Priority: Technologies for Successful Aging with Disabilities

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services announces a priority for an RERC for Technologies for Successful Aging With Disability under the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program administered by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). The Assistant Secretary may use this priority for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2008 and later years. We take this action to focus research attention on areas of national need. We intend this priority to improve rehabilitation services and outcomes for individuals with disabilities.

Technologies for Successful Aging With Disability

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.

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. Estimated Available Funds: $950,000. Maximum Award: We will reject any application that proposes a budget exceeding $950,000 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.

Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTCs)

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.

84.133B-7 Enhancing the Functional and Employment Outcomes of Individuals Who Experience Stroke

84.133B-8 Enhancing the Functional and Employment Outcomes of Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis.

84.133B-9 Aging With Physical Disability: Reducing Secondary Conditions and Enhancing Health and Participation, Including Employment.

84.133B-10 Participation and Community Living for Individuals With Psychiatric Disabilities.

NIDRR-Notice of final priorities for RRTCs

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services announces four priorities for RRTCs under the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program administered by NIDRR. The Assistant Secretary may use one or more of these priorities for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2008 and later years. We take this action to focus research attention on areas of national need. We intend these priorities to improve rehabilitation services and outcomes for individuals with disabilities. Priority 1--Enhancing the Functional and Employment Outcomes of Individuals Who Experience a Stroke. Priority 2--Enhancing the Functional and Employment Outcomes of Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis. Priority 3--Aging With Physical Disability: Reducing Secondary Conditions and Enhancing Health and Participation, Including Employment. Priority 4--Participation and Community Living for Individuals With Psychiatric Disabilities. DATES: Effective Date: These priorities are effective August 7, 2008. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Nangle, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 6029, Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: (202) 245-7462 or by e-mail: donna.nangle@ed.gov.

NIDRR Notice of final priorities for DRRP and RRTC.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We published a notice of proposed priorities (NPP) for NIDRR's Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program in the Federal Register on April 22, 2008 (73 FR 21607). The NPP included background statements that described our rationale for the three priorities proposed in that notice. There are differences between the NPP and this notice of final priorities (NFP) as discussed in the following section. In this notice, we are announcing one priority for a DRRP and one priority for an RRTC. For the DRRP, the final priority is: Priority 1--Centers on Research and Capacity Building To Improve Outcomes for Individuals With Disabilities From Traditionally Underserved Racial and Ethnic Populations. For the RRTC, the final priority is: Priority 2--Individuals With Disabilities Living in Rural Areas. Note: NIDRR intends to publish a separate notice of final priority for the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on Technologies for Successful Aging with Disability that was proposed in the NPP. Read More