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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Through the implementation of the use the following address: http://
Plan, NIDRR seeks to—(1) Improve the www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/
Office of Special Education and quality and utility of disability and grantapps/index.html.
Rehabilitative Services; Overview rehabilitation research; (2) Foster an To obtain a copy from ED Pubs, write,
Information; National Institute on exchange of expertise, information, and fax, or call the following: Education
Disability and Rehabilitation Research training to facilitate the advancement of Publications Center, P.O. Box 1398,
(NIDRR)—Disability Rehabilitation knowledge and understanding of the Jessup, MD 20794–1398. Telephone, toll
Research Projects and Centers unique needs of traditionally free: 1–877–433–7827. FAX: (301) 470–
Program—Rehabilitation Research and underserved populations; (3) Determine 1244. If you use a telecommunications
Training Centers (RRTCs)—RRTC on best strategies and programs to improve device for the deaf (TDD), call, toll free:
Vocational Rehabilitation (VR); Notice rehabilitation outcomes for underserved 1–877–576–7734.
Inviting Applications for New Awards populations; (4) Identify research gaps; You can contact ED Pubs at its Web
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 (5) Identify mechanisms of integrating site, also: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/
research and practice; and (6) edpubs.html or at its e-mail address:
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Disseminate findings. edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
(CFDA) Number: 84.133B–3. Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762(g) If you request an application from ED
Dates: and 764(b)(2). Pubs, be sure to identify this
Applications Available: June 28, 2007. Applicable Regulations: (a) The competition as follows: CFDA Number
Deadline for Transmittal of Education Department General 84.133B–3.
Applications: August 17, 2007. Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in Individuals with disabilities can
Date of Pre-Application Meeting: July 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, obtain a copy of the application package
16, 2007. 85, 86, and 97. (b) The regulations for in an alternative format (e.g., Braille,
this program in 34 CFR part 350. (c) The large print, audiotape, or computer
Full Text of Announcement diskette) by contacting the person or
notice of final priority for this program,
I. Funding Opportunity Description published elsewhere in this issue of the team listed under Alternative Format in
Federal Register. section VIII in this notice.
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
2. Content and Form of Application
the RRTC program is to improve the Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 Submission: Requirements concerning
effectiveness of services authorized apply to institutions of higher education
the content of an application, together
under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as (IHEs) only.
with the forms you must submit, are in
amended, through advanced research,
II. Award Information the application package for this
training of rehabilitation personnel, and
competition.
providing technical assistance to Type of Award: Discretionary grants. Page Limit: The application narrative
rehabilitation service providers, Estimated Available Funds: $650,000. (Part III of the application) is where you,
individuals with disabilities, and the Maximum Award: We will reject any the applicant, address the selection
family members or other authorized application that proposes a budget criteria that reviewers use to evaluate
representatives of individuals with exceeding $650,000 for a single budget your application. We recommend that
disabilities. period of 12 months. The Assistant you limit Part III to the equivalent of no
Priority: This priority is from the Secretary for Special Education and more than 75 pages, using the following
notice of final priority for the Disability Rehabilitative Services may change the standards:
and Rehabilitation Research Projects maximum amount through a notice • A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5’’ × 11’’, on one side
and Centers program, RRTC program, published in the Federal Register. only, with 1’’ margins at the top,
published elsewhere in this issue of the bottom, and both sides.
Note: The maximum amount includes
Federal Register. direct and indirect costs. The maximum • Double space (no more than three
Absolute Priority: For FY 2007, this allowable indirect cost rate is 15 percent. lines per vertical inch) all text in the
priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 application narrative. Single spacing
CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
may be used for titles, headings,
applications that meet this priority. Note: The Department is not bound by any footnotes, quotations, references, and
This priority is: estimates in this notice. captions, as well as all text in charts,
Rehabilitation Research and Training Project Period: Up to 60 months. tables, figures, and graphs.
Center (RRTC) on Vocational • Use a font that is either 12 point or
Rehabilitation (VR). III. Eligibility Information larger or no smaller than 10 pitch
Note: This program is in concert with 1. Eligible Applicants: States; public (characters per inch).
