3240 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 13 / Wednesday, January 21, 1998 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.133A]

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services; National

Institute on Disability and

Rehabilitation Research; Notice

Inviting Applications for New

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI); Model

Systems Projects Under the Disability

and Rehabilitation; Research Projects

and Centers Program for Fiscal Year

1998

Purpose of Program: Authority for

Disability and Rehabilitation Research

Projects (DRRPs) is contained in section

202 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as

amended (29 U.S.C. 761a). DRRPs carry

out one or more of the following types

of activities, as specified in 34 CFR

350.13–350.19: research, development,

demonstration, training, dissemination,

utilization, and technical assistance.

Disability and Rehabilitation Research

Projects 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.

This notice supports the National

Education Goal that calls for all

Americans to possess the knowledge

and skills necessary to compete in a

global economy and exercise the rights

and responsibilities of citizenship.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: March 23, 1998.

Application Available: January 20,

1998.

Maximum Award Amount per Year:

$345,000.

Note: The Secretary will reject without

consideration or evaluation any application

that proposes a project funding level that

exceeds the stated maximum award amount

per year (See 34 CFR 75.104(b)).

Estimated Number of Awards: 10.

Note: The estimates of funding level and

awards in this notice do not bind the

Department of Education to a specific level

of funding or number of grants.

Project Period: 48 months.

Eligible Applicants: Parties eligible to

apply for grants under this program are

States, public or private agencies,

including for-profit agencies, public or

private organizations, including forprofit organizations, institutions of

higher education, and Indian tribes and

tribal organizations.

Applicable Regulations: The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR),

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 85,

86, and 34 CFR part 350.

Priority: This notice invites

applications for TBI Model Systems

Projects. On May 9, 1997 a notice of

final priority was published in the

Federal Register establishing the

required activities for TBI Model System

Projects in fiscal year 1997 and fiscal

year 1998.

The conference agreement

accompanying NIDRR’s FY 1998

appropriation included $5 million to

permit NIDRR to establish additional

TBI Model System projects and a

national data center.

This notice invites applications for

additional TBI Model Systems Projects

in FY 1998. In addition to establishing

the TBI Model Systems Project in FY

1998, NIDRR plans to invite

applications for collaborative research

involving the TBI Model Systems.

On February 6, 1997 NIDRR

published in the Federal Register

regulations consolidating a number of

regulations governing NIDRR’s existing

programs, including, but not limited to,

Parts 350 (General Provisions) and 351

(Research and Demonstration Projects).

These new regulations took effect on

October 1, 1997 and apply to this

competition. The new regulations

include a new menu of selection criteria

(34 CFR 350.54) for use in evaluating all

applications. NIDRR has drawn from

this menu of selection criteria to

establish the specific selection criteria

(contained in the application package)

that will be used to evaluate

applications for the TBI Model Systems

Projects priority referenced in this

notice inviting applications. The final

priorities established for the TBI Model

Systems R&D Projects in FY 1997 will

be used for equivalent projects in FY

1998.

For Applications Contact: The Grants

and Contracts Service Team (GCST),

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue S.W., Switzer

Building, 3317, Washington, D.C. 20202,

or call (202) 205–8207. Individuals who

use a telecommunications device for the

deaf (TDD) may call the TDD number at

(202) 205–9860. The preferred method

for requesting information is to FAX

your request to (202) 205–8717.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain a copy of the application package

in an alternate format by contacting the

GCST. However, the Department is not

able to reproduce in an alternate format

the standard forms included in the

application package.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donna Nangle, U.S. Department of

Education, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W.,

room 3418, Switzer Building,

Washington, D.C. 20202–2645.

Telephone: (202) 205–5880. Individuals

who use a telecommunications device

for the deaf (TDD) may call the TDD

number at (202) 205–2742. Internet:

DonnalNangle@ed.gov

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain this document in an alternate

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

audiotape, or computer diskette) on

request to the contact person listed in

the preceding paragraph.

Electronic Access to This Document:

Anyone may view this document, as

well as all other Department of

Education documents published in the

Federal Register, in text or portable

document format (pdf) on the World

Wide Web at either of the following

sites:

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questions about using the pdf, call the

U.S. Government Printing Office toll

free at 1–888–293–6498.

Anyone may also view these

documents in text copy only on an

electronic bulletin board of the

Department. Telephone: (202) 219–1511

or, toll free, 1–800–222–4922. The

documents are located under Option

G—Files/Announcements, Bulletins and

Press Releases.

Note: The official version of this document

is the document published in the Federal

Register.

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 760–762.

Dated: January 15, 1998.

Howard R. Moses,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Special

Education andRehabilitative Services.

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