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Dated: March 17, 2011. 

Eduardo M. Ochoa, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6640 Filed 3–21–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[CFDA: 84.133N–1 and 84.133A–15] 

Funding Priorities and Selection 

Criterion; Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research Projects and Spinal Cord 

Injury Model Systems Centers and 

Multi-Site Collaborative Research 

Projects 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed priorities 

and selection criterion. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for 

Special Education and Rehabilitative 

Services proposes certain funding 

priorities and a selection criterion for 

the Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research Projects and Centers Program 

administered by the National Institute 

on Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research (NIDRR). Specifically, this 

notice proposes (1) a priority under the 

Special Projects and Demonstrations for 

Spinal Cord Injuries Program for SCIMS 

Centers (proposed priority 1), and (2) a 

priority and selection criterion for 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects (DRRPs) that will serve as the 

SCIMS Multi-Site Collaborative 

Research Projects (proposed priority 2). 

The Assistant Secretary may use one or 

more of these priorities and selection 

criterion for competitions in fiscal year 

(FY) 2011 and later years. We take this 

action to focus research attention on 

areas of national need. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before April 21, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments about 

this notice to Lynn Medley, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., room 5140, Potomac 

Center Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC 

20202–2700. 

If you prefer to send your comments 

by e-mail, use the following address: 

Lynn.Medley@ed.gov. You must include 

‘‘Proposed Priorities for SCIMS centers 

and SCIMS Multi-Site Collaborative 

Research Projects’’ in the subject line of 

your electronic message. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lynn Medley. Telephone: (202) 245– 

7338 or by e-mail: Lynn.Medley@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

This notice of proposed priorities and 

selection criterion is in concert with 

NIDRR’s currently approved Long-Range 

Plan (Plan). The Plan, which was 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 15, 2006 (71 FR 8165), can be 

accessed on the Internet at the following 

site: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/

list/osers/nidrr/policy.html. 

Through the implementation of the 

Plan, NIDRR seeks to: (1) Improve the 

quality and utility of disability and 

rehabilitation research; (2) foster an 

exchange of expertise, information, and 

training to facilitate the advancement of 

knowledge and understanding of the 

unique needs of traditionally 

underserved populations; (3) determine 

best strategies and programs to improve 

rehabilitation outcomes for underserved 

populations; (4) identify research gaps; 

(5) identify mechanisms of integrating 

research and practice; and (6) 

disseminate findings. 

This notice proposes two priorities 

and a selection criterion that NIDRR 

intends to use for competitions in FY 

2011 and possibly later years. However, 

nothing precludes NIDRR from 

publishing additional priorities or 

selection criteria, if needed. 

Furthermore, NIDRR is under no 

obligation to make an award for either 

of these priorities. The decision to make 

awards will be based on the quality of 

applications received and available 

funding. 

Invitation to Comment: We invite you 

to submit comments regarding this 

notice. To ensure that your comments 

have maximum effect in developing the 

notice of final priorities and selection 

criterion, we urge you to identify clearly 

the specific priority or selection 

criterion that each comment addresses. 

We invite you to assist us in 

complying with the specific 

requirements of Executive Order 12866 

and its overall requirement of reducing 

regulatory burden that might result from 

these proposed priorities and selection 

criterion. Please let us know of any 

further ways we could reduce potential 

costs or increase potential benefits 

while preserving the effective and 

efficient administration of the program. 

During and after the comment period, 

you may inspect all public comments 

about this notice in room 5133, 550 12th 

Street, SW., PCP, Washington, DC, 

between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4 

p.m., Washington, DC time, Monday 

through Friday of each week except 

Federal holidays. 

Assistance to Individuals With 

Disabilities in Reviewing the 

Rulemaking Record: On request we will 

provide an appropriate accommodation 

or auxiliary aid to an individual with a 

disability who needs assistance to 

review the comments or other 

documents in the public rulemaking 

record for this notice. If you want to 

schedule an appointment for this type of 

accommodation or auxiliary aid, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research Projects and Centers Program 

is to plan and conduct research, 

demonstration projects, training, and 

related activities, including 

international activities, to develop 

methods, procedures, and rehabilitation 

technology, that maximize the full 

inclusion and integration into society, 

employment, independent living, family 

support, and economic and social selfsufficiency of individuals with 

disabilities, especially individuals with 

the most severe disabilities, and to 

improve the effectiveness of services 

authorized under the Rehabilitation Act 

of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation 

Act). 

Under the Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects and 

Centers umbrella program, the 

Department funds projects through a 

number of funding mechanisms, 

including the Special Projects and 

Demonstrations for Spinal Cord Injuries 

(SCI) Program and Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP). 