President George W. Bush’s New Freedom or private agencies, including for-profit The suggested page limit does not
Initiative (NFI) and NIDRR’s Final Long- agencies; public or private apply to Part I, the cover sheet; Part II,
Range Plan for FY 2005–2009 (Plan). The NFI organizations, including for-profit the budget section, including the
can be accessed on the Internet at the organizations; IHEs; and Indian tribes narrative budget justification; Part IV,
following site: and tribal organizations. the assurances and certifications; or the
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/ one-page abstract, the resumes, the
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
newfreedom.
competition does not require cost bibliography, or the letters of support.
The Plan is comprehensive and sharing or matching. However, the page limit does apply to
integrates many issues relating to all of the application narrative (Part III).
disability and rehabilitation research IV. Application and Submission The application package will provide
Information
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topics. The Plan, which was published instructions for completing all
in the Federal Register on February 15, 1. Address to Request Application components to be included in the
2006 (71 FR 8165), can be accessed on Package: You can obtain an application application. Each application must
the Internet at the following site: http:// package via the Internet or from the include a cover sheet (Standard Form
www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/ Education Publications Center (ED 424); budget requirements (ED Form
nidrr/policy.html. Pubs). To obtain a copy via the Internet 524) and budget narrative justification;

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other required forms; an abstract, restrictions in the Applicable Therefore, we strongly recommend that
Human Subjects narrative, Part III Regulations section in this notice. you do not wait until the application
narrative; resumes of staff; and other 6. Other Submission Requirements: deadline date to begin the submission
related materials, if applicable. Applications for grants under this process through Grants.gov.
3. Submission Dates and Times: competition may be submitted • You should review and follow the
Applications Available: June 28, 2007. electronically or in paper format by mail Education Submission Procedures for
Deadline for Transmittal of or hand delivery. submitting an application through
Applications: August 17, 2007. a. Electronic Submission of Grants.gov that are included in the
Pre-Application Meeting: Interested Applications. application package for this competition
parties are invited to participate in a To comply with the President’s to ensure that you submit your
pre-application meeting to discuss the Management Agenda, we are application in a timely manner to the
priority and to receive information and participating as a partner in the Grants.gov system. You can also find the
technical assistance through individual Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site. Education Submission Procedures
consultation. The pre-application Rehabilitation Research and Training pertaining to Grants.gov at http://e-
meeting will be held on July 16, 2007. Centers, CFDA number 84.133B–3, is Grants.ed.gov/help/
Interested parties may participate in this included in this project. We request GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.
meeting by conference call with NIDRR your participation in Grants.gov. • To submit your application via
staff from the Office of Special If you choose to submit your Grants.gov, you must complete all steps
Education and Rehabilitative Services application electronically, you must use in the Grants.gov registration process
between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., Washington, the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply (see http://www.grants.gov/applicants/
DC time. On the same day, NIDRR staff site at http://www.Grants.gov. Through get_registered.jsp). These steps include
this site, you will be able to download (1) registering your organization, a
also will be available from 3:30 p.m. to
a copy of the application package, multi-part process that includes
4:30 p.m., by telephone, to provide
complete it offline, and then upload and registration with the Central Contractor
information and technical assistance
submit your application. You may not e- Registry (CCR); (2) registering yourself
through individual consultation. For
mail an electronic copy of a grant as an Authorized Organization
further information or to make
application to us. Representative (AOR); and (3) getting
arrangements to participate on the
You may access the electronic grant authorized as an AOR by your
conference call or for an individual
application for Rehabilitation Research organization. Details on these steps are
consultation, contact Donna Nangle,
and Training Centers at http:// outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step
U.S. Department of Education, Potomac
www.Grants.gov. You must search for Registration Guide (see http://
Center Plaza, room 6030, 550 12th www.grants.gov/section910/
the downloadable application package
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20202. Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf).
for this competition by the CFDA
Telephone: (202) 245–7462 or by e-mail: You also must provide on your
number. Do not include the CFDA
Donna.Nangle@ed.gov. application the same D–U–N–S Number
number’s alpha suffix in your search
Applications for grants under this used with this registration. Please note
(e.g., search for 84.133, not 84.133B).
