Notice2021-12845
Peer Review Opportunities With the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE), and Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)
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June 23, 2021
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The U.S. Department of Education (Department) announces opportunities for individuals to participate in its peer review process by reviewing applications for competitive grant funding under the programs administered by OESE, OPE, and OSERS.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 118 (Wednesday, June 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32908-32909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-12845]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Peer Review Opportunities With the U.S. Department of Education's
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), Office of
Postsecondary Education (OPE), and Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)
AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of
Postsecondary Education, and Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Education (Department) announces
opportunities for individuals to participate in its peer review process
by reviewing applications for competitive grant funding under the
programs administered by OESE, OPE, and OSERS.
DATES: Requests to serve as a peer reviewer for fiscal year 2021 will
be accepted on an ongoing basis, aligned with this year's grant
competition schedule. Requests to serve as a peer reviewer should be
submitted at least four weeks prior to the program's application
deadline noted on the Department's website under ``Forecast of Funding
Opportunities'' at <a href="http://www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/find/edlite-forecast.html">www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/find/edlite-forecast.html</a>.
This notice highlights the specific needs of OESE, OPE, and OSERS.
ADDRESSES: An individual interested in serving as a peer reviewer must
register and upload his or her resume in the Department's grants
management system known as ``G5'' at <a href="http://www.g5.gov">www.g5.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
OESE: Richard Wilson, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue SW, Room 3W101, Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: (202) 453-6709.
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2f5d464c474e5d4b015846435c40416f4a4b01484059"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ee9c878d868f9c8ac09987829d8180ae8b8ac0898198">[email protected]</span></a>.
OPE: Tonya Hardin, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue SW, Room 2C205, Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: (202) 453-7694.
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#73071c1d0a125d1b1201171a1d3316175d141c05"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="baced5d4c3db94d2dbc8ded3d4fadfde94ddd5cc">[email protected]</span></a>.
OSERS: Kate Friday, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue SW, Room 5081B, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-5076.
Telephone: (202) 245-7605. Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#650e0411004b03170c01041c2500014b020a13"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f19a908594df978398959088b19495df969e87">[email protected]</span></a>.
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: The mission of the Department is to promote
student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by
fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access. The
Department pursues its mission by funding programs that will improve
access to high-quality educational opportunities and programs that
pursue innovations in teaching and learning with a focus on underserved
students. The Department also funds programs in other areas as
authorized by statute. Grant funds are awarded to State educational
agencies; local educational agencies (i.e., school districts); State,
local, or Tribal governments; nonprofit organizations; institutions of
higher education (IHEs), including IHEs that have experience in the
operation of American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Service
programs; and other entities through a competitive process referred to
as a grant competition.
Each year the Department convenes panels of external education
professionals and practitioners to serve as peer reviewers.\1\ Peer
reviewers evaluate and score submitted applications against program-
specific criteria and announced priorities. Application scores are then
used to inform the Secretary's funding decisions.
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\1\ Please note that the Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
uses different peer review processes and procedures than those
described in this notice. More information on the IES peer review
process can be found at: <a href="https://ies.ed.gov/director/sro/application_review.asp">https://ies.ed.gov/director/sro/application_review.asp</a>. IES also administers its research grant
competitions on a different timeline from other offices in the
Department.
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Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for
Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government, directs Federal
agencies to ``assess whether underserved communities and their members
face systemic barriers in accessing benefits and opportunities
available pursuant to those policies and programs.'' We believe that
increasing the diversity of peer reviewers is an important element of
the Department's efforts to implement this Executive order. As a
result, the Department is particularly interested in peer reviewers who
represent diverse experiences and perspectives and whose expertise
pertains to OESE, OPE, and OSERS grant competitions.
This year, OESE is managing nearly 15 grant competitions to fund a
range of projects that support education innovation and research;
educator growth and diversity; magnet, community, and charter schools;
literacy; arts education; history and civics education; and American
Indian/Alaska Native education.
Similarly, OPE is conducting over 20 grant competitions to fund a
wide range of projects, including projects to support improvements in
educational quality, management, and financial stability at colleges
and universities that enroll high numbers of underserved students;
projects to provide high-quality support services to improve retention
and graduation rates of students who are low income or first-generation
college students or individuals with disabilities; projects designed to
strengthen foreign language instruction, area and international studies
teaching and research, professional preparation and development for
educators, and curriculum development at the K-12, graduate, and
postsecondary levels; and other innovative projects designed to improve
postsecondary education. OPE grant competitions will take place between
now and the end of the calendar year.
OSERS is managing nearly 20 grant competitions that will take place
between now and September 2021. The competitions in OSERS' Office of
Special Education Programs (OSEP) include those under the following
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programs: State Personnel Development Grants; Personnel Development;
Technical Assistance and Dissemination; Educational Technology, Media,
and Materials; and Parent Training and Information. The remaining
competitions in OSERS' Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)
include those under the following programs: Training of Interpreters
for Individuals Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Individuals Who Are
Deaf-Blind, Training in Specialized Training; Rehabilitation Short-Term
Training, Client Assistance Program; American Indian Vocational
Rehabilitation Training and Technical Assistance Center; and Section
21, Traditionally Underserved Populations.
