11/10/99: National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Notice Inviting Applications and Pre-Application Meeting for a New Award for a Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000, [OSERS]


[Federal Register: November 10, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 217)]
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Part III

Department of Education
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Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; National 
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research Inviting 
Applications and Pre-Application Meeting for a New Award for a 
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) for Fiscal Year (FY) 
2000; Notice


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.133B-9]

 
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services National 
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Notice Inviting 
Applications and Pre-Application Meeting for a New Award for a 
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) for Fiscal Year (FY) 
2000

    Purpose: On March 19, 1999 a notice was published in the Federal 
Register (64 FR 13632) inviting applications for a new FY 1999 award 
for a RRTC on rehabilitation of minorities with disabilities. 
Satisfactory applications were not received under this priority area. 
There is a continuing need for this center.
    The purposes of this notice are to: (1) Invite interested parties 
to participate in a pre-application meeting to discuss the funding 
priority and receive technical assistance through individual 
consultation and information about the funding priority; and (2) invite 
applications for a RRTC on rehabilitation of minorities 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 or 
tribal organizations.
    Applications Available: November 10, 1999.
    Pre-Application Meeting: Interested parties are invited to 
participate in a pre-application meeting to discuss the funding 
priority for a RRTC on rehabilitation of minorities with disabilities 
and to receive technical assistance through individual consultation and 
information about the funding priority. The pre-application meeting 
will be held on December 13, 1999 at the Department of Education, 
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Switzer 
Building, Room 1002, 330 C Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. between 10 
a.m. and 12 noon. NIDRR staff will also be available at this location 
from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on that same day to provide technical 
assistance through individual consultation and information about the 
funding priority. For further information contact Delores Watkins, U.S. 
Department of Education, Switzer Building, room 3426, 400 Maryland 
Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20202. Telephone: (202) 205-9195.
    NIDRR will make alternative arrangements to accommodate interested 
parties who are unable to attend the pre-application meeting in person.

Assistance to Individuals With Disabilities at the Public Meeting

    The meeting site is accessible to individuals with disabilities. If 
you will need an auxiliary aid or service to participate in the meeting 
(e.g., interpreting service, assistive listening device, or materials 
in an alternate format), notify the contact person listed above at 
least two weeks before the scheduled meeting date. Although we will 
attempt to meet a request we receive after that date, we may not be 
able to make available the requested auxiliary aid or service because 
of insufficient time to arrange it.
    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), 34 CFR Parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81, 
82, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99; (b) the regulations for this program in 34 
CFR Part 350; and (c) the notice of final priority published on March 
19, 1999 in the Federal Register (64 FR 13632); and the notice inviting 
application published on March 19, 1999 in the Federal Register (64 FR 
13637).
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: February 4, 2000.
    Maximum Award Amount Per Year: $500,000.

    Note: The Secretary will reject without consideration or 
evaluation any application that proposes a project funding level 
that exceeds the stated maximum award amount per year (See 34 CFR 
75.104(b)).

    Estimated Number of Awards: 1.

    Note: The estimate of funding level and awards in this notice 
does not bind the Department of Education to a specific level of 
funding or number of grants.

    Project Period: 60 months.
    For Applications Contact: Education Publications Center (ED Pubs), 
PO 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 at its Web site: http://www.ed.gov/
pubs/edpubs.html
or you may contact ED Pubs at its E-mail address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application 
package in an alternate format by contacting the Grants and Contracts 
Services Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., 
Room 3317, Switzer Building, Washington, D.C. 20202-2550. Telephone: 
(202) 205-8207. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf 
(TDD), you may call the TDD number at (202) 205-4475. However, the 
Department is not able to reproduce in an alternate format the standard 
forms included in the application package.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: In order to obtain further information 
about the funding priority and the pre-application meeting on the RRTC 
on rehabilitation of minorities with disabilities, contact Delores 
Watkins, U.S. Department of Education, Switzer Building, Room 3426, 330 
C Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20202, or call (202) 205-9195. 
Individuals who use a telecommunications device (TDD) may call the TDD 
number at (202) 205-4475. Internet: Delores__Watkins@ed.gov
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of this document in 
an alternate format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer 
diskette) on request to the contact persons listed in the preceding 
paragraph.

Electronic Access to This Document

    You may view 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 either of the 
following sites:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm
http://www.ed.gov/news.html

To use the PDF you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader Program with 
Search, which is available free at either of the previous sites. If you 
have questions about using the PDF, call the U.S. Government Printing 
Office toll free at 1-888-293-6498; or in the Washington, D.C. area at 
(202) 512-1530.

    Note: The official version of this document is the document 
published in the Federal Register. 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. 761 and 762.

    Dated: November 4, 1999.
Judith E. Heumann,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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