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Award (NOA); or we may send you an 

email containing a link to access an 

electronic version of your NOA. We may 

notify you informally, also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the NOA. The 

NOA also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a 

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 45 CFR part 75 should you receive 

funding under the competition. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 45 CFR part 75. 

(b) At the end of your project period, 

you must submit a final performance 

report, including financial information, 

as directed by the Administrator of the 

Administration for Community Living. 

If you receive a multi-year award, you 

must submit an annual performance 

report that provides the most current 

performance and financial expenditure 

information as directed by the 

Administrator of the Administration for 

Community Living under 45 CFR part 

75. All NIDILRR grantees will submit 

their annual and final reports through 

NIDILRR’s online reporting system and 

as designated in the terms and 

conditions of your NOA. The 

Administrator of the Administration for 

Community Living may also require 

more frequent performance reports 

under 45 CFR part 75. For specific 

requirements on reporting, please go to 

www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/

appforms/appforms.html. 

(c) FFATA and FSRS Reporting 

The Federal Financial Accountability 

and Transparency Act (FFATA) requires 

data entry at the FFATA Subaward 

Reporting System (http://

www.FSRS.gov) for all sub-awards and 

sub-contracts issued for $25,000 or more 

as well as addressing executive 

compensation for both grantee and subaward organizations. 

For further guidance please see the 

following link: http://www.acl.gov/

Funding_Opportunities/Grantee_Info/

FFATA.aspx 

If you receive a multi-year award, you 

must submit an annual performance 

report that provides the most current 

performance and financial expenditure 

information. Annual and Final 

Performance reports will be submitted 

through NIDILRR’s online Performance 

System and as designated in the terms 

and conditions of your NOA. At the end 

of your project period, you must submit 

a final performance report, including 

financial information. 

Note: NIDILRR will provide information by 

letter to successful grantees on how and 

when to submit the report. 

4. Performance Measures: To evaluate 

the overall success of its research 

program, NIDILRR assesses the quality 

of its funded projects through a review 

of grantee performance and 

accomplishments. Each year, NIDILRR 

examines a portion of its grantees to 

determine: 

• The number of products (e.g., new 

or improved tools, methods, discoveries, 

standards, interventions, programs, or 

devices developed or tested with 

NIDILRR funding) that have been judged 

by expert panels to be of high quality 

and to advance the field. 

• The average number of publications 

per award based on NIDILRR-funded 

research and development activities in 

refereed journals. 

• The percentage of new NIDILRR 

grants that assess the effectiveness of 

interventions, programs, and devices 

using rigorous methods. 

NIDILRR uses information submitted 

by grantees as part of their Annual 

Performance Reports for these reviews. 

5. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award, the Administrator 

of the Administration for Community 

Living may consider, under 45 CFR part 

75, the extent to which a grantee has 

made ‘‘substantial progress toward 

meeting the objectives in its approved 

application.’’ This consideration 

includes the review of a grantee’s 

progress in meeting the targets and 

projected outcomes in its approved 

application, and whether the grantee 

has expended funds in a manner that is 

consistent with its approved application 

and budget. In making a continuation 

grant, the Administrator also considers 

whether the grantee is operating in 

compliance with the assurances in its 

approved application, including those 

applicable to Federal civil rights laws 

that prohibit discrimination in programs 

or activities receiving Federal financial 

assistance from the Department. 

Continuation funding is also subject to 

availability of funds. 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia Barrett, U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services, 400 

Maryland Avenue SW., Room 5142, 

PCP, Washington, DC 20202–2700. 

Telephone: (202) 245–6211 or by email: 

patricia.barrett@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

available via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 

can view this document, as well as all 

other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

John Tschida, 

Director, National Institute on Disability, 

Independent Living, and Rehabilitation 

Research. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03121 Filed 2–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4154–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Applications for New Awards; National 

Institute on Disability, Independent 

Living, and Rehabilitation Research— 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers Program— 

Rehabilitation Engineering Research 

Centers 

AGENCY: Administration for Community 

Living, Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information 

National Institute on Disability, 

Independent Living, and 

Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR)— 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers Program— 

Rehabilitation Engineering Research 

Centers (RERCs)—Individual Mobility 


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and Manipulation, Information and 

Communication Technologies Access, 

and Physical Access and 

Transportation. 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2015. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Numbers: 84.133E–1, 84.133E–3, and 

84.133E–5. 

