to apply their language skills and knowledge of these<br>countries in the fields of government, international development, and<br>various professions. Therefore, students planning to apply their<br>language skills in such fields are eligible to apply for this program,<br>
in addition to those planning teaching careers. However, authority to<br>use funds in this manner depends on final Congressional action.<br>Applicants will be given an opportunity to amend their applications if<br>such authority is not provided.<br>
Estimated Available Funds: The Administration has requested<br>$13,372,000 for International Education and Foreign Language Studies<br>Overseas Programs, of which we propose to allocate $4,731,000 for new<br>awards for this program for FY 2009. The actual level of funding, if<br>
any, depends on final congressional action. However, we are inviting<br>applications to allow enough time to complete the grant process if<br>Congress appropriates funds for this program.<br> Estimated Range of Fellowship Awards: $15,000-$60,000.<br>
Estimated Average Size of Fellowship Awards: $37,000.<br> Estimated Number of Fellowship Awards: 127.<br><br> Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this<br>notice.<br><br> Project Period: The institutional project period is 18 months<br>
beginning July 1, 2009. Students may request funding for a period of no<br>less than six months nor more than twelve months.<br><br>III. Eligibility Information<br><br> 1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs. As part of the application process,<br>
students submit individual applications to the IHE. The IHE then<br>officially submits all eligible individual student applications with<br>its grant application to the Department.<br> 2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not require cost<br>
sharing or matching.<br><br>IV. Application and Submission Information<br><br> 1. Address to Request Application Package: Both IHEs and student<br>applicants can obtain an application package by contacting Carla White,<br>
International Education Programs Service, U.S. Department of Education,<br>1990 K Street, NW., room 6000, Washington, DC 20006-8521. Telephone:<br>(202) 502-7700 or by e-mail: <a href="mailto:carla.white@ed.gov" target="_blank">carla.white@ed.gov</a>.<br>
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the<br>Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.<br> Individuals with disabilities can obtain a copy of the application<br>package in an alternative format (e.g., braille, large print,<br>
audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the program contact<br>person listed in this section.<br> 2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements<br>concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you<br>
must submit, are in the application package for this program.<br> Page Limit: The application narrative is where the student<br>applicant addresses the selection criteria that reviewers use to<br>evaluate the application. The student applicant must limit the<br>
application narrative to no more than 10 pages and the bibliography to<br>no more than 2 pages, using the following standards:<br> A ``page'' is 8.5'' x 11'', on one side only, with 1''<br>
margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.<br> Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch)<br>all text in the application narrative. However, student applicants may<br>single space all text in charts, tables, figures, graphs, titles,<br>
headings, footnotes, endnotes, quotations, bibliography, and captions.<br> Use a font that is either 12 point or larger; or, no<br>smaller than 10 pitch (characters per inch). Student applicants may use<br>a 10 point font in charts, tables, figures, graphs, footnotes, and<br>
endnotes. However, these items are considered part of the narrative and<br>counted within the 10 page limit.<br> Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier,<br>Courier New, or Arial. An application submitted in any other font<br>
(including Times Roman or Arial Narrow) will not be accepted.<br> The page limits only apply to the application narrative and<br>bibliography. The page limits do not apply to the Application for<br>Federal Assistance face sheet (SF 424); the supplemental information<br>
form required by the Department of Education; and the assurances and<br>certification. However, student applicants must include their complete<br>responses to the selection criteria in the application narrative.<br> We will reject a student applicant's application if the student<br>
applicant exceeds the page limits.<br> 3. Submission Dates and Times:<br> Applications Available: September 24, 2008.<br> Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: November 13, 2008.<br> Applications for grants under this program must be submitted<br>
electronically using the Electronic Grant Application System (e-<br>Application) available through the Department's e-Grants system. For<br>information (including dates and times) about how to submit an IHE's<br>application electronically, or in paper format by mail or hand delivery<br>
if an IHE qualifies for an exception to the electronic submission<br>requirement, please refer to section IV. 6. Other Submission<br>Requirements in this notice.<br> We do not consider an application that does not comply with the<br>
