Applications for New Awards; Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Program, Part A

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The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNH) Program, Part A Grants.

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 132 (Monday, July 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Applications for New Awards; Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-
Serving Institutions Program, Part A

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice
inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the
Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNH) Program,
Part A Grants.

DATES:
Applications Available: July 14, 2025.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 13, 2025.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 12, 2025.
Note: For new potential grantees unfamiliar with grantmaking at the
Department, please consult our ``Getting Started with Discretionary
Grant Applications'' web page at <a href="https://www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/apply-grant/getting-started-discretionary-grant-applications">https://www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/apply-grant/getting-started-discretionary-grant-applications</a>.

ADDRESSES: For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an
application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to
Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the
Federal Register on December 23, 2024 (89 FR 104528) and available at
<a href="http://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/23/2024-30488/common-instructions-for-applicants-to-department-of-education-discretionary-grant-programs">www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/23/2024-30488/common-instructions-for-applicants-to-department-of-education-discretionary-grant-programs</a>. Please note that these Common Instructions supersede
the version published on December 7, 2022.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robyn Wood, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20202-
4260. Telephone: (202) 987-1577. Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#075568657e69295068686347626329606871"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="673508051e09493008080327020349000811">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.
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:

Full Text of Announcement

I. Funding Opportunity Description

Purpose of Program: The ANNH Program provides grants to eligible
institutions of higher education (IHEs) to enable them to improve and
expand their capacity to serve Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian
students. Institutions may use these grants to plan, develop, or
implement activities that strengthen the institution.
Assistance Listing Numbers: 84.031N (Alaska Native) and 84.031W
(Native Hawaiian).
OMB Control Number: 1840-0810.
Priorities: This notice contains two invitational priorities, in
accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(i).
Invitational Priorities: For FY 2025 and any subsequent year in
which we make awards from the list of unfunded applications from this
competition, these priorities are invitational priorities. Under 34 CFR
75.105(c)(1), we do not give an application that meets the invitational
priority a competitive or absolute preference over other applications.
The priorities are:
Invitational Priority One: Expanding access to distance education,
workforce-based options, or shortened time-to-degree models. Applicants
should demonstrate how their projects, institutions, or proposals are
designed to promote education choice in the following ways:
Expand access to postsecondary distance education, competency-based
or skills-based education, pre-apprenticeships, apprenticeships, part-
time coursework and career preparation, work-based learning or
shortened time-to-degree models, and programs or coursework that lead
to high-wage, high-skilled, or in-demand, industry recognized
credentials.
Invitational Priority Two: Advancing Artificial Intelligence in
Education. Projects that implement or promote greater understanding of
Artificial Intelligence (AI) through one or both of the following: (1)
supporting the integration of AI tools into the institution's pedagogy
or student support services to improve postsecondary educational
outcomes for students or (2) expanding students' understanding of
artificial intelligence by (a) expanding offerings of AI and computer
science courses as part of an institution of higher education's general
education curriculum; (b) embedding AI and computer science into an
institution of higher education's general preservice or in-service
teacher professional development or teacher preparation programs, or
(c) targeting additional support to teacher preparation programs that
are preparing future computer science educators in K-12 education.
Note: For purposes of this priority (and consistent with the
definition proposed in the Secretary's Supplemental Priorities,
published in the Federal Register May 21, 2025 (90 FR 21710)), Computer
Science means the study of computers and algorithmic processes,
including their principles, their hardware and software designs,
theories, computational thinking, coding, analytics, applications, and
Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Computer science often includes computer programming or coding as a
tool to create software, including applications, games, websites, and
tools to manage or manipulate data; or development and management of
computer hardware and the other electronics related to sharing,
securing, and using digital information. In addition to coding, the
expanding field of computer science emphasizes computational thinking
and interdisciplinary problem-solving to equip students with the skills
and abilities necessary to apply computation to the digital world.
