[Federal Register: July 6, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 130)]
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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
ACTION: Notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2001 for new
awards and announcing pre-application meetings.
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SUMMARY: We invite applications for new grant awards for FY 2001 for
three Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers
Program (DRRP) funding priorities on Strategies for Promoting
Information Technology (IT)-based Educational Opportunities for
Individuals with Disabilities, Strategies for Promoting Information
Technology (IT)-based Employment and Training Opportunities for
Individuals with Disabilities, and Wayfinding Technologies for
Individuals Who Are Blind.
Purpose of the Program: The purpose of the Disability and
Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program is to improve the
effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of
1973. We take this action to focus research attention on areas of
national need. The priorities are intended to improve rehabilitation
services and outcomes for individuals with disabilities.
National Education Goals
The eight National Education Goals focus the Nation's education
reform efforts and provide a framework for improving teaching and
learning.
This notice addresses the National Education Goal that every adult
American will be literate and will possess the knowledge and skills
necessary to compete in a global economy and exercise the rights and
responsibilities of citizenship.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), 34 CFR Parts 74, 75, 77, 81, 82,
85, 86 and 97; and the following program regulations: Disability
Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers--34 CFR part 350, and the
Notice of Final Priority published elsewhere in this issue of the
Federal Register.
Pre-Application Meeting: Interested parties are invited to
participate in pre-application meetings to discuss the funding
priorities. In each meeting you will receive technical assistance and
information about the funding priority. You may attend the meetings
either in person or by conference call at the Department of Education,
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Switzer
Building, Room 3065, 330 C St. SW., Washington, DC between 10:00 a.m.
and 12 noon. NIDRR staff will also be available at this location from
1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on that same day to provide technical assistance
through individual consultation about the funding priority.
Pre-Application Meeting Dates: The pre-application meeting for both
the Resource Center for Strategies for Promoting IT-based Educational
Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities and the Strategies for
Promoting IT-based Employment and Training Opportunities for
Individuals with Disabilities will be held on July 24, 2001. For
further information or to make arrangements to participate in the July
24, 2001, meeting contact Richard Wilson, Switzer Building, room 3033C,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202. Internet:
Richard.Wilson@ed.gov Telephone (202) 205-9088.
The pre-application meeting for the Wayfinding Technologies for
Individuals Who Are Blind will be held on July 25, 2001. For further
information or to make arrangements to participate in the July 25,
2001, meeting contact William Peterson, Switzer Building, room 3425,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202. Internet:
William.Peterson@ed.gov Telephone (202) 205-9192. If you use a
telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD), you may call (202) 205-
4475.
Assistance to Individuals With Disabilities at the Public Meetings
The meeting site is accessible to individuals with disabilities,
and a sign language interpreter will be available. If you need an
auxiliary aid or service other than a sign language interpreter in
order to participate in the meeting (e.g. other interpreting service
such as oral, cued speech, or tactile interpreter; assistive listening
device; or materials in alternative format), notify the contact person
listed in this notice at least two weeks before the scheduled meeting
date. Although we will attempt to meet
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a request we receive after this date, we may not be able to make
available the requested auxiliary aid or service because of
insufficient time to arrange it.
Application Notice for Fiscal Year 2001--Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects, CFDA No. 84-133A
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Estimated Maximum award
Funding priority Deadline for transmittal number of amount (per Project period
of applications awards year)* (months)
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84.133A-1 Strategies for Promoting IT- August 17, 2001......... 2 $300,000 60
based Educational Opportunities for
Individuals with Disabilities.
84.133A-18 Strategies for Promoting IT- August 17, 2001......... 2 300,000 60
based Employment and Training
Opportunities for Individuals with
Disabilities.
84.133A-19 Wayfinding Technologies for August 17, 2001......... 1 450,000 60
Individuals Who are Blind.
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* We will reject without consideration or evaluation any application that proposes a project funding level that
exceeds the stated maximum award amount in any year (See 34 CFR 75.104(b)).
Note: The estimate of funding level and awards in this notice do not bind the Department of Education to a
specific level of funding or number of grants.
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.
Selection Criteria: The selection criteria to be used for these
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, S.W.,
room 3317, Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-2550. Telephone:
(202) 205-8351. 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, S.W., room 3414, Switzer Building,
Washington, DC 20202-2645. Telephone: (202) 205-5880. Individuals who
use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the TDD
number at (202) 205-4475. Internet: Donna.Nangle@ed.gov
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, or computer diskette)
on request to the contact person listed in the preceding paragraph.
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:
www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister
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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://
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Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762(g) and 764(b).
Dated: July 2, 2001.
Francis V. Corrigan,
Deputy Director, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation
Research.
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