Note: This notice invites applications for 

three separate competitions. For funding and 

other key information for each of the three 

competitions, see the chart in the Award 

Information section of this notice. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: February 17, 

2015. 

Note: On July 22, 2014, President Obama 

signed the Workforce Innovation 

Opportunity Act (WIOA). WIOA was 

effective immediately. One provision of 

WIOA transferred the National Institute on 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

(NIDRR) from the Department of Education to 

the Administration for Community Living 

(ACL) in the Department of Health and 

Human Services. In addition, NIDRR’s name 

was changed to the Institute on Disability, 

Independent Living, and Rehabilitation 

Research (NIDILRR). For FY 2015, all 

NIDILRR priority notices will be published as 

ACL notices, and ACL will make all NIDILRR 

awards. During this transition period, 

however, NIDILRR will continue to review 

grant applications using Department of 

Education tools. NIDILRR will post 

previously-approved application kits to 

grants.gov, and NIDILRR applications 

submitted to grants.gov will be forwarded to 

the Department of Education’s G–5 system 

for peer review. We are using Department of 

Education application kits and peer review 

systems during this transition year in order 

to provide for a smooth and orderly process 

for our applicants. 

Date of Pre-Application Meeting: 

March 10, 2015. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent To 

Apply: March 24, 2015. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 20, 2015. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research Projects and Centers Program 

(Program) is to plan and conduct 

research, demonstration projects, 

training, and related activities, 

including international activities, to 

develop methods, procedures, and 

rehabilitation technology. The 

Program’s activities are designed to 

maximize the full inclusion and 

integration into society, employment, 

independent living, family support, and 

economic and social self-sufficiency of 

individuals with disabilities, especially 

individuals with the most severe 

disabilities, and to improve the 

effectiveness of services authorized 

under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 

amended (Rehabilitation Act). 

Rehabilitation Engineering Research 

Centers Program 

The purpose of the RERCs program, 

which is funded through the Program, is 

to improve the effectiveness of services 

authorized under the Rehabilitation Act. 

The RERCs program encourages 

advanced engineering research, 

develops and evaluates innovative 

technologies, facilitates service delivery 

system changes, stimulates the 

production and distribution of new 

technologies and equipment in the 

private sector, and provides training 

opportunities. RERCs seek to solve 

rehabilitation problems and remove 

environmental barriers to improvements 

in employment, community living and 

participation, and health and function 

outcomes of individuals with 

disabilities. 

The general requirements for RERCs 

are set out in subpart D of 34 CFR part 

350 (What Rehabilitation Engineering 

Research Centers Does the Secretary 

Assist?). 

Additional information on the RERCs 

program can be found at: www.ed.gov/ 

rschstat/research/pubs/index.html. 

Priorities: NIDILRR has established 

three priorities for the three 

competitions announced in this notice. 

These priorities are from the notice of 

final priorities for this program, 

published in the Federal Register on 

June 11, 2013 (78 FR 34897). 

Absolute Priorities: For FY 2015 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from these competitions, 

these priorities are absolute priorities. 

Under 45 CFR part 75, for each 

competition, we consider only 

applications that meet the program 

priority designated for that competition. 

These priorities are: 

Absolute priority 

Corresponding 

competition CFDA 

No. 

Individual Mobility and Manipulation .............................................................................................................................................. 84.133E–1 

Information and Communication Technologies Access ................................................................................................................ 84.133E–3 

Physical Access and Transportation ............................................................................................................................................. 84.133E–5 

Note: The full text of these priorities is 

included in the notice of final priorities 

published in the Federal Register on June 11, 

2013 (78 FR 34897) and in the applicable 

application package. 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762(g) 

and 764(b)(3)(A). 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Department of Health and Human 

Services General Administrative 

Regulations in 45 CFR part 75 (b) Audit 

Requirements for Federal Awards in 45 

CFR part 75 Subpart F; (c) 45 CFR part 

75 Non-procurement Debarment and 

Suspension; (d) 45 CFR part 75 

Requirement for Drug-Free Workplace 

(Financial Assistance); The regulations 

for this program in 34 CFR part 350; and 

(f) The notice of final priorities for this 

program, published in the Federal 

Register on June 11, 2013 (78 FR 34897). 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$2,775,000. 