deadline requirements.<br> Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or<br>auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact<br>the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII<br>
in this notice. If the Department provides an accommodation or<br>auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability in connection with the<br>application process, the individual's application remains subject to<br>all other requirements and limitations in this notice.<br>
4. Intergovernmental Review: This program is not subject to<br>Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79.<br> 5. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining funding<br>restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section in this notice.<br>
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under<br>this program must be submitted electronically, unless an IHE qualifies<br>for an exception to this requirement in accordance with the<br>instructions in this section.<br>
<br>[[Page 55057]]<br><br> a. Electronic Submission of Applications.<br> Applications for grants under the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral<br>Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program, CFDA Number 84.022A,<br>must be submitted electronically using e-Application available through<br>
the Department's e-Grants system, accessible through the e-Grants<br>portal page at: <a href="http://e-grants.ed.gov/" target="_blank">http://e-grants.ed.gov</a>.<br> We will reject an application if an IHE submits it in paper format<br>
unless, as described elsewhere in this section, the IHE qualifies for<br>one of the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement and<br>submits, no later than two weeks before the application deadline date,<br>a written statement to the Department that the IHE qualifies for one of<br>
these exceptions. Further information regarding calculation of the date<br>that is two weeks before the application deadline date is provided<br>later in this section under Exception to Electronic Submission<br>Requirement.<br>
While completing the electronic application, both the IHE and the<br>student applicant will be entering data online that will be saved into<br>a database. Neither the IHE nor the student applicant may e-mail an<br>electronic copy of a grant application to us.<br>
Please note the following:<br> The process for submitting applications electronically<br>under the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad<br>Fellowship Program has several parts. The following is a brief summary<br>
of the process; however, all applicants should review and follow the<br>detailed description of the application process that is contained in<br>the application package. In summary, the major parts are as follows:<br>(1) IHEs must e-mail the following information to <a href="mailto:ddra@ed.gov" target="_blank">ddra@ed.gov</a>: Name of<br>
university, and full name and e-mail address of potential project<br>director. We recommend that applicant IHEs submit this information as<br>soon as possible to ensure that applicant IHEs obtain access to the e-<br>Application system well before the application deadline date. We<br>
suggest that applicant IHEs send this information no later than two<br>weeks prior to the closing date, in order to facilitate timely<br>submission of their applications; (2) Students must complete their<br>individual applications and submit them to their IHE's project director<br>
using e-Application; (3) Persons providing references for individual<br>students must complete and submit reference forms for the students and<br>submit them to the IHE's project director using e-Application; and (4)<br>
The IHE's project director must officially submit the IHE's<br>application, which must include all eligible individual student<br>applications, reference forms, and other required forms, using e-<br>Application. Student transcripts, however, must be mailed or hand<br>
delivered to the Department on or before the application deadline date<br>using the applicable mail or hand delivery instructions for paper<br>applications in this notice.<br> The IHE must complete the electronic submission of the<br>
grant application by 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the<br>application deadline date. The e-Application system will not accept an<br>application for this program after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time,<br>on the application deadline date. Therefore, we strongly recommend that<br>
both the IHE and the student applicant not wait until the application<br>deadline date to begin the application process.<br> The regular hours of operation of the e-Grants Web site<br>are 6:00 a.m. Monday until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday; and 6:00 a.m. Thursday<br>
until 8:00 p.m. Sunday, Washington, DC time. Please note that the<br>system is unavailable on Sundays after 8:00 p.m., and between 7:00 p.m.<br>on Wednesdays and 6:00 a.m. on Thursdays, Washington, DC time, for<br>maintenance. Any modifications to these hours are posted on the e-<br>
Grants Web site.<br> Student applicants will not receive additional point value<br>because the student submits his or her application in electronic<br>format, nor will we penalize the IHE or student applicant if the<br>
