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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day 

Comment Request: Application for 

Collaboration With the Therapeutic 

Development Branch (TDB), Division of 

Preclinical Innovation (DPI), National 

Center for Advancing Translational 

Sciences (NCATS) 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 

Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the National 

Center for Advancing Translational 

Sciences (NCATS), the National 

Institutes of Health, has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request for review and 

approval of the information collection 

listed below. This proposed information 

collection was previously published in 

the Federal Register on November 21, 

2014, page 69499 and allowed 60-days 

for public comment. No public 

comments were received. The purpose 

of this notice is to allow an additional 

30 days for public comment. The 

National Center for Advancing 

Translational Sciences (NCATS), 

National Institutes of Health, may not 

conduct or sponsor, and the respondent 

is not required to respond to, an 

information collection that has been 

extended, revised, or implemented on or 

after October 1, 1995, unless it displays 

a currently valid OMB control number. 

Direct Comments to OMB: Written 

comments and/or suggestions regarding 

the item(s) contained in this notice, 

especially regarding the estimated 

public burden and associated response 

time, should be directed to the: Office 

of Management and Budget, Office of 

Regulatory Affairs, OIRA_submission@

omb.eop.gov or by fax to 202–395–6974, 

Attention: NIH Desk Officer. 

Comment Due Date: Comments 

regarding this information collection are 

best assured of having their full effect if 

received within 30 days of the date of 

this publication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

obtain a copy of the data collection 

plans and instruments, or request more 

information on the proposed project, 

contact: Dr. Nora Yang, Therapeutic 

Development Branch, DPI, NCATS, NIH, 

9800 Medical Center Drive, Building B, 

Rockville, MD 20850, or call non-tollfree number (301) 217–1077 or Email 

your request, including your address to: 

TRND@mail.nih.gov. Formal requests 

for additional plans and instruments 

must be requested in writing. 

Proposed Collection: Application for 

Collaboration with the Therapeutic 

Development Branch (TDB), Division of 

Preclinical Innovation (DPI), National 

Center for Advancing Translational 

Sciences (NCATS), 0925–0658, 

Expiration Date 06/30/2015— 

EXTENSION, National Center for 

Advancing Translational Sciences 

(NCATS), National Institutes of Health 

(NIH). 

Need and Use of Information 

Collection: The Therapeutic 

Development Branch (TDB) provides 

opportunities to partner with and gain 

access to a variety of programs 

delivering assay development, 

screening, hit-to-lead chemistry, lead 

optimization, chemical biology studies, 

drug development capabilities, 

expertise, and clinical/regulatory 

resources in a collaborative 

environment, with the goal of moving 

promising therapeutics into human 

clinical trials for both common and 

specifically rare and/or neglected 

diseases. The TDB uses an application 

and evaluation process to select 

collaborators. Selected investigators 

provide the drug project starting points 

and ongoing biological/disease expertise 

throughout the project. The application 

and evaluation process is necessary to 

determine amount and quality of 

current data, select meritorious projects 

for adoption, and serve as a basis for 

determining specific scientific gaps to 

be filled. OMB approval is requested for 

3 years. There are no costs to 

respondents other than their time. The 

total estimated annualized burden hours 

are 510. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses 

per 

respondent 

Average 

time per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total annual 

burden 

hours 

TDB Project Information Template .................................................................................. 170 1 1 170 

Online Collaborator Solicitation (TRND) .......................................................................... 100 1 1 100 

Online Collaborator Solicitation (BrIDGs) ........................................................................ 70 1 1 70 

Solicitation Instructions (TRND) ...................................................................................... 100 1 1 100 

Solicitation Instructions (BrIDGs) ..................................................................................... 70 1 1 70 

Dated: March 4, 2015. 

M. Janis Mullaney, 

Associate Director for Administration, 

NCATS, NIH. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06084 Filed 3–16–15; 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 

(NIDILRR)—Research Fellowships 

Program 

AGENCY: Administration for Community 

Living, Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: National 

Institute on Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR)— 

Research Fellowships Program. 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2015. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.133F–2. 

DATES: Applications Available: March 

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 

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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: 

April 7, 2015. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 18, 2015. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Research Fellowships Program is to 

build research capacity by providing 

support to highly qualified individuals, 

including those who are individuals 

with disabilities, to conduct research on 

the rehabilitation of individuals with 

disabilities. 

Fellows must conduct original 

research in an area authorized by 

section 204 of the Rehabilitation Act of 

1973, as amended (Act). Section 204 of 

the Act authorizes research, 

demonstration projects, training, and 

related activities, the purposes of which 

are 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 significant disabilities, 

and to improve the effectiveness of 

services authorized under the Act. 