Computer science does not involve using computers for everyday
tasks, such as browsing the internet or using tools like word
processors, spreadsheets, or presentation software. Instead, it focuses
on creating and developing technology, not just utilizing it.
Definitions: The definitions below apply to this competition and
are from 20 U.S.C. 1059d, 20 U.S.C. 7517, 20 U.S.C 7546, 43 U.S.C.
1602, and 34 CFR 77.1.
Alaska Native or Native has the meaning as defined in section
1602(b) of title 43 and includes the descendants of individuals so
defined. (20 U.S.C. 7546). That definition is: a citizen of the United
States who is a person of one-fourth degree or more Alaska Indian
(including Tsimshian Indians not enrolled in the Metlaktla Indian
Community) Eskimo, or Aleut blood, or combination thereof. The term
includes any Native as so defined either or both of whose adoptive
parents are not Natives. It also includes, in the absence of proof of a
minimum blood quantum, any citizen of the United States who is regarded
as an Alaska Native by the Native village or Native group of which he
claims to be a member and whose father or mother is (or, if deceased,
was) regarded as Native by any village or group. Any decision of the
Secretary regarding eligibility for enrollment shall be final. (43
U.S.C. 1602(b))
Alaska Native-serving institution means an institution of higher
education that--
(1) Is an eligible institution under section 1058(b) of title 20;
and
(2) At the time of application, has an enrollment of undergraduate
students that is at least 20 percent Alaska Native students. (20 U.S.C.
1059d)
Fiscal year means the Federal fiscal year--a period beginning on
October 1 and ending on the following September 30. (34 CFR 77.1)
Grantee means the legal entity to which a grant is awarded and that
is accountable to the Federal Government for the use of the funds
provided. The grantee is the entire legal entity even if only a
particular component of the entity is designated in the grant award
notice (GAN). For example, a GAN may name as the grantee one school or
campus of a university. In this case, the granting agency usually
intends, or actually intends, that the named component assume primary
or sole responsibility for administering the grant-assisted project or
program. Nevertheless, the naming of a component of a legal entity as
the grantee in a grant award document shall not be construed as
relieving the whole legal entity from accountability to the Federal
Government for the use of the funds provided. (This definition is not
intended to affect the eligibility provision of grant programs in which
eligibility is limited to organizations that may be only components of
a legal entity.) The term ``grantee'' does not include any secondary
recipients, such as subgrantees and contractors, that may receive funds
from a grantee pursuant to a subgrant or contract. (34 CFR 77.1)
Logic model (also referred to as theory of action) means a
framework that identifies key project components of the proposed
project (i.e., the active ``ingredients'' that are hypothesized to be
critical to achieving the relevant outcomes) and describes the
theoretical and operational relationships among the key project
components and relevant outcomes. (34 CFR 77.1)
Native Hawaiian means any individual who is--
(1) A citizen of the United States; and

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(2) A descendant of the aboriginal people who, prior to 1778,
occupied and exercised sovereignty in the area that now comprises the
State of Hawaii, as evidenced by--
(i) Genealogical records;
(ii) Kupuna (elders) or Kamaaina (long-term community residents)
verification; or
(iii) Certified birth records. (20 U.S.C. 7517)
Native Hawaiian-serving institution means an institution of higher
education which--
(1) Is an eligible institution under section 1058(b) of title 20;
and
(2) At the time of application, has an enrollment of undergraduate
students that is at least 10 percent Native Hawaiian students. (20
U.S.C. 1059d)
Project means the activity described in an application. (34 CFR
77.1)
Project component means an activity, strategy, intervention,
process, product, practice, or policy included in a project. Evidence
may pertain to an individual project component or to a combination of
project components (e.g., training teachers on instructional practices
for English learners and follow-on coaching for these teachers). (34
CFR 77.1)
Relevant outcome means the student outcome(s) or other outcome(s)
the key project component is designed to improve, consistent with the
specific goals of the program. (34 CFR 77.1)
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1059d.
Note: In 2008, the HEA was amended by the Higher Education
Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA), Pub. L. 110-315. Please note that the
ANNH regulations in 34 CFR part 607 have not been updated to reflect
these statutory changes. The statute supersedes all other regulations.
Note: Projects will be awarded and must be operated in a manner
consistent with the nondiscrimination requirements contained in the
Federal civil rights laws.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 82, 84, 86, 97,
98, and 99. (b) The Office of Management and Budget Guidelines to
Agencies on Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) in
2 CFR part 180, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department
in 2 CFR part 3485. (c) The Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards in 2 CFR part
200, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department in 2 CFR
part 3474. (d) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR part 607.
Note: As of October 1, 2024, grant applicants must follow the
provisions stated in the OMB Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance
(89 FR 30046, April 22, 2024) when preparing an application.