applicant qualifies for an exception to the electronic submission<br>requirement, as described elsewhere in this section, and submits an<br>application in paper format.<br> IHEs must submit all documents, except for student<br>
transcripts, electronically, including the Application for Federal<br>Assistance (SF 424), the Supplement to the SF 424, and all necessary<br>assurances and certifications. Both IHEs and student applicants must<br>attach any narrative sections of the application as files in a .DOC<br>
(document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF (Portable Document) format. If an<br>IHE or a student applicant uploads a file type other than the three<br>file types specified above or submits a password protected file, we<br>will not review that material.<br>
Student transcripts must be mailed or hand delivered to<br>the Department on or before the application deadline date in accordance<br>with the applicable mail or hand delivery instructions for paper<br>applications described in this notice.<br>
Both the IHE's and the student applicant's electronic<br>application must comply with any page limit requirements described in<br>this notice.<br> Prior to submitting your electronic application, you may<br>wish to print a copy of it for your records.<br>
After the individual student applicant electronically<br>submits his or her application to the student's IHE, the student will<br>receive an automatic acknowledgment. In addition, the applicant IHE's<br>project director will receive a copy of this acknowledgment by e-mail.<br>
After a person submits a reference electronically, he or she will<br>receive an online confirmation. After the applicant IHE submits its<br>application, including all eligible individual student applications, to<br>the Department, the applicant IHE will receive an automatic<br>
acknowledgment, which will include a PR/Award Number (an identifying<br>number unique to the IHE's application).<br> Within three working days after submitting the IHE's<br>electronic application, the IHE must fax a signed copy of the SF 424 to<br>
the Application Control Center after following these steps:<br> (1) Print SF 424 from e-Application.<br> (2) The applicant IHE's Authorizing Representative must sign this<br>form.<br> (3) Place the PR/Award Number in the upper right hand corner of the<br>
hard-copy signature page of the SF 424.<br> (4) Fax the signed SF 424 to the Application Control Center at<br>(202) 245-6272.<br> We may request that you provide us original signatures on<br>the SF 424 and other forms at a later date.<br>
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of e-Application System<br>Unavailability: If an IHE is prevented from electronically submitting<br>its application on the application deadline date because the e-<br>Application system is unavailable, we will grant the IHE an extension<br>
of one business day to enable the IHE to transmit its application<br>electronically, by mail, or by hand delivery. We will grant this<br>extension if--<br> (1) The IHE is a registered user of e-Application and the IHE has<br>
initiated an electronic application for this competition; and<br> (2)(a) The e-Application system is unavailable for 60 minutes or<br>more between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Washington, DC time,<br>on the application deadline date; or<br>
(b) The e-Application system is unavailable for any period of time<br>between 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the<br>application deadline date.<br><br>[[Page 55058]]<br><br> We must acknowledge and confirm these periods of unavailability<br>
before granting the IHE an extension. To request this extension or to<br>confirm our acknowledgement of any system unavailability, an IHE may<br>contact either (1) the person listed elsewhere in this notice under FOR<br>FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT (see section VII. Agency Contact) or (2)<br>
the e-Grants help desk at 1-888-336-8930. If the system is down and,<br>therefore, the application deadline is extended, an e-mail will be sent<br>to all registered users who have initiated an e-Application. Extensions<br>
referred to in this section apply only to the unavailability of the<br>Department's e-Application system.<br> Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement: An IHE qualifies<br>for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may<br>
submit its application in paper format, if the IHE is unable to submit<br>an application through the e-Application system because--<br> The IHE or a student applicant does not have access to the<br>Internet; or<br> The IHE or a student applicant does not have the capacity<br>
to upload large documents to the Department's e-Application system; and<br> No later than two weeks before the application deadline<br>date (14 calendar days; or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the<br>application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business<br>
day following the Federal holiday), the IHE mails or faxes a written<br>statement to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an<br>exception prevents the IHE from using the Internet to submit its<br>application. If an IHE mails a written statement to the Department, it<br>
