National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research

ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT

ALL PROGRAMS EXCEPT RFP

Public Burden Statement:

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a 

collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. Public 

reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 52 hours per 

response, including time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering 

and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. 

The obligation to respond to this collection required to obtain or retain benefit (Public Law 93-

112-301). Send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection 

of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20210-4537 or email 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov and reference the OMB Control Number 1820-0675. Note: Please do not 

return the completed APR to this address. If you have comments or concerns regarding the 

status of your individual submission of this form, write directly to: Office of the Chief Financial 

Officer, U.S. Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 

20202-4248.
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THE TABLE OF CONTENTS ON THE NEXT PAGE INCLUDES FORM 

SECTIONS USED BY GRANTEES IN ALL 10 OF NIDRR’S RESEARCH 

PROGRAMS. SOME SECTIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOUR GRANT. 

THE SECOND COLUMN (“APPLIES TO”) INDICATES WHICH 

SECTIONS APPLY TO YOUR GRANT. 

HYPERLINKS IN THE “SECTION” COLUMN WILL TAKE YOU TO THAT 

SPECIFIC SECTION. EACH SECTION CONTAINS A “RETURN TO 

TABLE OF CONTENTS” LINK. 
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Welcome

You have access to the following reports. Submitted APRs from previous years are available to 

view and print in read-only format. Click the link in the "Action" column to access a specific 

reportng form.

For general information about the APR system, click on “APR Instructions and Tips” in the 

“Reporting Form Help” box.

For some questions, additional on-line help (detailed instructions, definitions, or explanations of 

why NIDRR needs specific information) is available. These questions are identified by a 

icon. Click on this icon for help. 

.

Table of Contents

The table below contains a listing of all form sections in your APR. Click the link in the “Action”

column to access each section. The “Last Updated” column displays the most recent date that 

information was saved.

Click here to return to the last section in which you saved information. Please review this section 

carefully to be sure you have completed all questions and (if applicable) reviewed all previously 

entered records. 

Form Progress

33% complete

Section

Applies To

Grantees in These 

Programs Action

Last 

Updated Completed

Contact and Identifying 

Information

General Information All

Award Abstract All 

Budget Information

Budget Summary All

Funding All

Summary Table—Funding Overview All

Indirect Costs All

Human Resources

Paid Staff All
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Section

Applies To

Grantees in These 

Programs Action

Last 

Updated Completed

Summary Table—Paid Staff Diversity All

Formal Financial Subcontracts All

Partnerships and Collaborations All

Consumer Involvement All except FIP

Planning for Outcomes and 

Significant Outputs

Outcome-Oriented Goals All

Projects and Activities

Research Projects All except ARRT 

(impairment group 

question does not 

apply to ADAs)

Summary Table—Research Projects All

Development Projects All except ARRT 

(impairment group 

question does not 

apply to ADAs)

Summary Table—Development Projects All

Dissemination and Knowledge Translation 

Projects

All except ARRT

Capacity-Building Activities—Fellows All except KT and 

ADA

Capacity-Building Activities—Graduate 

Students

All except KT, ADA, 

and ARRT

Summary Table—Capacity-Building 

Activities

All except KT and 

ADA

Capacity-Building Activities—

Performance of Fellows and Graduate 

Students

All except KT, ADA, 

and ARRT

Capacity-Building Activities—Additional 

Information

All except KT and 

ADA

Training Projects All except ADA and 

ARRT

Summary Table—Training Projects All except ADA and 

ARRT

Technical Assistance Activities All except ARRT 

and ADA

Additional Notes All except ARRT, 

KT, and ADA
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Section

Applies To

Grantees in These 

Programs Action

Last 

Updated Completed

Award-Specific Sections

Model Systems Clinical Care MS only

Knowledge Translation Awards—

Projects and Activities

KT only

ADA Training Projects, Technical 

Assistance, and Dissemination

ADA only

Performance: Outputs

Type 1 Outputs: Publications All

Type 1 Outputs: Most Important 

Publications

All

Type 2 Outputs: Tools, Measures, and 

Intervention Protocols

All

Summary Table—Type 2 Outputs All

Type 3 Outputs: Technology Products 

and Devices

All

Summary Table—Type 3 Outputs All

Type 4 Outputs: Informational Products All

Summary Table—Type 4 Outputs All

Performance: Outcomes 

(Accomplishments)

You must complete the “Performance: 

Outputs” section before beginning 

this section. 

External Use and Adoption of NIDRRFunded OutputsAll

Other Accomplishments and 

Contributions

All

Overall Status of Outcome-Oriented 

Goals

All
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Contact and Identifying Information

General Information (Applies to all)

Purpose: Grantee identification

Frequency of data entry: Once with annual updates as necessary

Please complete the information on this screen so that we may verify your record in the future.

1. PR Award # (preloaded)

Help: PR Award # has been preloaded. You 

cannot edit this information. 

2. Reporting Period (preloaded)

Help: Reporting period has been preloaded. You 

cannot edit this information. The reporting period 

for the first APR you submit will begin on the start 

date of your grant and end on May 31st of the 

reporting year. If you submit another APR the 

following year the reporting period will begin on 

June 1st of the prior year and end on May 31st of 

the current reporting year. When your grant ends, 

you will submit a final grant report that will have a 

reporting period from June 1st of the year of the 

last APR you submitted through the end date of 

the grant.

3. DUNS #

Help: The Data Universal Numbering System 

(DUNS) Number is a unique nine-digit sequence 

recognized as the universal standard for identifying 

and keeping track of over 100 million businesses 

worldwide. The URL for DUNS Numbers is 

http://www.dnb.com. You can search for your 

number there or obtain it from your business office. 

4. Employee Identification Number (EIN)

Help: Employer Identification Number (EIN) is also 

known as a federal tax identification number, and 

is used to identify a business entity. 

5. NCES ID #

Help: Only grantees located at an Institution of 

Higher Education (IHE), a State or Local Education 

Agency, or a public, charter, or private elementary 

or secondary school, will have National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES) numbers. If you are 

not sure of your NCES number, you can look it up 

on the following Web sites or obtain it from your 

business office: 

IHEs: http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool/Search.asp

SEAs: http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/ccMembersNon.asp

LEAs; Public Schools; or Charter Schools: 

http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/search.asp

Private Schools: 
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http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch

6. CFDA # (preloaded)

Help: CFDA number has been preloaded. .You 

cannot edit this information. CFDA numbers are 

used by the General Services Administration in 

compiling their guide to federal programs (see the 

searchable version at www.cfda.gov). They are 

also used in the financial grants management 

system of the Department of Education (GAPS). 

7. Grant Title

8. Program Mechanism (preloaded)

9. Host Institution/Grantee Name

10. Grantee Street Address (limit: 500 characters)

11. City

12. State

13. Zip

14. Phone

15. Fax

16. URL

Help: This question is required only if you have a 

Web site. 

17. E-mail

18. TTY

Help: This question is required only if you have a 

TTY number. 

19. Toll-Free Number

Help: This question is required only if you have a 

toll-free number. 

Please fill out the following information about the Principal Investigator.

20. Last name

21. First name

22. Title

23. Phone

24. E-mail
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Please fill out the following information about an Administrative Contact. (This should be 

different from above.)

25. Last name

26. First name

27. Title

28. Phone

29. E-mail

Please fill out the following information about the Authorizing Representative/Certifying 

Official (the person who signed the Application for Federal Assistance ED 424 form with 

original grant application).

30. Last name

31. First name

32. Title

33. Phone

34. E-mail

35. Street Address (if different from original ED 424) (Limit: 500 characters)

36. City

37. State

38. Zip

For ARRT grantees only

39. According to your application, what is the total number of fellows that you plan to train 

under this ARRT grant?

_____ fellows

40. According to your application, what is the duration of the training that you intend to 

provide to each fellow in your ARRT program?

_____ months

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Award Abstract (Applies to all)

The abstract you provided in last year’s APR (or, if you are a new grantee, the abstract from 

your original application) has been preloaded below. Please review the existing abstract and 

answer the following questions. 

1. Abstract

[Box] (Limit: 5,000 characters)

2. Have substantial changes been made to the scope of work or nature of the activities being 

conducted under this award during the current reporting period?

(a) yes

(b) no

3. If “yes,” have these changes been discussed with and approved by your project officer? 

(a) yes

(b) no

4. If “yes,” please upload your revised abstract and use it to replace the one in the above 

box. (NOTE: The revised abstract will be your new abstract going forward.)

5. Have you submitted the revised abstract to the National Rehabilitation Information Center 

at http://www.NARIC.com?

(a) yes

(b) no

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Budget Information

Purpose: Department of Education regulation

Frequency of data entry: Once with annual edits as necessary

Budget Summary (Applies to all)

In the budget summary table below, enter the information that you provided in your original 

grant application. When you hit ‘save and continue’ or ‘save and exit,’ the row and column totals 

will update automatically. 

Help: Enter the information that you provided in your original grant application, Budget 

Information Form ED 524.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FUNDS

Budget Categories Project Year 1 

(a)

Project Year 2 

(b)

Project Year 3 

(c)

Project Year 4 

(d)

Project Year 5 

(e) Total (f)

1. Personnel 

2. Fringe Benefits 

3. Travel 

4. Equipment 

5. Supplies 

6. Contractual 

7. Construction 

8. Other 

9. Total Direct 

Costs (lines 1–8) 

10. Indirect Costs

11. Training 

Stipends 

12. Total Costs 

(lines 9–11) 

(System will automatically generate totals in shaded areas.)

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Funding (Applies to all)

Please complete the following Budget Information Section for the current budget period with 

respect to funds that directly support this NIDDR award or funds you receive as a result of this 

NIDRR award, including any carryover funds from the previous budget period. Enter all amounts 

rounded to the nearest dollar.

Note: Budget period is not synonymous with reporting period. A budget period is a specific 

interval of time for which federal funds are being provided from a particular fiscal year to fund a 

recipient's approved activities and budget. Budget period is defined as 365 days from the start 

date of your grant. For multiyear awards, consecutive budget periods proceed immediately from 

the end of the previous budget period and are 365 days in duration. The inclusive dates of the 

first budget period can be found in Block 6 of the Grant Award Notification (GAN).

Reporting period is variable. The first reporting period begins on the start date of your award

until May 31 of the following year. Subsequent reporting periods begin June 1 (immediately 

following May 31) and end May 31. (This will also be found in Block 6 of the GAN.)

1. NIDRR funds expended

NIDRR Funds Expended

a. Actual amount of NIDRR grant expenditures during the previous budget period.

(This would be 0 if this is your first year.)

b. Estimated total amount of NIDRR grant expenditures during the current budget 

period

c. Grantee cost-share amount for current budget period

Help: 

1. Funds expended (or budget expenditures) are obligations (costs billed) incurred in the budget 

period. 

a. This is the actual amount of money drawn down and spent during the previous budget period. 

b. This is the estimated amount of money drawn down and spent during the current budget 

period. 

c. This question should be answered by all grantees. If you do not have cost sharing in your 

budget, please enter 0. DRRP and FIP grants include a requirement for a cost share or match 

of 1 percent of the total budget amount by grantees. All other programs except Fellows include 

instructions for voluntary cost share. Cost-sharing is negotiated with the grantee at the time of 

award. If you proposed cost sharing, you should report the amount here. Your cost-share 

requirements are documented in your award letter. 
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2. NIDRR funds received

NIDRR Funds Received 

a. The total amount (exclusive of supplements) of funds that you received from 

NIDRR for this budget period for this award

b. The total amount of funds carried over from the previous budget period

c. The total amount of supplemental NIDRR funds added to the award in the current

budget period

d. The anticipated amount of funds carried over to next budget period.

Help: 

a. Funds received are the total amount of money that NIDRR awarded; i.e., made available to 

the grantee in the current budget period. See block 7 of the Grant Award Notice (Authorized 

Funding), second line, which says ‘Budget Period.’ This is the amount that goes here.

b. Funds carried over are the monies awarded to you by NIDRR in the previous budget period 

that you did not expend in that budget period. Please note that If you have carryover from 

the previous budget period, you will need to explain the reasons for carryover in Question 3. 

c. Supplemental NIDRR funds are funds that NIDRR awarded directly to you in addition to the 

original level of funding.

d. Funds carried over are the monies awarded to you by NIDRR that you have not yet 

expended. Please note If you anticipate carryover to the next budget period, you will need 

to explain the reasons for carryover in Question 4. 

3. Rationale for carryover from previous budget period (NOTE: This field is required when

2.b > 0.)

If you entered any amount of carryover funds from the previous budget period to the 

current budget period, briefly summarize the reason for this carryover. (Limit: 20,000 

characters)

[Box]

4. Rationale for carryover to next budget period (NOTE: This field is required when 2.d > 

0.)

If you entered any amount of anticipated funds to be carried over from the current budget 

period to the next budget period, briefly summarize the reason for the anticipated 

carryover. (Limit: 20,000 characters)

[Box]

5. Additional funds

Additional Funds

a. The total amount of additional (i.e., non-NIDRR) funds that you received in direct 

support of this award during this budget period. (NOTE: All grantees except SBIRs 

will report in-kind funding later in this section.)

Help: Additional (i.e., non-NIDRR) funds include funds that you received in direct support of this 

award during this budget period, with the exception of support from the host institution. This 

category includes funds received from conferences, if applicable. 
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6. Financial and in-kind support received from host institution in current budget period

Support from Host Institution

a. Total amount of financial contributions (exclusive of in-kind) received from 

host institution in support of this award in the current budget period 

b. Estimated value of in-kind contributions from host institution support in 

current budget period, excluding indirect costs 

Help: In-kind contributions may be in the form of real property, equipment, supplies and other 

expendable property, and the value of goods and services directly benefiting and specifically 

identifiable to the project or program. (This definition is derived from language in EDGAR 74.2.)

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Summary Table—Funding Overview (Applies to all)

Funding overview (exclusive of in-kind funding) for award in the current budget period. This 

table will display the total funds expended, received, and available from all sources based on 

the information you entered on the Funding page. 

Funding Category Amount

a. Total funds expended System-generated:

1.b + 1.c

b. Total NIDRR funds received including carryover System-generated:

2.a + 2.b + 2.c

c. Total funds available or received from all sources System-generated: 

(2.a + 2.b + 2.c) + 

5.a + 6.a

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For SBIRs, this row will be based on entries in 2.a–c and 5.a, since SBIRs do not complete item 7.
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Indirect Costs (Applies to all)

NOTE: This section must be completed by your Business Office. If you claim indirect costs, you 

must complete the follow-up questions on the pages labeled ‘Indirect Costs (b)’ and ‘Indirect 

Costs (c).’ These questions are accessed by clicking on the ‘save and continue’ button below. 

A1. Are you claiming any indirect costs in association with this award?

a. yes

b. no

NOTE: System will display next item only if A1 = “yes.”

Help: Indirect costs are costs an organization incurred for common or joint objectives that 

cannot be readily identified with a specific grant project or other institutional activity (such as 

electricity or janitorial services).

B1. Are there any changes to the Indirect Cost Rate associated with this award from your

original application?

a. yes

b. no

NOTE: System will display next item only if B1 = “yes.”

NOTE: If you are claiming a new Indirect Cost Rate a revised budget information form (ED524) 

must be submitted to NIDRR.

C. Please enter the following for the new Indirect Cost Rate:

1. Period covered by the Indirect Cost Rate Agreement

From (enter as “mm/dd/yyyy”)

To (enter as “mm/dd/yyyy”)

2. Approving Federal agency

a. ED

b. Other

Specify (if other): ________________________

3. Are you using a restricted indirect cost rate?

(a) yes

(b) no

4. For restricted rate programs, please check all that apply:

a. Rate is included in your approved Indirect Cost Rate Agreement

b. Rate complies with 34CFR 76.564(c) (2)
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Human Resources

Paid Staff (Applies to all)

Purpose: NIDRR—Capacity building metrics

Frequency of data entry: Once with annual edits as necessary

Please complete this section for all paid staff who work on this award and for all formal financial 

subcontracts. All grantees should enter at least one record for paid staff. For each entry, 

questions 1-4 must be completed. The “Date Completed” column will display the date of the last 

save for each record.

Information on doctoral students and any individuals who are contributing to this award as part 

of training activities is covered in the “Capacity Building” section (if applicable to your program 

mechanism) and does not need to be entered here.

If you submitted an annual report last year, a record for each paid staff member you listed has 

been imported into your current APR. For these records, the text ‘needs review’ will appear in 

the ‘date completed’ column. Please review these records by clicking on the ‘edit’ link. After you 

‘save,’ the system will update the date completed.

Please also add any paid staff not currently listed in the table and delete any records that are no 

longer needed. 

NOTE: If this is your first year, you will need to enter information for all paid staff who work on 

this award.

Last Name First Name

Position on

NIDRR 

Award

FTE on 

NIDRR 

Award

Add/Edit 

Record

Delete 

Record

Date 

Completed

Edit Delete

Add new

For each paid staff member, please complete the following.

1. Last name

Note: Be sure not to enter duplicate records for staff members already listed. Typographical 

errors or misspellings will result in duplicate records for the same staff member. NIDRR uses 

the name fields to generate counts of staff members. Duplicate records will result in inaccurate 

counts. 

2. First name

Note: Be sure not to enter duplicate records for staff members already listed. Typographical 

errors or misspellings will result in duplicate records for the same staff member. NIDRR uses 

the name fields to generate counts of staff members. Duplicate records will result in inaccurate 

counts. 
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3. Position on this NIDRR award (please indicate the most appropriate category. (Select only 

one. Select 'other' only if no other category applies.)

a. investigator

b. training professional

c. dissemination/knowledge translation professional

d. other professional staff

e. technician, programmer, or other support staff

f. student (not working to satisfy degree requirements through employment on 

NIDRR-funded grant)

g. other

Specify (if other):__________________________________

4. Time spent working on this NIDRR award in reporting period. Enter a whole number, a 

decimal, and then 2 numbers following the decimal; e.g., the FTE for a staff member 

working 10 hours per week is 0.25. 

[Box] 

Help: When entering the full-time equivalent (FTE) for each staff member, please report actual, 

not budgeted, FTE totals. An FTE of 1.00 indicates that the person spends full time (equivalent 

of 40 hours per week) on the award. 

5. Demographic/Diversity Information

NOTE: Submitting this demographic information is voluntary. There are no adverse 

consequences if you chose not to submit it. NIDRR uses this information in aggregate reports to 

gauge whether our programs and other opportunities in disability and rehabilitation research are 

fairly reaching and benefiting everyone regardless of demographic diversity and to ensure that 

those in underrepresented groups have the same knowledge of, and access to, programs, 

meetings, vacancies, and other research and educational opportunities as everyone else. 

NIDRR reports this information in aggregate only, thus preserving the privacy of individuals. 

(a) Is this person of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity? 

(1) yes

(2) no

(b) Please indicate the racial designation for this person (select one or more)

(1) American Indian or Alaska Native

(2) Asian

(3) Black or African American

(4) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

(5) White
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(c) Does this person have a declared disability? 

(1) yes

(2) no

(NOTE: System will allow grantee to add this information or review existing records.)

Help:

(a) Categories for ethnicity are established by OMB. You are asked to indicate if the staff 

member is of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity. Hispanic or Latino is defined as ‘A person of 

Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish 

culture or origin, regardless of race.’ (Office of Management and Budget, Revisions to 

the standards for classification of federal data on race and ethnicity. Federal Register, 

October 30, 1997. Available at 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/1997standards.html. 

(b) Categories for race are established by OMB. 

 American Indian or Alaska Native. A person having origins in any of the original 

peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintains 

tribal affiliation or community attachment. 

 Asian. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, 

Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, 

India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and 

Vietnam. 

 Black or African American. A person having origins in any of the black racial 

groups of Africa. 

 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. A person having origins in any of the 

original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. 

 White. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle 

East, or North Africa. 

(Office of Management and Budget, Revisions to the standards for classification of 

federal data on race and ethnicity. Federal Register, October 30, 1997. Available at 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/1997standards.html. 

