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of the Plan includes objectives at both

the individual and system levels. For

example, the technology for access and

function area of the Plan includes

research objectives to develop AT that

supports people with disabilities to

function and live independently and

obtain better employment outcomes,

and research objectives to promote

improved access to the built

environment and concepts of universal

design. It is clear that the challenges and

opportunities for AT and improved

environmental access reflect all of the

priority areas of the Plan.

Priority 4

We will establish research projects to

involve community-based disability

organizations in AT and environmental

access research leading to practical and

affordable solutions to identified

problems and needs, and building

research capacity at the community

level and in community-based

organizations serving persons with

disabilities.

In carrying out these purposes, a

project must:

(a) From the examples of research

objectives below, conduct a significant

and substantial research program on the

involvement of community-based

disability organizations in promoting

technology for access and function that

will contribute to the advancement of

knowledge in accordance with the Plan

by:

• Investigating and developing

research questions, methodologies, and

recommendations for use by other

research entities in solving technologyrelated, engineering, psychosocial,

economic and other problems at the

individual and systems levels, in the

United States (U.S.); and

• Designing and testing models for

partnership of community-based

disability organizations in research,

participant observation studies and

other qualitative and quantitative

research approaches to using technology

in community-based settings;

(b) Disseminate findings from

community-based research to persons

with disabilities, their representatives,

disability and rehabilitation service

providers, researchers, planners, and

policy makers; and

(c) Describe how the applicant will

develop research capacity among

individuals with disabilities at the

community level.

In carrying out these purposes, the

project must:

• Coordinate with appropriate

federally funded projects. Coordination

responsibilities will be identified

through consultation with the NIDRR

project officer and may include outreach

to specific NIDRR DRRPs, RERCs,

Rehabilitation Research and Training

Centers (RRTCs), Disability Business

Technical Assistance Centers (DBTACs)

and AT Projects; Office of Special

Education technology projects and

Parent Training and Information

Centers; and Rehabilitation Services

Administration training, special

demonstration, and IL projects.

• Involve individuals with

disabilities in key decision-making.

• Participate in a formative review

session to be convened by the Resource

Center within six months of award, and

cooperate with the Resource Center’s

capacity-building and evaluation

activities.

• Participate in a state-of-the-science

conference in the third year of the grant.

Selection Criteria

The selection criteria to be used for

these competitions will be provided in

the application package for each

competition.

Applicable Program Regulations: 34

CFR part 350.

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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Numbers 84.133A, Disability

Rehabilitation Research Project)

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762(g) and

764(b).

Dated: June 20, 2001.

Francis V. Corrigan,

Deputy Director, National Institute on

Disability and Rehabilitation Research.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.133A]

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services; National

Institute on Disability and

Rehabilitation Research

ACTION: Notice inviting applications for

fiscal year (FY) 2001 new awards and

announcement of pre-application

meetings.

SUMMARY: We invite applications for

new FY 2001 grant awards for four

Disability and Rehabilitation Research

Projects and Centers Program (DRRP)

on: (1) Assistive Technology Outcomes

and Impacts, (2) Assistive Technology

Research Projects for Individuals with

Cognitive Disabilities, (3) Resource

Center for Community-based Research

on Technology for Independence, and

(4) Community-based Research Projects

on Technology for Independence.

Purpose of the Program

The purpose of the Disability and

Rehabilitation Research Projects and

Centers Program is to improve the

effectiveness of services authorized

under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

We take this action to focus research

attention on an area of national need.

The priorities are intended to improve

rehabilitation services and outcomes for

individuals with disabilities.

National Education Goals

The eight National Education Goals

focus the Nation’s education reform

efforts and provide a framework for

improving teaching and learning.

This notice addresses the National

Education Goal that every adult

American will be literate and will

possess the knowledge and skills

necessary to compete in a global

economy and exercise the rights and

responsibilities of citizenship.

Applicable Regulations

The Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR),

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

86 and 97; and the following program

regulations: Disability Rehabilitation

Research Projects and Centers—34 CFR

part 350, and the Notice of Final Priority

published elsewhere in this issue of the

Federal Register.

Pre-Application Meeting

Interested parties are invited to

participate in pre-application meetings

to discuss the funding priorities. In each

meeting you will receive technical

assistance and information about the

funding priority. You may attend the

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meetings either in person or by

conference call 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 noon. NIDRR staff will also be

available at this location from 1:30 p.m.

to 4:00 p.m. on that same day to provide

technical assistance through individual

consultation about the funding priority.

Pre-Application Meeting Dates

The pre-application meeting for both

the Resource Center for Communitybased Research on Technology for

Independence and Community-based

Research Projects on Technology for

Independence priorities will be held on

July 11, 2001. For further information or

to make arrangements to attend the July

11, 2001 meeting contact Dawn Carlson,

Switzer Building, room 3421, 400

Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington,

DC 20202. Internet:

Dawn.Carlson@ed.gov Telephone (202)

401–2068. If you use a

telecommunication device for the deaf

(TDD), you may call (202) 205–4475.