The SCIMS centers are funded through 

the Special Projects and Demonstrations 

for SCI program and the SCIMS MultiSite Collaborative Research Projects are 

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Special Projects and Demonstrations for 

Spinal Cord Injuries Program 

The SCIMS centers program is funded 

through the Special Projects and 

Demonstrations for Spinal Cord Injuries 

Program. This program provides 

assistance for projects that provide 

comprehensive rehabilitation services to 

individuals with spinal cord injuries, 

and conducts spinal cord research, as 

specified in 34 CFR 359.10 and 359.11. 

DRRP Program 

DRRPs are designed to improve the 

effectiveness of services authorized 

under the Rehabilitation Act by 

developing methods, procedures, and 

rehabilitation technologies that advance 

a wide range of independent living and 

employment outcomes for individuals 

with disabilities, especially individuals 

with the most severe disabilities. DRRPs 

carry out one or more of the following 

types of activities, as specified and 

defined in 34 CFR 350.13 through 

350.19: research, training, 

demonstration, development, 

dissemination, utilization, and technical 

assistance. An applicant for assistance 

under this program must demonstrate in 

its application how it will address, in 

whole or in part, the needs of 

individuals with disabilities from 

minority backgrounds (34 CFR 

350.40(a)). The approaches an applicant 

may take to meet this requirement are 

found in 34 CFR 350.40(b). In addition, 

NIDRR intends to require all DRRP 

applicants to meet the requirements of 

the General Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) 

Requirements priority that it published 

in a notice of final priorities in the 

Federal Register on April 28, 2006 (71 

FR 25472). 

Additional information on the DRRP 

program can be found at: http://

www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/resprogram.html#DRRP. 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 760 and 

764(a) and 764(b)(4). 

Applicable Program Regulations: 34 

CFR part 350 and 359. 

Proposed Priorities: This notice 

contains two proposed priorities. 

Background 

The SCIMS program is designed to 

study the course of recovery and 

outcomes following the delivery of a 

coordinated system of care for 

individuals with SCI. For purposes of 

this program, SCI is defined as a 

clinically discernible degree of 

neurologic impairment of the spinal 

cord following a traumatic event. The 

Department currently supports 14 

SCIMS centers through this program. 

These centers provide comprehensive 

rehabilitation services to individuals 

with SCI and conduct SCI research, 

including clinical research and 

community-based research. 

There is a continued need for research 

to assist individuals who acquire and 

live with SCI. While SCI remains a lowincidence condition (estimates are that 

there are 12,000 newly acquired SCI in 

the U.S. each year), the number of 

people surviving SCI continues to grow, 

largely fueled by improved emergency 

and acute care (http://

www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/sci/

detail_sci.htm). 

SCI are complex and likely to be longterm. Significant costs are associated 

with SCI because of recurring medical 

and rehabilitation needs, including 

home and vehicle modifications and 

personal assistants (Priebe et al., 2007). 

Increased survival rates of individuals 

with SCI have raised new research 

questions. For instance, research is 

needed to develop rehabilitation 

interventions that address functional 

challenges experienced by individuals 

with SCI who are aging (Field and Jette, 

2007; Winkler, 2008). For example, 

‘‘overuse syndrome’’ is a consequence of 

living with a SCI and manifests itself in 

degeneration of joints and chronic pain 

in the shoulders and neck and is 

associated with using the arms to propel 

a wheelchair or transfer from one place 

to another. Chronic pain can be a 

debilitating secondary condition to SCI, 

and effective, sustainable treatments 

remain elusive (Hauser and Gruen, 

2009; Hosalkar, et al., 2009). 

Since 1973, the SCIMS centers have 

collected and contributed information 

on common data elements for a 

centralized SCI database, referred to as 

the SCIMS database, which is 

maintained through a NIDRR-funded 

grant for a National Data and Statistical 

Center. 

As of October 2010, the SCIMS 

database included initial information on 

27,553 individuals, with follow-up 

information on 22,605 individuals, 

including 1,034 people who have 

provided information for more than 30 

years. Further information about the 

SCIMS database, including inclusion 

criteria, can be found at the following 

Web site: https://www.nscisc.uab.edu. 