II. Award Information

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. Five-year Individual
Development Grants and Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants will
be awarded in FY 2025.
Note: A cooperative arrangement is an arrangement to carry out
allowable grant activities between an institution eligible to receive a
grant under this part and one or more other eligible or ineligible
IHEs, under which the resources of the cooperating institutions are
combined and shared to better achieve the purposes of this part and
avoid costly duplication of effort.
Estimated Available Funds: $14,800,000.
Contingent upon the availability of funds and the quality of
applications, we may make additional awards in subsequent years from
the list of unfunded applications from this competition.
Individual Development Grants:
Estimated Range of Awards: $950,000-$1,000,000 per year.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $975,000 per year.
Maximum Award: We will not make an award exceeding $1,000,000 for a
single budget period of 12 months.
Estimated Number of Awards: 10.
Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants:
Estimated Range of Awards: $1,000,000-$1,500,000 per year.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $1,250,000 per year.
Maximum Award: We will not make an award exceeding $1,500,000 for a
single budget period of 12 months.
Estimated Number of Awards: 3.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.

III. Eligibility Information

1. a. Eligible Applicants: This program is authorized by title III,
part A, of the HEA. To qualify as an eligible institution under any
title III, part A program, an institution must--
(i) Be accredited or preaccredited by a nationally recognized
accrediting agency or association that the Secretary has determined to
be a reliable authority as to the quality of education or training
offered;
(ii) Be legally authorized by the State in which it is located to
be a junior or community college or to provide an educational program
for which it awards a bachelor's degree;
(iii) Demonstrate that it (1) has an enrollment of needy students
as described in 34 CFR 607.3; and (2) has low average education and
general expenditures per full-time equivalent (FTE) undergraduate
student as described in 34 CFR 607.4.
To qualify as an eligible institution under the ANNH Program at the
time of submission of their applications, an institution also must--
Certify that an Alaska Native-serving institution has an enrollment
of undergraduate students that are at least 20 percent Alaska Native
students or that a Native Hawaiian-serving institution has an
enrollment of undergraduate students that is at least 10 percent Native
Hawaiian students. An assurance form, which is included in the
application materials for this competition, must be signed by an
official for the applicant and submitted with this application.
Note: The notice announcing the FY 2025 process for designation of
eligible institutions and inviting applications for waiver of
eligibility requirements was published in the Federal Register on March
6, 2025 (90 FR 11408). Only institutions that the Department determines
as eligible, or which are granted a waiver under the process described
in the notice, may apply for a grant in this program.
An eligible IHE may only submit one Individual Development Grant
application. However, an eligible IHE may submit one application for an
Individual Development Grant and a Cooperative Arrangement Development
Grant. Both may be awarded in the same fiscal year. A grantee with an
Individual Development Grant or a Cooperative Arrangement Development
Grant may be a partner in one or more Cooperative Arrangement
Development Grants. The lead institution in a Cooperative Arrangement
Development Grant must be an eligible institution. Partners are not
required to be eligible institutions. Current program grantees who have
an Individual Development Grant under ANNH, Part A may not apply for
another Individual Development Grant in this competition unless their
grant ends on September 30, 2025.
b. Relationship between the Title III, Part A Programs and the
Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program: A grantee under
the HSI Program, which is authorized under title V of the HEA, may not
receive a grant under any HEA, title III, part A program. 20 U.S.C.
1101d. The title III, part A programs are the Strengthening
Institutions Program, the ANNH

