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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[CFDA Nos. 84.305A, 84.305B, 84.305C, 

84.324A, 84.324B, and 84.324C] 

Institute of Education Sciences; Notice 

Inviting Applications for Grants To 

Support Education and Special 

Education Research and Research 

Training for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 

SUMMARY: The Director of the Institute of 

Education Sciences (Institute) 

announces the Institute’s FY 2008 

competitions for grants to support 

education and special education 

research and research training. The 

Director takes this action under the 

Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, 

title I of Public Law 107–279. The intent 

of these grants is to provide national 

leadership in expanding fundamental 

knowledge and understanding of 

education from early childhood 

education through postsecondary and 

adult education. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Mission of Institute: A central purpose 

of the Institute is to provide parents, 

educators, students, researchers, 

policymakers, and the general public 

with reliable and valid information 

about education practices that support 

learning and improve academic 

achievement and access to education 

opportunities for all students. In 

carrying out its mission, the Institute 

provides support for programs of 

research in areas of demonstrated 

national need. 

Competitions in this notice: The 

Institute will conduct nine research or 

research training competitions in FY 

2008 through two of its National 

Education Centers. 

The National Center for Education 

Research (NCER) will hold five 

competitions: two competitions for 

education research; two competitions 

for education research training; and one 

competition for education research and 

development centers. 

Education Research 

Under the two education research 

competitions, NCER will consider only 

applications that address one of the 

following education research topics: 

• Reading and Writing. 

• Interventions for Struggling 

Adolescent and Adult Readers and 

Writers. 

• Mathematics and Science 

Education. 

• Teacher Quality in Reading and 

Writing. 

• Teacher Quality in Mathematics 

and Science. 

• Cognition and Student Learning. 

• Social and Behavioral Context for 

Academic Learning. 

• Education Technology. 

• Early Childhood Programs and 

Policies. 

• Education Leadership. 

• Education Policy, Finance, and 

Systems. 

• High School Reform. 

• Postsecondary Education. 

Education Research Training 

Under the first education research 

training competition, NCER will 

consider only applications for 

Postdoctoral Research Training; under 

the second competition, NCER will 

consider only applications for 

Predoctoral Research Training. 

Education Research and Development 

Centers 

Under the education research and 

development centers competition, NCER 

will consider only applications that 

address one of the following education 

research topics: 

• Cognition and Science Instruction. 

• Instructional Technology. 

The National Center for Special 

Education Research (NCSER) will hold 

four competitions: two competitions for 

special education research; one 

competition for special education 

research training; and one competition 

for special education research and 

development centers. 

Special Education Research 

Under the first special education 

research competition, NCSER will 

consider only applications that address 

one of the following special education 

research topics: 

• Early Intervention, Early Childhood 

Special Education, and Assessment for 

Young Children with Disabilities. 

• Mathematics and Science Special 

Education. 

• Reading, Writing, and Language 

Development. 

• Serious Behavior Disorders. 

• Individualized Education Programs 

and Individualized Family Service 

Plans. 

Under the second special education 

research competition, NCSER will 

consider only applications that address 

one of the following special education 

research topics: 

• Secondary and Transition Services. 

• Autism Spectrum Disorders. 

• Response to Intervention. 

• Related Services. 

Special Education Research Training 

Under the special education research 

training competition, NCSER will 

consider only applications for 

Postdoctoral Research Training. 

Special Education Research and 

Development Centers 

Under the special education research 

and development centers competition, 

NCSER will consider only applications 

that address one of the following special 

education research topics: 

• Serious Behavior Disorders at the 

Secondary Level. 

• Response to Intervention in Early 

Childhood Special Education. 

Eligible Applicants: Applicants that 

have the ability and capacity to conduct 

scientifically valid research are eligible 

to apply. Eligible applicants include, 

but are not limited to, non-profit and 

for-profit organizations and public and 

private agencies and institutions, such 

as colleges and universities. 

