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children with disabilities, and 

contribute to improving outcomes for 

children with disabilities. We will 

collect data on these measures from the 

projects funded under this competition. 

Grantees also will be required to 

report information on their projects’ 

performance in annual reports to the 

Department (34 CFR 75.590). 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Terry Jackson, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 4081, Potomac Center Plaza 

(PCP), Washington, DC 20202–2550. 

Telephone: (202) 245–6039. 

If you use a TDD, call the Federal 

Relay Service, toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

by contacting the Grants and Contracts 

Services Team, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245– 

7363. If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

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) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. 

Note: 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 on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: January 28, 2010. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Postsecondary Education; 

Overview Information; National 

Resource Centers (NRC) Program for 

Foreign Language and Area Studies or 

Foreign Language and International 

Studies Program and Foreign 

Language and Area Studies (FLAS) 

Fellowships Program; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2010 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Numbers: 84.015A 

and 84.015B. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: February 2, 

2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 23, 2010. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: May 24, 2010. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The NRC 

Program makes awards to institutions of 

higher education or consortia of 

institutions of higher education to 

establish or strengthen nationally 

recognized foreign language and area or 

international studies centers or 

programs. NRC awards are used to 

support undergraduate centers or 

comprehensive centers, which include 

undergraduate, graduate, and 

professional school components. 

The FLAS Fellowships Program 

provides allocations of fellowships to 

institutions of higher education or 

consortia of institutions of higher 

education to assist meritorious 

undergraduate and graduate students 

undergoing training in modern foreign 

languages and related area or 

international studies. 

Priorities: This notice includes one 

absolute priority, one competitive 

preference priority, and five invitational 

priorities. 

NRC Program Absolute Priority: In 

accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii), 

this priority is from the regulations for 

the NRC program (34 CFR 656.23(a)(4)). 

For FY 2010, this priority is an absolute 

priority for the NRC program. Under 34 

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

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

Applications that provide for teacher 

training activities on the language, 

languages, area studies, or thematic 

focus of the center. Within this absolute 

priority, we are particularly interested 

in applications that address the 

following invitational priorities. 

NRC Program Invitational Priorities: 

For FY 2010, these priorities are 

invitational priorities. Under 34 CFR 

75.105(c)(1), we do not give an 

application that meets these invitational 

priorities a competitive or absolute 

preference over other applications. 

These priorities are: 

NRC Invitational Priority 1 

Applications that propose activities 

designed to coordinate with other 

programs in title VI of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(HEA) with the objective of increasing 

the Nation’s capacity to train and 

produce Americans with advanced 

proficiency in the less and least 

commonly taught languages along with 

an understanding of the societies in 

which those languages are spoken. 

NRC Invitational Priority 2 

Applications that propose 

collaborative activities with institutions 

of higher education that are eligible to 

receive assistance under part A or B of 

Title III or under Title V of the HEA or 

community colleges designed to 

internationalize curriculum and 

improve foreign language and area and 

international studies instruction at these 

institutions. 

NRC Invitational Priority 3 

Applications that propose 

collaborative activities with professional 

schools such as Business, Law, Public 

Health, Public Policy, Environmental 

Science, Communication, Journalism 

and Schools of Education in order to 

strengthen international components of 

study in those fields and to promote 

foreign language study by students in 

professional schools. 

NRC Invitational Priority 4 

Programs or projects that develop, 

maintain, or enhance linkages with 

overseas institutions of higher education 

or other educational organizations in 

areas with substantial Muslim 

populations in order to improve 

understanding of these societies and 

provide for greater engagement with 

institutions in these areas. 

FLAS Program Competitive Preference 

Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(ii), this priority is from the 

regulations for the FLAS program (34 

CFR 657.22(a)(2)). For FY 2010, this 

priority is a competitive preference 

priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), 

we award an additional five points to an 

application that meets this priority. 

