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Individuals with disabilities may Maximum Award: We will reject any period of 12 months. The Assistant
obtain this document in an alternative application that proposes a budget Secretary for Special Education and
format (e.g., Braille, large print, exceeding $950,000 for a single budget Rehabilitative Services may change the
audiotape, or computer diskette) on period of 12 months. The Assistant maximum amount through a notice
request to the program contact person Secretary for Special Education and published in the Federal Register.
listed in this section. Rehabilitative Services may change the
Note: The maximum amount includes
maximum amount through a notice direct and indirect costs.
VIII. Other Information
published in the Federal Register.
Electronic Access to This Document: Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
Note: The maximum amount includes
You may view this document, as well as
direct and indirect costs. Note: The Department is not bound by any
all other documents of this Department estimates in this notice.
published in the Federal Register, in Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
text or Adobe Portable Document Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
Format (PDF) on the Internet at the estimates in this notice. III. Eligibility Information
following site: www.ed.gov/news/
fedregister. Project Period: Up to 60 months. 1. Eligible Applicants: States; public
To use PDF you must have Adobe or private agencies, including for-profit
Full Text of Announcement agencies; public or private
Acrobat Reader, which is available free
at this site. If you have questions about I. Funding Opportunity Description organizations, including for-profit
using PDF, call the U.S. Government Purpose of Program: The purpose of organizations; IHEs; and Indian tribes
Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1– the RERC program is to improve the and tribal organizations.
888–293–6498; or in the Washington, effectiveness of services authorized 2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
DC, area at (202) 512–1530. under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as program does not require cost sharing or
amended. For FY 2006, the competition matching.
Note: The official version of this document
is the document published in the Federal for a new award focuses on projects IV. Application and Submission
Register. Free Internet access to the official designed to meet the priority we Information
edition of the Federal Register and the Code describe in the Priority section of this 1. Address to Request Application
of Federal Regulations is available on GPO notice. We intend this priority to Package: You may obtain an application
Access at: www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ improve rehabilitation services and
index.html. package via Internet or from the
outcomes for individuals with Education Publications Center (ED
Dated: May 23, 2006.
disabilities. Pubs). To obtain a copy via Internet use
Priority: This priority is from the
John H. Hager, the following address: http://
notice of final priorities for the
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/
Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Rehabilitative Services. grantapps/index.html.
Projects and Centers program, published To obtain a copy from ED Pubs, write
[FR Doc. 06–4927 Filed 6–1–06; 8:45 am] elsewhere in this issue of the Federal or call the following: Education
BILLING CODE 4000–01–P Register. Publications Center, P.O. Box 1398,
Absolute Priority: For FY 2006 this
Jessup, MD 20794–1398. Telephone (toll
priority is an absolute priority. Under 34
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION free): 1–877–433–7827. FAX: (301) 470–
CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only
1244. If you use a telecommunications
applications that meet this priority.
Office of Special Education and This priority is: device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
Rehabilitative Services; Overview RERC for Wireless Technologies. (toll free): 1–877–576–7734.
Information; National Institute on You may also contact ED Pubs at its
Disability and Rehabilitation Research Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762(g) and Web site: www.ed.gov/pubs/
(NIDRR)—Rehabilitation Engineering 764(b)(3). edpubs.html or you may contact ED
Research Centers (RERCs)—RERC for Applicable Regulations: (a) The Pubs at its e-mail address:
Wireless Technologies; Notice Inviting Education Department General edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in If you request an application from ED
Year (FY) 2006 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, Pubs, be sure to identify this
85, 86, and 97. (b) The regulations for competition as follows: CFDA Number
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 84.133E–7.
