[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 103 (Friday, May 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29191-29192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13647]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.133A-15]


Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, National 
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research; Notice Inviting 
Applications and Pre-application Meeting for a New Disability and 
Rehabilitation Research Project for Fiscal Year 1999

SUMMARY: This notice provides closing dates and other information 
regarding the transmittal of applications for a fiscal year 1999 
competition by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation 
Research. The purpose of the Disability and Rehabilitation Research 
Project (DRRP) is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized 
under the Act. Section 21 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 
amended, requires that NIDRR reserve a portion of its appropriated 
funds for a fiscal year to carry out certain activities. Section 
21(b)(2)(A) authorizes NIDRR to make awards to minority entities and 
Indian tribes to carry out activities authorized under Title II of the 
Act.
    This notice also invites 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. The pre-application meeting for the DRRP 
will be held on June 25, 1999 at the Department of Education, Office of 
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Room 3065, Switzer 
Building, 330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 
p.m. NIDRR staff will also be available at this location from 12:00 
p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on that same day to provide technical assistance 
through individual consultation and information about the funding 
priority. For further information contact Dr. Constance Pledger, U.S. 
Department of Education, Room 3423, Switzer Building. 600 Maryland 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202. Individuals who use a 
telecommunications device (TDD) may call the TDD number at (202) 205-
5516. NIDRR will make alternate 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

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device, or materials in an 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 that 
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 
every adult American to possess the skills necessary to compete in a 
global economy.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 13, 1999.
    Applications Available: May 28, 1999.
    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 estimates 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: 36 months.
    Eligible Applicants: Parties eligible to apply for a grant under 
this program are minority entities and Indian tribes. Minority entities 
are defined as a Historically Black College or University (a Part B 
institution, as defined in Section 322(2) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965), a Hispanic-serving institution of higher education, an 
American Indian tribal college or university, or another institution of 
higher education whose minority student enrollment is at least 50 
percent.
    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), 34 CFR Parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81, 
82, 85, and 86; (b) Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and 
Centers--34 CFR Part 350 (see particularly Subpart B). The notice of 
final funding priority on Building Capacity for Research on Underserved 
Populations with Disabilities is published elsewhere in this issue of 
the Federal Register.
    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, S.W., room 3418, 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) 205-2742. Internet: Donna__N[email protected].
    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.

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 either of the 
following sites:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm
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    To use the PDF you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader Program with 
Search, which is available free at either of the proceeding sites. If 
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6498.

    Note: The official version of this document is the document 
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Regulations is available on GPO access at:

http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html

    Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 718.

    Dated: May 25, 1999.
Judith E. Heumann,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
[FR Doc. 99-13647 Filed 5-27-99; 8:45 am]
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