38698 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 137 / Friday, July 17, 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 24, 1998 a notice

was published in the Federal Register

(63 FR 14252) inviting applications for

a new FY 1998 award for an RERC on

improved technology access for land

mine survivors. 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 an RERC on

improved technology access for land

mine survivors; and (2) invite interested

parties to participate in a preapplication 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: July 15, 1998.

Pre-Application Meetings: Interested

parties are invited to participate in a

pre-application meeting to discuss the

funding priority for an RERC on

improved technology access for land

mine survivors and to receive technical

assistance through individual

consultation and information about the

funding priority. The pre-application

meeting will be held on Monday,

August 3, 1998 at the Department of

Education, Office of Special Education

and Rehabilitative Services, Switzer

Building, Room 1002, 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; (c) the

notice of final priorities published on

March 24, 1998 in the Federal Register

(63 FR 14250); and (d) the notice

inviting applications published on

March 24, 1998 in the Federal Register

(63 FR 14252).

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: August 31, 1998.

Maximum Award Amount Per Year:

$850,000.

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 maximum funding level and

estimated number of 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 an RERC on

improved technology access for land

mine survivors contact Robert Jaeger,

U.S. Department of Education, Room

3425 Switzer Building, 600 Maryland

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

Telephone: (202) 205–8061. 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 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

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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: July 10, 1998.

Judith E. Heumann,

Assistant Secretary, Office of Special

Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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