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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 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 

Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from 34 

CFR 75.210 of EDGAR 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 in this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section in 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

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 specific 

requirements on reporting, please go to 

http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993 (GPRA), the following two 

measures will be used by the 

Department in assessing the 

performance of the FIPSE program as a 

whole: 

(1) The percentage of FIPSE grantees 

who report project dissemination to 

others; and 

(2) The percentage of FIPSE projects 

that report institutionalization on their 

home campuses. 

In addition, the program has 

developed two performance measures 

specifically for the FIPSE European 

Union-United States Atlantis Program: 

(1) The percentage of students 

pursuing a joint or dual degree who 

persist from one academic year to the 

next (persistence); and 

(2) The percentage of students who 

graduate within the project’s stated time 

for completing a joint or dual degree 

(graduation). 

If funded, you will be asked to collect 

and report data in your project’s annual 

performance report (EDGAR, 34 CFR 

75.590) on the program’s four measures. 

Consequently, applicants are advised to 

include these four measures in 

conceptualizing the design, 

implementation, and evaluation of their 

proposed projects. Consideration of the 

performance measures is an important 

part of many of the review criteria. 

Thus, it is important to the success of 

your application that you include these 

measures. These measures should be a 

part of the project evaluation plan, along 

with any measures of your progress on 

the goals and objectives that are specific 

to your project. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Frank Frankfort, Fund for the 

Improvement of Postsecondary 

Education, European Union-United 

States Atlantis Program, 1990 K Street, 

NW., Room 6152, Washington, DC 

20006–8544. Telephone: (202) 502–

7513. The contact person does not mail 

application materials. 

If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Alternative Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an alternative 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 in 

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. 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.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: January 29, 2008. 

Diane Auer Jones, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. E8–1918 Filed 1–31–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

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) 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2008. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Numbers: 84.133B–

1, 84.133B–3, 84.133B–4, and 84.133B–

5. 

Note: This notice invites applications for 

four separate competitions. For key dates, 

contact person information, and funding 

information regarding each of the four 

competitions, see the chart in the Award 

Information section of this notice. 

DATES: Applications Available: See 

chart. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: See chart. 

Date of Pre-Application Meeting: See 

chart. 

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. 

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Priorities: NIDRR has established five 

separate priorities for the four 

competitions announced in this notice. 

The General RRTC Requirements 

priority, which applies to all RRTC 

competitions and the remaining four 

priorities announced in this notice, are 

from the notice of final priorities for the 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers program, published 

elsewhere in this issue of the Federal 

Register. 

Absolute Priorities: For FY 2008, these 

priorities are absolute priorities. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), for each 

competition (designated by CFDA 

number in the following chart), we 

consider only applications that meet 

both the General RRTC Requirements 

priority and the absolute priority 

designated for that competition. 

Absolute Priority Corresponding Competition CFDA Number 

General RRTC Requirements .................................................................. 84.133B–1, 84.133B–3, 84.133B–4, 84.133B–5 

Personal Assistance Services (PAS) in the 21st Century ....................... 84.133B–1 

Disability Statistics and Demographics .................................................... 84.133B–3 

Health and Function Across the Lifespan of Individuals With Intellectual 

and Developmental Disabilities.

84.133B–4 

Community Living and Employment for Individuals with Intellectual and 

Developmental Disabilities.

84.133B–5 

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

and 764(b)(2). 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 

85, 86, and 97. (b) The regulations for 

this program in 34 CFR part 350. (c) The 

notice of final priorities for the 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers program, published 

elsewhere in this issue of the Federal 

Register. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

(IHEs) only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$7,650,000. 

Estimated Range of Awards: See 

chart. 

Maximum Award: See chart. 

Estimated Number of Awards: See 

chart. 

Project Period: See chart. 

REHABILITATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTERS APPLICATION NOTICE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008 

CFDA number and name 

Applications available 

Deadline 

for transmittal of 

applications 

Date of 

pre-application 

meeting 

Estimated 

range of 

awards 

Estimated 

average 

size of 

awards 

Maximum 

award * 

Estimated 

number of 

awards 

Project period Contact person 

84.133B–1 Personal Assistance 

Services (PAS) in the 21st 

Century.

02/01/08 04/01/08 02/27/08 $847,999–

850,000 

$848,999 $850,000 * 1 Up to 60 mos. Donna Nangle, 

(202) 245–

7462, 

Rm 6029. 