Maximum Award: See chart. 

Estimated Number of Awards: See 

chart. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: See chart. 

CFDA Number and 

name Applications available Deadline for transmittal of applications 

Estimated 

available 

funds1

Maximum 

award amount 

(per year)2 3

Estimated 

number of 

awards 

Project period 

(months) 

84.133E–1, Individual 

Mobility and Manipulation.

February 17, 2015 ...... April 20, 2015 .............. $925,000 $925,000 1 60 


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CFDA Number and 

name Applications available Deadline for transmittal of applications 

Estimated 

available 

funds1

Maximum 

award amount 

(per year)2 3

Estimated 

number of 

awards 

Project period 

(months) 

84.133E–3, Information 

and Communication 

Technologies Access.

February 17, 2015 ...... April 20, 2015 .............. 925,000 925,000 1 60 

84.133E–5, Physical 

Access and Transportation.

February 17, 2015 ...... April 20, 2015 .............. 925,000 925,000 1 60 

1 Contingent upon the availability of funds and the quality of applications, we may make additional awards in FY 2015 or any subsequent year 

from the list of unfunded applicants from this competition. 2We will reject any application that proposes a budget exceeding the maximum amount. The Administration for Community Living may change 

the maximum amount through a notice published in the Federal Register. 3The maximum award amount includes both direct and indirect costs. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: States; public 

or private agencies, including for-profit 

agencies; public or private 

organizations, including for-profit 

organizations; IHEs; and Indian tribes 

and tribal organizations. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: You can obtain an application 

package via grants.gov, or by contacting 

Patricia Barrett: U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 5142, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202–2700. Telephone: (202) 245–6211 

or by email: patricia.barrett@ed.gov. 

If you request an application from 

Patricia Barrett, be sure to identify these 

competitions as follows: CFDA number 

84.133E–1 Individual Mobility and 

Manipulation; 84.133E–3 Information 

and Communication Technologies 

Access; or 84.133E–5 Physical Access 

and Transportation. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for each 

competition announced in this notice. 

Notice of Intent to Apply: Due to the 

open nature of the priorities in these 

competitions, and to assist with the 

selection of reviewers for these 

competitions, NIDILRR is requesting all 

potential applicants submit a letter of 

intent (LOI). The submission is not 

mandatory and the content of the LOI 

will not be peer reviewed or otherwise 

used to rate an applicant’s application. 

Each LOI should be limited to a 

maximum of four pages and include the 

following information: (1) The priority 

to which the potential applicant is 

responding; (2) the title of the proposed 

project, the name of the applicant, the 

name of the Project Director or Principal 

Investigator (PI), and the names of 

partner institutions and entities; (3) a 

brief statement of the vision, goals, and 

objectives of the proposed project and a 

description of its proposed activities at 

a sufficient level of detail to allow 

NIDILRR to select potential peer 

reviewers; (4) a list of proposed project 

staff including the Project Director or PI 

and key personnel; (5) a list of 

individuals whose selection as a peer 

reviewer might constitute a conflict of 

interest due to involvement in proposal 

development, selection as an advisory 

board member, co-PI relationships, etc.; 

and (6) contact information for the 

Project Director or PI. Submission of a 

LOI is not a prerequisite for eligibility 

to submit an application. 

NIDILRR will accept the optional LOI 

via mail (through the U.S. Postal Service 

or commercial carrier) or email, by 

March 24, 2015. The LOI must be sent 

to: Carolyn Baron, U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services, 550 12th 

Street SW., Room 5134, PCP, 

Washington, DC 20202; or by email to: 

Carolyn.Baron@ed.gov. 

For further information regarding the 

LOI submission process, contact 

Carolyn Baron at (202) 245–6211. Page 

Limit: The application narrative (Part III 

of the application) is where you, the 

applicant, address the selection criteria 

that reviewers use to evaluate your 

application. We recommend that you 

limit Part III to the equivalent of no 

more than 100 pages, using the 

following standards: 

• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5′′ x 11′′, on one side 

only, with 1′′ margins at the top, bottom, 

and both sides. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative. You are not 

required to double space titles, 

headings, footnotes, references, and 

captions, or text in charts, tables, 

figures, and graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. 