This FLAS Competitive Preference 

Priority is: 

Applications that propose to make at 

least 25% of their academic year 

fellowships in any of the 78 priority 

languages listed below that were 

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selected from the U.S. Department of 

Education’s list of Less Commonly 

Taught Languages (LCTLs): 

Akan (Twi-Fante), Albanian, 

Amharic, Arabic (all dialects), 

Armenian, Azeri (Azerbaijani), Balochi, 

Bamanakan (Bamana, Bambara, 

Mandikan, Mandingo, Maninka, Dyula), 

Belarusian, Bengali (Bangla), Berber (all 

languages), Bosnian, Bulgarian, 

Burmese, Cebuano (Visayan), Chechen, 

Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Gan), 

Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Min), 

Chinese (Wu), Croatian, Dari, Dinka, 

Georgian, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew 

(Modern), Hindi, Igbo, Indonesian, 

Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kashmiri, 

Kazakh, Khmer (Cambodian), Kirghiz, 

Korean, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kurdish 

(Sorani), Lao, Malay (Bahasa Melayu or 

Malaysian), Malayalam, Marathi, 

Mongolian, Nepali, Oromo, Panjabi, 

Pashto, Persian (Farsi), Polish, 

Portuguese (all varieties), Quechua, 

Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala 

(Sinhalese), Somali, Swahili, Tagalog, 

Tajik, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, 

Tigrigna, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, 

Urdu, Uyghur/Uigur, Uzbek, 

Vietnamese, Wolof, Xhosa, Yoruba, and 

Zulu. 

FLAS Program Invitational Priority: 

For FY 2010, this priority is an 

invitational priority. Under 34 CFR 

75.105(c)(1), we do not give an 

application that meets this invitational 

priority a competitive or absolute 

preference over other applications. 

This priority is: 

Applications that propose recruitment 

activities and collaboration with 

professional schools designed to 

increase quality fellowship applications 

for advanced level language study for 

professional studies students in fields 

such as Business, Law, Public Health, 

Public Policy, Environmental Science, 

Communication, Journalism, or 

Education. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1122. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 82, 85, 

86, 97, 98 and 99. (b) The regulations in 

34 CFR part 655. (c) The regulations for 

the NRC program in 34 CFR part 656. (d) 

The regulations for the FLAS program in 

34 CFR part 657. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except federally 

recognized Indian tribes. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

only. 

Areas of National Need: In 

accordance with section 601(c) of the 

HEA, 20 U.S.C. 1121(c), the Secretary 

has consulted with and received 

recommendations regarding national 

need for expertise in foreign languages 

and world regions from the head 

officials of a wide range of Federal 

agencies. The Secretary has taken these 

recommendations into account and a 

list of foreign languages and world 

regions identified by the Secretary as 

areas of national need may be found on 

the following Web sites: http:// 

www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/ 

policy.html; http://www.ed.gov/ 

programs/iegpsnrc/legislation.html; 

http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsflasf/ 

legislation.html. 

Also included on these Web sites are 

the specific recommendations the 

Secretary received from Federal 

agencies. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$34,041,000 for new awards for the NRC 

Program and $35,400,000 for new 

awards for the FLAS Program. 

Estimated NRC Program Funding 

Levels by Area: Africa, ($3,200,000); 

Canada, ($541,000); East Asia, 

($5,075,000); International, ($2,650,000); 

Latin America, ($5,075,000); Middle 

East, ($5,075,000); Russia, East Europe, 

and Eurasia ($5,075,000); South Asia, 

($2,675,000); Southeast Asia, 

($2,025,000); and Western Europe, 

($2,650,000). 

Estimated FLAS Program Funding 

Levels by Area: Africa, ($3,550,000); 

Canada, ($320,000); East Asia, 

($5,780,000); International, ($1,920,000); 

Latin America, ($4,800,000); Middle 

East, ($5,240,000); Russia, East Europe, 

and Eurasia ($5,780,000); South Asia, 

($3,200,000); Southeast Asia, 

($2,460,000); and Western Europe, 

($2,350,000). 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$200,000–$349,000 per year for the NRC 

Program; $86,500–$376,000 per year for 

the FLAS Program. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$270,000 per year for the NRC Program; 

$281,000 per year for the FLAS 

Program. 

Estimated FLAS Program Subsistence 

Allowance: The subsistence allowance 

for an academic year 2010–2011 

fellowship is $15,000 for a graduate 

student and $5,000 for an undergraduate 

student. The subsistence allowance for 

a summer 2011 fellowship is $2,500 for 

graduate and undergraduate students. 