84.133B–3 Disability Statistics 

and Demographics.

.................. .................. 02/27/08 $847,999–

850,000 

848,999 850,000 * 1 Up to 60 mos.

84.133B–4 Health and Function 

Across the Lifespan of Individuals With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

.................. .................. 02/20/08 $847,999–

850,000 

848,999 850,000 * 1 Up to 60 mos.

84.133B–5 Community Living 

and Employment for Individuals 

with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

.................. .................. 02/20/08 $847,999–

850,000 

848,999 850,000 * 1 Up to 60 mos.

*We will reject any application that proposes a budget exceeding the maximum award for a single budget period of 12 months. The Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services may change the maximum amount through a notice published in the Federal Register. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Note: The maximum amount includes 

direct and indirect costs. The maximum 

allowable indirect cost rate is 15 percent. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: States; public 

or private agencies, including for-profit 

agencies; public or private 

organizations, including for-profit 

organizations; IHEs; and Indian tribes 

and tribal organizations. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not require cost 

sharing or matching. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: You can obtain an application 

package via the Internet or from the 

Education Publications Center (ED 

Pubs). To obtain a copy via the Internet, 

use the following address: http:// 

www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

grantapps/index.html. 

To obtain a copy from ED Pubs, write, 

fax, or call the following: Education 

Publications Center, 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), call, toll free: 

1–877–576–7734. 

You can contact ED Pubs at its Web 

site, also: www.ed.gov/pubs/ 

edpubs.html or at its e-mail address: 

edpubs@inet.ed.gov. 

If you request an application from ED 

Pubs, be sure to identify the competition 

to which you want to apply, as follows: 

CFDA number 84.133B–1, 84.13B–3, 

84.133B–4, or 84.133B–5. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, 

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the person or 

team listed under Alternative Format in 

section VIII of this notice. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

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the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for each 

competition announced in this notice. 

Page Limit: The application narrative 

(Part III of the application) is where you, 

the applicant, address the selection 

criteria that reviewers use to evaluate 

your application. We recommend that 

you limit Part III to the equivalent of no 

more than 125 pages for each 

competition, using the following 

standards: 

• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5′′ x 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. Single spacing 

may be used for titles, headings, 

footnotes, quotations, references, and 

captions, as well as all text in charts, 

tables, figures, and graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

The recommended page limit does not 

apply to Part I, the cover sheet; Part II, 

the budget section, including the 

narrative budget justification; Part IV, 

the assurances and certifications; or the 

one-page abstract, the resumes, the 

bibliography, or the letters of support. 

However, the recommended page limit 

does apply to all of the application 

narrative section (Part III). 

The application package will provide 

instructions for completing all 

components to be included in the 

application. Each application must 

include a cover sheet (Standard Form 

424); budget requirements (ED Form 

524) and narrative justification; other 

required forms; an abstract, Human 

Subjects narrative, Part III narrative; 

resumes of staff; and other related 

materials, if applicable. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: See chart. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: See chart. 

Pre-Application Meeting: Interested 

parties are invited to participate in any 

of the pre-application meetings held for 

the competitions announced in this 

notice and to receive information and 

technical assistance through individual 

consultation with NIDRR staff. The 

dates for each of the competitions’ preapplication meetings are listed in the 

chart in the Award Information section 

in this notice. Interested parties may 

participate in these meetings on the 

dates listed in the chart by conference 

call with NIDRR staff from the Office of 

Special Education and Rehabilitative 

Services between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m., 

Washington, DC time. For each meeting, 

NIDRR staff also will be available from 

1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the same day, 

by telephone, to provide information 

and technical assistance through 

individual consultation. For further 

information or to make arrangements to 

participate in any of these meetings via 

conference call or for an individual 

consultation, contact Donna Nangle, 

U.S. Department of Education, Potomac 

Center Plaza (PCP), Room 6029, 550 

12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20202. Telephone: (202) 245–7462 or by 

e-mail: Donna.Nangle@ed.gov. 

Applications for grants under this 

program may be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov), or in paper 

format by mail or hand delivery. For 

information (including dates and times) 

about how to submit your application 

electronically, or in paper format by 

mail or hand delivery, please refer to 

section IV.6. Other Submission 

Requirements in 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 in 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. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

competition is not subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section in this notice. 

6. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

program may be submitted 

electronically or in paper format by mail 

or hand delivery. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

To comply with the President’s 

Management Agenda, we are 

participating as a partner in the 

Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site. 