(CFDA) Number: 84.133E–7. this program in 34 CFR part 350. (c) The
notice of final priorities for the Individuals with disabilities may
DATES: Applications Available: June 2, obtain a copy of the application package
2006. Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Projects and Centers program, published in an alternative format (e.g., Braille,
Deadline for Transmittal of large print, audiotape, or computer
Applications: July 21, 2006. elsewhere in this issue of the Federal
Register. diskette) by contacting the program
Date of Pre-Application Meeting: June contact person listed under FOR FURTHER
22, 2006. Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of
Eligible Applicants: States; public or apply to IHEs only. this notice.
private agencies, including for-profit 2. Content and Form of Application
agencies; public or private II. Award Information Submission: Requirements concerning
organizations, including for-profit Type of Award: Discretionary grant. the content of an application, together
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organizations; institutions of higher Estimated Available Funds: $950,000. with the forms you must submit, are in
education (IHEs); and Indian tribes and Estimated Range of Awards: the application package for this
tribal organizations. $900,000–$950,000. competition.
Estimated Available Funds: $950,000. Maximum Award: We will reject any Page Limit: The application narrative
Estimated Range of Awards: application that proposes a budget (Part III of the application) is where you,
$900,000–$950,000. exceeding $950,000 for a single budget the applicant, address the selection
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criteria that reviewers use to evaluate Potomac Center Plaza, room 6027, 550 If you choose to submit your
your application. We strongly 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC application electronically, you must use
recommend that you limit Part III to the 20202. Telephone: (202) 245–7338 or by the Grants.gov Apply site at: http://
equivalent of no more than 125 pages, e-mail: lynn.medley@ed.gov. www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you
using the following standards: will be able to download a copy of the
• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5″ x 11″, on one side Assistance to Individuals With application package, complete it offline,
only, with 1″ margins at the top, bottom, Disabilities at the Pre-Application and then upload and submit your
and both sides. Meeting application. You may not e-mail an
• Double space (no more than three The meeting site is accessible to electronic copy of a grant application to
lines per vertical inch) all text in the individuals with disabilities, and a sign us.
application narrative. Single spacing language interpreter will be available. If You may access the electronic grant
may be used for titles, headings, you will need an auxiliary aid or service application for the Rehabilitation
footnotes, quotations, references, and other than a sign language interpreter in Engineering Research Centers Program
captions, as well as all text in charts, order to participate in the meeting (e.g., at: http://www.grants.gov. You must
tables, figures, and graphs. other interpreting service such as oral, search for the downloadable application
• Use a font that is either 12 point or cued speech, or tactile interpreter; package for this program by the CFDA
larger or no smaller than 10 pitch assistive listening device; or materials in number. Do not include the CFDA
(characters per inch). alternate format), notify the contact number’s alpha suffix in your search.
The suggested page limit does not person listed in this notice at least two Please note the following:
apply to Part I, Application for Federal weeks before the scheduled meeting • Your participation in Grants.gov is
Assistance; Part II, the budget section, date. Although we will attempt to meet voluntary.
including the narrative budget a request we receive after this date, we • When you enter the Grants.gov site,
justification; Part IV, the assurances and may not be able to make available the you will find information about
certifications; or the one-page abstract, requested auxiliary aid or service submitting an application electronically
the resumes, the bibliography, or the because of insufficient time to arrange through the site, as well as the hours of
letters of support. However, you must it. operation.
include all of the application narrative • Applications received by Grants.gov
Applications for grants under this are time and date stamped. Your
in Part III. competition may be submitted
The application package will provide application must be fully uploaded and
electronically using the Grants.gov submitted, and must be date/time
instructions for completing all
Apply site (Grants.gov), or in paper stamped by the Grants.gov system no
components to be included in the
format by mail or hand delivery. For later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC
application. Each application must
information (including dates and times) time, on the application deadline date.
include a cover sheet (either ED 424 or
about how to submit your application Except as otherwise noted in this
Standard Form 424); budget
electronically, or by mail or hand section, we will not consider your
requirements (ED Form 524) and a
delivery, please refer to section IV. 6. application if it is date/time stamped by
budget narrative justification; other
Other Submission Requirements in this the Grants.gov system later than 4:30
required forms; an abstract; Human
notice. p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
Subjects narrative; Part III narrative;
We do not consider an application application deadline date. When we
resumes of staff; and other related
that does not comply with the deadline retrieve your application from
materials, if applicable.
