1. 2022

   In FY 2022, the Department received $8 million for Hawkins Centers of Excellence appropriated under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116). We funded 12 new awards.

2. 2024

   FY24, the Department received $15 million for Hawkins Centers of Excellence. We funded 26 new awards.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

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. The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of higher education only. All grants awarded under the Hawkins Centers of Excellence Program are designated as training grants. The Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) limit reimbursement to grantees for indirect costs they incur under training grants to the grantee’s actual indirect costs as determined by the grantee’s negotiated indirect cost agreement or a maximum of 8 percent of a modified total direct cost base, whichever is less. (NOTE: This limitation does not apply to State agencies, or local governments, or federally recognized Indian tribal governments. [§75.562(c) (2)]).

1. II, B, Subpart 2, The Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA) is designed to support centers of excellence at institutions of higher education (IHEs).