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an electronic copy of a grant application to electronic format, nor will we penalize you b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail
us. if you submit your application in paper If you submit your application in paper
You may access the electronic grant format. format by mail (through the U.S. Postal
application for Advanced Rehabilitation • You may submit all documents Service or a commercial carrier), you must
Research Training Projects at: http:// electronically, including all information mail the original and two copies of your
www.grants.gov. You must search for the typically included on the Application for application, on or before the application
downloadable application package for this Federal Education Assistance (ED 424), deadline date, to the Department at the
program by the CFDA number. Do not Budget Information—Non-Construction applicable following address:
include the CFDA number’s alpha suffix in Programs (ED 524), and all necessary By mail through the U.S. Postal Service:
your search. assurances and certifications. If you choose U.S. Department of Education, Application
Please note the following: to submit your application electronically, Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number
• Your participation in Grants.gov is you must attach any narrative sections of 84.133P), 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
voluntary. your application as files in a .DOC Washington, DC 20202–4260,
• When you enter the Grants.gov site, you (document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF or
will find information about submitting an
(Portable Document) format. If you upload a By mail through a commercial carrier: U.S.
application electronically through the site, as
file type other than the three file types Department of Education, Application
well as the hours of operation.
specified above or submit a password Control Center—Stop 4260, Attention: (CFDA
• Applications received by Grants.gov are
time and date stamped. Your application protected file, we will not review that Number 84.133P), 7100 Old Landover Road,
must be fully uploaded and submitted, and material. Landover, MD 20785–1506.
must be date/time stamped by the Grants.gov • Your electronic application must comply Regardless of which address you use, you
system no later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, with any page limit requirements described must show proof of mailing consisting of one
in this notice. of the following:
DC time, on the application deadline date.
Except as otherwise noted in this section, we • After you electronically submit your (1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service
application, you will receive an automatic postmark,
will not consider your application if it is
acknowledgment from Grants.gov that (2) A legible mail receipt with the date of
date/time stamped by the Grants.gov system
contains a Grants.gov tracking number. The mailing stamped by the U.S. Postal Service,
later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on
Department will retrieve your application (3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or
the application deadline date. When we
from Grants.gov and send you a second receipt from a commercial carrier, or
retrieve your application from Grants.gov, we
confirmation by e-mail that will include a (4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable
will notify you if we are rejecting your
PR/Award number (an ED-specified to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of
application because it was date/time stamped
identifying number unique to your Education.
by the Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m.,
If you mail your application through the
Washington, DC time, on the application application).
U.S. Postal Service, we do not accept either
deadline date. • We may request that you provide us
of the following as proof of mailing:
• The amount of time it can take to upload original signatures on forms at a later date.
(1) A private metered postmark, or
an application will vary depending on a
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case (2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the
variety of factors including the size of the
of System Unavailability U.S. Postal Service.
application and the speed of your Internet
If you are prevented from electronically If your application is postmarked after the
connection. Therefore, we strongly
application deadline date, we will not
recommend that you do not wait until the submitting your application on the
consider your application.
application deadline date to begin the application deadline date because of
application process through Grants.gov. technical problems with the Grants.gov Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not
• You should review and follow the system, we will grant you an extension until uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before
Education Submission Procedures for 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, the relying on this method, you should check
submitting an application through Grants.gov following business day to enable you to with your local post office.
that are included in the application package transmit your application electronically, or
for this competition to ensure that you by hand delivery. You also may mail your c. Submission of Paper Applications by
submit your application in a timely manner application by following the mailing Hand Delivery
to the Grants.gov system. You can also find instructions as described elsewhere in this If you submit your application in paper
the Education Submission Procedures notice. If you submit an application after 4:30 format by hand delivery, you (or a courier
pertaining to Grants.gov at http://e- p.m., Washington, DC time, on the deadline service) must deliver the original and two
Grants.ed.gov/help/ date, please contact the person listed copies of your application by hand, on or
GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf. elsewhere in this notice under FOR FURTHER before the application deadline date, to the
• To submit your application via INFORMATION CONTACT, and provide an Department at the following address: U.S.
Grants.gov, you must complete all of the explanation of the technical problem you Department of Education, Application
steps in the Grants.gov registration process experienced with Grants.gov, along with the Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number
(see http://www.Grants.gov/GetStarted). Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number (if 84.133P), 550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041,
These steps include (1) registering your available). We will accept your application if Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC
organization, (2) registering yourself as an we can confirm that a technical problem 20202–4260.
Authorized Organization Representative occurred with the Grants.gov system and that The Application Control Center accepts
(AOR), and (3) getting authorized as an AOR that problem affected your ability to submit hand deliveries daily between 8 a.m. and
by your organization. Details on these steps your application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, except
are outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step DC time, on the application deadline date. Saturdays, Sundays and Federal holidays.
Registration Guide (see http:// The Department will contact you after a Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper
www.grants.gov/assets/ determination is made on whether your Applications: If you mail or hand deliver
GrantsgovCoBrandBrochure8X11.pdf). You your application to the Department:
application will be accepted.
also must provide on your application the (1) You must indicate on the envelope
same D-U-N-S Number used with this Note: Extensions referred to in this section and—if not provided by the Department—In
registration. Please note that the registration apply only to the unavailability of or Item 4 of the Application for Federal
process may take five or more business days technical problems with the Grants.gov Education Assistance (ED 424) the CFDA
to complete, and you must have completed system. We will not grant you an extension number—and suffix letter, if any—of the
all registration steps to allow you to if you failed to fully register to submit your competition under which you are submitting
successfully submit an application via application to Grants.gov before the deadline your application.
Grants.gov. date and time or if the technical problem you (2) The Application Control Center will
• You will not receive additional point experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov mail a grant application receipt
value because you submit your application in system. acknowledgment to you. If you do not receive
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