competition may be submitted Please note the following: that the registration process may take
electronically using the Grants.gov • Your participation in Grants.gov is five or more business days to complete,
Apply site (Grants.gov), or in paper voluntary. and you must have completed all
format by mail or hand delivery. For • When you enter the Grants.gov site, registration steps to allow you to submit
information (including dates and times) you will find information about successfully an application via
about how to submit your application submitting an application electronically Grants.gov. In addition you will need to
electronically, or in paper format by through the site, as well as the hours of update your CCR registration on an
mail or hand delivery, please refer to operation. annual basis. This may take three or
section IV. 6. Other Submission • Applications received by Grants.gov more business days to complete.
Requirements in this notice. are date and time stamped. Your • You will not receive additional
We do not consider an application application must be fully uploaded and point value because you submit your
that does not comply with the deadline submitted and must be date and time application in electronic format, nor
requirements. stamped by the Grants.gov system no will we penalize you if you submit your
Individuals with disabilities who later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC application in paper format.
need an accommodation or auxiliary aid time, on the application deadline date. • If you submit your application
in connection with the application Except as otherwise noted in this electronically, you must submit all
process should contact the person listed section, we will not consider your documents electronically, including all
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION application if it is date and time information you typically provide on
CONTACT in section VII in this notice. If stamped by the Grants.gov system later the following forms: Application for
the Department provides an than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on Federal Assistance (SF 424), the
accommodation or auxiliary aid to an the application deadline date. When we Department of Education Supplemental
individual with a disability in retrieve your application from Information for SF 424, Budget
connection with the application Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are Information—Non-Construction
process, the individual’s application rejecting your application because it Programs (ED 524), and all necessary
remains subject to all other was date and time stamped by the assurances and certifications. Please
requirements and limitations in this Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m., note that two of these forms—the SF 424
notice. Washington, DC time, on the and the Department of Education
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4. Intergovernmental Review: This application deadline date. Supplemental Information for SF 424—
program is not subject to Executive • The amount of time it can take to have replaced the ED 424 (Application
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 upload an application will vary for Federal Education Assistance).
CFR part 79. depending on a variety of factors, • If you submit your application
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference including the size of the application and electronically, you must attach any
regulations outlining funding the speed of your Internet connection. narrative sections of your application as

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files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich whether your application will be application by hand, on or before the
text), or .PDF (Portable Document) accepted. application deadline date, to the
format. If you upload a file type other Note: The extensions to which we refer in Department at the following address:
than the three file types specified in this this section apply only to the unavailability U.S. Department of Education,
paragraph or submit a password- of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov Application Control Center, Attention:
protected file, we will not review that system. We will not grant you an extension (CFDA Number 84.133B–3), 550 12th
material. if you failed to fully register to submit your Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center
• Your electronic application must application to Grants.gov before the Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260.
comply with any page-limit application deadline date and time or if the The Application Control Center
requirements described in this notice. technical problem you experienced is accepts hand deliveries daily between 8
• After you electronically submit unrelated to the Grants.gov system. a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC
your application, you will receive from time, except Saturdays, Sundays, and
Grants.gov an automatic notification of b. Submission of Paper Applications by Federal holidays.
receipt that contains a Grants.gov Mail.
Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper
tracking number. (This notification If you submit your application in Applications: If you mail or hand deliver
indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not paper format by mail (through the U.S. your application to the Department—
receipt by the Department.) The Postal Service or a commercial carrier), (1) You must indicate on the envelope
Department then will retrieve your you must mail the original and two and—if not provided by the Department—in
application from Grants.gov and send a copies of your application, on or before Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number,
second notification to you by e-mail. including suffix letter, if any, of the
the application deadline date, to the
competition under which you are submitting
This second notification indicates that Department at the applicable following your application; and
the Department has received your address: (2) The Application Control Center will
application and has assigned your By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: mail to you a notification of receipt of your
application a PR/Award number (an ED- U.S. Department of Education, grant application. If you do not receive this
specified identifying number unique to Application Control Center, notification within 15 business days from the
your application). application deadline date, you should call
Attention: (CFDA Number 84.133B–
• We may request that you provide us 3), 400 Maryland Avenue,
the U.S. Department of Education
original signatures on forms at a later Application Control Center at (202) 245–
SW.,Washington, DC 20202–4260 6288.
