Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math
Science held grant competitions in 2012 and 2017. Under the 2012
competition, applicants could choose to respond to three
competitive preference priorities; the Department of Education
required successful applicants that had responded to the second and
third priorities to provide information in their annual performance
reports (APRs) on how they had implemented the priorities. In
contrast, under the 2017 competition, the Department established
only one competitive preference priority--one that was new to the
applicants. Accordingly, for APRs for the 2017-22 grant cycle (the
first of which grantees will submit in late 2018), the Department
intends to drop the obsolete 2012-17 language about the two older
priorities and to explain instead what information the Department
needs on grantees' implementation of the one priority included in
the 2017 competition.
The number of respondents has
decreased from 992 to 975 and the total burden hours have decreased
from 16864 to 16575 over the funding cycle. The decrease in the
number of projects funded is a result of grantees having been
unsuccessful in the most recent UB and UBMS competition and not
meeting substantial progress requirements for continuations.
Therefore, the number of projects currently completing the UB APR
is 975 grantees. The reduction in burden and respondents is
considered an adjustment. There are no other changes to the
documents.
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