The Department seeks to expand its pool of peer reviewers to ensure
that applications are evaluated by individuals with up-to-date and
relevant knowledge of educational interventions and practices across
the learning continuum, from early education to college and career, and
in a variety of learning settings. Department peer reviewers are
education and vocational rehabilitation professionals who have gained
subject matter expertise through their education and work as teachers,
professors, principals, administrators, school counselors, researchers,
evaluators, content developers, or vocational rehabilitation
professionals or interpreters. Peer reviewers can be active education
professionals, in any educational level or sector, or those who are
retired but stay informed of current educational content and issues. No
prior experience as a peer reviewer is required.
Peer reviewers for each competition will be selected based on
several factors, including each reviewer's program-specific expertise,
the number of applications to be reviewed, how peer reviewers can
support the Department's implementation of Executive Order 13985, and
the availability of prospective reviewers. Individuals selected to
serve as peer reviewers are expected to participate in training;
independently read, score, and provide written evaluative comments on
assigned applications; and participate in facilitated panel
discussions. Panel discussions are held via conference calls. The time
commitment for peer reviewers is usually several hours a day over a
period of one to four weeks. Peer reviewers receive an honorarium
payment as monetary compensation for successfully reviewing
applications.
If you are interested in serving as a peer reviewer for the
Department, you should first review the program web pages of the grant
programs that match your area of expertise. You can access information
on each grant program from the link provided on the Department's grants
forecast page at <a href="http://www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/find/edlite-forecast.html">www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/find/edlite-forecast.html</a>. If
you have documented experience that you believe qualifies you to serve
as a peer reviewer for one or more specific grant programs, please
register in G5, at <a href="http://www.g5.gov">www.g5.gov</a>, which allows the Department to manage
and assign potential peer reviewers to competitions that may draw upon
their professional backgrounds and expertise. A toolkit that includes
helpful information on how to be considered as a peer reviewer for
programs administered by the Department can be found at <a href="http://www2.ed.gov/documents/peer-review/peer-reviewer-toolkit.pptx">www2.ed.gov/documents/peer-review/peer-reviewer-toolkit.pptx</a>. Neither the
submission of a resume nor registration in G5 guarantees you will be
selected to be a peer reviewer.
In addition to registering in G5, some OPE and OSERS/RSA peer
reviews may require being registered in the System for Award Management
(SAM). Note that registration in <a href="http://SAM.gov">SAM.gov</a> requires an active Data
Universal Numbering System Number (DUNS). Since registration for some
of these processes can take longer than a week, interested individuals
are encouraged to register in advance of being contacted by the
Department. In addition to registering in G5, some OSERS/OSEP peer
reviews require being approved to serve on the Office of Special
Education's Standing Panel. Individuals should express their interest
to serve as a peer reviewer for OSEP competitions directly to the
competition manager listed in the Notice Inviting Applications at least
two weeks prior to the application closing date.
If you have interest in serving as a reviewer specifically for OESE
competitions (Chart 2 of the Forecast of Funding Opportunities), you
must also send your resume to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#38777d6b7d685d5d4a6a5d4e515d4f6a5d5b4a4d514c555d564c785d5c165f574e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="98d7ddcbddc8fdfdeacafdeef1fdefcafdfbeaedf1ecf5fdf6ecd8fdfcb6fff7ee">[email protected]</span></a>. If you
have interest in serving as a reviewer specifically for RSA
competitions (Chart 4B) also send your resume to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#46141507162323341423302f233106232268212930"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e0b2b3a1b0858592b28596898597a08584ce878f96">[email protected]</span></a>
and <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dab5a9bfa8a9aaa8a99abfbef4bdb5ac"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f8978b9d8a8b888a8bb89d9cd69f978e">[email protected]</span></a>. The subject line of the email should read
``Prospective 2021 Peer Reviewer.'' In the body of the email list all
programs for which you would like to be considered to serve as a peer
reviewer.
Requests to serve as a peer reviewer should be submitted at least
four weeks prior to the program's application deadline, noted on the
forecast page, to provide program offices with sufficient time to
review resumes and determine an individual's suitability to serve as a
peer reviewer for a specific competition. If you are selected to serve
as a peer reviewer, the program office will contact you.
Accessible Format: On request to the person(s) 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.
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Program Authority: Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965,
as amended (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), and the Rehabilitation Act of
1973, as amended by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29
U.S.C. 701 et seq.).
Donna M. Harris-Aikens,
Senior Advisor for Policy and Planning, delegated the authority to
perform the functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 2021-12845 Filed 6-22-21; 8:45 am]
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