date. or
Application Deadline Date Extension By mail through a commercial carrier:
in Case of Technical Issues with the V. Application Review Information
U.S. Department of Education,
Grants.gov System: If you are 1. Selection Criteria: The selection
Application Control Center, Stop
experiencing problems submitting your criteria for this competition are from 34
4260, Attention: (CFDA Number
application through Grants.gov, please CFR 350.54 and are listed in the
84.133B–3), 7100 Old Landover
contact the Grants.gov Support Desk, application package.
Road,Landover, MD 20785–1506. 2. Review and Selection Process:
toll-free, at 1–800–518–4726. You must
obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case Regardless of which address you use, Additional factors we consider in
Number and must keep a record of it. you must show proof of mailing determining the merits of an application
If you are prevented from consisting of one of the following: are as follows—
electronically submitting your (1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service The Secretary is interested in
application on the application deadline postmark. outcomes-oriented research or
date because of technical problems with (2) A legible mail receipt with the development projects that use rigorous
the Grants.gov system, we will grant you date of mailing stamped by the U.S. scientific methodologies. To address
an extension until 4:30 p.m., Postal Service. this interest applicants are encouraged
Washington, DC time, the following (3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or to articulate goals, objectives, and
business day to enable you to transmit receipt from a commercial carrier. expected outcomes for the proposed
your application electronically or by (4) Any other proof of mailing research or development activities.
hand delivery. You also may mail your acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. Proposals should describe how results
application by following the mailing Department of Education. and planned outputs are expected to
instructions described elsewhere in this If you mail your application through contribute to advances in knowledge,
notice. the U.S. Postal Service, we do not improvements in policy and practice,
If you submit an application after 4:30 accept either of the following as proof and eventually to public benefits for
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the of mailing: individuals with disabilities. Applicants
application deadline date, please (1) A private metered postmark. should propose projects that are
contact the person listed elsewhere in (2) A mail receipt that is not dated by optimally designed to be consistent with
this notice under FOR FURTHER the U.S. Postal Service. these goals. We encourage applicants to
INFORMATION CONTACT and provide an If your application is postmarked after include in their application a
explanation of the technical problem the application deadline date, we will description of how results will measure
you experienced with Grants.gov, along not consider your application. progress towards achievement of
with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not anticipated outcomes, the mechanisms
Number. We will accept your uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before that will be used to evaluate outcomes
application if we can confirm that a relying on this method, you should check associated with specific problems or
technical problem occurred with the with your local post office. issues, and how the proposed activities
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Grants.gov system and that that problem c. Submission of Paper Applications will support new intervention
affected your ability to submit your by Hand Delivery. approaches and strategies, including a
application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, If you submit your application in discussion of measures of effectiveness.
DC time, on the application deadline paper format by hand delivery, you (or Submission of the information
date. The Department will contact you a courier service) must deliver the identified in this section V. Review and
after a determination is made on original and two copies of your Selection Process is voluntary, except

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where required by the selection criteria research and development activities in To use PDF you must have Adobe
listed in the application package. refereed journals. Acrobat Reader, which is available free
• The percentage of new grants that at this site. If you have questions about
VI. Award Administration Information include studies funded by NIDRR that using PDF, call the U.S. Government
1. Award Notices: If your application assess the effectiveness of interventions, Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–
is successful, we notify your U.S. programs, and devices using rigorous 888–293–6498; or in the Washington,
Representative and U.S. Senators and and appropriate methods. DC, area at (202) 512–1530.
send you a Grant Award Notice (GAN). NIDRR uses information submitted by Note: The official version of this document
We may notify you informally, also. grantees as part of their Annual is the document published in the Federal
If your application is not evaluated or Performance Reports (APRs) for these Register. Free Internet access to the official
not selected for funding, we notify you. reviews. NIDRR also determines, using edition of the Federal Register and the Code
2. Administrative and National Policy information submitted as part of the of Federal Regulations is available on GPO
Requirements: We identify APR, the number of publications in Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/
administrative and national policy refereed journals that are based on index.html.