The recommended page limit does not 

apply to Part I, the cover sheet; Part II, 

the budget section, including the 

narrative budget justification; Part IV, 

the assurances and certifications; or the 

one-page abstract, the resumes, the 

bibliography, or the letters of support. 

However, the recommended page limit 

does apply to all of the application 

narrative section (Part III). 

An applicant should consult NIDRR’s 

Long-Range Plan for Fiscal Years 2013– 

2017 (78 FR 20299) (Plan) when 

preparing its application. The Plan is 

organized around the following research 

domains: (1) Community Living and 

Participation; (2) Health and Function; 

and (3) Employment. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: February 17, 

2015. 

Date of Pre-Application Meeting: 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in a pre-application meeting 

and to receive information and technical 

assistance through individual 

consultation with NIDILRR staff. The 

pre-application meeting will be held on 

March 10, 2015. Interested parties may 

participate in this meeting by 

conference call with NIDILRR staff 

between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time. NIDILRR staff 

also will be available from 3:30 p.m. to 

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

same day, by telephone, to provide 

information and technical assistance 

through individual consultation. For 

further information or to make 

arrangements to participate in the 

meeting via conference call or to arrange 

for an individual consultation, contact 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of 

this notice. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent To 

Apply: March 24, 2015. Deadline for 

Transmittal of Applications: April 20, 

2015. 


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Applications for grants under these 

competitions must be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov). For information 

(including dates and times) about how 

to submit your application 

electronically, or in paper format by 

mail if you qualify for an exception to 

the electronic submission requirement, 

please refer to section IV. 7. Other 

Submission Requirements of this notice. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

Individuals with disabilities who 

need an accommodation or auxiliary aid 

in connection with the application 

process should contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in section VII of this notice. If 

the Department provides an 

accommodation or auxiliary aid to an 

individual with a disability in 

connection with the application 

process, the individual’s application 

remains subject to all other 

requirements and limitations in this 

notice. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is not subject to Executive 

Order 12372. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Data Universal Numbering System 

Number, Taxpayer Identification 

Number, and System for Award 

Management: To do business with the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, you must— 

a. Have a Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS) number and a Taxpayer 

Identification Number (TIN); 

b. Register both your DUNS number 

and TIN with the System for Award 

Management (SAM) (formerly the 

Central Contractor Registry (CCR)), the 

Government’s primary registrant 

database; 

c. Provide your DUNS number and 

TIN on your application; and 

d. Maintain an active SAM 

registration with current information 

while your application is under review 

by the Department and, if you are 

awarded a grant, during the project 

period. 

You can obtain a DUNS number from 

Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number 

can be created within one-to-two 

business days. 

If you are a corporate entity, agency, 

institution, or organization, you can 

obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue 

Service. If you are an individual, you 

can obtain a TIN from the Internal 

Revenue Service or the Social Security 

Administration. If you need a new TIN, 

please allow two to five weeks for your 

TIN to become active. 

The SAM registration process can take 

approximately seven business days, but 

may take upwards of several weeks, 

depending on the completeness and 

accuracy of the data entered into the 

SAM database by an entity. Thus, if you 

think you might want to apply for 

Federal financial assistance under a 

program administered by the 

Department, please allow sufficient time 

to obtain and register your DUNS 

number and TIN. We strongly 

recommend that you register early. 

Note: Once your SAM registration is active, 

you will need to allow 24 to 48 hours for the 

information to be available in Grants.gov and 

before you can submit an application through 

Grants.gov. 

If you are currently registered with 

SAM, you may not need to make any 

changes. However, please make certain 

that the TIN associated with your DUNS 

number is correct. Also note that you 

will need to update your registration 

annually. This may take three or more 

business days. 

Information about SAM is available at 

www.SAM.gov. To further assist you 

with obtaining and registering your 

DUNS number and TIN in SAM or 

updating your existing SAM account, 

we have prepared a SAM.gov Tip Sheet, 

which you can find at: http://

www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/samfaqs.html. 