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program, the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Program, the
Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving
Institutions Program, the Predominantly Black Institutions Program, and
the Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions Program.
Furthermore, a current title III, Part A or title V program grantee may
not give up its grant to receive a grant under ANNH, as described in 34
CFR 607.2(g)(1).
An eligible HSI that is not a current grantee under the above-cited
programs may apply for a FY 2025 grant under all title III, part A
programs for which it is eligible, as well as receive consideration for
a grant under the HSI program. However, a successful applicant may
receive only one grant, as described in 34 CFR 607.2(g)(1).
2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not require cost
sharing or matching.
b. Supplement-Not-Supplant: This program involves supplement-not-
supplant funding requirements. Grant funds must be used so that they
supplement and, to the extent practical, increase the funds that would
otherwise be available for the activities to be carried out under the
grant and in no case supplant those funds (34 CFR 607.30(b)).
c. Indirect Cost Rate Information: A grantee may not use an
indirect cost rate to determine allowable cost under its grant (34 CFR
607.30(c)).
d. Administrative Cost Limitation: This program does not include
any program-specific limitation on administrative expenses. All
administrative expenses must be reasonable and necessary and conform to
Cost Principles described in 2 CFR part 200 subpart E of the Uniform
Guidance.
3. Subgrantees: A grantee under this competition may not award
subgrants to entities to directly carry out project activities
described in its application.
4. Other: General Application Requirements: All applicants must
meet the following application requirement in order to be considered
for funding. The application requirement is from 34 CFR 75.112 (<a href="https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-34/section-75.112">https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-34/section-75.112</a>).
Applicants must include a logic model (as defined in 34 CFR
77.1(c)) or other conceptual framework.

IV. Application and Submission Information

1. Application Submission Instructions: Applicants are required to
follow the Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of
Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal
Register on December 23, 2024 (89 FR 104528) and available at
<a href="http://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/23/2024-30488/common-instructions-for-applicants-to-department-of-education-discretionary-grant-programs">www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/23/2024-30488/common-instructions-for-applicants-to-department-of-education-discretionary-grant-programs</a>, which contain requirements and information on how to
submit an application. Please note that these Common Instructions
supersede the version published on December 7, 2022.2.
2. Intergovernmental Review: This program is subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under Executive Order
12372 is in the application package for this program. Please note that,
under 34 CFR 79.8(a) (<a href="http://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-34/subtitle-A/part-79/section-79.8#p-79.8">www.ecfr.gov/current/title-34/subtitle-A/part-79/section-79.8#p-79.8</a>(a)), we have shortened the standard 60-day
intergovernmental review period in order to make awards by the end of
FY 2025.
3. Funding Restrictions: We specify unallowable costs in 34 CFR
607.10(c). We reference additional regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice.
4. Recommended Page Limit: The application narrative is where you,
the applicant, address the selection criteria that reviewers use to
evaluate your application. We recommend that you limit the application
narrative to no more than 55 pages for Individual Development Grants
and to no more than 75 pages for Cooperative Arrangement Development
Grants. If you are addressing one or both invitational priorities, we
recommend that you limit your response to no more than an additional
three pages for each priority. Please include a separate heading when
responding to a priority. We also recommend that you use the following
standards:
<bullet> A ``page'' is 8.5'' x 11'', on one side only, with 1''
margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.
<bullet> Double-space (no more than three lines per vertical inch)
all text in the application narrative, including titles, headings,
footnotes, quotations, references, and captions, as well as all text in
charts, tables, figures, and graphs.
<bullet> Use a font that is either 12 point or larger and no
smaller than 10 pitch (characters per inch).
<bullet> Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier,
Courier New, or Arial.
The recommended page limit does not apply to the cover sheet; the
budget section, including the narrative budget justification; the
assurances and certifications; or the one-page abstract and the
bibliography. However, the recommended page limit does apply to all of
the application narrative.
Note: The Budget Information-Non-Construction Programs Form (ED
524) Sections A-C do not substitute a response to the Budget selection
criterion. A detailed budget and narrative are required in the Budget
selection criterion response in order to receive points.