The SCIMS program is the largest 

network of research centers devoted to 

SCI in the world. The low SCI incidence 

rate makes collaboration across SCIMS 

centers critical in order to involve 

investigators with the necessary 

expertise and to combine the number of 

subjects who are available for rigorous 

testing of interventions (Boulenguez & 

Vinay, 2009). The SCIMS program has 

evolved into a multi-site platform that 

can serve as a resource for testing 

promising interventions. NIDRR funds 

the SCIMS centers under the Special 

Projects and Demonstrations for SCI 

program, as well as separate DRRPs that 

serve as SCIMS collaborative research 

projects. These efforts comprise the 

SCIMS program. Through the priorities 

proposed in this notice, the Department 

seeks to fund research and other work 

carried out under this program. 

In accordance with section 204(b)(4) 

of the Rehabilitation Act and 34 CFR 

part 359, Proposed Priority 1 would 

establish SCIMS centers that will build 

upon the work of the currently-funded 

SCIMS centers to provide rehabilitation 

services to individuals with SCI and 

conduct SCI research. 

Proposed Priority 2, authorized under 

section 204(a) of the Rehabilitation Act 

and 34 CFR part 350, would provide for 

DRRPs to conduct multi-site research 

that contributes to evidence-based 

rehabilitation interventions and clinical 

practice guidelines that improve the 

lives of individuals with SCI. These 

projects are designed to serve the overall 

purpose of the DRRP program. 

To be eligible under Priority 2, an 

applicant must have received a grant 

under Priority 1. The Department 

intends to announce the competition for 

Priority 2 awards after selecting grantees 

from the Priority 1 competition. Only 

successful applicants from the Priority 1 

competition will be eligible to apply for 

awards under the Priority 2 

competition. 

References 

Alexander, M.S., Anderson, K.D., 

Beiring-Sorensen, F., Blight, A.R., 

Brannon. R., Bryce, T.N. Whiteneck, 

G. 2009). Outcome measures in spinal 

cord injury: recent assessments and 

recommendations for future 

directions. Spinal Cord, 47: 582–591. 

Boulenguez, P. and Vinay, L. (2009). 

Strategies to restore motor functions 

after spinal cord injury. Current 

Opinion in Neurobiology, 19(6):587– 

600. 

Field, M.J. and Jette, A.M. (2007). 

Secondary Conditions and Aging with 

Disability in M.J. Field & A.M. Jette 

(Eds). The Future of Disability in 

American (pp.136–161). Washington, 

DC: National Academies Press. 

Hauser, R.A., Greun, K.A. (2009). The 

use of prolotherapy in the treatment 

of chronic overuse shoulder and neck 

pain, neuorgenic pain, and hip 

degeneration in an incomplete C–4– 

C–5 spinal cord injury patient. Journal 

of Prolotherapy, 3:166–171. 

Hosalkera, H. Pandya, N.K., Hsu, J., 

Keenan, M.A. (2009). What’s New in 


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Orthopaedic Rehabilitation—Spinal 

Cord Injury. Journal of Bone & Joint 

Surgery, 91: 2303–2305. 

Priebe, M.M., Chiodo, A.E., Scelza, 

W.M., Kirschblum, S.C., Wuermser, 

L.A., Ho, C.H. (2007. Spinal Cord 

Injury Medicine. 6. Economic and 

societal issues in spinal cord injury. 

Archives of Physical Medicine and 

Rehabilitation, 88: S84–S88. 

Quarterly Report for the Spinal Cord 

Injury Model Systems (March 2010). 

National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical 

Center. University of AlabamaBirmingham. Retrieved from: https:// 

www.nscisc.uab.edu. 

Winkler, T. (2008) Spinal Cord and 

Aging. Retrieved from eMedicine 

Physical Medicine and RehabilitationSpinal Cord Injury: http:// 

emedicine.medscape.com/article/ 

322713-overview. 

Proposed Priority 1—Spinal Cord 

Injury Model Systems Centers 

The Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services 

proposes a priority for the funding of 

Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems 

(SCIMS) centers of care (SCIMS 

Centers). The SCIMS Centers must 

provide comprehensive, 

multidisciplinary services to 

individuals with spinal cord injury 

(SCI) as a basis for conducting research 

that contributes to evidence-based 

rehabilitation interventions and clinical 

and practice guidelines. The SCIMS 

program is designed to generate new 

knowledge that can be used to improve 

outcomes of individuals with SCI in one 

or more domains identified in NIDRR’s 

currently approved Long Range Plan, 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 15, 2006, 71 FR 8165: health 

and function, participation and 

community living, technology, and 

employment. Each SCIMS Center must 

contribute to this outcome by— 

(a) Providing a multidisciplinary 

system of rehabilitation care specifically 

designed to meet the needs of 

individuals with SCI. The system must 

encompass a continuum of care, 

including emergency medical services, 

acute care services, acute medical 

rehabilitation services, and post-acute 

services; 

