[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29433]
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Part III
Department of Education
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Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; National
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research Inviting
Applications and Pre-Application Meeting for a New Award for a
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) for Fiscal Year (FY)
2000; Notice
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No.: 84.133B-9]
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services National
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Notice Inviting
Applications and Pre-Application Meeting for a New Award for a
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) for Fiscal Year (FY)
2000
Purpose: On March 19, 1999 a notice was published in the Federal
Register (64 FR 13632) inviting applications for a new FY 1999 award
for a RRTC on rehabilitation of minorities with disabilities.
Satisfactory applications were not received under this priority area.
There is a continuing need for this center.
The purposes of this notice are to: (1) Invite 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; and (2) invite
applications for a RRTC on rehabilitation of minorities with
disabilities.
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 or
tribal organizations.
Applications Available: November 10, 1999.
Pre-Application Meeting: Interested parties are invited to
participate in a pre-application meeting to discuss the funding
priority for a RRTC on rehabilitation of minorities with disabilities
and to receive technical assistance through individual consultation and
information about the funding priority. The pre-application meeting
will be held on December 13, 1999 at the Department of Education,
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Switzer
Building, Room 1002, 330 C Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. between 10
a.m. and 12 noon. 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. For further information contact Delores Watkins, U.S.
Department of Education, Switzer Building, room 3426, 400 Maryland
Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20202. Telephone: (202) 205-9195.
NIDRR will make alternative 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 device, or materials
in an alternate format), notify the contact person listed above 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.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), 34 CFR Parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81,
82, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99; (b) the regulations for this program in 34
CFR Part 350; and (c) the notice of final priority published on March
19, 1999 in the Federal Register (64 FR 13632); and the notice inviting
application published on March 19, 1999 in the Federal Register (64 FR
13637).
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: February 4, 2000.
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 estimate of funding level and awards in this notice
does not bind the Department of Education to a specific level of
funding or number of grants.
Project Period: 60 months.
For Applications Contact: Education Publications Center (ED Pubs),
PO Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Telephone (toll free): 1-877-433-
7827. FAX: (301) 470-1244. If you use a telecommunications device for
the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll-free): 1-877-576-7734.
You may also contact ED Pubs at its Web site: http://www.ed.gov/
pubs/edpubs.html
or you may contact ED Pubs at its E-mail address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternate format by contacting the Grants and Contracts
Services Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W.,
Room 3317, Switzer Building, Washington, D.C. 20202-2550. Telephone:
(202) 205-8207. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD), you may call the TDD number at (202) 205-4475. However, the
Department is not able to reproduce in an alternate format the standard
forms included in the application package.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: In order to obtain further information
about the funding priority and the pre-application meeting on the RRTC
on rehabilitation of minorities with disabilities, contact Delores
Watkins, U.S. Department of Education, Switzer Building, Room 3426, 330
C Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20202, or call (202) 205-9195.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device (TDD) may call the TDD
number at (202) 205-4475. Internet: Delores__Watkins@ed.gov
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of this document in
an alternate format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the contact persons listed in the preceding
paragraph.
Electronic Access to This Document
You may view 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
http://www.ed.gov/news.html
To use the PDF you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader Program with
Search, which is available free at either of the previous sites. If you
have questions about using the PDF, call the U.S. Government Printing
Office toll free at 1-888-293-6498; or in the Washington, D.C. area at
(202) 512-1530.
Note: The official version of this document is the document
published in the Federal Register. Internet access to the official
edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations
is available on GPO access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/
index.html.
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 761 and 762.
Dated: November 4, 1999.
Judith E. Heumann,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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