V. Application Review Information

1. Selection Criteria: The following selection criteria for this
competition are from 34 CFR 607.22(a) through (g) and 34 CFR 75.210.
Applicants should address each of the following selection criteria
separately for each proposed activity. The selection criteria are worth
a total of 100 points. The maximum score for each criterion is noted in
parentheses.
(a) Quality of the applicant's comprehensive development plan. (up
to 20 points)
The extent to which--
(1) The strengths, weaknesses, and significant problems of the
institution's academic programs, institutional management, and fiscal
stability are clearly and comprehensively analyzed and result from a
process that involved major constituencies of the institution. (5
points)
(2) The goals for the institution's academic programs,
institutional management, and fiscal stability are realistic and based
on comprehensive analysis. (5 points)
(3) The objectives stated in the plan are measurable, related to
institutional goals, and, if achieved, will contribute to the growth
and self-sufficiency of the institution. (5 points)
(4) The plan clearly and comprehensively describes the methods and
resources the institution will use to institutionalize practice and
improvements developed under the proposed project, including, in
particular, how operational costs for personnel, maintenance, and
upgrades of equipment will be paid with institutional resources. (5
points)
(b) Quality of activity objectives. (up to 16 points)
The extent to which the objectives for each activity are--
(1) Realistic and defined in terms of measurable results. (8
points)
(2) Directly related to the problems to be solved and to the goals
of the comprehensive development plan. (8 points)
(c) Quality of implementation strategy. (up to 16 points)