3. Submission Dates and Times: requirements. Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are
Applications Available: June 2, 2006. 4. Intergovernmental Review: This rejecting your application because it
Deadline for Transmittal of program is not subject to Executive was date/time stamped by the
Applications: July 21, 2006. Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m.,
Pre-Application Meeting: Interested CFR part 79. Washington, DC time, on the
parties are invited to participate in a 5. Funding Restrictions: We reference application deadline date.
pre-application meeting to discuss the regulations outlining funding • The amount of time it can take to
priority and to receive information and restrictions in the Applicable upload an application will vary
technical assistance through individual Regulations section of this notice. depending on a variety of factors
consultation. The pre-application 6. Other Submission Requirements: including the size of the application and
meeting will be held on June 22, 2006. Applications for grants under this the speed of your Internet connection.
Interested parties may participate in this competition may be submitted Therefore, we strongly recommend that
meeting either by conference call or in electronically or in paper format by mail you do not wait until the application
person at the U.S. Department of or hand delivery. deadline date to begin the application
Education, Office of Special Education a. Electronic Submission of process through Grants.gov.
and Rehabilitative Services, Potomac Applications. We have been accepting • You should review and follow the
Center Plaza, room 6075, 550 12th applications electronically through the Education Submission Procedures for
Street, SW., Washington, DC between 10 Department’s e-Application system submitting an application through
a.m. and 12 noon. since FY 2000. In order to expand on Grants.gov that are included in the
After the meeting, NIDRR staff also those efforts and comply with the application package for this competition
will be available from 1:30 p.m. to 4 President’s Management Agenda, we are to ensure that you submit your
p.m. on that same day to provide continuing to participate as a partner in application in a timely manner to the
information and technical assistance the new government wide Grants.gov Grants.gov system. You can also find the
through individual consultation. For Apply site in FY 2006. The Education Submission Procedures
further information or to make Rehabilitation Engineering Research pertaining to Grants.gov at
arrangements to attend either in person Centers Program—CFDA Number http://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/
or by conference call, or for an 84.133E–7 is one of the programs GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.
individual consultation, contact Lynn included in this project. We request • To submit your application via
Medley, U.S. Department of Education, your participation in Grants.gov. Grants.gov, you must complete all of the
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steps in the Grants.gov registration business day to enable you to transmit If you mail your application through
process (see http://www.Grants.gov/ your application electronically, or by the U.S. Postal Service, we do not
GetStarted). These steps include (1) hand delivery. You also may mail your accept either of the following as proof
registering your organization, (2) application by following the mailing of mailing:
registering yourself as an Authorized instructions as described elsewhere in (1) A private metered postmark, or
Organization Representative (AOR), and this notice. If you submit an application (2) A mail receipt that is not dated by
(3) getting authorized as an AOR by after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the U.S. Postal Service.
your organization. Details on these steps the deadline date, please contact the If your application is postmarked after
are outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step person listed elsewhere in this notice the application deadline date, we will
Registration Guide (see http:// under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION not consider your application.
www.grants.gov/assets/ CONTACT, and provide an explanation of Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not
GrantsgovCoBrandBrochure8X11.pdf). the technical problem you experienced uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before
You also must provide on your with Grants.gov, along with the relying on this method, you should check
application the same D–U–N–S Number Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number with your local post office
used with this registration. Please note (if available). We will accept your c. Submission of Paper Applications
that the registration process may take application if we can confirm that a by Hand Delivery.
five or more business days to complete, technical problem occurred with the If you submit your application in
and you must have completed all Grants.gov system and that that problem paper format by hand delivery, you (or
registration steps to allow you to affected your ability to submit your a courier service) must deliver the
successfully submit an application via application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, original and two copies of your
Grants.gov. DC time, on the application deadline application by hand, on or before the
• You will not receive additional date. The Department will contact you application deadline date, to the
point value because you submit your after a determination is made on Department at the following address:
application in electronic format, nor whether your application will be U.S. Department of Education,
will we penalize you if you submit your accepted. Application Control Center, Attention:
application in paper format. (CFDA Number 84.133E–7), 550 12th
• You may submit all documents Note: Extensions referred to in this section
apply only to the unavailability of or Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center
electronically, including all information
technical problems with the Grants.gov Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260.
typically included on the Application The Application Control Center
system. We will not grant you an extension
for Federal Education Assistance (ED accepts hand deliveries daily between 8
if you failed to fully register to submit your
424), Budget Information—Non- application to Grants.gov before the deadline a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC
Construction Programs (ED 524), and all date and time or if the technical problem you time, except Saturdays, Sundays and
necessary assurances and certifications. experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov Federal holidays.