(c) Disability means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more 

major life activities. An individual with a disability is a person who has a physical or 

mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the individuals’ major life 

activities; has a record of this impairment and is regarded as having this impairment. 

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Summary Table—Paid Staff Diversity (Applies to all)

This table will display the total number of paid staff members represented in each of the three 

diversity categories based on the information you provided for each staff member on the Paid 

Staff page. It will also display the number of staff members for whom you did not report the 

information for each category.

‘Staff from underrepresented populations’ includes individuals for whom you selected any of the 

following designations: American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, 

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. 

Diversity Category Number of Staff

Number of current paid staff System-generated: based on number of 

records entered

Number by Ethnicity

Hispanic or Latino System-generated: based on number of 

records with 5.a = “yes”

Not Hispanic or Latino System-generated: based on number of 

records with 5.a = “no”

Not Reported System-generated: based on number of 

records with no response to 5.a

Number by Race*

Underrepresented populations** System-generated: based on number of 

records with 5.b = other than “White”

White System-generated: based on number of 

records with 5.b = “White”

Not Reported System-generated: based on number of 

records with no response to 5.b

Number by Disability Status

Declared disability System-generated: based on number of 

records with 5.c = “yes”

No disability System-generated based on number of 

records with 5.c = “no”

Not Reported System-generated: based on number of 

records with no response to 5.c

* Counts are duplicated because an individual can be of more than one race.

** Includes all categories except White.

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Formal Financial Subcontracts (Applies to all)

1. Does the award have any financial collaborations or partnerships with other organizations 

or universities that involve subcontracts? (NOTE: If you answer "yes" to this question, you 

will need to enter at least one record on the next screen.)

(a) yes

(b) no

(NOTE: System will display next section only if 1 = “yes.”)

If you report a subcontract, you must complete questions 1-2 on the page labeled ‘Formal 

Financial Subcontracts (b)’. You can access these questions by adding or editing a record. 

If you submitted an annual report last year, a record for each subcontractor you listed has been 

imported into your current APR. For these records, the text ‘needs review’ will appear in the 

‘date completed’ column. Please review these records by clicking on the ‘edit’ link. After you 

‘save,’ the system will update the date completed.

Please also add any subcontractors not currently listed in the table and delete any records that 

are no longer needed. The “date completed” column will display the date of the last save for 

each record. 

NOTE: If this is your first year, you will need to complete this table and, in subsequent years, 

supply any annual updates.

Name of 

Subcontractor

Task or Role on 

This Award Add/Edit Record Delete Record

Date 

Completed

Edit Delete

Add new

For each of the formal financial subcontracts in direct support of the activities of this award, 

please complete the following.

NOTE: Progress on activities of the subcontract will be reported in the corresponding section(s) 

under “Projects and Activities.”

1. Name of subcontractor (Limit: 500 characters)

[Box]

2. Task or role on this award (Limit: 1,000 characters)

[Box]

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Partnerships and Collaborations (Applies to all)

1. Does the award have any partnerships (organizations outside your own, including other 

academic institutions, nonprofit organizations, industrial or commercial partners, state or 

local governments and/or other collaborators [nonpaid staff internal or external to your 

organization]) who have involvement in the work on this award? (NOTE: If you answer 

"yes" to this question, you will need to enter at least one record on the next screen.)

a. yes

b. no

(NOTE: System will display next section only if 1 = “yes.”)

If you report a partnership or collaboration, you must complete Questions 1-2 on the page 

labeled ‘Partnerships and Collaborations (b)’. You can access these questions by adding or 

editing a record. 

If you submitted an annual report last year, a record for each partnership or collaboration you 

listed has been imported into your current APR. For these records, the text “needs review” will 

appear in the ‘date completed’ column. Please review these records by clicking on the ‘edit’ 

link. After you “save,” the system will update the date completed. 

Please also add any partnerships or collaborations not currently listed in the table and delete 

any records that are no longer needed. The ‘date completed’ column will display the date of the 

last save for each record. 

NOTE: If this is your first year, you will need to complete this table and, in subsequent years, 

supply any annual updates.

Name of Individual 

or Organization

Role in This 

Award Add/Edit Record Delete Record

Date 

Completed

Edit Delete

Add new

For each partnership, please complete the following:

1. Name of individual or organization (Limit: 500 characters)

[Box] 

2. Please describe their role in the activities of this award (Limit: 1,000 characters)

[Box]

Help: Partnerships show the degree of collaboration that grantees engage in, in order to 

accomplish their work.

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Consumer Involvement (Applies to all except FIP)

Purpose: NIDRR internal monitoring of research relevance

Frequency of data entry: Once with annual updates

Please answer the following question related to consumer involvement.

Describe the ways in which you have involved persons with disabilities, family members and/or 

caregivers in decision-making concerning the planning, management, implementation, and 

evaluation of award activities and accomplishments.

(Limit: 5,000 characters)

Help: Involvement of people with disabilities helps ensure that grant products and outcomes are 

relevant to the lives of people with disabilities. If people with disabilities were not involved, 

please enter ‘N/A.’

[Box]

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Planning for Outcomes and Significant Outputs

Purpose: Evaluation and accountability

Frequency of data entry: Once with one update

Outcome-Oriented Goals (Applies to all)

All grantees are required to identify a limited number (1–2/2–4) of reasonably ambitious 

outcome-oriented goals that they intend to achieve by the end of the funding cycle. These goals

or expected outcomes should be derived from your existing application. Each question in this 

section asks for a specific piece of information about the key goals or expected outcomes you 

listed in your application. Your Project Officer assumes the answers to these questions are 

based on goals in our application and will use your answers to track your progress toward 

achieving these goals over the course of the entire funding cycle. Include the (1-2/2-4), “most 

important” goals from your proposal that specify what you intend to accomplish and should be 

written in terms of any of the following: advances in knowledge, increased capacity for research, 

training or knowledge translation, and/or changes/improvements in policy, practice, or systems 

capacity.

In this section, please provide a brief 2–3 sentence description of the (1-2/2–4) “most important”

outcome-oriented goals you plan to achieve by the end of the funding cycle. For each goal, you 

must complete questions 1-5. You can access these questions by adding or editing a record. 

Grantees will be allowed to update and/or revise their goals up to, and through, the 

second year of their funding cycle, after which time the fields in this section will be 

locked. 

If you submitted an annual report last year, a record for each goal you listed has been imported 

into your current APR. If this is the second year of your funding cycle, the text ‘needs review’ 

will appear in the ‘date completed’ column. Please review these records by clicking on the ‘edit’ 

link. After you ‘save,’ the system will update the date completed. Please also add any goals not 

currently listed in the table and delete any records that are no longer needed. The ‘date 

completed’ column will display the date of the last save for each record. 

After the second year of your funding cycle, the ‘date completed’ column will read ‘N/A’ because 

you can no longer update and/or revise your goals. 

Goal Number Short Title Add/Edit Record Delete Record Date Completed

Edit Delete

Add new
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1. Provide a short title for this outcome-oriented goal. This title will appear later in other 

questions that refer to this goal. (Limit: 75 characters)

2. Provide a brief 2–3 sentence description of this outcome-oriented goal. (Limit: 1,000 

characters). It will be helpful to your Project Officer if you include the page number of your 

application that references your goal. 

[Box]

3. Select the type of change or improvement you anticipate achievement of this goal will 

result in. 

(Select only one)

a. Advances in knowledge—changes or improvements in awareness, knowledge, 

understanding, skills and/or attitudes

b. Increased capacity to conduct and/or use high-quality research, or progression 

of trainees in academic stature

c. Changes or improvements in policy, practice, behavior, or system capacity

(e.g., access, practice guidelines, State or Federal regulations)

4. Select the 1–2 primary target population(s) that you anticipate will benefit most directly 

from the anticipated accomplishment, or that you must reach in order to achieve the goal.

(Select 'other' only if no other category applies)

a. Researchers

b. Practitioners/clinicians

c. Service providers

d. Educators

e. Policy experts

f. Federal and non-federal partners

g. Industry representatives and/or product developers

h. Employers 

i. Media

j. Consumer advocates

k. Individuals with disabilities and/or family members

l. Other

Specify (if other) [Box]

Help: NIDRR aggregates information on target populations across all grantees. We limit the 

response to two populations because we want to develop frequency distributions on the primary 

populations our grantees serve. 

5. Briefly describe your goal in terms of the problem you are trying to solve, the gap you 

expect to fill, and how the target population will benefit from accomplishment of this goal. 

a. Problem to be solved (Limit: 1,000 characters

[Box]
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b. Gap expected to be filled (Limit: 1,000 characters)

[Box]

c. How the target population will benefit from accomplishment of this goal (Limit: 1,000 

characters)

[Box]

Help: 

b. “Gap” refers to the difference between what is known now in your priority area and what 

information will be gained or developed upon completion of grant work. 

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Projects and Activities

Research Projects (Applies to all except ARRT)

For each of your research projects, answer the following questions. Where appropriate, you 

may cut and paste from your original grant proposal.

If you submitted an annual report last year, a record for each research project you listed has 

been imported into your current APR. For these records, the text ‘needs review’ will appear in 

the ‘date completed’ column. Please review these records by clicking on the ‘edit’ link. After 

you “save,” the system will update the date completed. Please also add any research projects 

not currently listed in the table and delete any records that are no longer needed. The ‘date 

completed’ column will display the date of the last save for each record. 

ARRT grantees should not complete this section. However, you will need to click “save and 

continue” or “save and exit” below before you can submit your APR form. 

Special instructions for Model Systems grantees participating in multisite collaborative 

module projects. Model Systems grantees participating in multisite collaborative module 

projects, whether as the lead or a contributor, should identify these projects in both the “short 

title” (75 characters) and “full title” (500 characters) fields. The lead grantee should enter the 

phrase “LEAD MODULE PROJECT” in all caps at the beginning of the field, followed by the 

project title. The lead grantee should determine exactly what the project title will be and inform 

the contributors. Contributors should enter “MODULE PROJECT” in all caps at the beginning of 

the field, followed by the project title exactly as provided by the lead grantee. The lead center 

should report on its own contributions to the project (e.g., their center's sample size to date, 

etc.) as well as the overall progress of the study (the sample size of the entire project to 

date, etc.). The other collaborating centers should report on their individual center's contribution 

to the study.

NOTE: If this is your first year, you will need to enter information for all of your projects.

For each project that has received Institutional Review Board approval, upload all relevant 

approval documents, including your own and any for subcontractors or partner sites 

participating in the project. (All relevant approval documents should be combined into a single 

file for upload.) Do not submit your report until you have uploaded all relevant IRB 

approval documents.

The attachment icon in the table below indicates projects for which you have uploaded an IRB 

approval document. A red “X” indicates projects for which you still need to upload an IRB 

approval document.

Project ID

Short 

Project 

Title

IRB 

Status

Add/Edit 

Record Delete Record

Date 

Completed

R1 Sample 

project Edit Delete
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Add new

NOTE: System will assign a sequential number to each project, and the sequential number will 

appear in the summary table.

Help: A research project is an intensive systematic study, based on a clear hypothesis or 

research question that is directed toward producing new scientific knowledge about the subject 

or problem being studied. This definition is derived from the regulations governing the DRRP 

program: CFR 350.13 (research). MS grantees should not report data collection activities for 

the National SCI Database as a separate research project. 

1 Provide a short title for this research project (Limit: 75 characters)

[Box]

2. Full title of research project (Limit: 500 characters)

[Box]

Help: The project title should come from your grant application. NIDRR performs key word or 

phrase searches of the title field to determine the total number of projects on specific topics. 

3. Name of the Principal Investigator responsible for this project 

[Box]

4. If applicable, name of the Co-Principal Investigator responsible for this project 

[Box]

5. Project start date (enter as “mm/dd/yyyy”)

[Box]

Help: Please verify the project start date.

6. Projected (or actual) project end date (enter as “mm/dd/yyyy”)

[Box]

Help: The anticipated end date of a project can change for various reasons; e.g., if obtaining 

IRB approval takes longer than expected. 
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7. a. What is the current status of your research project?

(Select only one)

(1) on time 

(2) delayed

(3) completed

(4) not scheduled to start yet

(5) dropped

7. b. If “delayed,” by how many months?

[Box]

7. c. If “delayed,” what was the primary reason for the delay? (Limit: 4,000 characters)

[Box]

7. d. If “dropped,” what was the major reason for dropping it? (Limit: 4,000 characters)

7. e. If “dropped,” was this change discussed with your project officer?

(1) yes

(2) no

8. a. What is the Institutional Review Board status for this research project? (Select the best 

answer.) 

(1) approved

(2) pending

(3) submitted 

(4) not yet submitted

(5) N/A (choose this option if IRB Approval was not required)

8. b. If “approved,” enter the IRB annual approval 

[Box]

8. c. If “approved” enter the date of approval (enter as “mm/dd/yyyy”)

[Box]

8. d. If “approved,” is this your most recent IRB approval for this project?

(1) yes

(2) no
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8. e. Are any subcontractors or partner sites working on this project?

(1) yes

(2) no

8. f. If “yes,” do the subcontractors or partner sites have IRB approvals?

(1) yes

(2) no

(3) N/A

If ‘N/A,’ why?

[Box]

8. g. Please upload a copy of your most recent IRB approval document. Your upload should 

include all relevant IRB approvals, including those for any subcontractors or partner 

sites participating in the project. (All relevant approval documents should be combined 

into a single file for upload). Do not submit your report until you have uploaded all 

relevant IRB approvals. Use the “Browse” button below to select the file you want to 

upload from your computer. You may upload files of the following types: PDF, DOC 

(Microsoft Word), GIF, and JPG.

[Box] Browse...

Help: 

d. NIDRR needs to have the most recent date of IRB approval on file to meet departmental 

monitoring requirements.

f. IRB subcontractor approval is important for monitoring human subjects issues.

g. NIDRR is required to include official IRB approval documents as part of your official 

grant file at the Department of Education.

9. Please select the National Science Foundation (NSF) response category that best applies

to this project. For definitions of response categories and more information on the NSF 

survey, see http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/showsrvy.cfm?srvy_CatID=4&srvy_Seri=10

(Select only one)

a. engineering

b. life sciences

c. psychological sciences

d. social sciences

Help: For definitions of response categories and more information on the NSF survey, click on 

the link at left. This link will take you to NSF’s ‘Survey of Federal Funds for Research and 

Development’ page. From this page click on the ‘Questionnaire(s)’ link found in the left side bar. 

This link will take you to a page where you will see a list of questionnaires. Choose the ‘Survey 
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of Federal Funds for Research and Development (non-DOD version) FY 2003 link and go to 

pages 35-39 (Attachment 1) to view the classification of NSF fields. 

NIDRR uses this information to determine how many research projects fall into each NSF 

category.

10. a. Briefly describe the objectives of this project. (Limit: 4,000 characters)

[Box]

10. b. Have there been substantial changes to the objective(s) for this project during the 

current reporting period?

(1) yes

(2) no

10. c. If “yes,” have these changes been discussed with your project officer?

(1) yes

(2) no

10. d. If “yes,” in one or two sentences, explain the reason for these changes. (Limit: 1,000 

characters)

[Box]

Help:

a. This information should come from the objectives description for this project in your 

original application. 

b. If the original objectives for this project have changed, describe the new objectives.

d. NIDRR is beginning to content analyze the responses to this question in order to 

determine the most frequently reported reasons why project objectives need to be 

changed. Understanding these reasons will help improve NIDRR’s monitoring efforts 

and meet departmental monitoring requirements. 

11. a. Based on the objectives listed in Question 10, what one NIDRR Long-Range Plan 

Domain does this project best fit in? (Select only one)

(1) health and function

(2) employment

(3) participation and community living

(4) cross-cutting (specify two or more domains that apply)

11. b. If “cross-cutting,” specify two or more domains that apply. 

(1) health and function

(2) employment

(3) participation and community living
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Help: The cross-cutting domain shows that a disability research project often spans two or 

more Long-Range Plan domains because of the multi-disciplinary nature of disability research.

12. Below are the outcome-oriented goals you specified for your award. Select the one goal 

that this project helps to achieve.

If you have not yet entered outcome-oriented goals, please do so and then return to this 

question. If you revise your outcome-oriented goals, please return to this question and 

review your response.

(Select only one)

Goal 1

Goal 2

Goal 3

(short title, as previously entered by grantee)

Help: The goals you entered in “Planning for Outcomes and Significant Outputs” section appear 

below. NIDRR is interested in how projects map to grantee goals. The Department of 

Education is interested in tracking the relationship between projects and goals. 

13. In one or two sentences, briefly describe the study population for this project. (Limit: 4,000 

characters)

[Box]

Help: A study population is defined as the collection of elements that a researcher would like to 

study where an element is the basic unit that makes up the population. Examples of study 

populations include but are not limited to: all admissions to non-federal hospitals in the state of 

New Jersey during the time period August 1 1976, to July 31, 1977; all persons 18 years or 

older with spinal cord injuries living in federally-subsidized nursing homes in Los Angeles 

County; all business establishments with public retail outlets, employing more than 100 persons 

in the city of Los Angeles on June 30, 1978 (adapted from Frankel, M. (1983). Sampling theory. 

In P. H. Rossi, J. D. Wright, & A. B. Anderson (Eds.), Handbook of survey research (pp. 23-24). 

San Diego, CA: Academic Press). 

14. What is your proposed sample size for this project?

[Box]

Help: The answer to this question should be numeric if possible. 

A research sample is a subset of the study population that is chosen by adhering to a specific 

set of rules (adapted from Frankel, M. (1983). Sampling theory. In P. H. Rossi, J. D. Wright, & A. 

B. Anderson (Eds.), Handbook of survey research (pp. 23-24). San Diego, CA: Academic 

Press).
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15. If the project is underway, what sample size have you achieved to date?

[Box]

N/A

Help: The answer to this question should be numeric if possible.

16. a. Have there been any changes to the proposed sample size?

(1) yes

(2) no

16. b. If there have been changes to the proposed sample size, have these changes been 

discussed with your project officer?

(1) yes

(2) no

16. c. If there have been changes to proposed sample size, please describe the changes, 

the rationale for the changes, and when the changes took effect. (Limit: 4,000 

characters)

[Box]

Help: This is a key monitoring indicator used by NIDRR Project Officers. 

17. What method(s) or design(s) does the project use to obtain its information? (Check all that 

apply. Select “other” for this item only if no other category applies.)

a. Survey

b. Observation

c. Case studies

d. Focus groups

e. Secondary analysis

f. Meta-analysis

g. Intervention study—Experimental or randomized control design

h. Intervention study—Quasi-experimental design

i. Intervention study—Single-subject design

j. Qualitative interview

k. Other 

Specify (if other) [Box]

a. Help: Survey: In a sample survey, data are collected from a sample of a population to 

determine the incidence, distribution, and interrelation of naturally occurring events and 

conditions. The overriding concern in the sample survey strategy is to collect information 

in such a way that conclusions can be drawn about elements of the population that are not 

in the sample as well as about elements that are in the sample (source: United States 

General Accounting Office, Program Evaluation and Methodology Division. (1991). 

Designing evaluations (Pub. No. GAO/PEMD-10.1.4). Washington, DC: Author, p. 33. 

