[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 18 (Friday, January 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 5396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01634]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No. SSA-2022-0063]


Retirement and Disability Research Consortium Cooperative 
Agreement

AGENCY: Social Security Administration (SSA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: We anticipate issuing a request for applications (RFA) for the 
Retirement and Disability Research Consortium (RDRC) in early 2023. The 
program will address issues surrounding the Old Age and Survivors 
Insurance (OASI), Disability Insurance (DI), and Supplemental Security 
Income (SSI) programs and related retirement and disability policy 
issues.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt Messel, Office of Research, 
Evaluation, and Statistics, Social Security Administration, 737-291-
8285, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We anticipate issuing a request for 
applications (RFA) for the Retirement and Disability Research 
Consortium (RDRC) in early 2023. The program will address issues 
surrounding the Old Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI), Disability 
Insurance (DI), and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs and 
related retirement and disability policy issues.
    We intend to award 5-year cooperative agreements to research 
centers who will conduct relevant research addressing issues in Social 
Security, retirement, and disability policy. These centers may be 
universities or other organizations or associations of multiple 
universities and other organizations in the United States.
    Our Grants Management Official (GMO) anticipates using the policies 
in 2 CFR 200 in conjunction with the policies and procedures for 
solicitation, evaluation, and award prescribed in SSA's Grants 
Administration Manual. We anticipate the multiple cooperative 
agreements that we award may cover September 2023 through September 
2028. Section 1110 of the Social Security Act authorizes these 
cooperative agreements. Awards will be made under full and open 
competition.
    The following is an estimated timeline of actions associated with 
this requirement:

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                  Action                              Date \1\
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Release of RFA package....................  On or about February 2023.
Notice of Intent Due Date (Optional)......  On or about April 2023.
Application Due Date......................  On or about May 2023.
Anticipated Award(s)......................  On or about September 2023.
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\1\ Dates may change based upon administrative approval.

    The GMO will publish the agency's RFA, along with any amendments, 
and relevant questions and answers, electronically through the 
government-wide point of entry at www.grants.gov. Interested parties 
can sign up for notifications of funding opportunities at: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/manage-subscriptions.html.
    The Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Kilolo Kijakazi, Ph.D., 
M.S.W., having reviewed and approved this document, is delegating the 
authority to electronically sign this document to Faye I. Lipsky, who 
is the primary Federal Register Liaison for SSA, for purposes of 
publication in the Federal Register.

Faye I. Lipsky,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of Legislation and Congressional 
Affairs, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023-01634 Filed 1-26-23; 8:45 am]
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