The Rehabilitation Research and 

Training Centers competitions, CFDA 

number 84.133B–1, 84.133B–3, 

84.133B–4, or 84.133B–5, announced in 

this notice are included in this project. 

We request your participation in 

Grants.gov. 

If you choose to submit your 

application electronically, you must use 

the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply 

site at http://www.Grants.gov. Through 

this site, you will be able to download 

a copy of the application package, 

complete it offline, and then upload and 

submit your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant 

application to us. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for the Rehabilitation 

Research and Training Centers 

competitions—CFDA number 84.133B–

1, 84.133B–3, 84.133B–4, or 84.133B–5 

at http://www.Grants.gov. You must 

search for the downloadable application 

package for this program by the CFDA 

number. Do not include the CFDA 

number’s alpha suffix in your search 

(e.g., search for 84.133, not 84.133B). 

Please note the following: 

• Your participation in Grants.gov is 

voluntary. 

• When you enter the Grants.gov site, 

you will find information about 

submitting an application electronically 

through the site, as well as the hours of 

operation. 

• Applications received by Grants.gov 

are date and time stamped. Your 

application must be fully uploaded and 

submitted and must be date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system no 

later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, on the application deadline date. 

Except as otherwise noted in this 

section, we will not consider your 

application if it is date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system later 

than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. When we 

retrieve your application from 

Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are 

rejecting your application because it 

was date and time stamped by the 

Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. 

• The amount of time it can take to 

upload an application will vary 

depending on a variety of factors, 

including the size of the application and 

the speed of your Internet connection. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the submission 

process through Grants.gov. 

• You should review and follow the 

Education Submission Procedures for 

submitting an application through 

Grants.gov that are included in the 

application package for the competition 

to which you are applying to ensure that 

you submit your application in a timely 

manner to the Grants.gov system. You 

can also find the Education Submission 

Procedures pertaining to Grants.gov at 

http://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/ 

GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf. 

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• To submit your application via 

Grants.gov, you must complete all steps 

in the Grants.gov registration process 

(see http://www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

get_registered.jsp). These steps include 

(1) registering your organization, a 

multi-part process that includes 

registration with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR); (2) registering yourself 

as an Authorized Organization 

Representative (AOR); and (3) getting 

authorized as an AOR by your 

organization. Details on these steps are 

outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step 

Registration Guide (see http:// 

www.grants.gov/section910/ 

Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). 

You also must provide on your 

application the same D–U–N–S Number 

used with this registration. Please note 

that the registration process may take 

five or more business days to complete, 

and you must have completed all 

registration steps to allow you to submit 

successfully an application via 

Grants.gov. In addition you will need to 

update your CCR registration on an 

annual basis. This may take three or 

more business days to complete. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you submit your 

application in paper format. 

• If you submit your application 

electronically, you must submit all 

documents electronically, including all 

information you typically provide on 

the following forms: Application for 

Federal Assistance (SF 424), the 

Department of Education Supplemental 

Information for SF 424, Budget 

Information—Non-Construction 

Programs (ED 524), and all necessary 

assurances and certifications. Please 

note that two of these forms—the SF 424 

and the Department of Education 

Supplemental Information for SF 424—

have replaced the ED 424 (Application 

for Federal Education Assistance). 

• If you submit your application 

electronically, you must attach any 

narrative sections of your application as 

files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich 

text), or .PDF (Portable Document) 

format. If you upload a file type other 

than the three file types specified in this 

paragraph or submit a passwordprotected file, we will not review that 

material. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any page-limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive an 

automatic notification of receipt from 

Grants.gov that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. (This notification 

indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not 

receipt by the Department.) The 

Department then will retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov and send a 

second notification to you by e-mail. 

This second notification indicates that 

the Department has received your 

application and has assigned your 

application a PR/Award number (an EDspecified identifying number unique to 

your application). 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on forms at a later 

date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of Technical Issues with the 

Grants.gov System: If you are 

experiencing problems submitting your 

application through Grants.gov, please 

contact the Grants.gov Support Desk, 

toll free, at 1–800–518–4726. You must 

obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number and must keep a record of it. 

If you are prevented from 

electronically submitting your 

application on the application deadline 

date because of technical problems with 

the Grants.gov system, we will grant you 

an extension until 4:30 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, the following 

business day to enable you to transmit 

your application electronically or by 

hand delivery. You also may mail your 

application by following the mailing 

instructions described elsewhere in this 

notice. 