Retrieved March 27, 2008 from http://www.gao.gov/special.pubs/10_1_4.pdf) 
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b. Observation, or naturalistic study, is a study where no explicit intervention is given but 

organizations or groups or individuals are observed naturally carrying out their business or 

practices and this is documented in a detailed way (source: Penrose-Wall, J., Greene, D., 

& Merinda, T. (2007). Thinking research: Key concepts: A primer for capacity building in 

research by non government mental health and drug and alcohol agencies. New South 

Wales, Australia: Network of Alcohol and Other Drugs Agencies and Mental Health 

Coordinating Council, p. 11. Retrieved March 27, 2008 from:

http://www.mhcc.org.au/documents/Projects/Research%20Primer%201%20Thinking%20R

esearch%20Key%20Concepts.pdf

c. Case studies: a case study is an analytic description of an event, a process, an 

institution, or a program (Hoaglin et al. (1982), as cited in United States General 

Accounting Office, Program Evaluation and Methodology Division. (1991). Designing 

evaluations (Pub. No. GAO/PEMD-10.1.4). Washington, DC: Author, p. 43. Retrieved 

March 27, 2008 from

http://archive.gao.gov/t2pbat7/144040.pdf) 

d. Focus groups combine both interviewing and observation skills and allow the observation 

of a large amount of interaction on a topic in a short time (source: Penrose-Wall, J., 

Greene, D., & Merinda, T. (2007). Thinking research: Key concepts: A primer for capacity 

building in research by non government mental health and drug and alcohol agencies. 

New South Wales, Australia: Network of Alcohol and Other Drugs Agencies and Mental 

Health Coordinating Council, p. 10. Retrieved March 27, 2008 from:

http://www.mhcc.org.au/documents/Projects/Research%20Primer%201%20Thinking%20R

esearch%20Key%20Concepts.pdf)

e. Secondary analysis is an approach rather than a design because the data that are 

involved have already been acquired under an original design for data collection, using 

some technique such as self-administered questionnaires (Source: United States General 

Accounting Office, Program Evaluation and Methodology Division. (1991). Designing 

evaluations (Pub. No. GAO/PEMD-10.1.4). Washington, DC: Author, p. 62. Retrieved 

March 27, 2008 from

http://archive.gao.gov/t2pbat7/144040.pdf) 

f. Meta-analysis is a way of averaging ‘effect sizes’ from several studies. Effect size is 

proportional to the difference in outcome between a treatment group and a comparison 

group (Source: United States General Accounting Office, Program Evaluation and 

Methodology Division. (1991). Designing evaluations (Pub. No. GAO/PEMD-10.1.4). 

Washington, DC: Author, pp. 64-65. Retrieved March 27, 2008 from

http://archive.gao.gov/t2pbat7/144040.pdf) 

g. Intervention study--Experimental design or randomized control design: some units 

of study are randomly assigned to a treatment group and some are assigned to one or 

more comparison groups. Random assignment means that every unit available to the 

experiment has a known probability of being assigned to each group and that the 

assignment is made by chance, as in the flip of a coin. The program’s or intervention’s 

effects are estimated by comparing outcomes for the treatment group with outcomes for 

each comparison group (source: United States General Accounting Office, Program 

Evaluation and Methodology Division. (1991). Designing evaluations (Pub. No. 

GAO/PEMD-10.1.4). Washington, DC: Author, p. 52. Retrieved March 27, 2008 from

http://archive.gao.gov/t2pbat7/144040.pdf) 

h. Intervention study--Quasi-experimental design: Similar to a true experimental design 

/randomized control trial in that both designs consist of a treatment group and one or more 

comparison groups. However, with a quasi-experimental design, membership in a 

treatment group or comparison group is not randomly assigned. . This difference is 

important because it implies that, since the groups will not be equivalent, causal 
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statements about treatment effects may be substantially weakened (source: United States 

General Accounting Office, Program Evaluation and Methodology Division. (1991). 

Designing evaluations (Pub. No. GAO/PEMD-10.1.4). Washington, DC: Author, pp. 55-56. 

Retrieved March 27, 2008 from http://archive.gao.gov/t2pbat7/144040.pdf) 

i. Intervention study--Single-subject design: may involve only one participant but 

typically include multiple participants (e.g., 3 to 8) in a single study. Each participant 

serves as his or her own control. Performance prior to intervention is compared to 

performance during and/or after intervention. In most cases, a research participant is an 

individual, but it is possible for each participant to be a group whose performance 

generates a single score per measurement period, i.e., the rate of problem behavior 

performed by all children within a classroom during a 20-minute period (Source: Horner, 

R., Carr, E. G., Halle, J., McGee, G,. Odom, S., & Wolery, M. (2005). The use of singlesubject research to identify evidenced-based practice in special education. Exceptional 

Children, 71(2), 165-179. Retrieved March 27, 2008 from

http://education.uoregon.edu/grantmatters/pdf/DR/Single_Subject.pdf)

j. Qualitative Interview: Structured or unstructured interviews where the goal is understand 

something from the respondent’s point of view and to understand the meaning of their 

experiences (Source: Kvale, S. (1996) InterViews: An Introduction to Qualitative Research 

Interviewing, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. 

k. Other – Select ‘other’ only if none of the listed categories apply

18. What time dimension is associated with this study?

(Select only one. Select 'other' only if no other category applies.)

a. cross-sectional

b. longitudinal

c. other

Specify (if other) (Limit: 1,000 characters) [Box]

Help: 

Cross-sectional: Measurement taken at one point in time

Longitudinal: Repeated measurements taken over many time points

19. a. Have there been any changes to your proposed plan and methods during the current 

reporting period?

(1) yes

(2) no

19. b. If “yes,” have these changes been discussed with your project officer?

(1) yes

(2) no

19. c. If “yes”: In two or three sentences, explain the reason for the changes: (Limit: 4,000

characters)

[Box]
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Help: The reason for the changes in proposed plan and methods is very important and helps 

NIDRR meet its monitoring reporting requirements.

20. Describe your overall progress in implementing this project during the reporting period. 

Focus on what activities have been conducted and, if applicable, describe any promising 

findings or “lessons learned” in the current reporting period. (Limit: 20,000 characters) 

[Box]

Help: Indicate progress toward original goals. Ideally, your description should include an 

update on ongoing activities, some reference to the original timeline for these activities and 

milestones, and progress toward these milestones.

21. a. Is the project meeting its original sampling goals?

(1) yes

(2) no

(3) N/A – project has yet to start

21. b. If “no,” what is the contingency plan for how the project will proceed? (Limit: 20,000 

characters) 

[Box]

Help: Include a detailed description of what you plan to do because you are having difficulty 

meeting your original sampling goals.

A contingency plan for a project that is not meeting its sample size goals must be approved by 

your NIDRR Project Officer. Contingency plans must be developed and implemented with the 

aim of maximizing scientific integrity within the original goals and budget of your specific project. 

Examples of contingency plans that could be implemented to help meet original sample size 

goals include:

 Expansion of your target population and related inclusion criteria, so that a larger number of 

individuals is available for your project to sample

 Use of alternate sampling methods to supplement originally proposed methods

 Use of non-parametric statistics to analyze existing sample if strategies to increase sample 

size fail. 

22. a. Do you have any significant problems or challenges to report, other than sample size?

(1) yes

(2) no

22. b. Other than sample size, briefly describe any significant problems or challenges you 

encountered, when they occurred, the actions you took to remedy them, and when 

these corrective actions were implemented. (Limit: 20,000 characters)

[Box]
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23. a. Did you report any problems or challenges in last year’s APR?

(1) yes

(2) no

23. b. If “yes,” please update us on the status of problems or challenges that you reported. 

Describe the problems or challenges, when they occurred, the actions you took to 

remedy them, when these corrective actions were implemented, and whether the 

problems or challenges were successfully resolved. (Limit: 20,000 characters) 

[Box]

24. Which main category, or stage of research, does this research project belong in? If 

this project includes research that can be categorized under more than one of the 

research stages, or research that progresses from one stage to another, you may 

specify more than one stage.

(Check all that apply.)

a. Exploration and discovery

b. Intervention development

c. Intervention efficacy

d. Scale-up evaluation

Help: 

a. Exploration and discovery means the stage of research that generates hypotheses or 

theories by conducting new and refined analyses of data, producing observational 

findings, and creating other sources of research-based information. This research stage 

may include identifying or describing the barriers to and facilitators of improved outcomes 

of individuals with disabilities, as well as identifying or describing existing practices, 

programs, or policies that are associated with important aspects of the lives of individuals 

with disabilities. Results achieved under this stage of research may inform the 

development of interventions or lead to evaluations of interventions or policies. The 

results of the exploration and discovery stage of research may also be used to inform 

decisions or priorities.

b. Intervention development means the stage of research that focuses on generating and 

testing interventions that have the potential to improve outcomes for individuals with 

disabilities. Intervention development involves determining the active components of 

possible interventions, developing measures that would be required to illustrate outcomes, 

specifying target populations, conducting field tests, and assessing the feasibility of 

conducting a well-designed intervention study. Results from this stage of research may be 

used to inform the design of a study to test the efficacy of an intervention.

c. Intervention efficacy means the stage of research during which a project evaluates and 

tests whether an intervention is feasible, practical, and has the potential to yield positive 

outcomes for individuals with disabilities. Efficacy research may assess the strength of 

the relationships between an intervention and outcomes, and may identify factors or 

individual characteristics that affect the relationship between the intervention and 

outcomes. Efficacy research can inform decisions about whether there is sufficient 

evidence to support “scaling-up” an intervention to other sites and contexts. This stage of 

research can include assessing the training needed for wide-scale implementation of the 

intervention, and approaches to evaluation of the intervention in real world applications.
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d. Scale-up evaluation means the stage of research during which a project analyzes 

whether an intervention is effective in producing improved outcomes for individuals with 

disabilities when implemented in a real-world setting. During this stage of research, a 

project tests the outcomes of an evidence-based intervention in different settings. The 

project examines the challenges to successful replication of the intervention, and the 

circumstances and activities that contribute to successful adoption of the intervention in 

real-world settings. This stage of research may also include well-designed studies of an 

intervention that has been widely adopted in practice, but that lacks a sufficient evidencebase to demonstrate its effectiveness.

25. Please select the primary impairment group or groups that is/are the focus of this project.

(Check all that apply). (Note: This question does not apply to ADA or ARRT grantees and 

will not be displayed to them.)

a. Sensory disability

b. Psychiatric disability

c. Developmental disability

d. Physical disability

e. Intellectual disability

Help: This question asks about impairment group at the project level. Answers to this question 

are aggregated and used to present an overall picture of impairment groups that grantees focus 

on. 

System will automatically take respondent back to summary table at the beginning of this 

section, in order to add, edit, or delete projects. 

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Summary Table—Research Projects (system-generated, applies to all)

This table displays summary information about each research project you have entered, 

including whether you have uploaded an IRB approval document for each IRB-approved 

project. 

List of project titles (sequential project number and project title):

R1: Sample project title 1

R2: Sample project title 2

Projects R1 R2

Start date (Q5) mm/dd/yyyy mm/dd/yyyy

Actual /projected end date (Q6) mm/dd/yyyy mm/dd/yyyy

Project status (Q7.a) On-time Completed

IRB status (Q8.a) Approved Pending

IRB annual approval number

(Q8.b)

IRB annual approval date

(Q8.c)

IRB approval uploaded (Q8.e)

Long-range plan domain 

(Q11.a)

Employment Health and function

Changes to sample size 

(Q16.a)

Yes No

Meeting its original sampling 

goals (Q21.a)

No Yes

Project method or design (Q17) Survey

Observation

Intervention Study: Experimental 

or Randomized Control Design

Study time dimension (Q18) Cross-sectional Longitudinal

Changes to proposed plan or 

method (Q19.a)

Yes No

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Development Projects (Applies to all except ARRT)

Purpose: NIDRR project monitoring

Frequency of data collection: Once with annual progress updates

For each of your development projects, answer the following questions. Where appropriate, you 

may cut and paste information from your original grant proposal.

Help: A development project is defined as the use of knowledge and understanding gained 

from research to create materials, devices, systems, or methods beneficial to the target 

population, including design and development of prototypes and processes. This definition is 

derived from the regulations governing the DRRP program: CFT 350.16 (development). 

If you submitted an annual report last year, a record for each development project you listed has 

been imported into your current APR. For these records, the text ‘needs review’ will appear in 

the ‘date completed’ column. Please review these records by clicking on the ‘edit’ link. After 

you “save,” the system will update the date completed.

Please also add any research projects not currently listed in the table and delete any records 

that are no longer needed. The ‘date completed’ column will display the date of the last save for 

each record. 

ARRT grantees should not complete this section. However, you will need to click “save and 

continue” or “save and exit” below before you can submit your APR form. 

Special instructions for Model Systems grantees participating in multisite collaborative 

module projects. Model Systems grantees participating in multisite collaborative module 

projects, whether as the lead or a contributor, should identify these projects in both the “short 

title” (75 characters) and “full title” (500 characters) fields. The lead grantee should enter the 

phrase “LEAD MODULE PROJECT” in all caps at the beginning of the field, followed by the 

project title. The lead grantee should determine exactly what the project title will be and inform 

the contributors. Contributors should enter “MODULE PROJECT” in all caps at the beginning of 

the field, followed by the project title exactly as provided by the lead grantee. The lead center 

should report on its own contributions to the project (e.g., their center's sample size to date, 

etc.) as well as the overall progress of the study (the sample size of the entire project to 

date, etc.). The other collaborating centers should report on their individual center's contribution 

to the study.

NOTE: If this is your first year, you will need to enter information for all of your projects.

For each project that has received Institutional Review Board approval, upload all relevant 

approval documents, including your own and any for subcontractors or partner sites 

participating in the project. (All relevant approval documents should be combined into a single 

file for upload.) Do not submit your report until you have uploaded all relevant IRB 

approval documents.

The attachment icon in the table below indicates projects for which you have uploaded and IRB 

approval document. A red “X” indicates projects for which you still need to upload an IRB 

approval document.
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Project ID

Project 

Title

IRB 

Status

Add/Edit 

Record Delete Record

Date 

Completed

D1 Sample 

project Edit Delete

Add new

NOTE: System will assign a sequential number to each project, and the sequential number will 

appear in the summary table.

1. Title of development project (Limit: 500 characters)

[Box]

Help: The project title should come from your grant application. NIDRR performs key word or 

phrase searches of the title field to determine the total number of projects on specific topics. 

2. Name of the Principal Investigator responsible for this project 

[Box]

3. If applicable, name of the Co-Principal Investigator responsible for this project

[Box]

4. Project start date (enter as “mm/dd/yyyy”)

[Box]

Help: Please verify the project start date.

5. Projected (or actual) project end date (enter as “mm/dd/yyyy”)

[Box]

Help: The anticipated end date of a project can change for various reasons; e.g., if obtaining 

IRB approval takes longer than expected.

6. a. What is the current status of your development project?

(1) on time 

(2) delayed

(3) completed

(4) not scheduled 

to start yet (5) dropped

6. b. If “delayed,” by how many months? 

[Box]

6. c. If “delayed,” what was the primary reason for the delay? (Limit: 4,000 characters)

[Box]
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6. d. If “dropped,” what was the major reason for dropping it? (Limit: 4,000 characters)

[Box]

6. e. If “dropped,” was this change discussed with your project officer?

(1) yes

(2) no

7. a. What is the Institutional Review Board status for this development project? (Select the 

best answer.)

(1) approved

(2) pending

(3) submitted 

 (4) not yet submitted

(5) N/A (choose this option if IRB Approval was not required)

7. b. If “approved,” enter the IRB annual approval number

[Box]

7. c. If “approved,” enter the date of approval (enter as “mm/dd/yyyy”)

[Box]

7. d. If “approved,” is this your most recent IRB approval for this project?

(1) yes

(2) no

7. e. Are any subcontractors or partner sites working on this project?

(1) yes

(2) no

7. f. If “yes,” do the subcontractors or partner sites have IRB approvals?

(1) yes

(2) no
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7. g. Please upload a copy of your most recent IRB approval document. Your upload should 

include all relevant IRB approvals, including those for any subcontractors or partner 

sites participating in the project. (All relevant approval documents should be combined 

into a single file for upload). Do not submit your report until you have uploaded all 

relevant IRB approvals. Use the “Browse” button below to select the file you want to 

upload from your computer. You may upload files of the following types: PDF, DOC 

(Microsoft Word), GIF, and JPG.

[Box] Browse...

Help: 

d. NIDRR needs to have the most recent date of IRB approval on file to meet departmental 

monitoring requirements.

f. IRB subcontractor approval is important for monitoring human subjects issues.

g. NIDRR is required to include official IRB approval documents as part of your official 

grant file at the Department of Education.

8. a. Briefly describe the objectives of this project. (Limit: 4,000 characters)

[Box]

8. b. Have there been substantial changes to the objective(s) for this project during the 

current reporting period?

(1) yes

(2) no

8. c. If “yes,” have these changes been discussed with your project officer?

(1) yes

(2) no

8. d. If “yes,” in one or two sentences, explain the reason for these changes. (Limit: 1,000 

characters)

[Box]

Help: 

a. This information should come from the objectives description for this project in your 

original application. 

b. If the original objectives for this project have changed, describe the new objectives.

d. NIDRR is beginning to content analyze the responses to this question in order to 

determine the most frequently reported reasons why project objectives need to be 

changed. Understanding these reasons will help improve NIDRR’s monitoring efforts and 

meet departmental monitoring requirements. 
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9. a. Based on the objectives listed in Question 8, what one NIDRR Long-Range Plan 

Domain does this project best fit in? (Select only one)

(1) health and function

(2) employment

(3) participation and community living

(4) cross-cutting (specify two or more domains that apply)

9. b. If “cross-cutting,” specify two or more domains that apply. 

(1) health and function

(2) employment

(3) participation and community living

Help: The cross-cutting domain shows that a disability development project often spans two or 

more Long-Range Plan domains because of the multi-disciplinary nature of disability research.

10. Below are the outcome-oriented goals you specified for your award. Select the one goal 

that this project helps to achieve.

If you have not yet entered outcome-oriented goals, please do so and then return to this 

question. If you revise your outcome-oriented goals, please return to this question and 

review your response.

(Select only one)

Goal 1

Goal 2

Goal 3 

(short title, as previously entered by grantee)

Help: The goals you entered in “Planning for Outcomes and Significant Outputs” section appear 

below. NIDRR is interested in how projects map to grantee goals. The Department of 

Education is interested in tracking the relationship between projects and goals. 

11. In one or two sentences, briefly describe the potential users of your product or device.

(Limit: 4,000 characters)

[Box]

12. What stage of the development process are you in during this reporting period?

NOTE: This question assumes that you have already recognized and defined the problem 

in your proposal. (Check all that apply)

a. Information gathering on constraints, specifications, materials, etc.

b. Analysis of information to generate solutions

c. Evaluation of solutions and synthesis of best solution

d. Implementation of solution

e. Evaluation of effectiveness and efficiency of solution and redesign as needed

f. Commercialization activities
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Help: 

a. Information gathering on constraints, specifications, materials, etc.: Searching for 

pertinent information and facts and developing reasonable forecasts or making 

assumptions where information is not possible or reliable. All the measurable factors, 

constraints, and features that might be of importance to filter-out the best solution must 

be localized and analyzed. 

b. Analysis of information to generate solutions: Separating the problem from the 

general problem solution, clarifying the real problem from the apparent ones, and stating 

the independent-to-dependent relationships. 

c. Evaluation of solutions and synthesis of best solution: Combining elementary 

components to build up multiple families of alternatives before yielding a detailed 

solution. This phase also requires detailed analysis, which involves defining and setting 

up criteria to test results, verifying and validating a system, and optimizing component 

features. 

d. Implementation of solution: Implementation encompasses all the processes involved 

in getting a new product operating properly in its environment, including installation, 

configuration, running, testing, and making necessary changes. 

e. Evaluation of effectiveness and efficiency of solution and redesign as needed: 

New tools, methods, and procedures, which were previously unknown or develop over 

time. 

f. Commercialization activities: The product or device has been built, evaluated, and 

field-tested. Grantee has identified an industry partner (e.g., company or organization) 

and is engaged in discussions about the feasibility of producing and marketing the 

product or device for distribution to customers. 

Definitions a-e above are adapted from an online course taught by Dr. Herm Migliore of 

Portland State University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science. For more 

information about the course, contact Dr. Migliore through his Web site: 

http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~herm. Definition f above is adapted from an email message 

from NIDRR’s RERC on Technology Transfer, received Oct. 6, 2006. 