In addition, if you are submitting your 

application via Grants.gov, you must (1) 

be designated by your organization as an 

Authorized Organization Representative 

(AOR); and (2) register yourself with 

Grants.gov as an AOR. Details on these 

steps are outlined at the following 

Grants.gov Web page: www.grants.gov/

web/grants/register.html. 

7. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under the 

program must be submitted 

electronically unless you qualify for an 

exception to this requirement in 

accordance with the instructions in this 

section. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

Applications for grants under the 

RERC competitions (CFDA numbers 

84.133E–1, 84.133E–3 and 84.133E–5) 

must be submitted electronically using 

the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply 

site at www.Grants.gov. Through this 

site, you will be able to download a 

copy of the application package, 

complete it offline, and then upload and 

submit your application. You may not 

email an electronic copy of a grant 

application to us. 

We will reject your application if you 

submit it in paper format unless, as 

described elsewhere in this section, you 

qualify for one of the exceptions to the 

electronic submission requirement and 

submit, no later than two weeks before 

the application deadline date, a written 

statement to the Department that you 

qualify for one of these exceptions. 

Further information regarding 

calculation of the date that is two weeks 

before the application deadline date is 

provided later in this section under 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement. 

You may access an electronic grant 

application for the RERC competitions 

(CFDA numbers 84.133E–1, 84.133E–3 

and 84.133E–5) at www.Grants.gov. You 

must search for the downloadable 

application package for the applicable 

competition by the CFDA number. Do 

not include the CFDA number’s alpha 

suffix in your search (e.g., search for 

84.133, not 84.133E). 

Please note the following: 

• When you enter the Grants.gov site, 

you will find information about 

submitting an application electronically 

through the site, as well as the hours of 

operation. 

• Applications received by Grants.gov 

are date and time stamped. Your 

application must be fully uploaded and 

submitted and must be date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system no 

later than 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, on the application deadline date. 

Except as otherwise noted in this 

section, we will not accept your 

application if it is received—that is, date 

and time stamped by the Grants.gov 

system—after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date. We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. When we retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov, we will 

notify you if we are rejecting your 

application because it was date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system after 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. 

• The amount of time it can take to 

upload an application will vary 

depending on a variety of factors, 

including the size of the application and 

the speed of your Internet connection. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the submission 

process through Grants.gov. 

• You should review and follow the 

Education Submission Procedures for 

submitting an application through 

Grants.gov that are included in the 

application package for this competition 

to ensure that you submit your 

application in a timely manner to the 

Grants.gov system. You can also find the 

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pertaining to Grants.gov under News 

and Events on the Department’s G5 

system home page at http://www.G5.gov. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, as described 

elsewhere in this section, and submit 

your application in paper format. 

• You must submit all documents 

electronically, including all information 

you typically provide on the following 

forms: The Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF 424), the Department of 

Education Supplemental Information for 

SF 424, Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all 

necessary assurances and certifications. 

• You must upload any narrative 

sections and all other attachments to 

your application as files in a PDF 

(Portable Document) read-only, nonmodifiable format. Do not upload an 

interactive or fillable PDF file. If you 

upload a file type other than a readonly, non-modifiable PDF or submit a 

password-protected file, we will not 

review that material. Additional, 

detailed information on how to attach 

files is in the application instructions. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any page-limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive from 

Grants.gov an automatic notification of 

receipt that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. (This notification 

indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not 

receipt by the Department.) The 

Department then will retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov and send a 

second notification to you by email. 

This second notification indicates that 

the Department has received your 

application and has assigned your 

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

your application). 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on forms at a later 

date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of Technical Issues with the 

Grants.gov System: If you are 

experiencing problems submitting your 

application through Grants.gov, please 

contact the Grants.gov Support Desk, 

toll free, at 1–800–518–4726. You must 

obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number and must keep a record of it. 

If you are prevented from 

electronically submitting your 

application on the application deadline 

date because of technical problems with 

the Grants.gov system, we will grant you 

an extension until 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, the following 

business day to enable you to transmit 

your application electronically. You 

also may mail your application by 

following the mailing instructions 

described elsewhere in this notice. 

If you submit an application after 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in 

section VII of this notice and provide an 

explanation of the technical problem 

you experienced with Grants.gov, along 

with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number. We will accept your 

application if we can confirm that a 

technical problem occurred with the 

Grants.gov system and that the problem 

affected your ability to submit your 

application by 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. The 

Department will contact you after a 

determination is made on whether your 

application will be accepted. 