If you choose to submit your application system. Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of
electronically, you must attach any Paper Applications: If you mail or hand
b. Submission of Paper Applications
narrative sections of your application as deliver your application to the
by Mail. If you submit your application
files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich Department:
in paper format by mail (through the
text), or .PDF (Portable Document) (1) You must indicate on the envelope
U.S. Postal Service or a commercial
format. If you upload a file type other and—if not provided by the
carrier), you must mail the original and
than the three file types specified above Department—in Item 4 of the ED 424 the
two copies of your application, on or
or submit a password protected file, we CFDA number—and suffix letter, if
before the application deadline date, to
will not review that material. any—of the competition under which
• Your electronic application must the Department at the applicable
following address: you are submitting your application.
comply with any page limit (2) The Application Control Center
requirements described in this notice. By mail through the U.S. Postal
Service: U.S. Department of Education, will mail a grant application receipt
• After you electronically submit acknowledgment to you. If you do not
your application, you will receive an Application Control Center, Attention:
receive the grant application receipt
automatic acknowledgment from (CFDA Number 84.133E–7), 400
acknowledgment within 15 business
Grants.gov that contains a Grants.gov Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington,
days from the application deadline date,
tracking number. The Department will DC 20202–4260; or
you should call the U.S. Department of
retrieve your application from By mail through a commercial carrier:
Education Application Control Center at
Grants.gov and send you a second U.S. Department of Education,
(202) 245–6288.
confirmation by e-mail that will include Application Control Center—Stop 4260,
a PR/Award number (an ED-specified Attention: (CFDA Number 84.133E–7), V. Application Review Information
identifying number unique to your 7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD Selection Criteria: The selection
application). 20785–1506. criteria for this competition are from 34
• We may request that you provide us Regardless of which address you use, CFR 75.210 of EDGAR and 34 CFR
original signatures on forms at a later you must show proof of mailing 350.54 and are listed in the application
date. consisting of one of the following: package.
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service
Application Deadline Date Extension in postmark, VI. Award Administration Information
Case of System Unavailability (2) A legible mail receipt with the 1. Award Notices: If your application
If you are prevented from date of mailing stamped by the U.S. is successful, we notify your U.S.
electronically submitting your Postal Service, Representative and U.S. Senators and
application on the application deadline (3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or send you a Grant Award Notification
date because of technical problems with receipt from a commercial carrier, or (GAN). We may also notify you
the Grants.gov system, we will grant you (4) Any other proof of mailing informally.
an extension until 4:30 p.m., acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. If your application is not evaluated or
Washington, DC time, the following Department of Education. not selected for funding, we notify you.
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2. Administrative and National Policy refereed journals that are based on Dated: May 23, 2006.
Requirements: We identify NIDRR-funded research and John H. Hager,
administrative and national policy development activities. Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
requirements in the application package Department of Education program Rehabilitative Services.
and reference these and other performance reports, which include [FR Doc. 06–4931 Filed 6–1–06; 8:45 am]
requirements in the Applicable information on NIDRR programs, are BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
Regulations section of this notice. available on the Department’s Web site:
We reference the regulations outlining http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/
the terms and conditions of an award in opepd/sas/index.html. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
the Applicable Regulations section of
this notice and include these and other Updates on the Government Office of Special Education and
specific conditions in the GAN. The Performance and Results Act of 1993 Rehabilitative Services; Overview
GAN also incorporates your approved (GPRA) indicators, revisions and Information; National Institute on
application as part of your binding methods appear on the NIDRR Program Disability and Rehabilitation Research
commitments under the grant. Review Web site: http:// (NIDRR)—Rehabilitation Engineering
3. Reporting: At the end of your www.neweditions.net/pr/commonfiles/ Research Centers (RERCs)—RERC for
project period, you must submit a final pmconcepts.htm. Wheelchair Transportation Safety;
performance report, including financial Grantees should consult these sites, Notice Inviting Applications for New
information, as directed by the on a regular basis, to obtain details and Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006
Secretary. If you receive a multi-year explanations on how NIDRR programs
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
award, you must submit an annual contribute to the advancement of the
(CFDA) Number: 84.133E–8.