13. Overall, how many target users are going to provide feedback on your product or device?

[Box]

14. a. Have you reached the desired number of users you need to test your product or device?

(1) yes

(2) no

(3) N/A-project has yet to start

14. b. If “no,” indicate how many more users you need.

[Box]

15. a. Have there been any changes to your proposed plan and methods during the current 

reporting period?

(1) yes

(2) no
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15. b. If “yes,” have these changes been discussed with your project officer?

(1) yes

(2) no

15. c. If “yes”: In two or three sentences, explain the reason for the changes: (Limit: 4,000

characters)

[Box]

Help: The reason for the changes in proposed plan and methods is very important and helps 

NIDRR meet its monitoring reporting requirements.

16. Describe your overall progress in implementing this project during the reporting period.

Focus on what activities have been conducted and, if applicable, describe any promising 

findings or “lessons learned” in the current reporting period. (Limit: 20,000 characters) 

[Box]

Help: Indicate progress toward original goals. Ideally, your description should include an 

update on ongoing activities, some reference to the original timeline for these activities and 

milestones, and progress toward these milestones. 

17. a. Do you have any significant problems or challenges to report?

(1) yes

(2) no

17. b. Briefly describe any significant problems or challenges you encountered, when they 

occurred, the actions you took to remedy them, and when these corrective actions 

were implemented. (Limit: 20,000 characters) 

[Box]

18. a. Did you report any problems or challenges in last year’s APR?

(1) yes

(2) no

18. b. If “yes,” please update us on the status of problems or challenges that you reported. 

Describe the problems or challenges, when they occurred, the actions you took to 

remedy them, when these corrective actions were implemented, and whether the 

problems or challenges were successfully resolved. (Limit: 20,000 characters) 

[Box]
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19. Please select the primary impairment group or groups that is/are the focus of this project. 

(Check all that apply). (Note: This question does not apply to ADA grantees and will not 

be displayed to them.)

a. Sensory disability

b. Psychiatric disability

c. Developmental disability

d. Physical disability

e. Intellectual disability

Help: This question asks about impairment group at the project level. Answers to this question 

are aggregated and used to present an overall picture of impairment groups that grantees focus 

on. 
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System will automatically take respondent back to summary table at the beginning of this 

section, in order to add, edit, or delete projects.

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Summary Table—Development Projects (system-generated, applies to all)

This table displays summary information about each development project you have 

entered, including whether you have uploaded an IRB approval document for each IRBapproved project. 

List of project titles (sequential project number and project title):

D1: Sample project title 1

D2: Sample project title 2

Projects

(Sequential Project 

Number)

D1

(Sequential Project 

Number)

D2

Start date (Q4) mm/dd/yyyy mm/dd/yyyy

Actual /projected end date (Q5) mm/dd/yyyy mm/dd/yyyy

Project status (Q6.a) On-time Completed

IRB status (Q7.a) Approved Pending

IRB annual approval number (Q7.b)

IRB annual approval date (Q7.c)

IRB approval uploaded (Q7.g)

Long-range plan domain (Q9.a) Employment Health and function

Stage of development project is in (Q12) Information gathering Evaluation of solutions and 

synthesis of best solution

Number of target users in current 

reporting period (Q13)

5 10

Desired number of users reached

(Q14.a)

No Yes

Changes to proposed plan or method 

(Q15.a)

Yes No

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Dissemination and Knowledge Translation Projects (Applies to all except ARRT)

Purpose: NIDRR project monitoring

Frequency of data collection: Once with annual progress updates

In this section, please answer the following questions about your dissemination and knowledge 

translation activities and how they support each of the award-level goal(s) you specified in the 

outcomes planning section. If you specified more than one award-level outcome goal, you will 

be required to answer the same three questions again.

RERC grantees should also provide information about their Technology Transfer Plans. 

Help: Knowledge translation is defined as the effective development, accumulation, 

synthesis, dissemination and transfer of scientifically-based disability and rehabilitation related 

knowledge, technologies, and applications to relevant stakeholders to inform disability and 

rehabilitation policy, improve practice, and enhance the lives of individuals with disabilities. If 

you submitted an annual report last year, a record for each project you listed has been imported 

into your current APR. Please review these records by clicking on the ‘edit’ link. Please also 

add any projects not currently listed in the table and delete any records that are no longer 

needed. 

Goal Number

Dissemination and Knowledge 

Translation Activities Add/Edit Record Date Completed

G1 Edit

Outcome Goal: 1 (system-generated)

1. Describe the dissemination and knowledge translation activities you are conducting, or 

plan to conduct, to support the achievement of the above goal. Rehabilitation Engineering 

Research Center (RERC) grantees should also describe their Technology Transfer Plans. 

(Limit: 5,000 characters)

[Box]

Help: It may be helpful to consult this Web site on knowledge translation: 

http://www.ncddr.org/kt/products/ktintro.

2. For the current reporting period, describe the progress you have made in conducting the 

activities described in the first question. Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center 

(RERC) grantees should also describe their progress in implementing their Technology 

Transfer Plans. (Limit: 5,000 characters)

[Box]

Help: Describe progress in conducting the dissemination and knowledge translation activities 

related to this specific goal in your application. Ideally, your description should include an 

update on ongoing activities, some reference to the original timeline for activities and 

milestones, progress toward milestones, and any information on barriers or difficulties that have 

been experienced. 
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3. a. Do you have any problems or challenges to report?

(1) yes

(2) no

3. b. If you encountered problems or challenges in the current reporting period, what actions 

have you taken to address them? Describe the problems or challenges, when they 

occurred, the actions you took to remedy them, when these corrective actions were 

implemented, and whether the problems or challenges were successfully resolved. 

(Limit: 5,000 characters)

[Box]

(System will display other goals entered by the grantee, if applicable, and repeat the three 

questions above for each goal.)

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Capacity-Building Activities—Fellows (Applies to all except KT and ADA)

Purpose: NIDRR project monitoring

Frequency of data entry: Once with annual progress updates

If you submitted an annual report last year, a record for each fellow you listed has been 

imported into your current APR. For these records, the text ‘needs review’ will appear in the 

‘date completed’ column. Please review these records by clicking on the ‘edit’ link. After you 

“save” the system will update the date completed.

Please also add any fellows not currently listed in the table and delete any records that are no 

longer needed. The ‘date completed’ column will display the date of the last save for each 

record. 

NOTE: If this is your first year, you will need to enter information for all of your fellows.

Last Name

First Name Add/Edit Record Delete Record

Date 

Completed

Fellow 1 Edit Delete

Add new

For each current fellow, enter the following information. A current fellow is a fellow who worked 

on the award at any time during the current reporting period.

1. Last name of fellow:

[Box]

Help: Be sure not to enter duplicate records for staff members already listed. Typographical 

errors or misspellings will result in duplicate records for the same staff member. NIDRR uses 

the name fields to generate counts of staff members. Duplicate records will result in inaccurate 

counts. 

2. First name of fellow: 

[Box]

Help: Be sure not to enter duplicate records for staff members already listed. Typographical 

errors or misspellings will result in duplicate records for the same staff member. NIDRR uses 

the name fields to generate counts of staff members. Duplicate records will result in inaccurate 

counts. 
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3. Fellows—Demographic/diversity information

The next series of questions asks for demographic information about the particular fellow.

Submitting this demographic information is voluntary. There are no adverse consequences 

if you chose not to submit it. NIDRR uses this information in aggregate reports to gauge 

whether our programs and other opportunities in disability and rehabilitation research are 

fairly reaching and benefiting everyone regardless of demographic diversity and to ensure 

that those in underrepresented groups have the same knowledge of and access to 

programs, meetings, vacancies, and other research and educational opportunities as 

everyone else.

3. a. Is this person of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity? 

(1) yes

(2) no

3. b. Please indicate the racial designation for this person (Select one or more)

(1) American Indian or Alaska Native

(2) Asian

(3) Black or African American

(4) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

(5) White

3. c. Does this person have a declared disability?

(1) yes

(2) no

Help: 

a. Categories for ethnicity are established by OMB. You are asked to indicate if the staff 

member is of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity. Hispanic or Latino is defined as ‘A person of 

Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish 

culture or origin, regardless of race.’ (Office of Management and Budget, Revisions to 

the standards for classification of federal data on race and ethnicity. Federal Register, 

October 30, 1997. Available at 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/1997standards.html. 

b. Categories for race are established by OMB. 

 American Indian or Alaska Native. A person having origins in any of the original peoples 

of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintains tribal 

affiliation or community attachment. 

 Asian. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast 

Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, 

Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. 

 Black or African American. A person having origins in any of the black racial 

groups of Africa. 

 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. A person having origins in any of the 

original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. 

 White. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle 

East, or North Africa. 
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(Office of Management and Budget, Revisions to the standards for classification of 

federal data on race and ethnicity. Federal Register, October 30, 1997. Available at 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/1997standards.html. 

c. Disability means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more 

major life activities. An individual with a disability is a person who has a physical or 

mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the individuals’ major life 

activities; has a record of this impairment and is regarded as having this impairment. 

4. Select the highest degree earned by the fellow before starting the program.

(Select only one. Select 'other' only if no other category applies)

a. Master’s

b. Doctorate

c. MD

d. DO

e. J.D.

f. other

g. joint degree (e.g., MD, Ph.D., etc.)

Specify (if joint degree): [Box]

5. Please tell us the discipline/subject area in which the highest degree was received:

(Limit: 1,000 characters)

[Box]

6. When did the fellow start the program? (enter as “mm/dd/yyyy”)

[Box]

7. What is the fellow’s anticipated end date (enter as “mm/dd/yyyy”)

[Box]

8. Name of fellowship program:

a. ARRT

b. other

Specify (if other) [Box]

Help: Please select ‘ARRT’ for all fellows who receive the majority of their funding from ARRT 

funds.

9. Briefly describe the ARRT fellow’s area of focus.

(NOTE: This item is for ARRT fellows only.) (Limit: 3,500 characters)

[Box]

Help: Summarize specific areas in which the fellow is receiving advanced research training. 

9a. Please describe the methods that the ARRT grant used to recruit this fellow. 

[Box]
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9b. Please provide the institution of higher education and the specific Department from which 

the ARRT fellow received their doctoral degree. 

[Box]

9c. Please provide the name of the faculty member who is serving as the primary mentor for 

this fellow under the ARRT grant.

[Box]

9d. Please describe the institution of higher education, and the relevant College or 

Department, of the faculty member who is serving as the primary mentor for this fellow 

under the ARRT grant.

[Box]

9e. Please provide the title of the position of the faculty member who is serving as the primary 

mentor for this fellow under the ARRT grant. 

[Box]

10. Briefly describe the non-ARRT fellow’s major role or contribution to grant/award in the 

current reporting period. (NOTE: This item is for all non-ARRT fellows only.) (Limit: 3,500 

characters)

[Box]

NOTE: System will allow grantee to report as many fellows as necessary.

Help: Describe what the non-ARRT fellow is doing that is central to the achievement of grant 

activities. 

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Capacity Building—Graduate Students (Applies to all except KT, ADA, and ARRT)

If you submitted an annual report last year, a record for each graduate student you listed has 

been imported into your current APR. For these records, the text ‘needs review’ will appear in 

the ‘date completed’ column. Please review these records by clicking on the ‘edit’ link. After 

you ‘save’ the system will update the date completed. 

Please also add any graduate students not currently listed in the table and delete any records 

that are no longer needed. The ‘date completed’ column will display the date of the last save for 

each record. 

ARRT grantees should not complete this section. However, you will need to click “save and 

continue” or “save and exit” below before you can submit your APR form. 

NOTE: If this is your first year, you will need to enter information for all of your graduate 

students.

First Name

Last Name Add/Edit Record Delete Record Date Completed

Graduate 

Student 1 Edit Delete

Add new

Enter the following information for all graduate students you have working on your award in the 

current reporting period who are receiving training and/or satisfying requirements in conjunction 

with an advanced degree. (NOTE: Do not include graduate students working on award for pay 

only.)

1. Last name of graduate student:

[Box]

Help: Be sure not to enter duplicate records for staff members already listed. Typographical 

errors or misspellings will result in duplicate records for the same staff member. NIDRR uses 

the name fields to generate counts of staff members. Duplicate records will result in inaccurate 

counts.

2. First name of graduate student: 

[Box]

Help: Be sure not to enter duplicate records for staff members already listed. Typographical 

errors or misspellings will result in duplicate records for the same staff member. NIDRR uses 

the name fields to generate counts of staff members. Duplicate records will result in inaccurate 

counts.
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3. Graduate students—Demographic/diversity information

The next series of questions asks for demographic information about the particular 

graduate student. Submitting this demographic information is voluntary. There are no 

adverse consequences if you chose not to submit it. NIDRR uses this information in 

aggregate reports to gauge whether our programs and other opportunities in disability and 

rehabilitation research are fairly reaching and benefiting everyone regardless of 

demographic diversity and to ensure that those in underrepresented groups have the 

same knowledge of and access to programs, meetings, vacancies, and other research and 

educational opportunities as everyone else.

3. a. Is this person of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity? 

(1) yes

(2) no

3. b. Please indicate the racial designation for this person (Select one or more)

(1) American Indian or Alaska Native

(2) Asian

(3) Black or African American

(4) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

(5) White

3. c. Does this person have a declared disability? 

(1) yes

(2) no

Help: 

a. Categories for ethnicity are established by OMB. You are asked to indicate if the staff 

member is of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity. Hispanic or Latino is defined as ‘A person of 

Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish 

culture or origin, regardless of race.’ (Office of Management and Budget, Revisions to 

the standards for classification of federal data on race and ethnicity. Federal Register, 

October 30, 1997. Available at 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/1997standards.html. 

b. Categories for race are established by OMB. 

 American Indian or Alaska Native. A person having origins in any of the original 

peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintains 

tribal affiliation or community attachment. 

 Asian. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, 

Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, 

India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and 

Vietnam. 

 Black or African American. A person having origins in any of the black racial 

groups of Africa. 

 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. A person having origins in any of the 

original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. 
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 White. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle 

East, or North Africa. 

(Office of Management and Budget, Revisions to the standards for classification of 

federal data on race and ethnicity. Federal Register, October 30, 1997. Available at 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/1997standards.html. 

c. Disability means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more 

major life activities. An individual with a disability is a person who has a physical or 

mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the individuals’ major life 

activities; has a record of this impairment and is regarded as having this impairment. 

4. Select the highest degree earned by the graduate student before starting the program.

(Select 'other' only if no other category applies)

a. Bachelor's

b. Master's

c. Doctorate

d. MD

e. DO

f. JD

g. other

h. joint degree (e.g., MD, Ph.D., etc.)

Specify (if ‘joint degree’): [Box]

5. Please tell us the discipline/subject area in which the highest degree was received:

(Limit: 1,000 characters)

[Box]

6. When did the graduate student start working on the award? (enter as “mm/dd/yyyy”)

[Box]

Help: This is a measure of program flow; e.g., how many students started in a particular year? 

How many students were in the program at time x of a given year?

7. When will the graduate student stop working on the award? (enter as “mm/dd/yyyy”)

[Box]

Help: The answers to this question serve as a measure of program completion rate at various 

points in time.

8. In two to three sentences, briefly describe the graduate student’s major role or contribution 

to grant/award in the current reporting period. (Limit: 1,000 characters)

[Box]
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NOTE: System will allow grantee to report as many graduate students as necessary.

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Summary Table—Capacity-Building Activities (system-generated, applies to all except KT 

and ADA)

Key Summary Statistics for Fellows for the Current Reporting Period

This table displays information about the number of fellows in the program as well as the 

demographic diversity categories reported. 

Number of Fellows

Number of fellows in the current reporting period 

(includes fellows who have completed the 

program in the current reporting period)

System-generated: based on number of records 

entered

Number of fellows who started the fellowship 

program during the current reporting period

System-generated: based on start dates entered 

in 6

Number of fellows who have completed the 

fellowship program in the current reporting period

System-generated: based on end dates entered in 

7

Number by Ethnicity

Hispanic or Latino System-generated: based on number of records 

with 3.a = “yes”

Not Hispanic or Latino System-generated: based on number of records 

with 3.a = “no”

Not Reported System-generated: based on number of records 

with no response to 3.a

Number by Race*

Underrepresented populations** System-generated: based on number of records 

with 3.b = “yes”

White System-generated: based on number of records 

with 3.b = “no”

Not Reported System-generated: based on number of records 

with no response to 3.b

Number by Disability Status

Declared disability System-generated: based on number of records 

with 3.c = “yes”

No disability System-generated: based on number of records 

with 3.c = “no”

Not Reported System-generated: based on number of records 

with no response to 3.c
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* Counts are duplicated because an individual can be of more than one race.

** Includes all categories except White.

Key Summary Statistics for Graduate Students for the Current Reporting Period

Number of Graduate Students

Number of graduate students in the current 

reporting period 

System-generated: based on number of 

records entered

Number of graduate students who started 

during the current reporting period

System-generated: based on start dates 

entered in 6

Number by Ethnicity

Hispanic or Latino System-generated: based on number of 

records with 3.a = “yes”

Not Hispanic or Latino System-generated: based on number of 

records with 3.a = “no”

Not Reported System-generated: based on number of 

records with no response to 3.a

Number by Race*

Underrepresented populations** System-generated: based on number of 

records with 3.b = “yes”

White System-generated: based on number of 

records with 3.b = “no”

Not Reported System-generated: based on number of 

records with no response to 3.b

Number by Disability Status

Declared disability System-generated: based on number of 

records with 3.c = “yes”

No disability System-generated: based on number of 

records with 3.c = “no”

Not Reported System-generated: based on number of 

records with no response to 3.c

* Counts are duplicated because an individual can be of more than one race.

** Includes all categories except White.

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Capacity-Building Activities—Performance of Fellows and Graduate Students

(Applies to all except KT and ADA)

In this section we ask about the performance of your fellows and graduate students. List the 

publications based on NIDRR-funded research, published in the current reporting period that

were authored by fellows and/or graduate students who are currently part of your training 

program or have been in the past 3 years. The fellow or graduate student need not have been 

the first author, so long as he or she is listed among the authors of the publication. For fellows 

in the ARRT program, this will include all publications that fellows contributed to as part of their 

participation in the program.

Include only publications supported by NIDRR funding that are related to the objectives of the 

current award.

The last column indicates whether the journal title that you entered is contained in the ISI® 

database. NIDRR uses this database to determine which citations entered by grantees can be 

included in its performance measures. It is extremely important that journal titles be entered 

correctly (e.g., with no abbreviations or spelling errors) so that your citations, where appropriate, 

will match the ISI database and can be counted. 

After entering a journal title or proceeding, check the last column of the summary table to see 

whether the title you entered matches an entry in the ISI database. If it does not, you may 

choose “look up” to view a list of entries in the database. If you have entered the title incorrectly, 

select the correct title and click on “OK” to change it.

Only journal articles and proceedings will have matches in the ISI database.

Add award-related publication produced by fellows

Add award-related publication produced by graduate students

Type

Name of 

Fellow/Grad 

Student

Full 

Citation

Add/Edit 

Record

Delete 

Record

Type of 

Publication

Timeframe 

When Work 

Conducted ISI

Edit Delete

Enter the following information on award-related publications produced by fellows in the current 

reporting period.

1. Name of fellow (Last name, First initial, Middle initial) 

[Box], [Box], [Box],

Help: Be sure not to enter duplicate records for staff members already listed. Typographical 

errors or misspellings will result in duplicate records for the same staff member. NIDRR uses 

the name fields to generate counts of staff members. Duplicate records will result in inaccurate 

counts.
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2. Provide a full citation for this publication.