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The extent to which--
(1) The implementation strategy for each activity is comprehensive.
(4 points)
(2) The rationale for the implementation strategy for each activity
is clearly described and is supported by the results of relevant
studies or projects. (4 points)
(3) The timetable for each activity is realistic and likely to be
attained. (4 points)
(4) The quality of the logic model or other conceptual framework
underlying the proposed project, including how inputs are related to
outcomes. (4 points)
(d) Quality of key personnel. (up to 8 points)
The extent to which--
(1) The past experience and training of key professional personnel
are directly related to the stated activity objectives. (4 points)
(2) The time commitment of key personnel is realistic. (4 points)
(e) Quality of project management plan. (up to 16 points)
The extent to which--
(1) Procedures for managing the project are likely to ensure
efficient and effective project implementation. (8 points)
(2) The project coordinator and activity directors have sufficient
authority to conduct the project effectively, including access to the
president or chief executive officer. (8 points)
(f) Quality of evaluation plan. (up to 16 points)
The extent to which--
(1) The data elements and the data collection procedures are
clearly described and appropriate to measure the attainment of activity
objectives and to measure the success of the project in achieving the
goals of the comprehensive development plan. (8 points)
(2) The data analysis procedures are clearly described and are
likely to produce formative and summative results on attaining activity
objectives and measuring the success of the project on achieving the
goals of the comprehensive development plan. (8 points)
(g) Budget. (up to 8 points)
The extent to which the proposed costs are necessary and reasonable
in relation to the project's objectives and scope.
2. Review and Selection Process: We remind potential applicants
that in reviewing applications in any discretionary grant competition,
the Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR 75.217(d)(3), the past
performance of the applicant in carrying out a previous award, such as
the applicant's use of funds, achievement of project objectives, and
compliance with grant conditions. The Secretary may also consider
whether the applicant failed to submit a timely performance report or
submitted a report of unacceptable quality.
In addition, in making a competitive grant award, the Secretary
requires various assurances, including those applicable to Federal
civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in programs or
activities receiving Federal financial assistance from the Department
(34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23).
A panel of three non-Federal reviewers will review and score each
application in accordance with the selection criteria. The applications
will be put in a rank order based on the average scores received from
the peer review.
In tie-breaking situations for development grants, under 34 CFR
607.23(b), we must award additional tie-breaker points to tied
applications in the following three areas. We award one additional
point to an application from an IHE that has an endowment fund of which
the current market value, per full-time equivalent enrolled student, is
less than the average current market value of the endowment funds, per
FTE enrolled student, at comparable type institutions that offer
similar instruction. We award one additional point to an application
from an IHE that has expenditures for library materials per FTE
enrolled student that are less than the average expenditure for library
materials per FTE enrolled student at similar type institutions. We
also add one additional point to an application from an IHE that
proposes to carry out one or more of the following activities--
(1) Faculty development;
(2) Funds and administrative management;
(3) Development and improvement of academic programs;
(4) Acquisition of equipment for use in strengthening management
and academic programs;
(5) Joint use of facilities; and
(6) Student services.
For the purpose of these funding considerations, we use 2022-2023
data.
If a tie remains after applying the tie-breaker mechanism above,
priority will be given to applicants that have the lowest endowment
values per FTE enrolled student.
3. Risk Assessment and Specific Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR
200.206, before awarding grants under this program the Department
conducts a review of the risks posed by applicants. Under 2 CFR
200.208, the Secretary may impose specific conditions and, under 2 CFR
3474.10, in appropriate circumstances, high-risk conditions on a grant
if the applicant or grantee is not financially stable; has a history of
unsatisfactory performance; has a financial or other management system
that does not meet the standards in 2 CFR part 200, subpart D; has not
fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; or is otherwise not
responsible.
4. Integrity and Performance System: If you are selected under this
competition to receive an award that over the course of the project
period may exceed the simplified acquisition threshold (currently
$250,000), under 2 CFR 200.206(a)(2), we must make a judgment about
your integrity, business ethics, and record of performance under
Federal awards--that is, the risk posed by you as an applicant--before
we make an award. In doing so, we must consider any information about
you that is in the integrity and performance system (currently referred
to as the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System
(FAPIIS)), accessible through the System for Award Management. You may
review and comment on any information about yourself that a Federal
agency previously entered and that is currently in FAPIIS.
Please note that, if the total value of your currently active
grants, cooperative agreements, and procurement contracts from the
Federal Government exceeds $10,000,000, the reporting requirements in 2
CFR part 200, Appendix XII, require you to report certain integrity
information to FAPIIS semiannually. Please review the requirements in 2
CFR part 200, Appendix XII, if this grant plus all the other Federal
funds you receive exceed $10,000,000.
5. In General: In accordance with the Office of Management and
Budget's guidance located at 2 CFR part 200, all applicable Federal
laws, and relevant Executive guidance, the Department will review and
consider applications for funding pursuant to this notice inviting
applications in accordance with--
(a) Selecting recipients most likely to be successful in delivering
results based on the program objectives through an objective process of
evaluating Federal award applications (2 CFR 200.205);
(b) Prohibiting the purchase of certain telecommunication and video
surveillance services or equipment in alignment with section 889 of the
National Defense Authorization Act of 2019 (Pub. L. 115-232) (2 CFR
200.216);
(c) Providing a preference, to the extent permitted by law, to
maximize

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use of goods, products, and materials produced in the United States (2
CFR 200.322); and
(d) Terminating agreements in whole or in part to the greatest
extent authorized by law if an award no longer effectuates the program
goals or agency priorities (2 CFR 200.340).