Request for Applications and Other 

Information: Information regarding 

program and application requirements 

for the competitions will be contained 

in the NCER and NCSER Request for 

Applications packages (RFA), which 

will be available at the following Web 

sites: 

http://ies.ed.gov/funding/ 

http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ies/ 

programs.html 

• The RFAs for the education 

research and special education research 

competitions will be available at these 

Web sites no later than April 6, 2007. 

• The RFAs for the education 

research training and the special 

education research training 

competitions will be available at these 

Web sites no later than April 6, 2007. 

• The RFAs for the education 

research and development centers and 

special education research and 

development centers competitions will 

be available at these Web sites no later 

than May 15, 2007. 

Interested potential applicants should 

periodically check the Institute’s Web 

site. 

Information regarding selection 

criteria and review procedures for the 

competitions will be provided in the 

RFA packages. 

Fiscal Information: Although 

Congress has not enacted a final 

appropriation for FY 2008, the Institute 

is inviting applications for these 

competitions now so that it may be 

prepared to make awards following final 

action on the Department’s 

appropriations bill. The President’s FY 

2008 Budget for the Institute includes 

sufficient funding for all of the 

competitions included in this notice. 

The actual award of grants will depend 

on the availability of funds. The number 

of awards made under each competition 

will depend upon the quality of the 

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competition. The size of the awards will 

depend upon the scope of the projects 

proposed. 

Applicable Regulations: The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 

86 (part 86 applies only to institutions 

of higher education), 97, 98, and 99. In 

addition 34 CFR part 75 is applicable, 

except for the provisions in 34 CFR 

75.100, 75.101(b), 75.102, 75.103, 

75.105, 75.109(a), 75.200, 75.201, 

75.209, 75.210, 75.211, 75.217, 75.219, 

75.220, 75.221, 75.222, and 75.230. 

Performance Measures 

To evaluate the overall success of its 

education research program, the 

Institute annually assesses the quality 

and relevance of newly funded research 

projects, as well as the quality of 

research publications that result from its 

funded research projects. External 

panels of qualified scientists review the 

quality of new research applications, 

and the percentage of newly funded 

projects that receive an average panel 

score of excellent or higher is 

determined. A panel of experienced 

education practitioners and 

administrators reviews descriptions of a 

randomly selected sample of newly 

funded projects and rates the degree to 

which the projects are relevant to 

educational practice. An external panel 

of eminent scientists reviews the quality 

of a randomly selected sample of new 

publications, and the percentage of new 

publications that are deemed to be of 

high quality is determined. 

Submission Requirements 

Applications for grants under these 

competitions must be submitted 

electronically unless you qualify for an 

exception to this requirement in 

accordance with the instructions in this 

section. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

Individuals with disabilities who 

need an accommodation or auxiliary aid 

in connection with the application 

process should contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

Applications for grants under the 

Education Research, Education Research 

Training, and Education Research and 

Development Centers competitions, 

CFDA Number 84.305A, 84.305B, and 

84.305C and for grants under the 

Special Education Research, Special 

Education Research Training, and 

Special Education Research and 

Development Centers competitions, 

CFDA Number 84.324A, 84.324B, and 

84.324C, must be submitted 

electronically using the 

Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site 

at http://www.Grants.gov. Through this 

site, you will be able to download a 

copy of the application package, 

complete it offline, and then upload and 

submit your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant 

application to us. 

We will reject your application if you 

submit it in paper format unless, as 

described elsewhere in this section, you 

qualify for one of the exceptions to the 

electronic submission requirement and 

submit, no later than two weeks before 

the application deadline date, a written 

statement to the Department that you 

qualify for one of these exceptions. 

Further information regarding 

calculation of the date that is two weeks 

before the application deadline date is 

provided later in this section under 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement. 

You may access the electronic grant 

applications for the Education Research, 

Education Research Training, Education 

Research and Development Centers, 

Special Education Research, Special 

Education Research Training, and 

Special Education Research and 

Development Centers competitions at 

http://www.Grants.gov. You must search 

for the downloadable application 

package for each competition by the 

CFDA number. Do not include the 

CFDA number’s alpha suffix in your 

search (e.g., search for 84.324, not 

84.324A). 

