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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute of Mental Health 

Notice of Closed Meetings 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of the following meetings. 

The meetings will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Mental Health Special Emphasis Panel; 

Mentoring Programs for HIV/AIDS 

Researchers. 

Date: March 24, 2015. 

Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

Neuroscience Center, 6001 Executive 

Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852, (Telephone 

Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Aileen Schulte, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer Division of 

Extramural Activities, National Institute of 

Mental Health, NIH, Neuroscience Center, 

6001 Executive Blvd., Room 6140, MSC 9608, 

Bethesda, MD 20892–9608, 301–443–1225, 

aschulte@mail.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Mental Health Special Emphasis Panel; 

Consortium on Biomarkers and Outcome 

Measures in Autism Spectrum Disorder. 

Date: March 26, 2015. 

Time: 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

Neuroscience Center, 6001 Executive 

Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852, (Telephone 

Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Vinod Charles, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Division of 

Extramural Activities, National Institute of 

Mental Health, NIH, Neuroscience Center, 

6001 Executive Blvd., Room 6151, MSC 9606, 

Bethesda, MD 20892–9606, 301–443–1606, 

charlesvi@mail.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program No. 93.242, Mental Health Research 

Grants, National Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: March 4, 2015. 

Carolyn A. Baum, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05508 Filed 3–9–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Center for Scientific Review: Notice of 

Closed Meetings 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of the following meetings. 

The meetings will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel; Fellowship: 

Immunology. 

Date: March 24, 2015. 

Time: 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 

Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, 

(Virtual Meeting). 

Contact Person: Deborah Hodge, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 4207 

MSC 7812, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301)435– 

1238, hodged@mail.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel; 

Bioengineering Sciences and Technologies: 

AREA Review. 

Date: April 2–3, 2015. 

Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: The Westin Washington, DC City 

Center, 1400 M Street NW., Washington, DC 

20005. 

Contact Person: Ping Fan, MD, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5154, 

MSC 7840, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–408– 

9971, fanp@csr.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel; PAR 14– 

203: Environmental Contributors to Autism 

Spectrum Disorders (R01s). 

Date: April 7, 2015. 

Time: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Hilton Garden Inn Bethesda, 7301 

Waverly Street, Bethesda, MD 20814. 

Contact Person: Patricia Greenwel, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 2178, 

MSC 7818, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435– 

1169, greenwep@csr.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel; Training in 

Comparative Medicine. 

Date: April 7, 2015. 

Time: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 

Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892. 

Contact Person: Vonda K Smith, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6188, 

MSC 7892, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435– 

1789, smithvo@csr.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel; PAR–15– 

024: Molecular Profiles and Biomarkers of 

Food and Nutrient Intake. 

Date: April 7, 2015. 

Time: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 

Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, 

(Telephone Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Gregory S Shelness, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, RKL2 BG RM 6156, 6701 Rockledge 

DR, Bethesda, MD 20892–7892, (301)435– 

0492, shelnessgs@csr.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine; 

93.333, Clinical Research, 93.306, 93.333, 

93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844, 

93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National 

Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: March 4, 2015. 

Michelle Trout, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05460 Filed 3–9–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Community Living 

Applications for New Awards; National 

Institute on Disability, Independent 

Living, and Rehabilitation Research— 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers Program— 

Minority-Serving Institution Field 

Initiated Projects Program 

AGENCY: Administration for Community 

Living, Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

SUMMARY: Applications for New 

Awards; National Institute on Disability, 

Independent Living, and Rehabilitation 

Research—Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research Projects and Centers 

Program—Minority-Serving Institution 

Field Initiated Projects Program. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: 

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National Institute on Disability, 

Independent Living, and 

Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR)— 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers Program— 

Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) 

Field Initiated Projects Program 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2015. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Numbers: 84.133G–4 

(Research) and 84.133G–5 

(Development). 

Dates: Applications Available: March 

10, 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 31, 2015. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent to 

Apply: April 14, 2015. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 11, 2015. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Field Initiated (FI) Projects program 

is to develop methods, procedures, and 

rehabilitation technology that maximize 

the full inclusion and integration into 

society, employment, independent 

living, family support, and economic 

and social self-sufficiency of individuals 

with disabilities, especially individuals 

with the most severe disabilities. 

Another purpose of the FI Projects 

program is to improve the effectiveness 

of services authorized under the 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended 

(Act). 

The purpose of this competition is to 

improve the capacity of minority 

entities to conduct high-quality 

disability and rehabilitation research. 

NIDILRR will accomplish this by 

limiting eligibility for this competition 

to minority entities and Indian tribes in 

a manner consistent with section 

21(b)(2)(A) of the Act, which authorizes 

NIDILRR to make awards to minority 

entities and Indian tribes to carry out 

activities authorized under Title II of the 

Act. 

NIDILRR makes two types of awards 

under the FI Projects program: Research 

grants and development grants. The MSI 

FI Projects research grants will be 

awarded under CFDA 84.133G–4, and 

the development grants will be awarded 

under CFDA 84.133G G–5. 

Note: Different selection criteria are used 

for FI Projects research grants and 

development grants. An applicant must 

clearly indicate in the application whether it 

is applying for a research grant (84.133G–4) 

or a development grant (84.133G–5) and must 

address the selection criteria relevant for its 

grant type. Without exception, NIDILRR will 

review each application based on the grant 

designation made by the applicant. 