Estimated FLAS Program Institutional 

Payment: The institutional payment for 

an academic year 2010–2011 fellowship 

is $18,000 for a graduate student and 

$10,000 for an undergraduate student. 

The institutional payment for a summer 

2011 fellowship is $5,000 for graduate 

and undergraduate students. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 126 

NRC awards; 126 FLAS awards. We 

estimate that the 126 FLAS awards will 

yield 950 academic year fellowships 

and 900 summer fellowships. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 48 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: An institution 

of higher education or consortia of 

institutions of higher education. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: These 

programs do not involve cost sharing or 

matching. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Carla White, U.S. Department 

of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 

6084, Washington, DC 20006–8521. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7631 or by e-mail: 

carla.white@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

in an accessible format (e.g., braille, 

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the program 

contact person listed in this section. 

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 these 

programs. 

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 narrative to no more than 45 

pages for a single institution application 

or no more than 55 pages for a 

consortium application, using the 

following standards: 

• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5′′ × 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, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions. However, you 

may single space all text in charts, 

tables, figures and graphs. Charts, tables, 

figures, and graphs in the project 

narrative count toward the page limit. 

• Use a font that is either 12-point or 

larger, or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). However, you may 

use a 10-point font in charts, tables, 

figures, and graphs. 

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• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. An application submitted 

in any other font (including Times 

Roman or Arial Narrow) will not be 

accepted. 

Section C of the application package 

provides instructions about the 

application narrative. The narrative 

must include your complete response to 

the selection criteria. 

The page limit does not apply to the 

cover sheet; the budget section, 

including the budget forms and budget 

detail (costs and descriptions); the 

assurances and certifications; the onepage abstract; the appendices including 

the four-page timeline, the biographical 

information, the course list, and the 

table of project objectives; the world 

area selection sheet; the FLAS approved 

languages list; the GEPA statement; or 

the application information to meet 

statutory requirements (description of 

diverse perspectives and wide range of 

views in funded activities and 

description of government service in 

areas of national need and in other 

employment sectors). 

We will reject your application if you 

exceed the page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: February 2, 

2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 23, 2010. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition must be submitted in paper 

format by mail or hand delivery. For 

information (including dates and times) 

about how to submit your application 

by mail or hand delivery, please refer to 

section IV.—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. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: May 24, 2010. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: These 

programs are subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for these 

programs. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under these 

programs must be submitted in paper 

format by mail or hand delivery. 

a. Submission of Applications by 

Mail. 

If you submit your application by 

mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or 

a commercial carrier), 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 Numbers 84.015A and 

84.015B), 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 Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

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. 

b. Submission of Applications by 

Hand Delivery. 

If you submit your application by 

hand delivery, you (or a courier service) 

must deliver the original and two copies 

of your application by hand, on or 

before the application deadline date, to 

the Department at the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Numbers 84.015A and 84.015B), 

550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041, 

Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 

20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 

8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays, 

and Federal holidays. 

Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper 

Applications: If you mail or hand deliver 

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 

competition 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 

grant 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. General: All NRC and FLAS grant 

applications are categorized based on 

their focus on a single country or on a 

world area, such as Africa, East Asia, or 

the Middle East, or on international 

studies. For FY 2010, all NRC and FLAS 

applications will be assigned to a 

geographic or international studies 

reader panel, based on the designation 

that you, the applicant, have specified 

on the world area selection sheet in 

your grant application. For the 

competition, each distinct geographic or 

international studies reader panel will 

separately review, score, and rank its 

assigned NRC and FLAS grant 

applications. For the NRC Program and 

for the FLAS Program, the Department 

will select applications for funding 

consideration from each distinct reader 

panel based on their ranking from 

highest to lowest within that panel. 

2. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for the NRC and FLAS Programs 

are in 34 CFR 656.21 and 656.22, and 

657.21, respectively, and are listed in 

the application package. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN). 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 GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

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application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: At the end of your 

project period, you must submit a final 

performance report, including financial 

information, as directed by the 

Secretary. 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 Secretary under 34 CFR 75.118. The 

Secretary may also require more 

frequent performance reports under 34 

CFR 75.720(c). For the NRC and FLAS 

Programs, final and annual reports must 

be submitted into the International 

Resource Information System (IRIS) 

online data and reporting system. For 

specific requirements on reporting, 

please go to: http://iris.ed.gov/iris/pdfs/ 

NRC.pdf; http://iris.ed.gov/iris/pdfs/ 

FLAS_director.pdf; http://iris.ed.gov/ 

iris/pdfs/FLAS_fellow.pdf. 