Note: 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 outcome domains: (1) Community 

living and participation; (2) health and 

function; and (3) employment and can be 

accessed on the Internet at the following site: 

www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/nidrr/

policy.html. 

Priority: NIDILRR has established one 

absolute priority for the competition 

announced in this notice. The Research 

Fellowships Program permits two types of 

fellowships, Distinguished and Merit. At this 

time, NIDILRR is choosing to fund a 

Distinguished Residential Disability and 

Rehabilitation Policy Fellowship. 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2015 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, the 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

The priority is: 

Distinguished Residential Disability 

and Rehabilitation Policy Fellowship as 

part of NIDILRR’s Research Fellowships 

Program. 

Note 1: An applicant for a Distinguished 

Residential Disability and Rehabilitation 

Policy Fellowship must arrange for a 

disability-relevant policy fellowship 

placement within a federal Executive branch 

agency or organization. (Please see the 

application kit for a list of potential 

agencies.) 

Note 2: The full text of the priority is 

included in the notice of final priority for the 

Distinguished Residential Disability and 

Rehabilitation Policy Fellowship published 

in the Federal Register on July 28, 2014 (79 

FR 43653) and in the application package for 

this competition. 

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

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Department of Health and Human 

Services General Administrative 

Regulations in 45 CFR part 75(b) 45 CFR 

part 75 Non-procurement Debarment 

and Suspension; (c) 45 CFR part 75 

Requirement for Drug-Free Workplace 

(Financial Assistance); (d) The 

regulations for this program in 34 CFR 

part 356, 350.51 and 350.52.(a) 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: $125,000. 

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: $125,000. 

We will reject any application that 

proposes a budget exceeding $125,000 

for a Distinguished Residential 

Disability and Rehabilitation Policy 

Fellowship for a single year. The 

Administrator of the Administration for 

Community Living may change the 

maximum amount through a notice 

published in the Federal Register. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 1. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: 12 months. 

We will reject any application that 

proposes a project period other than 12 

months. The Administrator of the 

Administration for Community Living 

may change the maximum project 

period through a notice published in the 

Federal Register. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Eligible 

individuals must: (1) satisfy the 

requirements of 45 CFR part 75 and (2) 

have training and experience that 

indicate a potential for engaging in 

scientific research related to the 

solution of rehabilitation problems of 

individuals with disabilities. 

To be eligible for a Distinguished 

Residential Disability and Rehabilitation 

Policy Fellowship, an individual must 

have seven or more years of research 

experience in subject areas, methods, or 

techniques relevant to rehabilitation 

research and must have a doctorate, 

other terminal degree, or comparable 

academic qualifications. 

Note: Institutions are not eligible to be 

recipients of research fellowships. 

Applicants must submit an eligibility 

statement describing how they meet the 

requirements for the Distinguished 

Residential Disability and Policy Fellowship 

allowed under this program. 

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 

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 request an application from 

Patricia Barrett, be sure to identify this 

competition as follows: CFDA number 

84.133F–2. 

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. 

Page Limit: The application narrative 

is where you, the applicant, address the 

selection criteria that reviewers use to 

evaluate your application. You must 

limit the application narrative to the 

equivalent of no more than 24 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, 

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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 page limit for the application 

narrative does not apply to the 

documents you upload to the Grants.gov 

Apply site under the other two 

headings: ED Project Abstract and Other 

Attachments. The ED Project Abstract 

Form should contain only your onepage abstract. The Other Attachments 

Form should contain all other 

attachments, including your 

bibliography, eligibility statement, 

resume/curriculum vitae, and letters of 

recommendation/support. Information 

regarding the protection of human 

subjects, if applicable, should be 

included under the Other Attachments 

Form or in the place provided on the 

SF–424 Supplemental Form. You do not 

need to upload a table of contents for 

your application, as this will be 

automatically generated by Grants.gov. 

We will reject your application if you 

exceed the page limit. 

In concert with the balance principle 

described in NIDRR’s Long-Range Plan, 

for Fiscal Years 2013–2017 (78 FR 

20299), applicants for this Fellowship 

should specify in their abstract and 

application narrative which of NIDRR’s 

major domains of individual well-being 

their research will focus on: (a) 

Community living and participation, (b) 

employment, or (c) health and function. 