Applications will be determined ineligible 

and will not be reviewed if they do not 

include a clear designation as a research 

grant or a development grant. 

In carrying out a research activity 

under an FI Projects research grant, a 

grantee must identify one or more 

hypotheses or research questions and, 

based on the hypotheses or research 

questions identified, perform an 

intensive, systematic study directed 

toward producing (1) new or full 

scientific knowledge, or (2) better 

understanding of the subject, problem 

studied, or body of knowledge. 

In carrying out a development activity 

under an FI Projects development grant, 

a grantee must use knowledge and 

understanding gained from research to 

create materials, devices, systems, or 

methods, including designing and 

developing prototypes and processes, 

that are beneficial to the target 

population. ‘‘Target population’’ means 

the group of individuals, organizations, 

or other entities expected to be affected 

by the project. There may be more than 

one target population because a project 

may affect those who receive services, 

provide services, or administer services. 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 764 and 

29 U.S.C. 718. 

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); and (e) The 

regulations for this program in 34 CFR 

part 350. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: $200,000 

for the MSI FI Projects. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards in FY 

2015 and any subsequent year from the 

list of unfunded applicants from these 

competitions. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $200,000 for a single budget 

period of 12 months. The Administrator 

of the Administration for Community 

Living may change the maximum 

amount through a notice published in 

the Federal Register. 

Note: The maximum amount includes 

direct and indirect costs. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 1. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 36 months. We 

will reject any application that proposes 

a project period exceeding 36 months. 

The Administrator of the 

Administration for Community Living 

may change the project period through 

a notice published in the Federal 

Register. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Parties eligible 

to apply for MSI FI Projects grants are 

limited to minority entities and Indian 

tribes as authorized by section 

21(b)(2)(A) of the Act. A minority entity 

is defined as a historically black college 

or university (a part B institution, as 

defined in section 322(2) of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended), a 

Hispanic-serving institution of higher 

education, an American Indian tribal 

college or university, or another IHE 

whose minority student enrollment is at 

least 50 percent. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: Cost 

sharing is required by 34 CFR 350.62. 

NIDILRR requires that grantees provide 

cost sharing in the amount of at least 

1% of Federal funds. 

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 

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. 

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If you request an application from 

Patricia Barrett, be sure to identify this 

competition as follows: CFDA number 

84.133G–4 or 84.133G–5. 

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 this 

competition. 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 April 

14, 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 50 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). 

The application package will provide 

instructions for completing all 

components to be included in the 

application. Each application must 

include a cover sheet (Standard Form 

424); budget requirements (ED Form 

524) and narrative justification; other 

required forms; an abstract, Human 

Subjects narrative, and Part III narrative; 

resumes of staff; and other related 

materials, if applicable. 

Note: Please submit an appendix that lists 

every collaborating organization and 

individual named in the application, 

including staff, consultants, contractors, and 

advisory board members. We will use this 

information to help us screen for conflicts of 

interest with our reviewers. 

An applicant should consult NIDRR’s 

Long-Range Plan for Fiscal Years 2013– 

2017 (78 FR 20299) (the 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: March 10, 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 31, 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 contact Carolyn 

Baron at Carolyn.Baron@ed.gov, or by 

telephone at 202–245–7244. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent to 

Apply: April 14, 2015. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 11, 2015. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition 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 

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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 this 

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 MSI 

FI Projects program, CFDA Number 

84.133G–4 (Research) or 84.133G–5 

(Development), 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 the electronic grant 

application for the FI Projects program, 

CFDA Number 84.133G–4 (Research) or 

84.133G–5 (Development) at 

www.Grants.gov. You must search for 

the downloadable application package 

for this program by the CFDA number. 

Do not include the CFDA number’s 

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

for 84.133, not 84.133G). 

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 

Education Submission Procedures 

pertaining to Grants.gov under News 

and Events on the Department’s G5 

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

Answers to frequently asked questions 

are available in Section E of the 

Application Package for New Grants 

under the MSI Field Initiated Research 

Program. Additional support 

documents, telephone support, and 

online support are available at the 

Grants.gov Web site at www.grants.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 

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specified 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, Potomac Center Plaza 

(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 84.133G–4 (Research) or 

84.133G–5 (Development)), 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. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this program are from 34 CFR 

350.54 and 350.55 and are listed in the 

application package. 

Note: Different selection criteria are used 

for FI Projects research grants and 

development grants. An applicant must 

clearly indicate in the application whether it 

is applying for a research grant (84.133G–4) 

or a development grant (84.133G–5) and must 

address the selection criteria applicable to its 

grant type. 

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: Ranking of the 

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 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 45 CFR part 75. 

3. Special Conditions: Under 45 CFR 

part 75 the Administrator of the 

Administration for Community Living 

may impose special conditions on a 

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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 

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. 

Dated: February 3, 2015. 

John Tschida, 

Director, National Institute on Disability, 

Independent Living, and Rehabilitation 

Research. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Library of Medicine: Notice of 

Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App), notice is 

hereby given of a meeting of the 

Literature Selection Technical Review 

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