Please note the following: 

• When you enter the Grants.gov site, 

you will find information about 

submitting an application electronically 

through the site, as well as the hours of 

operation. 

• Applications received by Grants.gov 

are date and time stamped. Your 

application must be fully uploaded and 

submitted, and must be date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system no 

later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, on the application deadline date. 

Except as otherwise noted in this 

section, we will not consider your 

application if it is date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system later 

than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. When we 

retrieve your application from 

Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are 

rejecting your application because it 

was date and time stamped by the 

Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. 

• The amount of time it can take to 

upload an application will vary 

depending on a variety of factors 

including the size of the application and 

the speed of your Internet connection. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the submission 

process through Grants.gov. 

• You should review and follow the 

Education Submission Procedures for 

submitting an application through 

Grants.gov that are included in the 

application package for the competition 

to ensure that you submit your 

application in a timely manner to the 

Grants.gov system. You can also find the 

Education Submission Procedures 

pertaining to Grants.gov at http://eGrants.ed.gov/help/ 

GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf. 

• To submit your application via 

Grants.gov, you must complete all steps 

in the Grants.gov registration process 

(see http://www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

get_registered.jsp). These steps include 

(1) registering your organization, a 

multi-part process that includes 

registration with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR); (2) registering yourself 

as an Authorized Organization 

Representative (AOR); and (3) getting 

authorized as an AOR by your 

organization. Details on these steps are 

outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step 

Registration Guide (see http:// 

www.grants.gov/section910/ 

Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). 

You also must provide on your 

application the same D–U–N–S Number 

used with this registration. Please note 

that the registration process may take 

five or more business days to complete, 

and you must have completed all 

registration steps to allow you to submit 

successfully an application via 

Grants.gov. In addition you will need to 

update your CCR registration on an 

annual basis. This may take three or 

more business days to complete. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, as described 

elsewhere in this section, and submit 

your application in paper format. 

• You must submit all documents 

electronically, including all information 

you typically provide on the following 

forms: Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF 424 (R&R) and the other 

R&R forms including, Project 

Performance Site Locations, Other 

Project Information, Senior/Key Person 

Profile, Research and Related Budget 

(Total Federal + Non-federal) and all 

necessary assurances and certifications. 


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• You must attach any narrative 

sections of your application as files in 

a .PDF (Portable Document) format. If 

you upload a file type other than the file 

type specified in this paragraph or 

submit a password-protected file, we 

will not review that material. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any page-limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive from 

Grants.gov an automatic notification of 

receipt that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. (This notification 

indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not 

receipt by the Department.) The 

Department then will retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov and send a 

second notification to you by e-mail. 

This second notification indicates that 

the Department has received your 

application and has assigned your 

application a PR/Award number (an EDspecified identifying number unique to 

your application). 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on forms at a later 

date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of Technical Issues with the 

Grants.gov System: If you are 

experiencing problems submitting your 

application through Grants.gov, please 

contact the Grants.gov Support Desk at 

1–800–518–4726. You must obtain a 

Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number 

and must keep a record of it. 

If you are prevented from 

electronically submitting your 

application on the application deadline 

date because of technical problems with 

the Grants.gov system, we will grant you 

an extension until 4:30 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, the following 

business day to enable you to transmit 

your application electronically or by 

hand delivery. You also may mail your 

application by following the mailing 

instructions described elsewhere in this 

notice. 

If you submit an application after 4:30 

p.m., Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date, please 

contact the person listed elsewhere in 

this notice under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT and provide an 

explanation of the technical problem 

you experienced with Grants.gov, along 

with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number. We will accept your 

application if we can confirm that a 

technical problem occurred with the 

Grants.gov system and that that problem 

affected your ability to submit your 

application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date. The Department will contact you 

after a determination is made on 

whether your application will be 

accepted. 