must be postmarked no later than two weeks before the application<br>deadline date. If an IHE faxes its written statement to the Department,<br>we must receive the faxed statement no later than two weeks before the<br>application deadline date.<br>
Address and mail or fax this statement to: Amy Wilson, U.S.<br>Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 6000, Washington, DC<br>20006-8521. FAX: (202) 502-7860.<br> The IHE's paper application must be submitted in accordance with<br>
the mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice.<br> b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail.<br> If an IHE qualifies for an exception to the electronic submission<br>requirement, the IHE may mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a<br>
commercial carrier) its application to the Department. The IHE must<br>mail the original and two copies of the application, on or before the<br>application deadline date, to the Department at the applicable<br>following address:<br>
<br>By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: U.S. Department of Education,<br>Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.022A), 400<br>Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-4260; or<br>By mail through a commercial carrier: U.S. Department of Education,<br>
Application Control Center--Stop 4260, Attention: (CFDA Number<br>84.022A), 7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD 20785-1506.<br><br> Regardless of which address the IHE uses, the IHE must show proof<br>of mailing consisting of one of the following:<br>
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark.<br> (2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the<br>U.S. Postal Service.<br> (3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial<br>
carrier.<br> (4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of the<br>U.S. Department of Education.<br> If the IHE mails its application through the U.S. Postal Service,<br>we do not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:<br>
(1) A private metered postmark.<br> (2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.<br> If the IHE's application is postmarked after the application<br>deadline date, we will not consider its application.<br>
<br> Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated<br>postmark. Before relying on this method, the IHE should check with<br>its local post office.<br><br> c. Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery.<br>
If an IHE qualifies for an exception to the electronic submission<br>requirement, the IHE (or a courier service) may deliver its paper<br>application to the Department by hand. The IHE must deliver the<br>original and two copies of the application, by hand, on or before the<br>
application deadline date, to the Department at the following address:<br> U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center,<br>Attention: (CFDA Number 84.022A), 550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041,<br>Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-4260.<br>
The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily<br>between 8:00:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, except<br>Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal holidays.<br> Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications: If an IHE<br>
mails or hand delivers its application to the Department:<br> (1) The IHE must indicate on the envelope and--if not provided by<br>the Department--in Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA Number, and suffix<br>letter, if any, of the competition under which the IHE is submitting<br>
its application.<br> (2) The Application Control Center will mail a grant application<br>receipt acknowledgment to the IHE. If the IHE does not receive the<br>grant application receipt acknowledgment within 15 business days from<br>
the application deadline date, the IHE should call the U.S. Department<br>of Education Application Control Center at (202) 245-6288.<br><br>V. Application Review Information<br><br> 1. General: For FY 2009, student applications are divided into<br>
seven categories based on the world area focus of their research<br>projects, as described in the absolute priority listed in this notice.<br>Language and area studies experts in seven discrete world area-based<br>panels will review the student applications. Each panel reviews,<br>
scores, and ranks its applications separately from the applications<br>assigned to the other world area panels. However, all fellowship<br>applications will be ranked together from the highest to lowest score<br>for funding purposes.<br>
2. Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this competition<br>are from 34 CFR 662.21 and are listed in the following paragraphs. The<br>maximum score for all of the criteria, including the competitive<br>preference priority, is 105 points. The maximum score for each<br>
criterion is indicated in parentheses.<br> Quality of proposed project (60 points): In determining the quality<br>of the research project proposed by the applicant, the Secretary<br>considers (1) The statement of the major hypotheses to be tested or<br>
questions to be examined, and the description and justification of the<br>research methods to be used (10 points); (2) The relationship of the<br>research to the literature on the topic and to major theoretical issues<br>