Type of publication: (drop-down box: journal article or periodical, web journal, proceedings 

of meetings and symposia, book, book chapter, monograph, abstract, technical or 

research report, review)

NOTE: System will display APA-required fields based on publication type, which are as follows:

Journal article or periodical: For all authors—author’s last name, author’s first initial(s), year published, 

title of article, title of journal, volume, page numbers

Proceedings of meetings and symposia: For all authors—author’s last name, author’s first initial(s), year 

published, title of paper/presentation, title of conference/meeting/symposium, editors (first initial, 

last name), page numbers, location, publisher

Book: For all authors—author’s last name, author’s first initial(s), year published, title of book, location, 

publisher

Book chapter: For all authors—author’s last name, author’s first initial(s), year published, title of 

chapter, editors (first initial, last name), title of book, page numbers, location, publisher

Monograph: For all authors—author’s last name, author’s first initial(s), year published, title of article, 

title of journal, volume, issue number, serial or whole number (enter as “Serial No. 219”), 

supplement or part number (if bound separately as a supplement to a journal)

Abstract: For all authors—author’s last name, author’s first initial(s), year published, title of abstract, title 

of journal, volume, page numbers

Technical or research report: For all authors—author’s last name, author’s first initial(s), year published, 

title of report, location, publisher

Review: For all authors—author’s last name, author’s first initial(s), year published, title of review, 

medium being reviewed (drop-down box: book, motion picture), work being reviewed, title of 

journal, volume, page numbers

b. (If publication type = journal article or periodical, or proceedings) Is this a peerreviewed publication?

(1) yes

(2) no

3. Indicate the time frame or award cycle when the NIDRR-funded research and related 

activity described in the publication was conducted.

a. current funding cycle

b. immediate past funding cycle

c. previous funding cycle (not consecutive)

Help: Indicate the funding cycle when the research or development work described in the 

publication was conducted. 
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4. Indicate whether the publication has been sent to NARIC for inclusion in REHABDATA.

(To check the status of this publication in NARIC, visit 

http://www.naric.com/research/rehab/)

(1) yes

(2) no

Help: The National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC) is NIDRR’s output clearinghouse. 

One of NARIC’s functions is to collect and store all of the outputs produced by grantees. 

NIDRR uses the answer to this question as part of a report for NARIC that lists outputs for all 

grantees. 

5. Was this publication produced as a direct result of receiving funding for this grant: i.e., 

grant number (PRELOADED)?

(1) yes

(2) no

(System will allow grantee to add additional publications for this and other fellows.)

Help: This helps NIDRR determine how many publications were produced as a direct result of 

NIDRR funding. 

Enter the following information on award-related publications produced by graduate students in 

the current reporting period.

1. Name of graduate student (Last name, First initial, Middle initial)

[Box], [Box], [Box]

Help: Be sure not to enter duplicate records for staff members already listed. Typographical 

errors or misspellings will result in duplicate records for the same staff member. NIDRR uses 

the name fields to generate counts of staff members. Duplicate records will result in inaccurate 

counts.

2. Provide a full citation for each publication produced by this graduate student. To add a

new citation, please select the category that best describes the publication from the dropdown box below, then click the “Next” button.

Type of publication: (drop-down box: journal article or periodical, web journal, proceedings 

of meetings and symposia, book or book chapter, monograph, abstract, technical or 

research report, review)

NOTE: System will display APA-required fields based on publication type, which are shown 

above under “fellows.”
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b. (If publication type = journal article or periodical, or proceedings) Is this a peerreviewed publication?

(1) yes

(2) no

Help: NIDRR generates counts of the types of publications being produced. NARIC receives 

this information in order to better track the types of publications being produced by NIDRR 

grantees. 

3. Indicate the time frame or award cycle when the NIDRR-funded research and related 

activity described in the publication was conducted.

a. current funding cycle

b. immediate past funding cycle

c. previous funding cycle (not consecutive)

Help: Indicate the funding cycle when the research or development work described in the 

publication was conducted. 

4. Indicate whether the publication has been sent to NARIC for inclusion in REHABDATA.

(To check the status of this publication in NARIC, visit 

http://www.naric.com/research/rehab/

(1) yes

(2) no

Help: The National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC) is NIDRR’s output clearinghouse. 

One of NARIC’s functions is to collect and store all of the outputs produced by grantees. 

NIDRR uses the answer to this question as part of a report for NARIC that lists outputs for all 

grantees. 

5. Was this publication produced as a direct result of receiving funding for this grant: i.e.,

grant number (PRELOADED)?

(1) yes

(2) no

(System will allow grantee to add additional publications for this and other graduate 

students.)

Help: This helps NIDRR determine how many publications were produced as a direct result of 

NIDRR funding. 

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Capacity-Building Activities—Additional Information (Applies to all except KT and 

ADA)

1. Are there any other accomplishments or outputs from your capacity-building efforts that 

you would like to tell NIDRR about (e.g., poster presentations, successful other grant 

applications, etc.)? (Limit: 10,000 characters)

[Box]

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Training Projects (All except ADA and ARRT)

Purpose: NIDRR project monitoring

Frequency of data collection: Once with annual progress updates

If you proposed specific training projects in your original proposal, please report on those here.

If you did not, you may regroup your training activities into projects of like tasks.

If you submitted an annual report last year, a record for each training project you listed has been 

imported into your current APR. For these records, the text ‘needs review’ will appear in the 

‘date completed’ column. Please review these records by clicking on the ‘edit’ link. After you 

“save,” the system will update the date completed.

ARRT grantees should not complete this section. However, you will need to click “save and 

continue” or “save and exit” below before you can submit your APR form. 

NOTE: If this is your first year, you will need to enter information for all of your projects.

Project ID Project Title Add/Edit Record Delete Record Date Completed

T1 Sample project Edit Delete

Add new

NOTE: System will assign a sequential number to each project, and the sequential number will 

appear in the summary table.

1. Enter the project title (Limit: 1,000 characters)

[Box]

Help: The project title should come from your grant application. NIDRR performs key word or 

phrase searches of the title field to determine the total number of projects on specific topics.

2. Name of person responsible for the project.

[Box]

3. Type of project (Select only one. Select 'other' only if no other category applies.) 

a. workshop

b. webcast

c. presentation

d. training course

e. curricula development

f. training manual development
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g. planning, conducting, or sponsoring a conference

h. other 

Specify, if other: (Limit: 1,000 characters) [Box]

4. a. What is the status of the project? (Select only one) 

(1) on time

(2) delayed

(3) completed

(4) not scheduled to start yet

(5) dropped 

4. b. If “delayed,” by how many months? 

[Box]

4. c. If “delayed,” what was the primary reason for the delay? (Limit: 4,000 characters)

[Box]

4. d. If “dropped,” what was the major reason for dropping it? (Limit: 4,000 characters)

[Box]

4. e. If “dropped,” was this change discussed with your project officer?

(1) yes

(2) no

5. a. Briefly describe the objective(s) of the project. (Limit: 4,000 characters)

5. b. Have there been substantial changes to the objective(s) for this project during the 

current reporting period?

(1) yes

(2) no

5. c. If “yes,” have these changes been discussed with your project officer?

(1) yes

(2) no

5. d. If “yes,” in one or two sentences, explain the reason for these changes. (Limit: 1,000 

characters)

[Box]
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Help: 

a. This information should come from the objectives description for this project in your 

original application. 

b. If the original objectives for this project have changed, describe the new objectives.

d. NIDRR is beginning to content analyze the responses to this question in order to 

determine the most frequently reported reasons why project objectives need to be 

changed. Understanding these reasons will help improve NIDRR’s monitoring efforts 

and meet departmental monitoring requirements. 

6. Select the 1–2 primary target audiences for this project.

(Choose no more than two. Select 'other' only if no other category applies.)

a. Researchers

b. Practitioners/clinicians

c. Service providers

d. Educators

e. Policy experts

f. Federal and non-federal partners 

g. Industry representatives and/or product developers 

h. Employers 

i. Media

j. Students

k. Consumer advocates

l. Individuals with disabilities and/or family members

m. Other 

Specify (if other) [Box]

Help: NIDRR aggregates information on target audiences across all grantees. We limit the 

response to two audiences because we want to develop frequency distributions on the primary 

audiences our grantees serve. 

7. Which of your outcome-oriented goals does this project help to achieve? 

If you have not yet entered outcome-oriented goals, please do so and then return to this 

question. If you revise your outcome-oriented goals, please return to this question and 

review your response.

(Select only one) 

Goal 1

Goal 2

Goal 3 

(short title, as previously entered by grantee)
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8. What steps have you taken to evaluate the impact of this training project?

(Check all that apply. Select 'other' only if no other category applies.)

a. None

b. Key informant interviews

c. Customer satisfaction survey

d. Pre/post design

e. Quasi-experimental

f. Other

Specify (if other) [Limit: 1,000 characters] [Box]

Help: One of the best ways to assess the effectiveness of a training activity is through the use 

of a pre/post test design, which demonstrates change in awareness or attitudes or knowledge. If 

that is not possible due to resource or time constraints, grantees are encouraged to talk with the 

staff of the Center on Knowledge Translation for Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

(KTDRR).

9. What did you learn from this evaluation? (Limit: 5,000 characters)

[Box]

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Summary Table—Training Projects (system-generated, all except ADA)

List of project titles (sequential project number and project title):

T1: Sample project title 1

T2: Sample project title 2

Projects T1 T2 

Type of project (Q3) Workshop Training course

Project status (Q4.a) On schedule Completed

Target audience(s) (Q6) Researchers Media

Consumer advocates

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Technical Assistance Activities (All except ARRT and ADA)

Purpose: NIDRR project monitoring

Frequency of data collection: Once with annual progress updates

In this section, we ask about your technical assistance activities in the current reporting period.

1. In the current reporting period, what was the most frequently used method of delivering 

technical assistance? (Select only one. Select 'other' only if no other category applies.)

a. phone consultation

b. e-mail

c. the Web

d. in-person

e. other

Specify (if other) (Limit: 1,000 characters) [Box]

2. From the list below, select the primary audiences that most often requested technical 

assistance.

(Choose up to 2 audiences. Select 'other' only if no other category applies.)

a. Researchers

b. Practitioners/clinicians

c. Service providers

d. Educators

e. Policy experts

f. Federal and non-federal partners 

g. Industry representatives and/or product developers 

h. Employers 

i. Media

j. Consumer advocates

k. Individuals with disabilities and/or family members

l. Other 

Specify (if other) [Box]

Help: NIDRR aggregates information on target audiences across all grantees. We limit the 

response to two audiences because we want to develop frequency distributions on the primary 

audiences our grantees serve.

3. Briefly describe the nature of the technical assistance you provided to the audience(s) 

identified in Question 2. (Limit: 1,000 characters)

[Box]

4. Briefly comment on how the technical assistance provided in the current reporting period 

related to the goals of your award. (Limit: 1,000 characters)

[Box]
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Help: In the “Planning for Outcomes and Significant Outputs, Outcome-Oriented Goals” section 

of the APR, you specified the major goals of your award. Describe how the technical assistance 

activities you provided in the current reporting period contributed to the achievement of these 

goals. 

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Additional Notes (All except ARRT, KT, and ADA)

Purpose: NIDRR project monitoring

Frequency of data collection: Once with annual progress updates

1. Please use this space to report any additional information on your current projects or 

activities that you would like NIDRR to know. (Limit: 5,000 characters)

[Box]

Help: This question gives grantees an opportunity to tell NIDRR anything else relating to their 

projects or activities that does not fit in the responses to the previous questions. 

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Award-Specific Sections for Model Systems Clinical Care, Knowledge 

Translation Awards, and Disability Business Technical Assistance 

Centers

(System will present appropriate section for these three types of grantees.)

Clinical Care (Applies to MS only)

Purpose: NIDRR project monitoring

Frequency of data collection: Annual

Provide the following information for your entire grant, not for each of your projects.

1. Number of new patients enrolled in the database during the reporting period

[Box]

Help: If the answer is ‘none,” please enter a ‘0’ in the box. 

2. Number of patients followed up during the reporting period

[Box]

Help: If the answer is ‘none,” please enter a ‘0’ in the box. 

3. Briefly describe how R&D findings of your current Model Systems grant are used, or their 

anticipated use, in the clinical care setting. (Limit: 1,000 characters)

[Box]

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Knowledge Translation Awards—Projects and Activities Section (Applies to KT 

Only)

KT Projects will be asked to group related activities or tasks into the categories below. Please 

use the definitions to select the type of project that best applies. NOTE: Definitions are taken 

from the “Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program; Final Rule,”

Federal Register, Vol. 62, No. 25, February 6, 1997 (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html).

The APR system will allow you to report as many different types of projects, and as many of 

each type, as necessary. Most grantees will need to report multiple types of projects. 

Research activities focused on systematic study directed toward advancing knowledge of KT or 

technology transfer, testing an hypothesis, or evaluating the effectiveness of a new KT or 

technology transfer strategy or approach (e.g., refining and testing conceptual or theoretical 

models of KT or tech transfer, developing or evaluating standards of evidence grading; and 

evaluating the effectiveness of dissemination or technology transfer strategies).

(NOTE: Questions in this section are the same as those listed in the Research Projects Section 

above.)

Development activities focused on using knowledge and understanding gained from research to 

create KT or technology transfer related materials, devices, systems, or methods beneficial to 

the target population, including design and development of prototypes, processes and 

information products.

(NOTE: Questions in this section are the same as those listed in the Development Projects 

Section above.)

Dissemination and knowledge translation activities focused on the systematic exchange, 

synthesis, distribution, and ethically sound application of information or knowledge through a 

variety of ways for potential users or beneficiaries.

(NOTE: Questions in this section are the same as those listed in the Dissemination and 

Knowledge Translation Projects section above.)

Training activities focused on conducting a planned and systematic sequence of supervised 

instruction on KT or technology transfer that is designed to impart predetermined skills and 

knowledge.

(NOTE: Questions in this section are the same as those listed in the Training Projects section 

above.)

Technical Assistance activities focused on providing expertise or information on KT or 

technology transfer for use in problem solving.

(NOTE: Questions in this section are the same as those listed in the Technical Assistance 

activities section above.)
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Other KT or Tech Transfer activities

In this section, we ask you to answer some basic questions about your Knowledge Translation 

(KT) projects, including Technology Transfer projects where applicable. For purposes of the 

APR, a “KT project” can refer to a designated project that you proposed in your initial application 

or, if you did not propose projects, to a collection of related activities or tasks that you group 

together as a project for reporting. You are not required to group activities or tasks in the same 

way they were grouped in the original proposal. Whichever applies to you, the designation you 

use to identify projects will be carried forward to future APRs. The maximum number of KT 

projects you can report on is 10.

If you submitted an annual report last year, a record for each project listed has been imported 

into your current APR. For these records, the text ‘needs review’ will appear in the ‘date 

completed’ column. Please review these records by clicking on the ‘edit’ link. After you “save,”

the system will update the date completed.

Please also add any projects not currently listed in the table and delete any records that are no 

longer needed. The ‘date completed’ column will display the date of the last save for each 

record. 

NOTE: If this is your first year, you will need to enter information for all of your projects.

Project ID Project Title Add/Edit Record Delete Record Date Completed

T1 Sample project Edit Delete

Add new

1. Title of this KT project (Limit: 500 characters): 

[Box]

2. Name of person responsible for this project 

[Box]

3. Project start date (enter as “mm/dd/yyyy”)

[Box]

Help: Please verify the project start date.

4. Actual or projected project end date (enter as “mm/dd/yyyy”)

[Box]
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Help: The anticipated end date of a project can change for various reasons. 

5. a. What is the current status of this project?

(Select only one) 

(1) on time 

(2) delayed

(3) completed

(4) not scheduled to start yet

(5) dropped

5. b. If “delayed,” by how many months? 

[Box]

5. c. If “delayed,” what was the primary reason for the delay? (Limit: 4,000 characters)

[Box]

5. d. If “dropped,” what was the major reason for dropping it? (Limit: 4,000 characters)

[Box]

5. e. If “dropped,” was this change discussed with your project officer?

Yes

No

6. a. Briefly describe the objectives of this project. (Limit: 4,000 characters)

[Box]

6. b. Have there been substantial changes to the objective(s) for this project during the 

current reporting period?

(1) yes

(2) no

6. c. If “yes,” have these changes been discussed with your project officer?

(1) yes

(2) no

6. d. If “yes,” in one or two sentences, explain the reason for these changes. (Limit: 1,000 

 characters)

[Box]
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Help:

a. This information should come from the objectives description for this project in your 

original application. 

b. If the original objectives for this project have changed, describe the new objectives.

d. NIDRR is beginning to content analyze the responses to this question in order to 

determine the most frequently reported reasons why project objectives need to be 

changed. Understanding these reasons will help improve NIDRR’s monitoring efforts and 

meet departmental monitoring requirements. 

7. Describe your overall progress in implementing this project during the current reporting 

period (including any significant problems or challenges you encountered and the actions 

you took to remedy them). (Limit: 20,000 characters) 

[Box]

Help: Indicate progress toward original goals. Ideally, your description should include an 

update on ongoing activities, some reference to the original timeline for these activities and 

milestones, and progress toward these milestones. 

8. Describe any preliminary findings or “lessons learned” in the current reporting period. 

(Limit: 5,000 characters)

[Box]

9. Briefly describe any significant problems or challenges you encountered in the current 

performance period conducting your KT activities and summarize the actions you have 

taken to address them. (Limit: 20,000 characters)

[Box]

10. Please update us on the status of problems or challenges that you reported in previous 

Annual Performance Reports. (Limit: 20,000 characters) 

[Box]

(System will automatically take respondent back to summary table at the beginning of this 

section, in order to add, edit, or delete projects.)

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ADA Awards (Applies to ADA only)

Purpose: NIDRR project monitoring

Frequency of data collection: Once with annual updates

ADAs —Training Projects

If you proposed specific training projects in your original proposal, please report on those here.

If you did not, you may regroup your training activities into projects of like tasks.

If you submitted an annual report last year, a record for each project you listed has been 

imported into your current APR. For these records, the text ‘needs review’ will appear in the 

‘date completed’ column. Please review these records by clicking on the ‘edit’ link. After you 

‘save,’ the system will update the date completed. 

NOTE: If this is your first year, you will need to enter information for all of your projects.

Project ID Project Title Add/Edit Record Delete Record Date Completed

T1 Sample project Edit Delete

Add new

1. Enter the project title: (Limit: 1,000 characters)

[Box]

Help: The project title should come from your grant application. NIDRR performs key word or 

phrase searches of the title field to determine the total number of projects on specific topics. 

2. Name of person responsible for the project:

[Box]

3. Type of project: (Select only one. Select 'other' only if no other category applies.) 

a. workshop

b. webcast

c. presentation

d. training course

e. curricula development

f. training manual development

g. planning, conducting, or sponsoring a conference

h. distance learning curricula

i. other
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Specify (if other): (Limit: 1,000 characters) [Box]

4. a. What is the status of the project?

(Select only one)

(1) on time, 

(2) delayed, 

(3) completed, 

(4) not scheduled to start yet, 

(5) dropped 

4. b. If “delayed,” state the major reason for the delay: (Limit: 4,000 characters)

[Box]

5. In one or two sentences, briefly describe the objective(s) of the project. (Limit: 4,000 

characters)

[Box]

Help: This information should come from the objectives description for this project in your 

original application. 

6. Select the 1–2 primary target audiences for this project.

(Choose no more than two. Select 'other' only if no other category applies.)

a. Researchers

b. Practitioners/clinicians

c. Service providers

d. Educators

e. Policy experts

f. Federal and non-federal partners 

g. Industry representatives and/or product developers 

h. Employers 

i. Media

j. Students

k. Consumer advocates

l. Individuals with disabilities and/or family members

m. Business groups

n. State/local government agencies

o. Code officials responsible for physical accessibility requirements

p. Architects and design professionals

q. Attorneys or other legal professionals

r. Other

Specify (if other) [Box]

Help: NIDRR aggregates information on target audiences across all grantees. We limit the 

response to two audiences because we want to develop frequency distributions on the primary 

audiences our grantees serve. 
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7. What steps have you taken to evaluate the impact of this training project?