Note: The extensions to which we refer in 

this section apply only to the unavailability 

of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov 

system. We will not grant you an extension 

if you failed to fully register to submit your 

application to Grants.gov before the 

application deadline date and time or if the 

technical problem you experienced is 

unrelated to the Grants.gov system. 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement: You qualify for an 

exception to the electronic submission 

requirement, and may submit your 

application in paper format, if you are 

unable to submit an application through 

the Grants.gov system because— 

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to the 

Grants.gov system; and 

• No later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date (14 calendar 

days or, if the fourteenth calendar day 

before the application deadline date 

falls on a Federal holiday, the next 

business day following the Federal 

holiday), you mail or fax a written 

statement to the Department, explaining 

which of the two grounds for an 

exception prevents you from using the 

Internet to submit your application. 

If you mail your written statement to 

the Department, it must be postmarked 

no later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date. If you fax 

your written statement to the 

Department, we must receive the faxed 

statement no later than two weeks 

before the application deadline date. 

Address and mail or fax your 

statement to: Patricia Barrett, U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

room 5142, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202–2700. FAX: (202) 245–7323. 

Your paper application must be 

submitted in accordance with the mail 

instructions described in this notice. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

may mail (through the U.S. Postal 

Service or a commercial carrier) your 

application to the Department. You 

must mail the original and two copies 

of your application, on or before the 

application deadline date, to the 

Department at the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.133E–1, 84.133E–3 

or 84.133E–5), LBJ Basement Level 1, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

You must show proof of mailing 

consisting of one of the following: 

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

postmark. 

(2) A legible mail receipt with the 

date of mailing stamped by the U.S. 

Postal Service. 

(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier. 

(4) Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Administrator of the 

Administration for Community Living 

of the U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

If you mail your application through 

the U.S. Postal Service, we do not 

accept either of the following as proof 

of mailing: 

(1) A private metered postmark. 

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

If your application is postmarked after 

the application deadline date, we will 

not consider your application. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, you should check 

with your local post office. 

Note for Mail of Paper Applications: 

If you mail your application to the 

Department— 

(1) You must indicate on the envelope 

and—if not provided by the 

Department—in Item 11 of the SF 424 

the CFDA number, including suffix 

letter, if any, of the program under 

which you are submitting your 

application; and 

(2) The Application Control Center 

will mail to you a notification of receipt 

of your grant application. If you do not 

receive this notification within 15 

business days from the application 

deadline date, you should call the U.S. 

Department of Education Application 

Control Center at (202) 245–6288. 


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V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for the competitions announced 

in this notice are from 34 CFR 350.54 

and are listed in the application 

package. 

2. Review and Selection Process: Final 

award decisions will be made by the 

Administrator, ACL. In making these 

decisions, the Administrator will take 

into consideration: The rank order of the 

peer review panel; reviews for 

programmatic and grants management 

compliance; the reasonableness of the 

estimated cost to the government 

considering the available funding and 

anticipated results; and the likelihood 

that the proposed project will result in 

the benefits expected. Under 45 part 

Section 75.205, item (3) history of 

performance is an item that is reviewed. 

In addition, in making a competitive 

grant award, the Administrator of the 

Administration for Community Living 

also requires various assurances 

including those applicable to Federal 

civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

3. Special Conditions: Under 45 CFR 

part 75, the Administrator of the 

Administration for Community Living 

may impose special conditions on a 

grant if the applicant or grantee is not 

financially stable; has a history of 

unsatisfactory performance; has a 

financial or other management system 

that does not meet the standards in 45 

CFR part 75, as applicable; has not 

fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; 

or is otherwise not responsible. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we send you a Notice of 

Award (NOA); or we may send you an 

email containing a link to access an 

electronic version of your NOA. We may 

notify you informally, also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the NOA. The 

NOA also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a 

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 45 CFR part 75 should you receive 

funding under the competition. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 45 CFR part 75. 

(b) At the end of your project period, 

you must submit a final performance 

report, including financial information, 

as directed by the Administrator of the 

Administration for Community Living. 