If you submit an application after 4:30 

p.m., Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in 

section VII in this notice and provide an 

explanation of the technical problem 

you experienced with Grants.gov, along 

with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number. We will accept your 

application if we can confirm that a 

technical problem occurred with the 

Grants.gov system and that that problem 

affected your ability to submit your 

application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date. The Department will contact you 

after a determination is made on 

whether your application will be 

accepted. 

Note: The extensions to which we refer in 

this section apply only to the unavailability 

of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov 

system. We will not grant you an extension 

if you failed to fully register to submit your 

application to Grants.gov before the 

application deadline date and time or if the 

technical problem you experienced is 

unrelated to the Grants.gov system. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. 

If you submit your application in 

paper format 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 applicable following 

address: 

By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, 

Attention: (CFDA number 84.133B–1, 

84.133B–3, 84.133B–4, or 84.133B–5), 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4260; or 

By mail through a commercial carrier: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Stop 

4260, Attention: (CFDA number 

84.133B–1, 84.133B–3, 84.133B–4, or 

84.133B–5), 7100 Old Landover Road, 

Landover, MD 20785–1506. 

Regardless of which address you use, 

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. 

c. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Hand Delivery. 

If you submit your application in 

paper format 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 number 84.133B–1, 84.133B–3, 

84.133B–4, or 84.133B–5), 550 12th 

Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 8 

a.m. and 4:30 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 

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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 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. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from 34 

CFR 350.54 and are listed in the 

application package. 

2. Review and Selection Process: 

Additional factors we consider in 

determining the merits of an application 

are as follows—

The Secretary is interested in 

outcomes-oriented research or 

development projects that use rigorous 

scientific methodologies. To address 

this interest, applicants are encouraged 

to articulate goals, objectives, and 

expected outcomes for the proposed 

research or development activities. 

Proposals should describe how results 

and planned outputs are expected to 

contribute to advances in knowledge, 

improvements in policy and practice, 

and public benefits for individuals with 

disabilities. Applicants should propose 

projects that are designed to be 

consistent with these goals. We 

encourage applicants to include in their 

application a description of how results 

will measure progress towards 

achievement of anticipated outcomes 

(including a discussion of the proposed 

measures of effectiveness), the 

mechanisms that will be used to 

evaluate outcomes associated with 

specific problems or issues, and how the 

proposed activities will support new 

intervention approaches and strategies. 

Submission of the information 

identified in this section V. 2. 

Review and Selection Process is 

voluntary, except where required by the 

selection criteria 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 Notice (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 in this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section in 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

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 specific 

requirements on reporting, please go to 

http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

Note: NIDRR will provide information by 

letter to grantees on how and when to submit 

the report. 

4. Performance Measures: To evaluate 

the overall success of its research 

program, NIDRR assesses the quality of 

its funded projects through a review of 

grantee performance and products. Each 

year, NIDRR examines, a portion of its 

grantees to determine: 

• The percentage of newly-awarded 

NIDRR projects that are conducting at 

least one multi-site, collaborative 

controlled trial of interventions and 

programs. 

• The number of accomplishments 

(e.g., new or improved tools, methods, 

discoveries, standards, interventions, 

programs, or devices) developed or 

tested with NIDRR funding that have 

been judged by expert panels to be of 

high quality and to advance the field. 

• The average number of publications 

per award based on NIDRR-funded 

research and development activities in 

refereed journals. 

• The percentage of new grants that 

include studies funded by NIDRR that 

assess the effectiveness of interventions, 

programs, and devices using appropriate 

methods. 

NIDRR uses information submitted by 

grantees as part of their Annual 

Performance Reports (APRs) in support 

of these performance measures. 

Updates on the Government 

Performance and Results Act of 1993 

(GPRA) indicators, revisions and 

methods appear on the NIDRR Program 

Review Web site: http:// 

www.neweditions.net/pr/commonfiles/ 

pmconcepts.htm. 

Grantees should consult these sites on 

a regular basis to obtain details and 

explanations on how NIDRR programs 

contribute to the advancement of the 

Department’s long-term and annual 

performance goals. 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donna Nangle, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 6029, PCP, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7462 or by e-mail: 

Donna.Nangle@ed.gov 

If you use a TDD, call the Federal 

Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–

877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Alternative Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an alternative 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: www.ed.gov/news/ 

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: www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: January 29, 2008. 

Tracy R. Justesen, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

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