[Federal Register: July 10, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 132)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No.: 84.133A-4]
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; National
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research; Notice Inviting
Applications and Pre-application for a New Disability and
Rehabilitation Research Project for Fiscal Year 2000
Purpose of the Program: The purpose of the Disability and
Rehabilitation Research Project and Centers Program is to improve the
effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of
1973. The Assistant Secretary takes this action to focus research
attention on an area of national need. The priority is intended to
improve rehabilitation services and outcomes for individuals with
disabilities.
The notice of final funding priority on Information Technology
Technical Assistance and Training Center is published elsewhere in this
issue of the Federal Register.
This notice also invites interested parties to participate in a
pre-application meeting to discuss the funding priority for the
Information Technology Technical Assistance and Training Center and to
receive technical assistance through individual consultation and
information about the funding priority. The pre-application meeting
will be held on July 31, 2000 at the Department of Education, Office of
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Switzer Building, Room
3065, 330 C St. SW, Washington, DC between 10 a.m. and 12 a.m. 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. NIDRR will
make alternate arrangements to accommodate interested parties who are
unable to attend the pre-application meeting in person. For further
information contact William Peterson, Switzer Building, room 3425, 330
C Street, SW, Washington, DC 20202. Telephone (202) 205-9192. If you
use a TTY, please call (202) 205-4475.
Assistance to Individuals With Disabilities at the Public Meeting
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 alternate format), notify the contact person
listed in this Notice at least two weeks before the scheduled meeting
date. Although we will attempt to meet 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.
This notice supports the National Education Goal that calls for all
Americans to possess the knowledge and skills necessary to compete in a
global economy and exercise the rights and responsibilities of
citizenship.
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.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: September 1, 2000.
Application Available: July 15, 2000.
Maximum Award Amount per year: $1,500,000.
Note: The Secretary will reject without consideration or
evaluation any application that proposes a project funding level
that exceeds the stated maximum award amount in any year (See 34 CFR
75.104(b)).
Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
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.
Project Period: 60 months.
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), 34 CFR Parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81,
82, 85, and 86, and the program regulations 34 CFR Part 350.
For Applications Contact: The Grants and Contracts Service Team
(GCST), Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Switzer
Building, 3317, Washington, D.C. 20202, or call (202) 205-8207.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the TDD number at (202) 205-9860. The preferred method for
requesting information is to FAX your request to (202) 205-8717.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternate format by contacting the GCST. However, the
Department is not able to reproduce in an alternate 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 3414, Switzer Building,
Washington, D.C. 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
alternate format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the contact person listed in the preceding
paragraph.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers: 84.133A, Disability
and Rehabilitation Research Projects)
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 760-764.
Dated: July 3, 2000.
Judith E. Heumann,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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