performance report that provides the Department’s long-term and annual
DATES: Applications Available: June 2,
most current performance and financial performance goals.
expenditure information as specified by 2006.
VII. Agency Contact Deadline for Transmittal of
the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118.
Applications: July 21, 2006.
Note: NIDRR will provide information by FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Date of Pre-Application Meeting: June
letter to grantees on how and when to submit Donna Nangle, U.S. Department of 22, 2006.
the report. Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Eligible Applicants: States; public or
4. Performance Measures: To evaluate room 6030, Potomac Center Plaza, private agencies, including for-profit
the overall success of its research Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: agencies; public or private
program, NIDRR assesses the quality of (202) 245–7462 or by e-mail: organizations, including for-profit
its funded projects through review of donna.nangle@ed.gov. organizations; institutions of higher
grantee performance and products. Each If you use a telecommunications education (IHEs); and Indian tribes and
year, NIDRR examines, through expert device for the deaf (TDD), you may call tribal organizations.
the TDD number at (202) 245–7317 or Estimated Available Funds: $900,000.
review, a portion of its grantees to
the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1– Estimated Range of Awards:
determine:
• The percentage of newly awarded 800–877–8339. $850,000–$900,000.
Maximum Award: We will reject any
NIDRR projects that are multi-site, Individuals with disabilities may application that proposes a budget
collaborative controlled studies of obtain this document in an alternative exceeding $900,000 for a single budget
interventions and programs. format (e.g., Braille, large print,
• The number of accomplishments period of 12 months. The Assistant
audiotape, or computer diskette) on Secretary for Special Education and
(e.g., new or improved tools, methods, request to the program contact person
discoveries, standards, interventions, Rehabilitative Services may change the
listed in this section. maximum amount through a notice
programs, or devices) developed or
tested with NIDRR funding that have VIII. Other Information published in the Federal Register.
been judged by expert panels to be of Note: The maximum amount includes
Electronic Access to This Document:
high quality and to advance the field. direct and indirect costs.
• The percentage of grantee research You may view this document, as well as
and development that has appropriate all other documents of this Department Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
study design, meets rigorous standards published in the Federal Register, in
Note: The Department is not bound by any
of scientific and/or engineering text or Adobe Portable Document estimates in this notice.
methods, and builds on and contributes Format (PDF) on the Internet at the
following site: www.ed.gov/news/ Project Period: Up to 60 months.
to knowledge in the field.
• The average number of publications fedregister. Full Text of Announcement
per award based on NIDRR-funded To use PDF you must have Adobe
Acrobat Reader, which is available free I. Funding Opportunity Description
research and development activities in
refereed journals. at this site. If you have questions about Purpose of Program: The purpose of
• The percentage of new grants that using PDF, call the U.S. Government the RERC program is to improve the
include studies funded by NIDRR that Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1– effectiveness of services authorized
assess the effectiveness of interventions, 888–293–6498; or in the Washington, under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as
programs, and devices using rigorous DC, area at (202) 512–1530. amended. For FY 2006, the competition
and appropriate methods. for a new award focuses on projects
Note: The official version of this document
NIDRR uses information submitted by designed to meet the priority we

is the document published in the Federal
grantees as part of their Annual Register. Free Internet access to the official describe in the Priority section of this
Performance Reports (APRs) for these edition of the Federal Register and the Code notice. We intend this priority to
reviews. NIDRR also determines, using of Federal Regulations is available on GPO improve rehabilitation services and
information submitted as part of the Access at: www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ outcomes for individuals with
APR, the number of publications in index.html. disabilities.

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