(Check all that apply. Select 'other' only if no other category applies.)

a. None

b. Key informant interviews

c. Customer satisfaction survey

d. Pre/post design

e. Quasi-experimental

f. Other

Specify (if other) (Limit: 1,000 characters) [Box]

8. What did you learn from this evaluation? (Limit: 5,000 characters)

[Box]

(System will allow grantee to report as many training projects as needed.)

ADAs—Summary Table—Training Projects (system-generated)

List of project titles (sequential project number and project title):

T1: Sample project title 1

T2: Sample project title 2

Projects T1 T2

Type of project (Q3) Workshop Training course

Project status (Q4) On schedule Completed

Target audience(s) (Q6) Researchers Media

Consumer advocates

ADAs—Technical Assistance Activities

In this section, please report on the technical assistance activities that you conduct for this 

award.

1. Please describe the nature and frequency of the following technical assistance that you 

have conducted in this reporting period.

(Check all that apply and enter volume [i.e., total number during this reporting period for 

each activity]. Select 'other' only if no other category applies.)

a. Phone calls Volume:

b. E-mail Volume:

c. In-person Volume:

d. Other Volume:

Specify (if other) [Box]
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2. Do you maintain or contribute to a Web site for technical assistance activities?

a. yes

b. no

If yes, Website address

[Box]

3. Please indicate the top two target audiences for your technical assistance activities.

(Select only two, based on volume. Select “other” for this item only if none of the listed 

categories applies)

a. Researchers

b. Practitioners/clinicians

c. Service providers

d. Educators

e. Policy experts

f. Federal and non-federal partners

g. Industry representatives and/or product developers 

h. Employers 

i. Media

j. Consumer advocates

k. Individuals with disabilities and/or family members

l. Business groups

m. State/local government agencies

n. Code officials responsible for physical accessibility requirements

o. Architects and design professionals

p. Attorneys or other legal professionals

q. Other

Specify (if other) [Box]

Help: NIDRR aggregates information on target audiences across all grantees. We limit the 

response to two audiences because we want to develop frequency distributions on the primary 

audiences our grantees serve. 

4. Please elaborate on any problems or challenges that you encountered and your actions to 

remedy these challenges in the provision of technical assistance during this reporting 

period. (Limit: 5,000 characters)

[Box]
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ADAs—Dissemination

What materials did you disseminate during this reporting period? Enter the number of copies of 

ADA-generated and non-ADA-generated materials distributed by electronic and other means.

Type of Materials

ADA-Generated Non-ADA-Generated

Electronic Other Electronic Other

Journal articles

Project publications

Video/audio tapes

CDs/DVDs

Books/book chapters

Bulletins/newsletters/fact sheets

Research reports/conference 

proceedings

Other specify [Box]

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Performance: Outputs

Purpose: Evaluation and accountability; project monitoring and program improvement

Frequency of data collection: Once with annual updates

Type 1 Outputs: Publications (Applies to all)

Enter all peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed publications, produced during the current 

reporting period, that were directly funded by this award. DO NOT include documents that are 

currently in review, accepted for publication, in press, or self-published. Once you have entered 

a publication in an annual report you cannot enter the same publication again in a subsequent 

annual or final report. If a publication that you reported for fellows or graduate students 

also qualifies for entry in this section you will need to enter the citation again here. 

Include only publications that were directly funded by the current award.

If you have no publications to report during the current period, check the box below and then 

click “Save and Continue.”

No publications to report during the current period

Otherwise, please complete the balance of this section.

(NOTE: If grantee checks the box above, they will be taken back to the Table of Contents.)

If you use ProCite® software to manage your publication information, our upload tool is 

available to transfer publications to the APR system.

The last column indicates whether the journal title that you entered is contained in the ISI® 

database. NIDRR uses this database to determine which citations entered by grantees can be 

included in its performance measures. It is extremely important that journal titles be entered 

correctly (e.g., with no abbreviations or spelling errors) so that your citations, where appropriate, 

will match the ISI database and can be counted.

After entering a journal title or proceeding, check the last column of the summary table to see 

whether the title you entered matches an entry in the ISI database. If it does not, you may 

choose “look up” to view a list of entries in the database. If you have entered the title incorrectly, 

select the correct title and click “OK” to change it.

Only journal articles and proceedings will have matches in the ISI database. If your journal 

article or proceeding does not have a match in the ISI database, you may still leave it as a 

publication output. 

The table below is a summary of all records you have previously entered in this section.
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ID 

Number Full Citation

Add/Edit 

Record

Delete 

Record

Type of 

Publication

Timeframe 

When Work 

Conducted

Submitted 

to NARIC ISI

1.1 Sample 

publication Edit Delete Journalarticle

Current 

funding cycle Yes √

Add new

(NOTE: System will add a sequential number within output type; the first record under 

“publications” is record 1.1; first record under Tools, Measures, and Intervention Protocols is 

record 2.1, etc.)

Help: For examples of how to report these types of accomplishments, go to 

http://www.ncddr.org/new/announcements/2007apr.html and look at the Performance Reporting 

Section for each type of award and or project.

1. a. Provide a full citation for this publication.

Type of publication: (drop-down box: journal article or periodical, web journal, 

proceedings of meetings and symposia, book or book chapter, monograph, abstract, 

technical or research report, review)

NOTE: System will display APA-required fields based on publication type, which 

are shown in “Capacity-Building Activities” section.

1. b. (If publication type = journal article or periodical, or proceedings) Is this a peerreviewed publication?

a. yes

b. no

Help: 

a. It is important for the full citation to be accurate and free of spelling or typographical errors. 

Counts of peer-reviewed journal articles and publications are included in NIDRR’s annual 

performance measures.

2. Indicate the time frame or award cycle when the NIDRR-funded research and related 

activity described in the publication was conducted.

(Select only one)

a. current funding cycle

b. immediate past funding 

cycle

c. previous funding cycle (not consecutive)

Help: NIDRR tracks the time period between research and development work and production of 

outputs.
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3. Indicate whether the publication has been sent to NARIC for inclusion in REHABDATA.

(To check the status of this publication in NARIC, visit

http://www.naric.com/research/rehab/.)

a. yes

b. no

Help: The National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC) is NIDRR’s output clearinghouse. 

One of NARIC’s functions is to collect and store all of the outputs produced by grantees. 

NIDRR uses the answer to this question as part of a report for NARIC that lists outputs for all 

grantees. 

4. Was this publication produced as a direct result of receiving funding for this grant; i.e.,

grant number (PRELOADED)?

a. yes

b. no

Help: This helps NIDRR determine how many publications were produced as a direct result of 

NIDRR funding. 

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Type 1 Outputs: Most Important Publications (Applies to all)

After entering all of your citations, select 1–3 publications that represent your “most important”

publications during this reporting period.

To identify a publication as “most important,” click on the “Add new” link in the table below. You 

will then select the “most important publication” from your list of entered publications, and then 

be asked several follow-up questions about that publication. After you complete those questions 

for the first publication, you will be given an opportunity to identify additional publications as 

“most important.”

“Most important” publications refers to those that contribute the most to achieving the outcomeoriented goals for the award by advancing knowledge; increasing capacity for research, training 

or knowledge translation; or facilitating changes in policy, practice, or system capacity.

If none of your publications meet the “most important” standard, please click here:

No publications meet “most important” standard during this reporting cycle

Sequential ID 

Number Full Citation

Add/Edit “Most 

Important” List

Delete from “Most 

Important” List

1.1 Edit Delete

Add new

Help: For examples of how to report these types of accomplishments, go to 

http://www.ncddr.org/new/announcements/2007apr.html and look at the Performance Reporting 

Section for each type of award and or project.

1. Select the publication that meets the “most important” standard.

(NOTE: System will list all publications entered, for grantee to choose from.)

Help: NIDRR collects information on publications (Type 1 outputs) for two of its performance 

measures and for possible inclusion in the Rehabilitation Services Administration Annual Report 

to Congress. Questions in this section only apply to publications the grantee deems “most 

important” to achieving the goals for the award. This reduces the number of questions a 

grantee has to answer. 

2. Select the one research or development project that played the biggest role in the 

development of the output. Or, you may select 'general activities.' Select this category only 

if you are unable to specify one research or development project. (ARRT grantees should 

select ‘general activities,’ since they do not conduct research or development projects.) 

If you have not yet entered research and development projects, please do so and then 
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return to this question.

(Select only one)

(NOTE: System will list all projects entered for grantee to choose from.)

D1

R1

General activites

If 'General activities,' provide a brief description. [Box]

Help: NIDRR seeks to link specific projects and their activities with the outputs that resulted 

from these projects and activities. The Department of Education is interested in tracking 

relationships between research activities and results. 

Help for “general activities” response option: Explain the general activities you conducted that 

resulted in development of this output. 

3. For this “most important” publication, select the outcome-oriented goal that corresponds 

most closely to this accomplishment. 

If you have not yet entered outcome-oriented goals, please do so and then return to this 

question. If you revise your outcome-oriented goals, please return to this question and 

review your response.

(Select only one)

G1

G2

Help: The goals you entered in “Planning for Outcomes and Significant Outputs” section appear 

below. NIDRR is interested in how publications map to grantee goals. The Department of 

Education is interested in tracking the relationship between outputs and goals. 

4. a. Select the one NIDRR domain that corresponds most closely to the setting or topical 

area where this accomplishment is occurring. If the accomplishment is occurring in 

more than one domain, grantees may check “cross-cutting” and specify the multiple 

domains that apply. NOTE: Accomplishments that result from Technology, 

Demographics, and/or Knowledge Translation activities are also expected to fit into the 

following domains.

(Select only one)

(1) health and function

(2) employment

(3) participation and community living

(4) cross-cutting (specify two or more domains that apply)
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4. b. If “cross-cutting,” specify two or more domains that apply. 

(1) health and function

(2) employment

(3) participation and community living

Help: 

a. NIDRR is often asked to generate lists of publications by domains in our Long-Range 

Plan. Responses are used to categorize the number of publications produced by 

domain of the Long-Range Plan.

b. The cross-cutting domain shows that a disability research project often spans two or 

more Long-Range Plan domains because of the multi-disciplinary nature of disability 

research.

5. Provide a bulleted list of the “key findings” or “lessons learned” contained in this 

publication. (Limit: 5,000 characters)

[Box]

6. Briefly describe how this publication is contributing to the outcome-oriented goal by solving 

a problem, closing an identified gap, or benefiting the target population. (Limit: 1,000 

characters)

[Box]

(System will allow grantee to identify another most important publication or advance to 

next section.)

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Type 2 Outputs: Tools, Measures, and Intervention Protocols (Applies to all)

Type 2 outputs focus on the most important tools, measures, or intervention protocols directly 

funded by this award during the current reporting period. Include only tools, measures, and 

intervention protocols that were directly funded by the current award. NIDRR defines a “tool”

(which includes measures and intervention protocols) to include instruments or processes

created to acquire quantitative or qualitative information, knowledge, or data on a specific 

disability or rehabilitation issue.

“Most important” tools refers to those that contribute the most to achieving the outcome-oriented 

goals for the award by advancing knowledge; increasing capacity for research, training or 

knowledge translation; or facilitating changes in policy, practice, or system capacity.

NOTE: It is important to stress that tools, measures, and intervention protocols reported in this 

section must: (1) be directly funded by the current award, (2) be delivered or disseminated to 

external audiences during the current reporting period. NIDRR defines “external audiences” as 

audiences that exist outside of the boundaries of project staff and collaborators associated with 

an award, including outside of NIDRR-sponsored project directors’ meetings.

NIDRR did not provide a place within the APR for grantees to report on the presentations made 

within a reporting period. This is because the agency does not have a performance measure 

that corresponds to presentations and, as a result, is no longer collecting information on the 

number and titles of presentations made within a given reporting performance period. 

However, there is nothing to prevent grantees from reporting a presentation as a ‘most 

important’ accomplishment, if they feel it meets the definition of most important. This can be 

done in two places in the Performance Section: first, under outputs Types 2-4 for Tools, 

Technology Products, and/or Information Products; and/or, second, in the following section 

under ‘Other Accomplishments and Contributions,’ if grantees feel a presentation falls within the 

criteria for this item.

Help: For examples of how to report these types of accomplishments, go to 

http://www.ncddr.org/new/announcements/2007apr.html and look at the Performance Reporting 

Section for each type of award and or project.

1. Did you develop, modify, test or evaluate any tools, measures or intervention protocols 

under this award that were disseminated or delivered to external audiences during the 

current reporting period?

Yes

No

(If “yes,” system will present balance of this section. If “no,” system will take grantee back 

to table of contents.)

Briefly describe 1–2 Type 2 outputs that represent the most important accomplishments in this 

category for the current reporting period. Your description should include an explanation of how 

the tool was validated or tested.
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For each output that you enter, you will be asked several follow-up questions. After you 

complete those questions, you will be given an opportunity to enter additional most important 

tools. (NOTE: NIDRR defines a validated tool, measure, or intervention protocol as an 

instrument or process created, in whole or in part using NIDRR funding, to acquire quantitative 

or qualitative information, knowledge, or data on a specific disability or rehabilitation issue which 

provides a high degree of assurance that the specific instrument or process will consistently 

produce a product meeting its pre-determined specifications and quality attributes.)

If none of your tools meet the “most important” standard, please check the box below.

No tools meet “most important” standard during this reporting cycle

Sequential ID 

Number Name of Tool Add/Edit Record Delete Record Date Completed

T1 Sample tool Edit Delete

Add new

NOTE: System will need to assign a sequential ID number to each tool.

1. Name of most important tool: (Limit: 500 characters)

[Box]

2. Select the one research or development project that played the biggest role in the 

development of the output. Or, you may select ‘general activities.’ Select this category 

only if you are unable to specify one research or development project. (ARRT grantees 

should select ‘general activities,’ since they do not conduct research or development 

projects.) 

If you have not yet entered research and development projects, please do so and then 

return to this question.

(Select only one)

(NOTE: System will list all projects entered for grantee to choose from.)

D1

R1

General Activities

If 'General activities,' provide a brief description. [Box]

Help: NIDRR seeks to link specific projects and their activities with the outputs that resulted 

from these projects and activities. The Department of Education is interested in tracking 

relationships between research activities and results. 

Help for “general activities” response option: Explain the general activities you conducted that 

resulted in development of this output. 
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3. Brief description of the purpose of this tool: (Limit: 1,000 characters)

[Box]

4. Brief explanation of how the tool was validated or tested: (Limit: 1,000 characters)

[Box]

Help: Outline the steps the investigators went through to validate or test the tool (i.e., to ensure 

that the technology product/device does what it is supposed to do). If the steps are clearly 

outlined, they should be easily replicated. Inaccurate and invalid scientific information that is 

translated and disseminated to target audiences is of little use to its intended beneficiaries. 

Information, and claims based on that information, can be validated by making a conscious 

effort to obtain feedback from qualified experts, which can be achieved in a number of ways. 

5. Select the category that best describes the type of tool. (Select only one. Select 'other' 

only if no other category applies.)

a. checklist

b. survey questionnaire or interview schedule

c. diagnosis or assessment instrument, including physiologic measure

d. outcome measures

e. intervention protocol or program

f. statistical technique

g. database

h. other

Specify (if other): [Box]

Help: NIDRR generates counts of the types of tools being produced. NARIC receives this 

information in order to better track the types of tools being produced by NIDRR grantees. 

6. Does this tool acknowledge NIDRR funding?

a. yes

b . no

Help: The answer to this question helps NIDRR and its grantees receive credit for developing 

the tool. 

7. For this “most important” tool, select the outcome-oriented goal that corresponds most 

closely to this accomplishment.

If you have not yet entered outcome-oriented goals, please do so and then return to this 

question. If you revise your outcome-oriented goals, please return to this question and 

review your response.

(Select only one) 

G1

G2
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Help: The goals you entered in “Planning for Outcomes and Significant Outputs” section appear 

below. NIDRR is interested in how tools map to grantee goals. The Department of Education is 

interested in tracking the relationship between outputs and goals. 

8. a. Select the one NIDRR domain that corresponds most closely to the setting or topical 

area where this accomplishment is occurring. If the accomplishment is occurring in 

more than one domain, grantees may check “cross-cutting” and specify the multiple 

domains that apply. NOTE: Accomplishments that result from Technology, 

Demographics, and/or Knowledge Translation activities are also expected to fit into the 

following domains.

(Select only one) 

(1) health and function

(2) employment

(3) participation and community living

(4) cross-cutting (specify two or more domains that apply)

8. b. If “cross-cutting,” specify two or more domains that apply. 

(1) health and function

(2) employment

(3) participation and community living

Help: 

a. NIDRR is often asked to generate lists of tools by domains in our Long-Range Plan. 

Responses are used to categorize the number of tools produced by domain of the LongRange Plan.

b. The cross-cutting domain shows that a disability research project often spans two or 

more Long-Range Plan domains because of the multi-disciplinary nature of disability 

research.

9. Briefly describe how this tool is contributing to the above outcome-oriented goal by solving 

a problem, closing an identified gap, or benefiting the target population. (Limit: 1,000 

characters)

[Box]

10. Is this tool described in a publication listed above under Type 1 outputs?

a. yes

b. no

(If “yes,” system will require Item 11 to be answered.)

11. If “yes,” click on the radio button beside the publication that contains the best description 

of this tool.

Sequential ID 

Number Full Citation

1.1 Sample publication
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(Item 12 is only for those who do not identify a publication.)

12. If this tool is not described in a publication, provide the citation or source (e.g., web site) 

where a description of the tool can be found. (Limit: 1,000 characters)

[Box]

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Summary Table—Type 2 Outputs (Tools) (system-generated, applies to all)

This table displays summary information about each Type 2 output you have entered. 

Tool #1 Tool #2

Sequential ID Number 1 2

Name of tool (Q1) Sample tool 1 Sample tool 2

Research or development 

project that played the biggest 

role in the development of 

output (Q2)

R1 D1

Type of tool (Q5) Checklist Outcome measure

Number of corresponding 

outcome goal (Q7)

2 3

Described in current publication 

(Q10)

Yes No

If yes, sequential ID number of

publication (Q11)

1.1 1.3

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Type 3 Outputs: Technology Products and Devices (Applies to all)

Type 3 outputs focus on the “most important” technology products and devices directly funded 

by this award during the current reporting period. Include only technology products and devices 

that were directly funded by the current award. Technology products and devices include:

industry standards and guidelines; software or netware; inventions; patents, licenses, and 

patent disclosures; working prototypes; products/concepts evaluated; products transferred to 

industry for potential commercialization; and products in the marketplace.

“Most important” technology products and devices refer to those that contribute the most to 

achieving the outcome-oriented goals for the award by advancing knowledge; increasing 

capacity for research, training or knowledge translation; or facilitating changes in policy, 

practice, or system capacity.

NOTE: It is important to stress that technology products and devices reported in this section 

must: (1) be directly funded by the current award, (2) be delivered or disseminated to external 

audiences during the current reporting period. NIDRR defines “external audiences” as 

audiences that exist outside of the boundaries of project staff and collaborators associated with 

an award, including outside of NIDRR-sponsored project directors’ meetings.

NIDRR did not provide a place within the APR for grantees to report on the presentations made 

within a reporting period. This is because the agency does not have a performance measure 

that corresponds to presentations and, as a result, is no longer collecting information on the 

number and titles of presentations made within a given reporting performance period. 

However, there is nothing to prevent grantees from reporting a presentation as a ‘most 

important’ accomplishment, if they feel it meets the definition of most important. This can be 

done in two places in the Performance Section: first, under outputs Types 2-4 for Tools, 

Technology Products, and/or Information Products; and/or, second, in the following section 

under ‘Other Accomplishments and Contributions,’ if grantees feel a presentation falls within the 

criteria for this item.

Help: For examples of how to report these types of accomplishments, go to 

http://www.ncddr.org/new/announcements/2007apr.html and look at the Performance Reporting 

Section for each type of award and or project.

1. Did you develop, modify, test or evaluate any technology products or devices under this 

award that were disseminated or delivered to external audiences during the current 

reporting period? 