The pre-application meeting for the

Assistive Technology Outcomes and

Impacts priority will be held on July 17,

2001. For further information or to make

arrangements to attend the July 17, 2001

meeting contact Donna Nangle, Switzer

Building, room 3414, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202.

Internet: Donna.Nangle@ed.gov

Telephone (202) 205–5880. If you use a

telecommunication device for the deaf

(TDD), you may call (202) 205–4475.

The pre-application meeting for the

Assistive Technology Research Projects

for Individuals with Cognitive

Disabilities priority will be held on July

18, 2001. For further information or to

make arrangements to attend the July

18, 2001 meeting contact Roseann

Rafferty, Switzer Building, room 3428,

400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20202. Internet:

Roseann.Rafferty@ed.gov Telephone

(202) 205–5867. If you use a

telecommunication device for the deaf

(TDD), you may call (202) 205–4475.

Assistance to Individuals With

Disabilities at the Public Meetings

The meeting site is accessible to

individuals with disabilities, and a sign

language interpreter will be available. If

you need an auxiliary aid or service

other than a sign language interpreter in

order to participate in the meeting (e.g.,

other interpreting service such as oral,

cued speech, or tactile interpreter;

assistive listening device; or materials in

alternative format), notify the contact

person listed in this notice at least two

weeks before the scheduled meeting

date. Although we will attempt to meet

a request we receive after this date, we

may not be able to make available the

requested auxiliary aid or service

because of insufficient time to arrange

it.

APPLICATION NOTICE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001—DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION RESEARCH PROJECTS, CFDA NO. 84–

133A

Funding priority Deadline for transmittal

of applications

Estimated

number of

awards

Maximum

award amount

(per year)*

Project period

(months)

84.133A–4, Assistive Technology Outcomes and Impacts .... August 15, 2001 .................... 2 $450,000 60

84.133A–6, Assistive Technology Research Projects for Individuals with Cognitive Disabilities.August 15, 2001 .................... 3 300,000 60

84.133A–5, Resource Center for Community-based Research on Technology for Independence.August 15, 2001 .................... 1 300,000 60

84.133A–7, Community-based Research Projects on Technology for Independence.August 15, 2001 .................... 3 300,000 60

*Note: The Secretary will reject without consideration or evaluation any application that proposes a project funding level that exceeds the stated maximum award amount in any year (See 34 CFR 75.104(b)).

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.

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 for-profit

organizations, institutions of higher

education, and Indian tribes and tribal

organizations.

Selection Criteria

The selection criteria to be used for

these competitions will be provided in

the application package for each

competition.

For Applications Contact

Education Publications Center (ED

Pubs), P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD

20794–1398. Telephone (toll free): 1–

877–433–7827. FAX: (301) 470–1244. If

you use a telecommunications device

for the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll

free): 1–877–576–7734.

You may also contact ED Pubs via its

Web site: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/

edpubs.html or its E-mail address

(edpubs@inet.ed.gov). If you request an

application from ED Pubs, be sure to

identify this competition as follows:

CFDA number 84.133A.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain a copy of the application package

in an alternative format by contacting

the Grants and Contracts Services Team,

U.S. Department of Education, 400

Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3317,

Switzer Building, Washington, DC

20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 205–

8351. If you use a telecommunications

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call

the Federal Information Relay Services

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339. However,

the Department is not able to reproduce

in an alternative format the standard

forms included in the application

package.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donna Nangle, U.S. Department of

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,

room 3414, Switzer Building,

Washington, DC 20202–2645.

Telephone: (202) 205–5880. Individuals

who use a telecommunications device

for the deaf (TDD) may call the TDD

number at (202) 205–4475. Internet:

Donna.Nangle@ed.gov.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain this document in an alternative

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

computer diskette) on request to the

contact person listed in the preceding

paragraph.

Electronic Access to This Document

You may review this document, as

well as all other Department of

Education documents published in the

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Federal Register, in text or Adobe

Portable Document Format (PDF) on the

Internet at the following site:

www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister.

To use PDF you must have Adobe

Acrobat Reader, which is available free

at this site. If you have questions about

using PDF, call the U.S. Government

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–

888–293–6498; or in the Washington,

DC, area at (202) 512–1530.

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.access.gpo.gov/nara/

index.html.

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762(g) and

764(b).

Dated: June 20, 2001.

Francis V. Corrigan,

Deputy Director, National Institute on

Disability and Rehabilitation Research.

[FR Doc. 01–15960 Filed 6–25–01; 8:45 am]

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