FR Doc E5-7119
[Federal Register: December 9, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 236)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services National
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research--Disability and
Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program--Advanced
Rehabilitation Research Training Projects
ACTION: Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year
(FY) 2006; correction.
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SUMMARY: On November 15, 2005, we published in the Federal Register (70
FR 69321) a notice inviting applications for new awards for FY 2006 for
the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers
Program--Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training (ARRT) Projects
Competition. The notice contained incorrect information about the
submission of applications. The information on page 69323, column one,
last paragraph, through the second column on page 69234, is corrected
to read as follows:
``Applications for grants under this competition may be
submitted electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site
(Grants.gov), or in paper format by mail or hand delivery. For
information (including dates and times) about how to submit your
application electronically, or by mail or hand delivery, please
refer to section IV. 6. Other Submission Requirements in this
notice.
We do not consider an application that does not comply with the
deadline requirements.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This program is not subject to
Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining
funding restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this
notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under
this competition may be submitted electronically or in paper format
by mail or hand delivery.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications
We have been accepting applications electronically through the
Department's e-Application system since FY 2000. In order to expand
on those efforts and comply with the President's Management Agenda,
we are continuing to participate as a partner in the new government
wide Grants.gov Apply site in FY 2006. Advanced Rehabilitation
Research Training Projects--CFDA Number 84.133P is one of the
programs included in this project. We request your participation in
Grants.gov.
If you choose to submit your application electronically, you
must use the Grants.gov Apply site at http://www.Grants.gov. Through
this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application
package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your
application. You may not e-mail
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an electronic copy of a grant application to us.
You may access the electronic grant application for Advanced
Rehabilitation Research Training Projects at: http://www.grants.gov.
You must search for the downloadable application package for this
program by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha
suffix in your search.
Please note the following:
Your participation in Grants.gov is voluntary.
When you enter the Grants.gov site, you will find
information about submitting an application electronically through
the site, as well as the hours of operation.
Applications received by Grants.gov are time and date
stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted, and
must be date/time stamped by the Grants.gov system no later than
4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date.
Except as otherwise noted in this section, we will not consider your
application if it is date/time stamped by the Grants.gov system
later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application
deadline date. When we retrieve your application from Grants.gov, we
will notify you if we are rejecting your application because it was
date/time stamped by the Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date.
The amount of time it can take to upload an application
will vary depending on a variety of factors including the size of
the application and the speed of your Internet connection.
Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do not wait until the
application deadline date to begin the application process through
Grants.gov.
You should review and follow the Education Submission
Procedures for submitting an application through Grants.gov that are
included in the application package for this competition to ensure
that you submit your application in a timely manner to the
Grants.gov system. You can also find the Education Submission
Procedures pertaining to Grants.gov at http://www.grants.gov/assets/GrantsgovCoBrandBrochure8X11.pdf.
To submit your application via Grants.gov, you must
complete all of the steps in the Grants.gov registration process
(see http://www.Grants.gov/GetStarted). These steps include (1)
registering your organization, (2) registering yourself as an
Authorized Organization Representative (AOR), and (3) getting
authorized as an AOR by your organization. Details on these steps
are outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step Registration Guide (see http://www.grants.gov/assets/GrantsgovCoBrandBrochure8X11.pdf). You also
must provide on your application the same D-U-N-S Number used with
this registration. Please note that the registration process may
take five or more business days to complete, and you must have
completed all registration steps to allow you to successfully submit
an application via Grants.gov.
You will not receive additional point value because you
submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize
you if you submit your application in paper format.
You may submit all documents electronically, including
all information typically included on the Application for Federal
Education Assistance (ED 424), Budget Information--Non-Construction
Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and certifications.
If you choose to submit your application electronically, you must
attach any narrative sections of your application as files in a .DOC
(document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF (Portable Document) format. If
you upload a file type other than the three file types specified
above or submit a password protected file, we will not review that
material.
Your electronic application must comply with any page
limit requirements described in this notice.
After you electronically submit your application, you
will receive an automatic acknowledgment from Grants.gov that
contains a Grants.gov tracking number. The Department will retrieve
your application from Grants.gov and send you a second confirmation
by e-mail that will include a PR/Award number (an ED-specified
identifying number unique to your application).
We may request that you provide us original signatures
on forms at a later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of System
Unavailability
If you are prevented from electronically submitting your
application on the application deadline date because of technical
problems with the Grants.gov system, we will grant you an extension
until 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business day to
enable you to transmit your application electronically, or by hand
delivery. You also may mail your application by following the
mailing instructions as described elsewhere in this notice. If you
submit an application after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
deadline date, please contact the person listed elsewhere in this
notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, and provide an
explanation of the technical problem you experienced with
Grants.gov, along with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number (if
available). We will accept your application if we can confirm that a
technical problem occurred with the Grants.gov system and that that
problem affected your ability to submit your application by 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. The
Department will contact you after a determination is made on whether
your application will be accepted.
Note: Extensions referred to in this section apply only to the
unavailability of or technical problems with the Grants.gov system.
We will not grant you an extension if you failed to fully register
to submit your application to Grants.gov before the deadline date
and time or if the technical problem you experienced is unrelated to
the Grants.gov system.
b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail
If you submit your application in paper format by mail (through
the U.S. Postal Service or a commercial carrier), you must mail the
original and two copies of your application, on or before the
application deadline date, to the Department at the applicable
following address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: U.S. Department of
Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.133P), 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-4260,
or
By mail through a commercial carrier: U.S. Department of
Education, Application Control Center--Stop 4260, Attention: (CFDA
Number 84.133P), 7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD 20785-1506.
Regardless of which address you use, you must show proof of
mailing consisting of one of the following:
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark,
(2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by
the U.S. Postal Service,
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a
commercial carrier, or
(4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of
the U.S. Department of Education.
If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, we
do not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark, or
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after the application deadline
date, we will not consider your application.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated
postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your
local post office.
c. Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery
If you submit your application in paper format by hand delivery,
you (or a courier service) must deliver the original and two copies
of your application by hand, on or before the application deadline
date, to the Department at the following address: U.S. Department of
Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.133P), 550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202-4260.
The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily
between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, except Saturdays,
Sundays and Federal holidays.
Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications: If you
mail or hand deliver your application to the Department:
(1) You must indicate on the envelope and--if not provided by
the Department--In Item 4 of the Application for Federal Education
Assistance (ED 424) the CFDA number--and suffix letter, if any--of
the competition under which you are submitting your application.
(2) The Application Control Center will mail a grant application
receipt acknowledgment to you. If you do not receive
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the grant application receipt acknowledgment within 15 business days
from the application deadline date, you should call the U.S.
Department of Education Application Control Center at (202) 245-
6288.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Nangle, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 6030, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202-2550. Telephone: (202) 245-7462 or by e-mail:
donna.nangle@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request by contacting the following office: The Grants and
Contracts Services Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2550.
Telephone: (202) 245-7363.
Electronic Access to This Document: You may view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the
Internet at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister.
To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available
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Note: The official version of this document is the document
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Dated: December 5, 2005.
John H. Hager,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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