Yes

No

(If “yes,” system will present balance of this section. If “no,” system will take grantee back 

to the table of contents.)

Briefly describe 1–2 Type 3 outputs that represent the “most important” accomplishments in this 

category for the current reporting period. Your description should include an explanation of how 

the technology product/device is being tested or evaluated.

For each technology product/device that you enter, you will be asked several follow-up 
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questions. After you complete those questions, you will be given an opportunity to enter 

additional “most important” technology products/devices.

If none of your technology product/devices meet the “most important” standard, please check 

the box below.

No technology products/devices meet “most important” standard during this reporting 

cycle

Sequential ID 

Number

Name of Technology 

Product/Device Add/Edit Record Delete Record Date Complete

T1 Sample technology 

product/device Edit Delete

Add new

NOTE: System will assign a sequential ID number to each technology product/device.

1. Name of “most important” technology product/device: (Limit: 500 characters)

[Box]

2. Select the one research or development project that played the biggest role in the 

development of the output. Or, you may select 'general activities.' Select this category only 

if you are unable to specify one research or development project. (ARRT grantees should 

select ‘general activities,’ since they do not conduct research or development projects.) 

If you have not yet entered research and development projects, please do so and then 

return to this question.

(Select only one)

(NOTE: System will list all projects entered for grantee to choose from.)

D1

R1

General Activities

If 'General activities,' provide a brief description. [Box]

Help: NIDRR seeks to link specific projects and their activities with the outputs that resulted 

from these projects and activities. The Department of Education is interested in tracking 

relationships between research activities and results. 

Help for “general activities” response option: Explain the general activities you conducted that 

resulted in development of this output. 

3. Brief description of the purpose of the technology product/device: (Limit: 1,000 characters)

[Box]
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4. Brief explanation of how technology product/device was validated or tested. (Limit: 1,000 

characters)

[Box]

Help: Outline the steps the investigators went through to validate or test the tool (i.e., to ensure 

that the technology product/device does what it is supposed to do). If the steps are clearly 

outlined, they should be easily replicated. Inaccurate and invalid scientific information that is 

translated and disseminated to target audiences is of little use to its intended beneficiaries. 

Information, and claims based on that information, can be validated by making a conscious 

effort to obtain feedback from qualified experts, which can be achieved in a number of ways. 

5. Select the category that best describes the type of technology product/device.

(Select 'other' only if no other category applies)

a. industry standards/guidelines

b. software or netware 

c. invention

d. patent(s), licenses, patent disclosures

e. working prototype

f. product(s) evaluated or field tested

g. product(s) transferred to industry for potential commercialization

h. product(s) in the marketplace

i. other 

Specify (if other) [Box]

Help: NIDRR generates counts of the types of publications being produced. NARIC receives 

this information in order to better track the types of publications being produced by NIDRR 

grantees. 

Technology products and devices include: 

a. Industry standards/guidelines: Creating a standard or protocol that is adopted 

by research, clinical, or industry associations for use by their constituents 

(source: adapted from an email message from NIDRR’s RERC on Technology 

Transfer, received Oct. 6, 2006.) 

b. Software or netware: Software is the entire set of programs, procedures, and 

related documentation associated with a system, especially a computer system 

(source: Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary, http://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary). Netware is an operating system used on file servers, 

and designed to offer a very fast and efficient Network File System to PCs and 

Macintosh computers. 

c. Invention: A device, contrivance, or process originated after study and 

experiment (source: Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary, http://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary). 

d. Patents, licenses, patent disclosures: A patent secures for a term of years 

the exclusive right to make, use, or sell an invention. A license is a grant by the 

holder of a copyright or patent to another of any of the rights embodied in the 
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copyright or patent short of an assignment of all rights (source: MerriamWebster’s Online Dictionary, http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary). A 

patent disclosure, given in return for a patent, is a complete description or 

disclosure of the invention for which protection is sought (source: United States 

Patent and Trademark Office, http://www.uspto.gov/main/glossary/index.html#d). 

e. Working prototype: A first full-scale and usually functional form of a new type 

of design of a construction (source: Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary, 

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary). 

f. Product(s) evaluated or field tested: a product or procedure that has been 

tested in actual situations reflecting intended use (source: Merriam-Webster’s 

Online Dictionary, http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary). 

g. Product(s) transferred to industry for potential commercialization: the 

product has been built, evaluated, and field-tested. An industry partner (e.g., 

company or organization) is now interested in mass-producing and marketing the 

product for distribution to customers (source: adapted from an email message 

from NIDRR’s RERC on Technology Transfer, received Oct. 6, 2006.) 

h. Product(s) in the marketplace: Products that have been commercialized and 

are available for purchase by customers (source: adapted from an email 

message from NIDRR’s RERC on Technology Transfer, received Oct. 6, 2006.) 

6. Does this technology product/device acknowledge NIDRR funding?

a. yes

b. no

Help: The answer to this question helps NIDRR and its grantees receive credit for developing 

the tool. 

7. For this “most important” technology product/device, select the outcome-oriented goal that 

corresponds most closely to this accomplishment.

If you have not yet entered outcome-oriented goals, please do so and then return to this 

question. If you revise your outcome-oriented goals, please return to this question and 

review your response.

(Select only one)

G1

G2

Help: The goals you entered in “Planning for Outcomes and Significant Outputs” section appear 

below. NIDRR is interested in how technology products/devices map to grantee goals. The 

Department of Education is interested in tracking the relationship between outputs and goals. (

8. Briefly describe how this technology product/device is contributing to the outcome-oriented 

goal by solving a problem, closing an identified gap, or benefiting the target population.

(Limit: 1,000 characters)

[Box]
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9. a. Select the one NIDRR domain that corresponds most closely to the setting or topical 

area where this accomplishment is occurring. If the accomplishment is occurring in 

more than one domain, grantees may check “cross-cutting” and specify the multiple 

domains that apply. NOTE: Accomplishments that result from Technology, 

Demographics, and/or Knowledge Translation activities are also expected to fit into the 

following domains.

(Select only one) 

(1) health and function

(2) employment

(3) participation and community living

(4) cross-cutting (specify two or more domains that apply)

9. b. If “cross-cutting,” specify two or more domains that apply. 

(1) health and function

(2) employment

(3) participation and community living

Help: 

a. NIDRR is often asked to generate lists of technology products by domains in our LongRange Plan. Responses are used to categorize the number of technology products 

produced by domain of the Long-Range Plan.

b. The cross-cutting domain shows that a disability research project often spans two or 

more Long-Range Plan domains because of the multi-disciplinary nature of disability 

research.

10. Is this technology product described in a publication listed above under Type 1 outputs?

a. yes

b. no

(If “yes,” system will require Item 11)

11. If “yes,” click on the radio button beside the publication that contains the best description 

of this technology product.

Sequential ID 

Number Full Citation

1.1 Sample publication

(Item 12 is only for those who do not identify a publication.)

12. If this technology product is not described in a publication, provide the citation or source 

(e.g., web site) where a description of the product can be found. (Limit: 1,000 characters)

[Box]
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Summary Table—Type 3 Outputs (Technology Products) (system-generated, applies to 

all)

This table displays summary information about each Type 3 output you have entered. 

Tool #1 Tool #2

Sequential ID Number 1 2

Name of technology product (Q1) Sample tool 1 Sample tool 2

Research or development 

project that played the biggest 

role in the development of 

output (Q2)

R1 D1

Type of technology product (Q5) Checklist Outcome measure

Number of corresponding 

outcome goal (Q7)

2 3

Described in current publication 

(Q10)

Yes No

If yes, sequential ID number of 

publication (Q11)

1.1 1.3

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Type 4 Outputs: Informational Products (Applies to all)

Type 4 outputs focus on the “most important” informational products directly funded by this 

award during the current reporting period. Include only informational products that were directly 

funded by the current award. Informational products can include training manuals or curricula; 

fact sheets; newsletters; audiovisual materials; marketing tools; educational aids; web sites or 

other Internet sites that were produced in conjunction with your research and development, 

training, dissemination, knowledge translation, and/or consumer involvement activities.

“Most important” informational products refer to those that contribute the most to achieving the 

outcome-oriented goals for the award by advancing knowledge; increasing capacity for 

research, training or knowledge translation; or facilitating changes in policy, practice, or system 

capacity.

NOTE: It is important to stress that information products reported in this section must: (1) be 

directly funded by the current award, (2) be delivered or disseminated to external audiences 

during the current reporting period. NIDRR defines “external audiences” as audiences that exist 

outside of the boundaries of project staff and collaborators associated with an award, including 

outside of NIDRR-sponsored project directors’ meetings.

NIDRR did not provide a place within the APR for grantees to report on the presentations made 

within a reporting period. This is because the agency does not have a performance measure 

that corresponds to presentations and, as a result, is no longer collecting information on the 

number and titles of presentations made within a given reporting performance period. 

However, there is nothing to prevent grantees from reporting a presentation as a ‘most 

important’ accomplishment, if they feel it meets the definition of most important. This can be 

done in two places in the Performance Section: first, under outputs Types 2-4 for Tools, 

Technology Products, and/or Information Products; and/or, second, in the following section 

under ‘Other Accomplishments and Contributions,’ if grantees feel a presentation falls within the 

criteria for this item.

Help: For examples of how to report these types of accomplishments, go to 

http://www.ncddr.org/new/announcements/2007apr.html and look at the Performance Reporting 

Section for each type of award and or project.

1. Did you develop, create, test or evaluate any informational products under this award that 

were disseminated or delivered to external audiences during the current reporting period?

Yes

No

(If “yes,” system will present balance of this section. If “no,” system take grantee back to 

the table of contents.)

Briefly describe 1–2 Type 4 outputs that represent the “most important” accomplishments in this 

category for the current reporting period. Your description should include an explanation of how 

the informational product is being tested or evaluated.

For each output that you enter, you will be asked several follow-up questions. After you 

complete those questions, you will be given an opportunity to enter additional “most important”
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informational products.

If none of your informational products meet the “most important” standard, please check the box 

below.

No informational products meet “most important” standard.

Sequential 

ID Number

Name of Informational 

Product

Add/Edit 

Record Delete Record Date Completed

4.1 Sample product Edit Delete

Add new

NOTE: System will assign a sequential ID number to each informational product.

1. Name of “most important” informational product. (Limit: 500 characters)

[Box]

2. Select the one research or development project that played the biggest role in the 

development of the output. Or, you may select 'general activities.' Select this category only 

if you are unable to specify one research or development project. (ARRT grantees should 

select ‘general activities,’ since they do not conduct research or development projects.) 

If you have not yet entered research and development projects, please do so and then 

return to this question.

(Select only one)

(NOTE: System will list all projects entered for grantee to choose from.)

D1

R1

General Activities

If 'General activities,' provide a brief description. [Box]

Help: NIDRR seeks to link specific projects and their activities with the outputs that resulted 

from these projects and activities. The Department of Education is interested in tracking 

relationships between research activities and results. 

Help for “general activities” response option: Explain the general activities you conducted that 

resulted in development of this output. 

3. Brief description of the purpose of the informational product. (Limit: 1,000 characters)

[Box]

4. Brief explanation of how the informational product was validated or tested. (Limit: 1,000 

characters)

[Box]
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Help: Outline the steps the investigators went through to validate or test the tool (i.e., to ensure 

that the technology product/device does what it is supposed to do). If the steps are clearly 

outlined, they should be easily replicated. Inaccurate and invalid scientific information that is 

translated and disseminated to target audiences is of little use to its intended beneficiaries. 

Information, and claims based on that information, can be validated by making a conscious 

effort to obtain feedback from qualified experts, which can be achieved in a number of ways. 

5. Select the category that best describes the type of informational product:

(Select 'other' only if no other category applies.)

a. training manuals/curricula

b. fact sheets

c. newsletters

d. audiovisual materials

e. marketing tools

f. educational aids

g. Web sites or other Internet sites

h. other 

Specify (if other) [Box]

Help: NIDRR generates counts of the types of informational product being produced. NARIC 

receives this information in order to better track the types of informational products being 

produced by NIDRR grantees. 

6. Does this informational product acknowledge NIDRR funding (if applicable)?

a. yes

b. no

Help: The answer to this question helps NIDRR and its grantees receive credit for developing 

the informational product. 

7. For this “most important” informational product, select the outcome-oriented goal that 

corresponds most closely to this accomplishment.

If you have not yet entered outcome-oriented goals, please do so and then return to this 

question. If you revise your outcome-oriented goals, please return to this question and 

review your response.

(Select only one)

G1

G2

Help: The goals you entered in “Planning for Outcomes and Significant Outputs” section appear 

below. NIDRR is interested in how informational products map to grantee goals. The 

Department of Education is interested in tracking the relationship between outputs and goals. (
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8. Briefly describe how this informational product is contributing to the outcome-oriented goal

identified by solving a problem, closing an identified gap, or benefiting the target 

population. (Limit: 1,000 characters)

[Box]

9. a. Select the one NIDRR domain that corresponds most closely to the setting or topical 

area where this accomplishment is occurring. If the accomplishment is occurring in 

more than one domain, grantees may check “cross-cutting” and specify the multiple 

domains that apply. NOTE: Accomplishments that result from Technology, 

Demographics, and/or Knowledge Translation activities are also expected to fit into the 

following domains.

(Select only one) 

(1) health and function

(2) employment

(3) participation and community living

(4) cross-cutting (specify two or more domains that apply)

9. b. If “cross-cutting,” specify two or more domains that apply. 

(1) health and function

(2) employment

(3) participation and community living

Help: 

a. NIDRR is often asked to generate lists of informational products by domains in our LongRange Plan. Responses are used to categorize the number of publications produced by 

domain of the Long-Range Plan.

b. The cross-cutting domain shows that a disability research project often spans two or 

more Long-Range Plan domains because of the multi-disciplinary nature of disability 

research.

10. Is this informational product described in a publication listed above under Type 1 outputs?

a. yes

b. no

(If “yes,” system will require Item 11.)

11. If “yes,” click on the radio button beside the publication that contains the best description 

of this informational product.

Sequential ID 

Number Full Citation

1.1 Sample publication
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(Item 12 is only for those who do not identify a publication.)

12. If this informational product is not described in a publication, provide the citation or source 

(e.g., web site) where a description of the product can be found. (Limit: 1,000 characters)

[Box]

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Summary Table—Type 4 Outputs (Informational Products) (system-generated)

This table displays summary information about each Type 4 output you have entered. 

Product #1 Product #2

Sequential ID Number 1 2

Name of informational product 

(Q1)

Sample informational product

1

Sample informational product 2

Research or development 

project that played the biggest 

role in the development of 

output (Q2)

R1 D1

Type of informational product 

(Q5)

Fact sheets Marketing tools

Number of corresponding 

outcome goal (Q7)

2 3

Described in current publication 

(Q10)

Yes No

If yes, sequential ID number of 

publication (Q11)

1.1 1.3

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Performance: Outcomes (Accomplishments): External Use and Adoption of 

NIDRR-Funded Outputs (Applies to all)

You must complete the "Performance: Outputs" section before beginning this section.

Purpose: Evaluation and accountability, project monitoring, and program improvement

Frequency: Annual

The frequency for this section is ‘annual.’ Records are not carried forward from one year to the 

next, as in some sections of the APR. 

Complete the "Performance: Outputs" section of your APR before entering information in 

this section. All Type 1 outputs (publications) for the current reporting period and all 

"most important" Type 2-4 outputs (tools, measures, and intervention protocols; 

technology products and devices; and informational products) for the current reporting 

period must be reported in the "Performance: Outputs" section.

This section requests information about the external use or adoption of up to five outputs that 

are related to the objectives of the current award and that were produced by you with NIDRR 

funding either under the current award or in a previous NIDRR funding cycle. “External use or 

adoption” refers to use or adoption by persons or groups external to the grant (i.e., not project 

staff or collaborators). Click here for examples of external use and adoption. 

NOTE: It is important to stress that outputs reported in this section can be based on 

research, development, and related activities that you conducted in a previous reporting 

period or NIDRR funding cycle as long as the outputs are related to the objectives of the 

current award and were used or adopted during the current reporting period by persons or 

groups external to the grant.

To complete this sub-section, you will either select from a list of previously reported outputs

(beginning with the 2007 reporting period, and including outputs entered in earlier sections of 

the current APR) or enter new outputs not previously reported. You must complete the 

Performance: Outputs section before the External Use section so that all of this year’s outputs 

will be included in the list. Examples of outputs not previously reported are outputs produced 

prior to the 2007 reporting period, produced in a previous funding cycle (under a different grant 

number), Type 2-4 outputs not previously reported because they were not considered ‘most 

important,’ or outputs you did not report at the appropriate time. 

If you answer ‘yes’ to both Question 1 and Question 2 below, you must report at least one 

output on the following page. If you answer ‘no’ to either of these questions, this section is 

complete. 

You may upload up to 5 files to provide evidence of use/adoption in question 6 and up to 5 files 

to provide evidence of the output’s role in bringing about changes in question 13. In questions 

5-6 and 12-13, you may also both upload evidence and describe where NIDRR can find 

documentation. 

You may use the list of previously reported outputs for this award (beginning with the 2007 

reporting period, and including outputs entered in earlier sections of your current APR) for 
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reference in answering the following questions. For additional details concerning any of the 

outputs listed, please access the relevant APR.

Help: Examples of external use or adoption include, but are not limited to:

A research finding, a new prototype, tool, engineering standard, or information product of 

this grant is discussed in a publication, a syndicated story with regional or national 

circulation, a consumer newsletter, etc., by someone who is not project staff, a 

collaborator, or a person otherwise associated with your project or its members.

Your program—possibly in a previous NIDRR funding cycle--created an instrument that is 

related to the objectives of the current award. This instrument is now being used in 

someone else’s research.

Your program—possibly In a previous NIDRR funding cycle--developed an assistive device 

that is related to the objectives of the current award. This device is now being 

manufactured for, and used by, individuals with disabilities.

1. Were any outputs produced under this award, or produced in a previous NIDRR funding 

cycle and related to the objectives of the current award, used or adopted by persons or 

groups external to the grant during the current reporting period?

a. yes

b. no (If "no," system will take grantee back to the Table of Contents)

Help: This section of the APR is very important to NIDRR because part of NIDRR’s mission is 

to promote the use of new knowledge that our grantees create.

2. If ‘yes,’ can you provide evidence of the use or adoption of this output (e.g., an electronic 

copy of descriptions of the use or adoption, such as in professional journals or books, 

websites, newspapers, newsletters, or testimonial letters)?

a. yes

b. no (If "no," system will take grantee back to the Table of Contents)

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As you report outputs that have been used or adopted by persons or groups external to the 

grant during the current reporting period, they will appear in Table 1 below. This table will be 

empty until you select or enter the outputs you want to report for the current reporting period.

To report the use or adoption of a previously reported output, go to Table 2, find the output 

you want to report, and click on the ‘Select Output’ link. The selected output will then appear in 

Table 1 and will be grayed out in Table 2. 

For each output that you select, you will be asked a series of questions about the output and its 

external use or adoption. The information provided at the top of the page in the shaded area 

cannot be edited or deleted as it is information you have previously reported for this output. 

Once you have completed the questions about the first output and clicked ‘save’, you will be 

taken back to the previous page where you can choose to report another output. You may 

report up to five outputs.

To report the use or adoption of an output not previously reported, use the ‘Add Type...’ 

links at the bottom of the page. Use these links only if you do not find the output listed in

Table 2. There is a link for each type of output. Choose the appropriate one and enter details 

about the output you want to report. Once you answer all the questions and click ‘save’ you will 

be taken to another page where you will report on the external use and adoption of the output. 

Outputs not previously reported will be identified in Table 1 by an asterisk and a footnote that 

reads, ‘Output not reported in previous APRs.’ You will be asked to answer a series of 

questions about each output you report. Once you have completed the questions about the first 

output and clicked ‘save,” you will be taken back to the previous page where you can choose to 

report another output. You may report up to five outputs. 