(b) Continuing the assessment of longterm outcomes of individuals with SCI 

by enrolling at least 30 subjects per year 

into the SCIMS database, following 

established protocols for the collection 

of enrollment and follow-up data on 

subjects; 

(c) Proposing and conducting at least 

one, but no more than two, site-specific 

research projects to test innovative 

approaches to treating SCI and to 

assessing outcomes in one or more 

domains identified in the Plan: health 

and function, participation and 

community living, technology, and 

employment; 

(d) Participating as research 

collaborators in at least one module 

project. Module projects are research 

collaborations with one or more other 

SCIMS Centers—on topics of mutual 

interest and expertise. These module 

projects are carried out as part of the 

SCIMS Centers’ activities. They are not 

part of the SCIMS Multi-Site 

Collaborative Projects, which are funded 

under a separate priority. 

Note: The SCIMS Centers’ Project Directors 

will work together to determine the 

substance and the methods that will be used 

to conduct these module projects. NIDRR 

staff will facilitate this post-award discussion 

and negotiation. 

Each applicant under this priority 

must— 

(1) Demonstrate, in its application, its 

capacity to successfully engage in multisite collaborative research. This capacity 

includes access to research participants, 

the ability to maintain data quality, and 

the ability to adhere to research 

protocols; and 

(2) Propose to spend at least 15 

percent of its annual budget on 

participating in a module project, as 

described in paragraph (d) of this 

priority; 

(e) Addressing the needs of persons 

with disabilities including individuals 

from traditionally underserved 

populations; 

(f) Coordinating with the NIDRRfunded Model Systems Knowledge 

Translation Center (MSKTC) to provide 

scientific results and information for 

dissemination to clinical and consumer 

audiences; and 

(g) Ensuring participation of persons 

with disabilities in conducting SCIMS 

research. 

Proposed Priority 2—Spinal Cord 

Injury Model Systems (SCIMS) MultiSite Collaborative Research Projects 

The Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services 

proposes a priority for the funding of 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects (DRRPs) to serve as Spinal Cord 

Injury Model Systems (SCIMS) multisite collaborative research projects. To 

be eligible under this priority, an 

applicant must have received a grant 

under the SCIMS Centers priority 

(Proposed Priority 1 in this notice). 

Following completion of a competition 

using the SCIMS Centers priority, the 

Department will invite successful 

applicants under that competition to 

apply for funding under this SCIMS 

Multi-Site Collaborative Research 

Projects priority. 

Each SCIMS multi-site collaborative 

research project must be designed to 

contribute to evidence-based 

rehabilitation interventions and clinical 

practice guidelines that improve the 

lives of individuals with spinal cord 

injury (SCI) through research, including 

the testing of approaches to treating SCI 

or the assessment of the outcomes of 

individuals with SCI. Each SCIMS 

multi-site collaborative research project 

must contribute to this outcome by— 

(a) Collaborating with three or more of 

the NIDRR-funded SCIMS centers (for a 

minimum of four SCIMS sites). 

Applicants may also propose to include 

as part of their multi-site collaborative 

research project other SCI research sites 

that are not participating in a NIDRRfunded program; 

(b) Conducting multi-site research on 

questions of significance to SCI 

rehabilitation, using clearly identified 

research designs. The research must 

focus on outcomes in one or more 

domains identified in NIDRR’s currently 

approved Long Range Plan, published in 

the Federal Register on February 15, 

2006, 71 FR 8165: health and function, 

participation and community living, 

technology, and employment; 

(c) Demonstrating the capacity to 

carry out multi-site collaborative 

research projects, including 

administrative capabilities, experience 

with management of multi-site research 

protocols, and demonstrated ability to 

maintain standards for quality and 

confidentiality of data gathered from 

multiple sites; 

(d) Addressing the needs of people 

with disabilities, including individuals 

from traditionally underserved 

populations; 

(e) Coordinating with the NIDRRfunded Model Systems Knowledge 

Translation Center (MSKTC) to provide 

scientific results and information for 

dissemination to clinical and consumer 

audiences; and 

(f) Ensuring participation of 

individuals with disabilities in 

conducting SCIMS research. 

Types of Priorities 

When inviting applications for a 

competition using one or more 

priorities, we designate the type of each 

priority as absolute, competitive 

preference, or invitational through a 

notice in the Federal Register. The 

effect of each type of priority follows: 

Absolute priority: Under an absolute 

priority, we consider only applications 

that meet the priority (34 CFR 

75.105(c)(3)). 


