[Federal Register: September 12, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 177)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No.: 84.133A]
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; National
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research--Disability
Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Program; Notice Inviting
Applications for Fiscal Year (FY) 2003
Purpose of the Program: The purpose of the DRRP Program is to
improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (the Act), as amended.
For FY 2003, the competition for new awards focuses on projects
designed to meet the priorities we describe in the PRIORITIES section
of this application notice. We intend these priorities to improve the
rehabilitation services and outcomes for individuals with disabilities.
Eligible Applicants: Parties eligible to apply for grants under
this program are States; public or private agencies, including for-
profit agencies; public or private organizations, including for-profit
organizations; institutions of higher education; and Indian tribes and
tribal organizations.
Application Notice for Fiscal Year 2003 Disability Rehabilitation Research Projects, CFDA No. 84-133A
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Maximum
Estimated Estimated award Estimated Project
Funding priority Application Available Deadline for transmittal available average amount number of period
of applications funds size of (per awards (months)
awards year)*
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84.133A-8: Health Services Research..... September 12, 2002......... November 12, 2002......... $600,000 $300,000 $300,000 2 60
84.133A-11: Mental Health Service September 12, 2002......... November 12, 2002......... 600,000 300,000 300,000 2 60
Delivery to Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and
Deaf-Blind Individuals from Diverse
Racial, Ethnic, and Linguistic
Backgrounds.
84.133A-14: Developing Models to Promote September 12, 2002......... November 12, 2002......... 350,000 350,000 350,000 1 60
the Use of NIDRR Research.
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Note 1: We will reject without consideration any application that proposes a budget exceeding the stated maximum award amount in any year (See 34 CFR
75.104(b)).
Note 2: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81,
82, 85, 86 and 97, and (b) The program regulations 34 CFR part 350.
Priorities
This competition focuses on projects designed to meet the
priorities in the notice of final priorities for these programs,
published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.
For FY 2003, these priorities are absolute priorities. Under 34 CFR
75.105(c)(3), we consider only applications that meet one or more of
these priorities.
Selection Criteria: The selection criteria to be used for these
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competitions will be provided in the application package for each
competition.
For Applications Contact: Education Publications Center (ED Pubs),
P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Telephone (toll free): 1-877-433-
7827. FAX: (301) 470-1244. If you use a telecommunications device for
the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll free): 1-877-576-7734.
You may also contact ED Pubs via its Web site: http://www.ed.gov/
pubs/edpubs.html.
Or its E-mail address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify
this competition as follows: CFDA number 84.133A.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternative format by contacting the Grants and Contracts
Services Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 3317, Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-2550. Telephone:
(202) 205-8207. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD), you may call the Federal Information Relay Services (FIRS) at 1-
800-877-8339.
However, the Department is not able to reproduce in an alternative
format the standard forms included in the application package.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Nangle, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3412, Switzer Building,
Washington, DC 20202-2645. Telephone: (202) 205-5880 or via Internet:
Donna.Nangle@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), may call
the TDD number at (202) 205-4475.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the contact person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
Intergovernmental Review
This program is not subject to Executive Order 12372 and the
regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
Electronic Access to This Document
You may review this document, as well as all other Department of
Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or Adobe
Portable Document Format (PDF) on the Internet at the following site:
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To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available
free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in
the Washington, DC area at (202) 512-1530.
Note: The official version of this document is the document
published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the
official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal
Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://
www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html.
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762(g) and 764(b).
Dated: September 9, 2002.
Robert H. Pasternack,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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