Table 1. Outputs Used or Adopted By Persons or Groups External to the Grant 

During the Current Reporting Period

(Example of a listing for one grantee)

Reporting 

Period Type Title or Name Edit Record

Delete 

Record Date Completed

No records selected

NOTE: Outputs not reported in previous APRs will be identified by an asterisk in the “reporting 

period” column. 
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Table 2. All Outputs Reported For This Award 

(For additional details concerning any of the outputs listed, please access the 

relevant APR.)(Example of a listing for one grantee)

Reporting 

Period Type Title or Name

Action

2012 1 (publication) Publication title Select Output

2012 2 (tool) Name of tool Select Output

2011 1 (publication) Publication title Select Output

2011 2 (tool) Name of tool Select Output

2010 3 (technology product) Name of technology product Select Output

2010 4 (informational product) Name of informational product Select Output

2009 1 (publication) Publication title Select Output

2009 2 (tool) Name of tool Select Output

2008 3 (technology product) Name of technology product Select Output

2008 4 (informational product) Name of informational product Select Output

2007 1 (publication) Publication title Select Output

2007 2 (tool) Name of tool Select Output

The links below may be used to report on the use or adoption of outputs not previously reported 

under this award. You will first be asked a series of questions relating to the output itself, then 

additional questions about its use or adoption by persons or groups external to the grant during 

the current reporting period.

Add Type 1 Output (Publication)

Add Type 2 Output (Tool)

Add Type 3 Output (Technology Product)

Add Type 4 Output (Informational Product)
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Questions for Type 1 Outputs 

(If output has been previously reported, system will prefill answers to questions 1-5 below) 

Please complete the following information related to this output.

1. Provide a full citation for this publication (system will display APA-required fields based on 

type of publication)

2. What is the number of the NIDRR grant that funded this output (e.g., H133Xyynnnn)? 

(If you do not have the grant number, leave this question blank and enter the grant title 

and the name of the principal investigator.) 

Help: If you do not have the grant number, you may be able to obtain it from previously 

submitted APRs. You can access these APRs from the 'Welcome' page. If the information is not 

contained in previously submitted APRs, you may contact NARIC at www.NARIC.com or 1-800-

346-2742 for assistance.

3. Enter the grant title. [Box]

Help: If you do not have the grant title, you may be able to obtain it from previously submitted 

APRs. You can access these APRs from the 'Welcome' page. If the information is not contained 

in previously submitted APRs, you may contact NARIC at www.NARIC.com or 1-800-346-2742 

for assistance.

4. Enter the name of the principal investigator [Box]

Help: If you do not have the name of the Principal Investigator, you may be able to obtain it 

from previously submitted APRs. You can access these APRs from the 'Welcome' page. If the 

information is not contained in previously submitted APRs, you may contact NARIC at 

www.NARIC.com or 1-800-346-2742 for assistance.

5. In what reporting period was this output produced?

(Select only one)

Prior to June 1, 2006

If prior to June 1, 2006, in what calendar year?

[Box]

2007 reporting period (June 1, 2006 to May 31, 2007)

2008 reporting period (June 1, 2007 to May 31, 2008)

2009 reporting period (June 1, 2008 to May 31, 2009)

2010 reporting period (June 1, 2009 to May 31, 2010)

2011 reporting period (June 1, 2010 to May 31, 2011)

2012 reporting period (June 1, 2011 to May 31, 2012)

Help: NIDRR is especially interested in the time it takes for the uptake of knowledge to occur.
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Questions for Type 2- Outputs

(If output has been previously reported, system will prefill answers to questions 1-8 below) 

Please complete the following information related to this output.

1. Name of tool (Text field—limit: 500 characters)

2. Brief description of the purpose of this tool (Text field—limit: 1,000 characters)

3. Select the category that best describes the type of tool

(Select only one. Select 'other' only if no other category applies.)

a. checklist

b. survey questionnaire or interview schedule

c. diagnosis or assessment instrument, including physiologic measure

d. outcome measures

e. intervention protocol or program

f. statistical technique

g. database

h. other

Specify (if other): (Limit: 250 characters) [Box]

Help: NIDRR generates counts of the types of tools being produced. NARIC receives this 

information in order to better track the types of tools being produced by NIDRR grantees. 

4. What is the number of the NIDRR grant that funded this output (e.g., H133Xyynnnn)? 

(If you do not have the grant number, leave this question blank and enter the grant title 

and the name of the principal investigator.) 

Help: If you do not have the grant number, you may be able to obtain it from previously 

submitted APRs. You can access these APRs from the 'Welcome' page. If the information is not 

contained in previously submitted APRs, you may contact NARIC at www.NARIC.com or 1-800-

346-2742 for assistance.

5. Enter the grant title. [Box]

Help: If you do not have the grant title, you may be able to obtain it from previously submitted 

APRs. You can access these APRs from the 'Welcome' page. If the information is not contained 

in previously submitted APRs, you may contact NARIC at www.NARIC.com or 1-800-346-2742 

for assistance.

6. Enter the name of the principal investigator [Box]

Help: If you do not have the name of the Principal Investigator, you may be able to obtain it 

from previously submitted APRs. You can access these APRs from the 'Welcome' page. If the 
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information is not contained in previously submitted APRs, you may contact NARIC at 

www.NARIC.com or 1-800-346-2742 for assistance.

7. In what reporting period was this output produced?

(Select only one)

Prior to June 1, 2006

If prior to June 1, 2006, in what calendar year?

[Box]

2007 reporting period (June 1, 2006 to May 31, 2007)

2008 reporting period (June 1, 2007 to May 31, 2008)

2009 reporting period (June 1, 2008 to May 31, 2009)

2010 reporting period (June 1, 2009 to May 31, 2010)

2011 reporting period (June 1, 2010 to May 31, 2011)

2012 reporting period (June 1, 2011 to May 31, 2012)

Help: NIDRR is especially interested in the time it takes for the uptake of knowledge to occur.

8. a. Select the one NIDRR domain that corresponds most closely to the setting or topical area 

where this accomplishment/output is occurring. If the accomplishment/output is occurring 

in more than one domain, grantees may check "cross-cutting" and specify the multiple 

domains that apply. (Note: Accomplishments that result from Technology, Demographics, 

and/or Knowledge Translation activities are also expected to fit into the following 

domains.)

(Select only one)

(1) health and function

(2) employment

(3) participation and community living

(4) cross-cutting (specify two or more domains that apply)

b. If 'cross-cutting,' specify two or more domains that apply.

(1) health and function

(2) employment

(3) participation and community living

Help:

a. NIDRR is often asked to generate lists of tools by domains in our Long-Range Plan. 

Responses are used to categorize the number of tools produced by domain of the LongRange Plan.

b. The cross-cutting domain shows that a disability research project often spans two or 

more Long-Range Plan domains because of the multi-disciplinary nature of disability 

research.
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Questions for Type 3 Outputs

(If output has been previously reported, system will prefill answers to questions 1-8 below) 

Please complete the following information related to this output.

1. Name of technology product/device (Limit: 500 characters) [Box]

2. Brief description of the purpose of the technology product/device (Limit: 1,000 characters)

[Box]

3. Select the category that best describes the type of technology product/device

(Select only one. Select 'other' only if no other category applies.)

a. industry standards/guidelines

b. software or netware

c. invention

d. patent(s), licenses, patent disclosures

e. working prototype

f. product(s) evaluated or field tested

g. product(s) transferred to industry for potential commercialization

 h. product(s) in the marketplace

i. other

Specify (if other): (Limit: 250 characters) [Box]

Help: NIDRR generates counts of the types of technology products/devices being produced. 

NARIC receives this information in order to better track the types of technology 

products/devices being produced by NIDRR grantees. 

4. What is the number of the NIDRR grant that funded this output (e.g., H133Xyynnnn)? 

(If you do not have the grant number, leave this question blank and enter the grant title 

and the name of the principal investigator.) 

Help: If you do not have the grant number, you may be able to obtain it from previously 

submitted APRs. You can access these APRs from the 'Welcome' page. If the information is not 

contained in previously submitted APRs, you may contact NARIC at www.NARIC.com or 1-800-

346-2742 for assistance.

5. Enter the grant title. [Box]

Help: If you do not have the grant title, you may be able to obtain it from previously submitted 

APRs. You can access these APRs from the 'Welcome' page. If the information is not contained 

in previously submitted APRs, you may contact NARIC at www.NARIC.com or 1-800-346-2742 

for assistance.

6. Enter the name of the principal investigator [Box]
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Help: If you do not have the name of the Principal Investigator, you may be able to obtain it 

from previously submitted APRs. You can access these APRs from the 'Welcome' page. If the 

information is not contained in previously submitted APRs, you may contact NARIC at 

www.NARIC.com or 1-800-346-2742 for assistance.

7. In what reporting period was this output produced?

(Select only one)

Prior to June 1, 2006

If prior to June 1, 2006, in what calendar year?

[Box]

2007 reporting period (June 1, 2006 to May 31, 2007)

2008 reporting period (June 1, 2007 to May 31, 2008)

2009 reporting period (June 1, 2008 to May 31, 2009)

2010 reporting period (June 1, 2009 to May 31, 2010)

2011 reporting period (June 1, 2010 to May 31, 2011)

2012 reporting period (June 1, 2011 to May 31, 2012)

Help: NIDRR is especially interested in the time it takes for the uptake of knowledge to occur.

8. a. Select the one NIDRR domain that corresponds most closely to the setting or topical area 

where this accomplishment/output is occurring. If the accomplishment/output is occurring 

in more than one domain, grantees may check "cross-cutting" and specify the multiple 

domains that apply. (Note: Accomplishments that result from Technology, Demographics, 

and/or Knowledge Translation activities are also expected to fit into the following 

domains.)

(Select only one)

(1) health and function

(2) employment

(3) participation and community living

(4) cross-cutting (specify two or more domains that apply)

b. If 'cross-cutting,' specify two or more domains that apply.

(1) health and function

(2) employment

(3) participation and community living

Help:

a. NIDRR is often asked to generate lists of technology products/devices by domains in our 

Long-Range Plan. Responses are used to categorize the number of technology 

products/devices produced by domain of the Long-Range Plan.
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b. The cross-cutting domain shows that a disability research project often spans two or 

more Long-Range Plan domains because of the multi-disciplinary nature of disability 

research.
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Questions for Type 4 Outputs

(If output has been previously reported, system will prefill answers to questions 1-8 below

Please complete the following information related to this output.

1. Name of informational product (Text field—limit: 500 characters)

2. Brief description of the purpose of the informational product (Text field—limit: 1,000 

characters)

3. Select the category that best describes the type of informational product 

(Select only one. Select 'other' only if no other category applies.)

 a. training manuals/curricula

b. fact sheets

c. newsletters

d. audiovisual materials

e. marketing tools

f. educational aids

g. Web sites or other Internet sites

 h. other

Specify (if other): (Limit: 250 characters) [Box]

Help: NIDRR generates counts of the types of informational products being produced. NARIC 

receives this information in order to better track the types of informational products being 

produced by NIDRR grantees. 

4. What is the number of the NIDRR grant that funded this output (e.g., H133Xyynnnn)?

(If you do not have the grant number, leave this question blank and enter the grant title 

and the name of the principal investigator.) 

[Box]

Help: If you do not have the grant number, you may be able to obtain it from previously 

submitted APRs. You can access these APRs from the 'Welcome' page. If the information is not 

contained in previously submitted APRs, you may contact NARIC at www.NARIC.com or 1-800-

346-2742 for assistance.

5. Enter the grant title. [Box]

Help: If you do not have the grant title, you may be able to obtain it from previously submitted 

APRs. You can access these APRs from the 'Welcome' page. If the information is not contained 

in previously submitted APRs, you may contact NARIC at www.NARIC.com or 1-800-346-2742 

for assistance.
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6. Enter the name of the principal investigator [Box]

Help: If you do not have the name of the Principal Investigator, you may be able to obtain it 

from previously submitted APRs. You can access these APRs from the 'Welcome' page. If the 

information is not contained in previously submitted APRs, you may contact NARIC at 

www.NARIC.com or 1-800-346-2742 for assistance.

7. In what reporting period was this output produced?

(Select only one)

Prior to June 1, 2006

If prior to June 1, 2006, in what calendar year?

[Box]

2007 reporting period (June 1, 2006 to May 31, 2007)

2008 reporting period (June 1, 2007 to May 31, 2008)

2009 reporting period (June 1, 2008 to May 31, 2009)

2010 reporting period (June 1, 2009 to May 31, 2010)

2011 reporting period (June 1, 2010 to May 31, 2011)

2012 reporting period (June 1, 2011 to May 31, 2012)

Help: NIDRR is especially interested in the time it takes for the uptake of knowledge to occur.

8. a. Select the one NIDRR domain that corresponds most closely to the setting or topical area 

where this accomplishment/output is occurring. If the accomplishment/output is occurring 

in more than one domain, grantees may check “cross-cutting” and specify the multiple 

domains that apply. (Note: Accomplishments that result from Technology, Demographics, 

and/or Knowledge Translation activities are also expected to fit into the following 

domains.)

(Select only one)

(1) health and function

(2) employment

(3) participation and community living

(4) cross-cutting (specify two or more domains that apply)

b. If “cross-cutting,” specify two or more domains that apply:

(1) health and function

(2) employment

(3) participation and community living

Help:

c. NIDRR is often asked to generate lists of informational products by domains in our LongRange Plan. Responses are used to categorize the number of technology 

products/devices produced by domain of the Long-Range Plan.
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d. The cross-cutting domain shows that a disability research project often spans two or 

more Long-Range Plan domains because of the multi-disciplinary nature of disability 

research.
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Use or Adoption of the Output

Questions 1–6 ask about how your output has been used or adopted by individuals or groups 

external to your grant. These questions also ask for evidence that your output has been used or 

adopted.

Questions 7–13 ask about how this use or adoption of your output has led to change in policy, 

practice, or system capacity. These items also ask for evidence that the use of your output has 

led to this change.

1. Who used or adopted this output?

(Select up to two. Select 'other' only if no other category applies.)

a. Researchers

b. Practitioners/clinicians

c. Service providers

d. Educators

e. Policy experts

f. Federal and non-federal partners

g. Industry representatives and/or product developers

h. Employers

i. Media

j. Consumer advocates

k. Individuals with disabilities and/or family members

l. Business groups

m. State/local government agencies

n. Code officials responsible for physical accessibility requirements

o. Architects and design professionals

p. Attorneys or other legal professionals

q. Other

Specify (if other): (Limit: 250 characters) [Box]

2. Briefly describe the user(s). (Limit: 1000 characters)

[Box]

3. How, specifically, is this output being used or adopted? (Limit: 3,000 characters)

[Box]

Help: Examples of external use or adoption include, but are not limited to:

 A research finding, a new prototype, tool, engineering standard, or information 

product of this grant is discussed in a publication, a syndicated story with regional or 

national circulation, a consumer newsletter, etc., by someone who is not project staff, 

a collaborator, or a person otherwise associated with your project or its members.

 Your program—possibly in a previous NIDRR funding cycle--created an instrument 

that is related to the objectives of the current award. This instrument is now being 

used in someone else’s research.

 Your program—possibly In a previous NIDRR funding cycle--developed an assistive 

device that is related to the objectives of the current award. This device is now being 

manufactured for, and used by, individuals with disabilities.
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4. Please identify the source(s) of your evidence concerning the external use or adoption of 

this output.

(Check all that apply. Select 'other' only if no other category applies.)

a. Publication(s)

b. Web site(s)

c. Other 

Specify (if other): (Limit: 500 characters) [Box]

5. Describe where NIDRR can find all evidence. (For publications, enter the full citation; for 

Web pages, enter the URL; for users themselves, provide contact information.) 

(Limit: 1,000 characters)

[Box]

6. If you are unable to describe where NIDRR can find all evidence, you may upload 

electronic copies. Use this option only if you cannot describe where NIDRR can find all 

evidence. 

To upload electronic copies, use the "browse" button below to select the file you want to 

upload from your computer. Click on the file name and then click ‘Open.’ The file name will 

then appear in the text box in front of the ‘Browse’ button. To upload the file, click on the 

"Upload File" button. You may upload up to five files of the following types: JPE, JPEG, 

JPG, GIF, PDF, DOC, DOT, POT, PPS, PPT, MP2, MPA, MPE, MPEG, MPG, MPV2, 

MOV, QT, LSF, LSX, ASF, ASR, ASX, AVI, MOVIE, or WMV. Each file can be up to 100 

MB in size. If you need assistance, contact Technical Support at NIDRRAPR@RTI.ORG. 

7. Is the use or adoption of this output contributing to change in policy, practice, or system 

capacity, or another type of change?

a. no (If “no,” system will return to first screen of this section and allow grantee to 

 enter another output)

b. yes

8. What kind of change?

(Select one. Select 'other' only if no other category applies.)

 a. Policy—governmental or non-governmental

 b. Practice—rehabilitation and related fields, research in these fields

 c. System capacity, including access to services and supports

 d. Other

Specify (if other) (Limit: 250 characters) [Box]

9. Describe this change and the contribution of this output to this change. (Limit: 1,000 

characters)

[Box]
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10. Can you provide evidence regarding the role of your output in bringing about these 

changes?

a. no (If “no,” system will return to first screen of this section and allow grantee to 

 enter another output)

b. yes

11. Please identify the source(s) of your evidence regarding the role of your output in bringing 

about these changes.

(Check all that apply. Select 'other' only if no other category applies.)

a. Publication(s)

b. Web site(s)

c. Other 

Specify (if other) (Limit: 500 characters) [Box]

12 Describe where NIDRR can find all evidence. (For publications, enter the full citation; for 

Web pages, enter the URL; for users themselves, provide contact information.) 

(Limit: 1,000 characters)

[Box]

13. If you are unable to describe where NIDRR can find all evidence, you may upload 

electronic copies. Use this option only if you cannot describe where NIDRR can find all 

evidence. 

To upload electronic copies, use the "browse" button below to select the file you want to 

upload from your computer. Click on the file name and then click ‘Open.’ The file name will 

then appear in the text box in front of the ‘Browse’ button. To upload the file, click on the 

"Upload File" button. You may upload up to five files of the following types: JPE, JPEG, 

JPG, GIF, PDF, DOC, DOT, POT, PPS, PPT, MP2, MPA, MPE, MPEG, MPG, MPV2, 

MOV, QT, LSF, LSX, ASF, ASR, ASX, AVI, MOVIE, or WMV. Each file can be up to 100 

MB in size. If you need assistance, contact Technical Support at NIDRRAPR@RTI.ORG. 

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Other Accomplishments and Contributions (Applies to all)

Purpose: Evaluation and accountability, project monitoring, and program improvement

Frequency of data entry: Annually

1. In addition to the outputs previously described, please describe any other 

accomplishments that occurred during the current reporting period and contributed to the 

achievement of your outcome goals for this award; that is, any additional accomplishments 

or contributions that did not fall under Type 1, Type 2, Type 3, or Type 4 outputs. This can 

include (1) awards and other forms of recognition key personnel have received for 

activities and accomplishments associated with this award: (2) organizational 

accomplishments that strengthen the infrastructure for conducting high-quality disability 

and rehabilitation research and related activities: and (3) more consumer-oriented 

accomplishments that affect the lives of individuals with disabilities and their family 

members more directly. You may also report on conferences you sponsored in this 

section. For all accomplishments that fall into this “other” category, be sure to provide 

enough detail to describe the nature of this (or these) accomplishments and how they are 

related to your outcome goals. (Limit: 10,000 characters)

[Box]

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Overall Status of Outcome-Oriented Goals (Applies to all)

1. Finally, taking into account all the outputs and accomplishments reported in previous 

sections, which of the following best describes your overall progress to date toward 

achieving the outcome-oriented goals for this award? (Select only one. Select 'other' only if 

no other category applies.)

a. no progress to report yet

b. behind schedule/delayed

c. making limited progress

d. making reasonable/moderate progress

e. making substantial progress

f. completed

g. other

Specify (if other): [Box]

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