NIDR - Accessible Public Transportation

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 Engineering Research Centers (RERCs)--Accessible Public Transportation; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.133E-3. Dates: Applications Available: June 17, 2008. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 1, 2008. Date of Pre-Application Meeting: July 9, 2008. Full Text of Announcement I. Funding Opportunity Description Purpose of Program: The purpose of the RERC program is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, by conducting advanced engineering research and development on innovative technologies that are designed to solve particular rehabilitation problems, or remove environmental barriers. RERCs also demonstrate and evaluate such technologies, facilitate service delivery system changes, stimulate the production and distribution of new technologies and equipment in the private sector, and provide training opportunities. Additional information on the RERC program can be found at: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/res-program.html#RERC. Priority: The Accessible Public Transportation 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).