If you receive a multi-year award, you 

must submit an annual performance 

report that provides the most current 

performance and financial expenditure 

information as directed by the 

Administrator of the Administration for 

Community Living under 45 CFR part 

75. All NIDILRR grantees will submit 

their annual and final reports through 

NIDILRR’s online reporting system and 

as designated in the terms and 

conditions of your NOA. The 

Administrator of the Administration for 

Community Living may also require 

more frequent performance reports 

under 45 CFR part 75. For specific 

requirements on reporting, please go to 

www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/

appforms/appforms.html. 

(c) FFATA and FSRS Reporting 

The Federal Financial Accountability 

and Transparency Act (FFATA) requires 

data entry at the FFATA Subaward 

Reporting System (http://

www.FSRS.gov) for all sub-awards and 

sub-contracts issued for $25,000 or more 

as well as addressing executive 

compensation for both grantee and subaward organizations. 

For further guidance please see the 

following link: http://www.acl.gov/

Funding_Opportunities/Grantee_Info/

FFATA.aspx 

If you receive a multi-year award, you 

must submit an annual performance 

report that provides the most current 

performance and financial expenditure 

information. Annual and Final 

Performance reports will be submitted 

through NIDILRR’s online Performance 

System and as designated in the terms 

and conditions of your NOA. At the end 

of your project period, you must submit 

a final performance report, including 

financial information. 

Note: NIDILRR will provide information by 

letter to successful grantees on how and 

when to submit the report. 

4. Performance Measures: To evaluate 

the overall success of its research 

program, NIDILRR assesses the quality 

of its funded projects through a review 

of grantee performance and 

accomplishments. Each year, NIDILRR 

examines a portion of its grantees to 

determine: 

• The number of products (e.g., new 

or improved tools, methods, discoveries, 

standards, interventions, programs, or 

devices developed or tested with 

NIDILRR funding) that have been judged 

by expert panels to be of high quality 

and to advance the field. 

• The average number of publications 

per award based on NIDILRR-funded 

research and development activities in 

refereed journals. 

• The percentage of new NIDILRR 

grants that assess the effectiveness of 

interventions, programs, and devices 

using rigorous methods. 

NIDILRR uses information submitted 

by grantees as part of their Annual 

Performance Reports for these reviews. 

5. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award, the Administrator 

of the Administration for Community 

Living may consider, under 45 CFR part 

75, the extent to which a grantee has 

made ‘‘substantial progress toward 

meeting the objectives in its approved 

application.’’ This consideration 

includes the review of a grantee’s 

progress in meeting the targets and 

projected outcomes in its approved 

application, and whether the grantee 

has expended funds in a manner that is 

consistent with its approved application 

and budget. In making a continuation 

grant, the Administrator also considers 

whether the grantee is operating in 

compliance with the assurances in its 

approved application, including those 

applicable to Federal civil rights laws 

that prohibit discrimination in programs 

or activities receiving Federal financial 

assistance from the Department. 

Continuation funding is also subject to 

availability of funds. 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia Barrett, U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services, 400 

Maryland Avenue SW., Room 5142, 

PCP, Washington, DC 20202–2700. 

Telephone: (202) 245–6211 or by email: 

patricia.barrett@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

available via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 

can view this document, as well as all 

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published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

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John Tschida, 

Director, National Institute on Disability, 

Independent Living, and Rehabilitation 

Research. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03122 Filed 2–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4154–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–5514–N] 

Medicare Program; Oncology Care 

Model: Request for Applications 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

request for applications (RFA) for 

organizations to participate in the 

Oncology Care Model (OCM) beginning 

in 2016. 

DATES: Letter of Intent Submission 

Deadline: As described on the CMS 

Innovation Center Web site at http:// 

innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/ 

Oncology-Care/, interested payers must 

submit a nonbinding letter of intent by 

5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) 

on March 19, 2015. Interested practices 

must submit a nonbinding letter of 

intent by 5:00 p.m. EDT on April 23, 

2015. 

Application Submission Deadline: 

Applications for payers and practices 

must be received by 5:00 p.m. EDT on 

June 18, 2015. Application materials 

and instructions are available at http:// 

innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/ 

Oncology-Care/. 