Note: Please submit an appendix that lists 

every collaborating organization and 

individual named in the application, 

including the mentor, staff, consultants, 

contractors, and advisory board members. We 

will use this information to help us screen for 

conflicts of interest with our reviewers. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: March 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 

April 7, 2015. Interested parties may 

participate in this meeting by 

conference call with NIDILRR staff from 

the Administration for Community 

Living 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 

Carolyn Baron at Carolyn.Baron@ed.gov, 

or by telephone at 202–245–7244. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 18, 2015. Deadline 

for Transmittal of Applications: April 

27, 2015. 

Applications for a grant 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 or hand delivery 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: Applicants 

are not required to submit a budget with 

their proposal. 

Fellowship awards are a one full-time 

equivalent (FTE) award. Fellows must 

work principally on the fellowship 

during the term of the fellowship award. 

No fellow is allowed to be a direct 

recipient of Federal government grant 

funds in addition to those provided by 

the Fellowship grant (during the 

duration of the fellowship award 

performance period). Fellows may, 

subject to compliance with their 

institution’s policy on additional 

employment, be the principal 

investigator of or otherwise work on a 

Federal grant that has been awarded to 

the fellow’s institution. Fellows may be 

allowed to dedicate additional time 

beyond their one FTE requirement for 

the fellowship to other work during 

their fellowship grant performance 

period, if this is in keeping with the 

guidelines offered by their home 

institutions. In other words, NIDILRR 

defers to the guidelines of the fellows’ 

home institutions regarding the 

admissibility of work in excess of the 

one FTE dedicated to the fellowship. 

NIDILRR strongly recommends that any 

additional time be limited to .25 FTE, 

but requires that additional time not 

exceed .5 FTE. 

Applicants should submit a plan for 

how they will be able to meet the one 

FTE requirement. We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Requirements for Registering for 

Grants.gov and Submitting Your 

Application: 

All individuals applying for a 

research fellowship must register at 

www.Grants.gov prior to submitting 

their application. To register with 

Grants.gov you must know the Funding 

Opportunity Number (FON) of the grant 

opportunity you are applying for. You 

can obtain this number by searching 

Grants.gov using the CFDA number, 

84.133. This search will lead you to 

available NIDILRR solicitations and 

identify the FON for each. You will use 

the FON to register in Grants.gov. Once 

you register with Grants.gov, to facilitate 

the safe and secure transfer of your 

application to the Department, you will 

be asked to create a profile with your 

username and password, which will be 

used to identify you within the system, 

and create an electronic signature. 

Details on registering with Grants.gov as 

an individual are outlined in the 

following Grants.gov tutorial: 

www.grants.gov/assets/Individual

RegistrationOverview.html. 

To register with Grants.gov, you do 

not have to provide a Data Universal 

Numbering System Number, a Taxpayer 

Identification Number, or your Social 

Security Number (SSN). You also do not 

have to complete a Central Contractor 

Registry or System for Award 

Management registration in order to 

access Grants.gov or submit your 

application. 

However, your SSN is required to 

complete your application for a research 

fellowship. 

7. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for a grant under this 

competition 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 a grant under the 

Research Fellowships Program, CFDA 

Number 84.133F–2, must be submitted 

electronically using the 

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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 Research 

Fellowships Program competition at 

www.Grants.gov. You must search for 

the downloadable application package 

for this competition by the CFDA 

number. Do not include the CFDA 

number’s alpha suffix in your search 

(e.g., search for 84.133, not 84.133F). 

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 program 

[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. 

• 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, 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 

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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 84.133F–2), 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 competition are from 34 

CFR 356.30 through 356.32 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: 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 

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 summary financial 

information, as directed by the 

Administrator of the Administration for 

Community Living in 45 CFR part 75. 

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. 

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 extent to which grantees 

are conducting high-quality research 

and related activities that lead to highquality products. Performance measures 

for the Research Fellowships Program 

include: 

• The number of NIDILRR-supported 

fellows, post-doctoral trainees, and 

doctoral students who publish results of 

NIDILRR-sponsored research in refereed 

journals; 

• The percentage of grantee research 

and development that has appropriate 

study design, meets rigorous standards 

of scientific and/or engineering 

methods, and builds on and contributes 

to knowledge in the field; and 

• The average number of publications 

per award based on NIDILRR-funded 

research and development activities in 

refereed journals. 

NIDILRR evaluates the overall success 

of individual research and development 

grants through a review of grantee 

performance and products. For these 

reviews, NIDILRR uses information 

submitted by grantees as part of their 

final performance report. Approved 

final performance report guidelines 

require grantees to submit information 

regarding research methods, results, 

outputs, and outcomes. Because grants 

made under the Research Fellowships 

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Program are limited to a maximum of 12 

months, they are not eligible for 

continuation awards. 