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Competitive preference priority: 

Under a competitive preference priority, 

we give competitive preference to an 

application by (1) awarding additional 

points, depending on the extent to 

which the application meets the priority 

(34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i)); or (2) selecting 

an application that meets the priority 

over an application of comparable merit 

that does not meet the priority (34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(ii)). 

Invitational priority: Under an 

invitational priority, we are particularly 

interested in applications that meet the 

priority. However, we do not give an 

application that meets the priority a 

preference over other applications (34 

CFR 75.105(c)(1)). 

Proposed Selection Criterion 

Background: The Department is 

interested in ensuring that grantees use 

rigorous methods to carry out multi-site 

research conducted under Proposed 

Priority Two. The selection criteria that 

are available for use in DRRP 

competitions (34 CFR 350.53 and 

350.54) are not sufficiently detailed to 

allow evaluation of large-scale multi-site 

collaborative research projects. 

Therefore, we propose an additional 

criterion to address methods for 

carrying out multi-site research 

collaboration and would use this 

selection criterion when evaluating 

applications under the SCIMS MultiSite Collaborative Research Projects 

priority (Proposed Priority Two). This 

proposed criterion will be used to 

evaluate applicants’ capacity to manage 

and carry out a number of complex tasks 

that are involved in the successful 

conduct of multi-site collaborative 

research. 

Proposed Selection Criteria 

In accordance with the provisions of 

34 CFR 350.53 and 350.54 and in 

addition to the selection criteria 

specified in those sections, the Secretary 

proposes to consider the following 

factor in evaluating applications 

submitted under the SCIMS Multi-Site 

Collaborative Research Projects priority: 

The extent to which the applicant 

clearly documents its capacity to carry 

out a multi-site research project, 

including demonstrated administrative 

capabilities, experience with managing 

and following multi-site research 

protocols, and ability to maintain and 

meet standards for quality and 

confidentiality of data gathered from 

multiple sites. 

Final Priorities and Selection Criteria: 

We will announce the final priorities 

and selection criteria in a notice in the 

Federal Register. We will determine the 

final priorities and selection criteria 

after considering responses to this 

notice and other information available 

to the Department. This notice does not 

preclude us from proposing additional 

priorities, requirements, definitions, or 

selection criteria, subject to meeting 

applicable rulemaking requirements. 

Note: This notice does not solicit 

applications. In any year in which we choose 

to use any of these priorities, we invite 

applications through a notice in the Federal 

Register. 

Executive Order 12866: This notice 

has been reviewed in accordance with 

Executive Order 12866. Under the terms 

of the order, we have assessed the 

potential costs and benefits of this 

proposed regulatory action. 

The potential costs associated with 

this proposed regulatory action are 

those resulting from statutory 

requirements and those we have 

determined as necessary for 

administering this program effectively 

and efficiently. 

In assessing the potential costs and 

benefits—both quantitative and 

qualitative—of this proposed regulatory 

action, we have determined that the 

benefits of the proposed priorities and 

selection criteria justify the costs. 

Discussion of Costs and Benefits 

The benefits of the Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects and 

Centers Programs have been well 

established over the years in that similar 

projects have been completed 

successfully. The priorities proposed in 

this notice will generate new knowledge 

through research and development. 

Another benefit of this proposed 

regulatory action is that the 

establishment of new DRRPs will 

improve the lives of individuals with 

disabilities. The new DRRPs will 

generate, disseminate, and promote the 

use of new information that will 

improve the options for individuals 

with disabilities to perform regular 

activities in the community. 

Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is not subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

by contacting the Grants and Contracts 

Services Team, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245– 

7363. If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Numbers: 84.133N–1 and 84.133A– 

15. 

Dated: March 17, 2011. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6711 Filed 3–21–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[CFDA: 84.133A–6, 84.133A–7, and 84.133A– 

8] 

Funding Priorities: Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects and 

Centers Program 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed priorities. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for 

Special Education and Rehabilitative 

Services proposes three funding 

priorities for the Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects and 

Centers Program administered by the 

National Institute on Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). 

Specifically, this notice proposes a 

priority for the Americans with 

Disabilities Act (ADA) National 

Network Regional Centers (Proposed 

Priority 1), the ADA National Network 

Knowledge Translation Center 

(Proposed Priority 2), and the ADA 

National Network Research 

Collaborative (Proposed Priority 3). The 

Assistant Secretary may use one or more 

of these priorities for competitions in 

fiscal year (FY) 2011 and later years. We 

take this action to focus attention on 

areas of national need. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before April 21, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments about 

this notice to Lynn Medley, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Room 5140, Potomac 

Center Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC 

20202–2700. 


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