VI. Award Administration Information

1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we notify your
U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award
Notification (GAN); or we may send you an email containing a link to
access an electronic version of your GAN. We may also notify you
informally.
If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding,
we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy requirements in the application
package and reference these and other requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice and
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Open Licensing Requirements: Unless an exception applies, if you
are awarded a grant under this competition, you will be required to
openly license to the public grant deliverables created in whole, or in
part, with Department grant funds. When the deliverable consists of
modifications to pre-existing works, the license extends only to those
modifications that can be separately identified and only to the extent
that open licensing is permitted under the terms of any licenses or
other legal restrictions on the use of pre-existing works.
Additionally, a grantee or subgrantee that is awarded competitive grant
funds must have a plan to disseminate these public grant deliverables.
This dissemination plan can be developed and submitted after your
application has been reviewed and selected for funding. For additional
information on the open licensing requirements please refer to 2 CFR
3474.20.
4. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a grant under this competition,
you must ensure that you have in place the necessary processes and
systems to comply with the reporting requirements in 2 CFR part 170
should you receive funding under the competition. See the standards in
2 CFR 170.105 to determine whether you are covered by 2 CFR part 170.
(b) At the end of your project period, you must submit a final
performance report, including financial information, as directed by the
Secretary. If you receive a multiyear award, you must submit an annual
performance report that provides the most current performance and
financial expenditure information as directed by the Secretary under 34
CFR 75.118. The Secretary may also require more frequent performance
reports under 34 CFR 75.720(c). For specific requirements on reporting,
please go to <a href="http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html">www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html</a>.
5. Performance Measures: The performance measures for the ANNH
program are established for purposes of Department reporting under 34
CFR 75.110. The objectives of the program are:
(a) The percentage change, over the 5-year period, of the number of
full-time degree-seeking undergraduates enrolled at Alaska Native and
Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (Note: This is a long-term
measure, which will be used to periodically gauge performance);
(b) The percentage of first-time, full-time degree-seeking
undergraduate students at 4-year Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-
Serving Institutions who were in their first year of postsecondary
enrollment in the previous year and are enrolled in the current year at
the same Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institution;
(c) The percentage of first-time, full-time degree-seeking
undergraduate students at 2-year Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-
Serving Institutions who were in their first year of postsecondary
enrollment in the previous year and are enrolled in the current year at
the same Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institution;
(d) The percentage of first-time, full-time degree-seeking
undergraduate students enrolled at 4-year Alaska Native and Native
Hawaiian-Serving Institutions who graduate within 6 years of
enrollment; and
(e) The percentage of first-time, full-time degree-seeking
undergraduate students enrolled at 2-year Alaska Native and Native
Hawaiian-Serving Institutions who graduate within 3 years of
enrollment.
6. Continuation Awards: In making a continuation award under 34 CFR
75.253, the Secretary considers, among other things: whether a grantee
has made substantial progress in achieving the goals and objectives of
the project; whether the grantee has expended funds in a manner that is
consistent with its approved application and budget; and, if the
Secretary has established performance measurement requirements, whether
the grantee has made substantial progress in achieving the performance
targets in the grantee's approved application, or whether the
continuation of the project is in the best interest of the Federal
Government.
In making a continuation award, the Secretary also considers
whether the grantee is operating in compliance with the assurances in
its approved application, including those applicable to Federal civil
rights laws that prohibit discrimination in programs or activities
receiving Federal financial assistance from the Department (34 CFR
100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23).

VII. Other Information

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Signing Authority

This document of the U.S. Department of Education was signed on
July, 9 2025, by Christopher J. McCaghren, ED.D, Acting Assistant
Secretary Office of Postsecondary Education. That document with the
original signature and date is maintained by the U.S. Department of
Education. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance with

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requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned has
been authorized to sign the document in electronic format for
publication, as an official document of the U.S. Department of
Education. This administrative process in no way alters the legal
effect of this document upon publication in the Federal Register.

Sharon Cooke,
Associate Director, Office of the Executive Secretariat, Office of the
Secretary, U.S. Department of Education.
[FR Doc. 2025-13153 Filed 7-11-25; 8:45 am]
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