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 

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1–800–877–8339. 

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Dated: March 11, 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 Institute of Neurological 

Disorders and Stroke 

Pursuant to section 10(a) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

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

hereby given of an Interagency Pain 

Research Coordinating Committee 

(IPRCC) meeting. 

The meeting will feature invited 

speakers and discussions of committee 

business items including pain research 

updates from federal agencies and 

discussion of a federal pain research 

strategy. 

The meeting will be open to the 

public and accessible by live webcast 

and conference call. 

Name of Committee: Interagency Pain 

Research Coordinating Committee. 

Type of meeting: Open Meeting. 

Date: April 17, 2015. 

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. *Eastern 

Time*—Approximate end time. 

Agenda: The meeting will feature 

invited speakers and discussions of 

Committee business items including 

pain research updates from federal 

agencies and discussion of a federal 

pain research strategy. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

Building 1, Wilson Hall, 3rd Floor, 1 

Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892. 

Call in Teleconference Line (Listen 

Only): Dial: 888–469–1373, Participant 

Passcode: 7171892. 

Cost: The meeting is free and open to 

the public. 

Webcast Live: http://videocast.

nih.gov/ 

Deadlines: Notification of intent to 

present oral comments: Friday, April 3, 

2015, by 5:00 p.m. ET. 

Submission of written/electronic 

statement for oral comments: Friday, 

April 10, 2015, by 5:00 p.m. ET. 

Submission of written comments: 

Monday, April 13, 2015, by 5:00 p.m. 

ET. 

Access: Medical Center Metro (Red 

Line), Visitor Information: http:// 

www.nih.gov/about/visitor/index.htm. 

Contact Person: Linda L. Porter, 

Ph.D., Pain Policy Advisor, Office of 

Pain Policy, Officer of the Director, 

National Institute of Neurological 

Disorders and Stroke, NIH, 31 Center 

Drive, Room 8A31, Bethesda, MD 

20892, Phone: (301) 451–4460, Email: 

Linda.Porter@nih.gov. 

Please Note 

Any member of the public interested 

in presenting oral comments to the 

Committee must notify the Contact 

Person listed on this notice by 5:00 p.m. 

ET on Friday, April 3, 2015, with their 

request to present oral comments at the 

meeting. Interested individuals and 

representatives of organizations must 

submit a written/electronic copy of the 

oral statement/comments including a 

brief description of the organization 

represented by 5:00 p.m. ET on Friday, 

April 10, 2015. 

Statements submitted will become a 

part of the public record. Only one 

representative of an organization will be 

allowed to present oral comments on 

behalf of that organization, and 

presentations will be limited to three to 

five minutes per speaker, depending on 

number of speakers to be accommodated 

within the allotted time. Speakers will 

be assigned a time to speak in the order 

of the date and time when their request 

to speak is received, along with the 

required submission of the written/ 

electronic statement by the specified 

deadline. If special accommodations are 

needed, please email the Contact Person 

listed above. 

In addition, any interested person 

may submit written comments to the 

IPRCC prior to the meeting by sending 

the comments to the Contact Person 

listed on this notice by 5:00 p.m. ET, 

Monday, April 13, 2015. The comments 

should include the name and, when 

applicable, the business or professional 

affiliation of the interested person. All 

written comments received by the 

deadlines for both oral and written 

public comments will be provided to 

the IPRCC for their consideration and 

will become part of the public record. 

The meeting will be open to the 

public through a conference call phone 

number and webcast live on the 

Internet. Members of the public who 

participate using the conference call 

phone number will be able to listen to 

the meeting but will not be heard. If you 

experience any technical problems with 

the conference call or webcast, please 

call Operator Service on (301) 496–4517 

for conference call issues and the NIH 

IT Service Desk at (301) 496–4357, toll 

free (866) 319–4357, for webcast issues. 

Individuals who participate in person 

or by using these electronic services and 

who need special assistance, such as 

captioning of the conference call or 

other reasonable accommodations, 

should submit a request to the Contact 

Person listed on this notice at least 

seven days prior to the meeting. 

As a part of security procedures, 

attendees should be prepared to present 

a photo ID during the security process 

to get on the NIH campus. For a full 

description, please see: http:// 

www.nih.gov/about/visitorsecurity.htm. 

Information about the IPRCC is 

available on the Web site: http:// 

iprcc.nih.gov/. 

Dated: March 11, 2015. 

David Clary, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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