requirements in the application package NIDRR-funded research and
and reference these and other Dated: June 25, 2007.
development activities.
requirements in the Applicable John H. Hager,
Department of Education program
Regulations section in this notice. performance reports, which include Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
We reference the regulations outlining Rehabilitative Services.
information on NIDRR programs, are
the terms and conditions of an award in available on the Department’s Web site: [FR Doc. E7–12543 Filed 6–27–07; 8:45 am]
the Applicable Regulations section in http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
this notice and include these and other opepd/sas/index.html.
specific conditions in the GAN. The Updates on the Government
GAN also incorporates your approved Performance and Results Act of 1993 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
application as part of your binding (GPRA) indicators, revisions and
commitments under the grant. National Institute on Disability and
methods appear on the NIDRR Program Rehabilitation Research—Disability
3. Reporting: At the end of your Review Web site: http://
project period, you must submit a final and Rehabilitation Research Projects
www.neweditions.net/pr/commonfiles/ and Centers Program—Rehabilitation
performance report, including financial pmconcepts.html.
information, as directed by the Research and Training Centers
Grantees should consult these sites, (RRTCs)
Secretary. If you receive a multi-year on a regular basis, to obtain details and
award, you must submit an annual explanations on how NIDRR programs AGENCY: Office of Special Education and
performance report that provides the contribute to the advancement of the Rehabilitative Services, Department of
most current performance and financial Department’s long-term and annual Education.
expenditure information as directed by performance goals. ACTION: Notice of final priority for a
the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118. The RRTC on Vocational Rehabilitation.
Secretary may also require more VII. Agency Contact
frequent performance reports under 34 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for
CFR 75.720(c). Donna Nangle, U.S. Department of Special Education and Rehabilitative
Note: NIDRR will provide information by Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Services announces a priority on
letter to grantees on how and when to submit room 6029, Potomac Center Plaza, vocational rehabilitation under the
the report. Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: Disability and Rehabilitation Research
4. Performance Measures: To evaluate (202) 245–7462 or by e-mail: Projects and Centers Program
the overall success of its research donna.nangle@ed.gov. administered by the National Institute
program, NIDRR assesses the quality of If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll on Disability and Rehabilitation
its funded projects through review of free, at 1–800–877–8339. Research (NIDRR). The Assistant
grantee performance and products. Each Secretary may use this priority for
VIII. Other Information competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2007
year, NIDRR examines, through expert
review, a portion of its grantees to Alternative Format: Individuals with and later years. We take this action to
determine: disabilities can obtain this document focus research attention on areas of
• The percentage of newly awarded and a copy of the application package in national need. We intend this priority to
NIDRR projects that are multi-site, an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large improve rehabilitation services and
collaborative controlled studies of print, audiotape, or computer diskette) outcomes for individuals with
interventions and programs. by contacting the Grants and Contracts disabilities.
• The number of accomplishments Services Team, U.S. Department of DATES: Effective Date: This priority is
(e.g., new or improved tools, methods, Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., effective July 30, 2007.
discoveries, standards, interventions, room 5075, Potomac Center Plaza, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
programs, or devices) developed or Washington, DC 20202–2550. Donna Nangle, U.S. Department of
tested with NIDRR funding that have Telephone: (202) 245–7363. If you use a Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
been judged by expert panels to be of TDD, call the FRS, toll free, at 1–800– room 6030, Potomac Center Plaza,
high quality and to advance the field. 877–8339. Washington, DC 20202–2700.
• The percentage of grantee research Electronic Access to This Document: Telephone: (202) 245–7462 or via
and development that has appropriate You can view this document, as well as Internet: donna.nangle@ed.gov.
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study design, meets rigorous standards all other documents of this Department If you use a telecommunications
of scientific and/or engineering published in the Federal Register, in device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
methods, and builds on and contributes text or Adobe Portable Document the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at
to knowledge in the field. Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 1–800–877–8339.
• The average number of publications following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ Individuals with disabilities may
per award based on NIDRR-funded fedregister. obtain this document in an alternative

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