33832 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 118 / Friday, June 19, 1998 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.133E]

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services, National

Institute on Disability and

Rehabilitation Research, Notice

Reinviting Applications and Preapplication Meeting for a New Award

for a Rehabilitation Engineering

Research Center (RERC) for Fiscal

Year (FY) 1998

Purpose: On March 9, 1998 a notice

was published in the Federal Register

(63 FR 11562) inviting applications for

a new FY 1998 award for a RERC on

communication enhancement.

Satisfactory applications were not

received for this priority area. There is

a continuing need for this project.

The purposes of this notice are to: (1)

reinvite applications for a RERC on

communication enhancement for FY

1998; and (2) invite interested parties to

participate in a pre-application meeting

to discuss the funding priority and

receive technical assistance through

individual consultation and information

about the funding priority.

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.

Applications Available: June 19, 1998.

Pre-Application Meetings: Interested

parties are invited to participate in a

pre-application meeting to discuss the

funding priority for a RERC on

communication enhancement and to

receive technical assistance through

individual consultation and information

about the funding priority. The preapplication meeting will be held on

Monday, July 20, 1998 at the

Department of Education, Office of

Special Education and Rehabilitative

Services, Switzer Building, Room 3065,

330 C St. SW, Washington, DC between

10:00 a.m. and 12:00 a.m. NIDRR staff

will also be available at this location

from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on that same

day to provide technical assistance

through individual consultation and

information about the funding priority.

NIDRR will make alternate

arrangements to accommodate

interested parties who are unable to

attend the pre-application meeting in

person.

Applicable Regulations: (a) The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR),

34 CFR Parts 74, 75, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82,

85, 86; (b) the regulations for this

program in 34 CFR Part 350; and (c) the

notice of final priorities published on

March 9, 1998 in the Federal Register

(63 FR 11554); and the notice inviting

applications published on March 9,

1998 in the Federal Register (63 FR

11562).

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: August 19, 1998.

Maximum Award Amount Per Year:

$900,000.

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: 1

Note: The estimate 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: 60 months.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: In

order to obtain further information

about the funding priority and the preapplication meeting on the RERC on

communication enhancement contact

William Peterson, U.S. Department of

Education, Room 3425 Switzer

Building, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20202. Telephone:

(202) 205–9192. Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the TDD number at (202)

205–9136.

In order to obtain an application

package, contact Donna Nangle, U.S.

Department of Education, Room 3423

Switzer Building, 600 Maryland

Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20202.

Telephone: (202) 205–5880. Individuals

who use a telecommunications device

for the deaf (TDD) may call the TDD

number at (202) 205–9136.

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:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm

http://www.ed.gov/news.html

To use the pdf you must have the Adobe

Acrobat Reader Program with Search,

which is available free at either of the

preceding sites. If you have questions

about using the pdf, call the U.S.

Government Printing Office at (202)

512–1530 or, 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. 761a and

762.

Dated: June 16, 1998.

Judith E. Heumann,

Assistant Secretary, Office of Special

Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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