ADDRESSES: Letter of Intent forms must 

be submitted electronically in the PDF 

fillable format to 

OncologyCareModel@cms.hhs.gov. 

Letters of Intent will only be accepted 

via email. Applicants that submit a 

timely, complete Letter of Intent will be 

sent an authenticated web link and 

password with which to access the 

electronic, web-based application. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

OncologyCareModel@cms.hhs.gov for 

questions regarding the application 

process of OCM. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Center for Medicare and 

Medicaid Innovation (Innovation 

Center), within the Centers for Medicare 

& Medicaid Services (CMS), was created 

to test innovative payment and service 

delivery models to reduce program 

expenditures while preserving or 

enhancing the quality of care for 

Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s 

Health Insurance Program (CHIP) 

beneficiaries. 

We are committed to continuous 

improvement for Medicare, Medicaid 

and CHIP beneficiaries. The goal of the 

Oncology Care Model (OCM) is to 

improve the health outcomes for people 

with cancer, improve the quality of 

cancer care, and reduce spending for 

cancer treatment. We expect that 

physician practices selected for 

participation in the model will be able 

to transform care delivery for their 

patients undergoing chemotherapy, 

leading to improved quality of care for 

beneficiaries at a decreased cost to 

payers. Through this care 

transformation, practices participating 

in OCM can reduce Medicare 

expenditures while improving cancer 

care for Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) 

beneficiaries. 

Beneficiaries can experience 

improved health outcomes when health 

care providers work in a coordinated 

and person-centered manner. We are 

interested in partnering with payers and 

practitioners who are working to 

redesign care to deliver these aims. 

Episode-based payment approaches that 

reward practitioners who improve the 

quality of care they deliver, lower costs, 

and engage with quality and cost data 

that will inform their provision of care 

are potential mechanisms for CMS to 

further emphasize care coordination and 

enhanced care through practice 

transformation. 

OCM will test episode-based payment 

for oncology care, using a retrospective 

performance-based payment for an 

episode of chemotherapy. The request 

for applications (RFA) requests 

applications to test a model centered 

around a chemotherapy episode of care. 

For more details, see the RFA available 

on the Innovation Center Web site at 

http://innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/ 

Oncology-Care/. 

II. Provisions of the Notice 

The Innovation Center is operating 

this model under the authority of 

section 1115A of the Social Security Act 

(the Act). This RFA is directed to 

physician practices that provide 

oncology care as well as public and 

other health care payers. The Innovation 

Center hopes to engage at least 100 

physician practices that, in aggregate, 

will furnish care for approximately 

175,000 cancer care episodes for 

Medicare beneficiaries over the course 

of this 5-year model. 

The Innovation Center sees the 

following as key opportunities within 

OCM: 

• Promote shared decision-making, 

person-centered communication, 

evidence-based care, beneficiary access 

to care, and coordination across 

providers and settings. 

• Reduce complications of cancer and 

cancer treatments, as well as associated 

costs, through advanced care planning, 

increased use of high-value treatments, 

and reduction of inappropriate payment 

incentives. 

• Collect structured clinical data and 

integrate clinical trial enrollment into 

processes of care to facilitate quality 

improvement and accelerate clinical 

research. 

• Support the development and 

reporting of meaningful outcome 

measures. 

• Develop and monitor refined 

approaches to care delivery, which may 

improve the research infrastructure (for 

example, by facilitating improvement in 

the quality of evidence for existing 

therapies). 

• Encourage delivery of care in the 

lowest-cost medically-appropriate 

setting. 

• Refine a value-based payment 

system that encourages team-based care 

and workforce innovation. 

Participating practices must be able to 

meet the following practice 

requirements during the performance 

period: 

1. Treat patients with therapies 

consistent with nationally recognized 

clinical guidelines. 

2. Provide and attest to 24 hours a 

day, 7 days a week patient access to an 

appropriate clinician who has real-time 

access to practice’s medical records. 

3. Use of ONC-certified electronic 

health record (EHR) technology as 

described in the RFA. 

4. Utilize data for continuous quality 

improvement. 

5. Provide core functions of patient 

navigation. 

6. Document a care plan that contains 

the 13 components in the Institute of 

Medicine Care Management Plan. 

Participating practices in OCM will 

continue to receive standard Medicare 

FFS payments during OCM episodes. 


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