Note: The extensions to which we refer in 

this section apply only to the unavailability 

of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov 

system. We will not grant you an extension 

if you failed to fully register to submit your 

application to Grants.gov before the 

application deadline date and time or if the 

technical problem you experienced is 

unrelated to the Grants.gov system. 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement: You qualify for an 

exception to the electronic submission 

requirement, and may submit your 

application in paper format, if you are 

unable to submit an application through 

the Grants.gov system because—

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to the 

Grants.gov system; 

and 

• No later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date (14 calendar 

days or, if the fourteenth calendar day 

before the application deadline date 

falls on a Federal holiday, the next 

business day following the Federal 

holiday), you mail or fax a written 

statement to the Department, explaining 

which of the two grounds for an 

exception prevent you from using the 

Internet to submit your application. 

If you mail your written statement to 

the Department, it must be postmarked 

no later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date. If you fax 

your written statement to the 

Department, we must receive the faxed 

statement no later than two weeks 

before the application deadline date. 

Address and mail or fax your 

statement to: Elizabeth Payer, U.S. 

Department of Education, 555 New 

Jersey Avenue, NW., room 602c, 

Washington, DC 20208. Fax: (202) 219–

1466. 

Your paper application must be 

submitted in accordance with the mail 

or hand delivery instructions described 

in this notice. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

may mail (through the U.S. Postal 

Service or a commercial carrier) your 

application to the Department. You 

must mail the original and two copies 

of your application, on or before the 

application deadline date, to the 

Department at the applicable following 

address: 

By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, 

Attention: (CFDA Number: [Identify 

the CFDA number for the competition 

under which you are submitting an 

application.]), 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

or 

By mail through a commercial carrier: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Stop 

4260, Attention: (CFDA Number: 

[Identify the CFDA number for the 

competition under which you are 

submitting an application.]), 7100 Old 

Landover Road, Landover, MD 20785–

1506. 

Regardless of which address you use, 

you must show proof of mailing 

consisting of one of the following: 

(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 

postmark. 

(2) A legible mail receipt with the 

date of mailing stamped by the U.S. 

Postal Service. 

(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier. 

(4) Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

If you mail your application through 

the U.S. Postal Service, we do not 

accept either of the following as proof 

of mailing: 

(1) A private metered postmark. 

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

If your application is postmarked after 

the application deadline date, we will 

not consider your application. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, you should check 

with your local post office. 

c. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Hand Delivery. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

(or a courier service) may deliver your 

paper application to the Department by 

hand. You must deliver the original and 

two copies of your application by hand, 

on or before the application deadline 

date, to the Department at the following 

address: U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number: [Identify the CFDA 

number for the competition under 

which you are submitting an 

application.]), 550 12th Street, SW., 

Room 7041, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–4260 . 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 8 

a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, except Saturdays, Sundays, and 

Federal holidays. 

Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper 

Applications: If you mail or hand deliver 

your application to the Department—

(1) You must indicate on the envelope—if 

not provided by the Department—in Item 10 


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of the SF 424 (R&R) the CFDA number, 

including suffix letter, if any, of the 

competition under which you are submitting 

your application; and 

(2) The Application Control Center will 

mail to you a notification of receipt of your 

grant application. If you do not receive this 

notification within 15 business days from the 

application deadline date, you should call 

the U.S. Department of Education 

Application Control Center at (202) 245–

6288. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

contact person associated with a 

particular research competition is listed 

in the chart at the end of this notice and 

in the RFA. The date on which 

applications will be available, the 

deadline for transmittal of applications, 

the estimated range of awards, and the 

project period are also listed in the chart 

and in the RFA that will be posted at the 

following Web sites: 

http://ies.ed.gov/funding/ 

http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ies/ 

programs.html 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this document in an alternative 

format (e.g., Braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Individuals with disabilities 

may obtain a copy of the RFA in an 

alternative format by contacting that 

person. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You may 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. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC area at (202) 512–1530. 

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: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 9501 et seq. 

Dated: April 3, 2007. 

Grover J. Whitehurst, 

Director, Institute of Education Sciences. 

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