4. Performance Measures: The 

objective of the NRC Program is to 

provide grants to institutions of higher 

education or consortia of institutions of 

higher education to establish, 

strengthen, and operate comprehensive 

and undergraduate language and area or 

international studies centers. The 

Department will use the following 

measures to determine the success of 

the NRC Program. 

NRC Performance Measure 1: 

Percentage of less and least commonly 

taught languages as defined by the 

Secretary of Education taught at Title VI 

National Resource Centers. 

NRC Performance Measure 2: 

Percentage of priority languages 

(formerly referred to as critical need 

languages) as defined by the Secretary of 

Education taught at National Resource 

Centers. 

NRC Performance Measure 3: 

Percentage of NRC grants teaching 

intermediate or advanced courses in 

priority languages (formerly referred to 

as critical need languages) as defined by 

the Secretary of Education. 

The objective of the FLAS Program is 

to provide academic year and summer 

fellowships to institutions of higher 

education to assist undergraduate and 

graduate students studying foreign 

languages and either area or 

international studies. The Department 

will use the following measures to 

evaluate the success of the FLAS 

Program. 

FLAS Performance Measure 1: The 

average competency score of FLAS 

recipients at the end of one full year of 

instruction minus the average score at 

the beginning of the year. 

FLAS Performance Measure 2: 

Percentage of FLAS master’s and 

doctoral graduates that studied priority 

languages (formerly referred to as 

critical need languages) as defined by 

the Secretary of Education. 

FLAS Performance Measure 3: 

Percentage of FLAS participants who 

report that they found employment that 

utilizes their language and area skills. 

FLAS Efficiency Measure: Cost per 

FLAS Fellowship Program fellow 

increasing average language competency 

by at least one level. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Carla White, International Education 

Programs Service, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 

6084, Washington, DC 20006–8521. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7631 or, by email: carla.white@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

person listed under For Further 

Information Contact in section VII of 

this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

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) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. 

Note: 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 on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

Daniel T. Madzelan, Director, 

Forecasting and Policy Analysis for the 

Office of Postsecondary Education, to 

perform the functions and duties of the 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

Dated: January 28, 2010. 

Daniel T. Madzelan, 

Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services; Overview 

Information; National Institute on 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

(NIDRR)—Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research Projects and Centers 

Program—Rehabilitation Research and 

Training Centers (RRTCs)—Enhancing 

the Health and Wellness of Individuals 

With Arthritis; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2010 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.133B–7. 

Dates: Applications Available: 

February 2, 2010. 

Date of Pre-Application Meeting: 

February 24, 2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 5, 2010. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the RRTC program is to improve the 

effectiveness of services authorized 

under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 

amended, through advanced research, 

training, technical assistance, and 

dissemination activities in general 

problem areas, as specified by NIDRR. 

Such activities are designed to benefit 

rehabilitation service providers, 

individuals with disabilities, and the 

family members or other authorized 

representatives of individuals with 

disabilities. 

Additional information on the RRTC 

program can be found at: http:// 

www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/resprogram.html#RRTC. 

Priorities: NIDRR has established two 

absolute priorities and one invitational 

priority for this competition. Absolute 

Priorities: The General Rehabilitation 

Research and Training Centers (RRTC) 

Requirements priority is from the notice 

of final priorities for the Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects and 

Centers program, published in the 

Federal Register on February 1, 2008 

(73 FR 6132). The Enhancing the Health 

and Wellness of Individuals With 

Arthritis priority is from the notice of 

final priorities for the Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects and 

Centers Program, published in the 

Federal Register on July 21, 2009 (74 FR 

35858). None of the applications we 

received for this priority were 

successful. NIDRR is recompeting this 

priority. NIDRR is seeking applications 

that address all elements of the priority 

and that propose appropriate, quality 

research methodologies. 

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