in the field, and the project's originality and importance in terms of<br>the concerns of the discipline (10 points); (3) The preliminary<br>research already completed in the United States and overseas or plans<br>for such research prior to going overseas, and the kinds, quality and<br>
availability of data for the research in the host country or countries<br>(10 points); (4) The justification for overseas field research and<br>preparations to establish appropriate and sufficient research contacts<br>and affiliations abroad (10 points); (5) The applicant's plans to share<br>
the results of the research in progress and a copy of the dissertation<br>with scholars and officials of the host<br><br>[[Page 55059]]<br><br>country or countries (10 points); and (6) The guidance and supervision<br>of the dissertation advisor or committee at all stages of the project,<br>
including guidance in developing the project, understanding research<br>conditions abroad, and acquainting the applicant with research in the<br>field (10 points).<br> Qualifications of the applicant (40 points): In determining the<br>
qualifications of the applicant, the Secretary considers (1) The<br>overall strength of the applicant's graduate academic record (10<br>points); (2) The extent to which the applicant's academic record<br>demonstrates strength in area studies relevant to the proposed project<br>
(10 points); (3) The applicant's proficiency in one or more of the<br>languages (other than English and the applicant's native language) of<br>the country or countries of research, and the specific measures to be<br>
taken to overcome any anticipated language barriers (15 points); and<br>(4) The applicant's ability to conduct research in a foreign cultural<br>context, as evidenced by the applicant's references or previous<br>overseas experience, or both (5 points).<br>
<br>VI. Award Administration Information<br><br> 1. Award Notices: If a student application is successful, we notify<br>the IHE's U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send the IHE a<br>Grant Award Notice (GAN). We may notify the IHE informally, also.<br>
If a student application is not evaluated or not selected for<br>funding, we notify the IHE.<br> 2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: We identify<br>administrative and national policy requirements in the application<br>
package and reference these and other requirements in the Applicable<br>Regulations section in this notice.<br> We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of<br>an award in the Applicable Regulations section in this notice and<br>
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also<br>incorporates its approved application as part of its binding<br>commitments under the grant.<br> 3. Reporting: At the end of the project period, the IHE must submit<br>
a final performance report, including the final reports of all of the<br>IHE's fellows, and financial information, as directed by the Secretary.<br>The IHE and fellows are required to use the electronic reporting system<br>
International Resource Information System (IRIS) to complete the final<br>report.<br> 4. Performance Measures: Under the Government Performance and<br>Results Act of 1993, the objective for The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral<br>
Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship Program is to provide<br>grants to colleges and universities to fund individual doctoral<br>students to conduct research in other countries in modern foreign<br>languages and area studies for periods of 6 to 12 months.<br>
The Department will use the following DDRA measures to evaluate its<br>success in meeting this objective:<br> Performance Measure 1: The average language competency score of<br>Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship<br>
recipients at the end of their period of research minus their average<br>score at the beginning of the period.<br> Performance Measure 2: Percentage of projects judged successful by<br>program officers, based on information provided in annual performance<br>
reports.<br> Efficiency measure: Cost per fellow increasing language competency<br>by at least one level in one (or all three) area.<br> The information provided by grantees in their performance report<br>submitted via IRIS will be the source of data for this measure.<br>
Reporting screens for institutions and fellows may be viewed at: http:/<br>/<a href="http://www.ieps-iris.org/iris/pdfs/DDRA_fellow.pdf" target="_blank">www.ieps-iris.org/iris/pdfs/DDRA_fellow.pdf</a> and <a href="http://www.ieps-/" target="_blank">http://www.ieps-</a><br>
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Susan R. Loughridge<br>Grants Information Manager<br>Office of Research and Sponsored Programs<br>105 Research & Technology Center<br>Ohio University<br>Athens, OH 45701<br>Ph: 740-593-0374<br>Fx: 740-593-0379<br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:loughrid@ohio.edu" target="_blank">loughrid@ohio.edu</a><br>
Web: <a href="http://research.ohiou.edu/orsp/" target="_blank">http://research.ohiou.edu/orsp/</a><br><br></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Dr. Teresa Franklin<br>Associate Professor<br>Instructional Technology<br>Educational Studies Dept.<br>
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