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OMB Control No: 1840-0005	ICR Reference No: 202301-1840-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202005-1840-001
Agency/Subagency: ED/OPE	Agency Tracking No: ED-2023-SCC-0015
Title: Application Forms and Instructions for the Fulbright-Hays Training Grants: Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (CFDA Number 84.022A) and Faculty Research Abroad (CFDA Number 84.019A)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 03/02/2023
	Date Received in OIRA: 01/23/2023
Terms of Clearance: The collection approval date of 1 year is used as there is a proposed rulemaking underway (RIN 1870-AD90) that seeks to revise eligibility requirements for the Fulbright grants.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2024	12 Months From Approved	07/31/2023
Responses	480	0	360
Time Burden (Hours)	11,500	0	9,000
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The purpose of Section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (Fulbright-Hays Act) is to promote and develop modern foreign language training and area studies throughout the educational structure of the United States. To help accomplish this objective, fellowships are awarded through US institutions of higher education to American faculty and dissertation students enabling them to conduct overseas research and enhance their foreign language proficiency. Under the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) and the Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad (FRA) programs, individual scholars apply through eligible institutions for an institutional grant to support the research fellowship. These institutions administer the program in cooperation with the US Department of Education (US/ED) as provided under the authority of Sections 102(b)(6) and 104(e)(1) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, 34 CFR Parts 662, and the Policy Statements of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FSB). This information collection request is a revision based on a program change due to agency discretion. It is adding adding to the currently approved respondents and burden hours the number of respondents and burden hours for the FRA program, which has been inactive since 2010. DDRA and FRA are two closely related programs funded under the Fulbright-Hays Act and their applications are cleared under the same OMB number: 1840-0005. In FY 2011 funding for these programs was significantly reduced and we could no longer afford to fund the FRA program, so we retired it. It has only been recently that we have been able to reactivate the program and run competitions again. The application for FRA is still cleared under OMB number 1840-0005 with the DDRA application, and we are revising the information collection to include the FRA program.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 22 USC 2452(b)(6) Name of Law: Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 3982	01/23/2023
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 3982	01/23/2023
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	480	360	170	-50
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	11,500	9,000	3,750	-1,250
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is a revision to a currently approved collection. The increase in burden hours and number of respondents are the result of a program change due to agency discretion. The increase is because this collection is adding the FRA program, which has been inactive since 2010. DDRA and FRA are two closely related programs funded under the Fulbright-Hays Act and their applications are cleared under the same OMB number: 1840-0005. In FY 2011 funding for these programs was significantly reduced and we could no longer afford to fund the FRA program, so we retired it. It has only been recently that we have been able to reactivate the program and run competitions again. This program change adds 2500 burden hours and 120 responses. The program change comes to 0 due to removing an IC and adding it to another IC.”

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $151,042

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Pamela Maimer 202 453-6891

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