Opportunity Information: Apply for ED GRANTS 112913 002
Apply for ED GRANTS 112913 002
- The Department of Education in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRPs) Community Living and Participation of Individuals with Disabilities CFDA Number 84.133A 9 (Development)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 84.133 National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research.
- This funding opportunity was created on Nov 29, 2013 and posted on Nov 29, 2013.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 28, 2014 Applications Available November 29, 2013. Date of Pre Application Meeting December 20, 2013. Date of Pre Application Meeting Interested parties are invited to participate in a pre application meeting and to receive information and technical assistance through individual consultation with NIDRR staff. The pre application meeting will be held on December 20, 2013. Interested parties may participate in this meeting by conference call with NIDRR staff from the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services between 100 p.m. and 300 p.m., Washington, DC time. NIDRR staff also will be available from 330 p.m. to 430 p.m., Washington, DC time, 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 the meeting via conference call or to arrange for an individual consultation, contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of this notice. Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply January 3, 2014. Notice of Intent to Apply Due to the open nature of the DRRP priorities announced here, and to assist with the selection of reviewers for this competition, NIDRR is requesting all potential applicants to submit a letter of intent (LOI). The submission is not mandatory and the content of the LOI will not be peer reviewed or otherwise used to rate an applicants application. Each LOI should be limited to a maximum of four pages and include the following information (1) The title of the proposed project, the name of the applicant, the name of the Project Director or Principal Investigator (PI), and the names of partner institutions and entities (2) a brief statement of the vision, goals, and objectives of the proposed project and a description of its activities at a sufficient level of detail to allow NIDRR to select potential peer reviewers (3) a list of proposed project staff including the Project Director or PI and key personnel (4) a list of individuals whose selection as a peer reviewer might constitute a conflict of interest due to involvement in proposal development, selection as an advisory board member, co PI relationships, etc. and (5) contact information for the Project Director or PI. Submission of a LOI is not a prerequisite for eligibility to submit an application. NIDRR will accept the optional LOI via surface mail or email, by January 3, 2014. The LOI must be sent to Marlene Spencer, U.S. Department of Education, 550 12th Street, SW., room 5133, Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC 20202 or by email to marlene.spencer@ed.gov. For further information regarding the LOI submission process, contact Marlene Spencer at (202) 245 7532. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications January 28, 2014.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $500,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Small businesses Private institutions of higher education County governments Public and State controlled institutions of higher education City or township governments State governments Independent school districts Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification) Special district governments Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) For profit organizations other than small businesses.
- 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.
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Opportunity Summary:
This grant opportunity comes from the U.S. Department of Education through the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) under the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program. The specific competition is for a Disability and Rehabilitation Research Project (DRRP) focused on "Community Living and Participation of Individuals with Disabilities" under CFDA 84.133A-9, which is the Development track. In practical terms, the program is meant to fund work that strengthens independent living and participation in everyday community life for people with disabilities, with particular attention to individuals with the most severe disabilities. The larger program’s mission is broad: support research, demonstrations, training, and related activities (including international work when relevant) that lead to better methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technologies. The underlying policy goal is to maximize inclusion and integration in society, employment, independent living, family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency, while also improving the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended).
Within that larger mission, DRRPs are positioned as applied, outcomes-oriented projects that develop and advance approaches that improve independent living and employment results. DRRPs can conduct one or more allowable activity types described in federal regulations (34 CFR 350.13 through 350.19), including research, training, demonstration, development, dissemination, utilization, and technical assistance. For this particular listing, the emphasis is on "development," which generally signals work aimed at building, refining, testing, or preparing interventions, tools, models, or technologies that can be used by systems and providers, rather than only producing generalizable research findings. The notice also points out that parallel DRRP competitions exist across three broad topic areas with separate CFDA suffixes: Community Living and Participation (84.133A-4 research; 84.133A-9 development), Health and Function (84.133A-3 research; 84.133A-8 development), and Employment (84.133A-1 research; 84.133A-7 development). Applicants are expected to locate the correct package in Grants.gov by searching the base CFDA number "84.133" (without the letter suffix).
Administratively, this was a discretionary grant competition with an expected single award. The estimated total funding was $500,000, and the award ceiling was also $500,000, indicating one project funded up to that amount. The opportunity included a cost sharing or matching requirement (the notice flags that matching is required, though the specific percentage and rules would be defined in the official Federal Register notice and associated guidance). The funding instrument type is a grant, and the activity category is listed as education, reflecting the Department of Education’s structure even though the content is disability and rehabilitation research and development.
Eligibility was intentionally broad. Eligible applicants included states and public or private agencies and organizations, including for-profit entities; institutions of higher education (both public and private); Indian tribes and tribal organizations; and multiple categories of government applicants (state, county, city/township, special districts), as well as certain school districts. The listing also explicitly mentions small businesses and other for-profit organizations as potentially eligible, alongside nonprofit and governmental entities. Because the synopsis repeatedly stresses that the Federal Register notice is the controlling document, applicants would need to rely on that official notice for any nuanced restrictions, definitions, or documentation requirements tied to eligibility.
The application process required electronic submission through Grants.gov. Applicants were instructed to download the application package, complete it offline, and upload it through the Grants.gov Apply system; emailing an application to the agency was not allowed. To help applicants prepare, NIDRR scheduled a pre-application meeting on December 20, 2013, held by conference call from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Washington, DC time, followed by a window for individual technical assistance consultations by phone from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. that same day. These sessions were meant to provide information and clarify requirements, and interested parties were directed to coordinate participation with the program contact listed in the notice.
The competition also requested, but did not require, a Notice of Intent to Apply in the form of a letter of intent (LOI). The LOI was due January 3, 2014, could be submitted by surface mail or email, and was capped at four pages. It was not scored and not used to rate applications; instead, its main purpose was to help NIDRR plan the peer review process by understanding what kinds of proposals were coming in and avoiding conflicts. The LOI was expected to include the project title; applicant organization; the Project Director/Principal Investigator; partner institutions; a brief but sufficiently detailed description of the project vision, goals, objectives, and planned activities; proposed staff and key personnel; any individuals who should not serve as peer reviewers due to conflicts of interest; and contact information for the PI/Project Director. Importantly, submitting an LOI was not a prerequisite for submitting a full application.
Key dates in the listing were: applications became available November 29, 2013; the pre-application meeting took place December 20, 2013; the optional LOI deadline was January 3, 2014; and the deadline for transmittal of applications was January 28, 2014. The funding opportunity number was ED-GRANTS-112913-002, the opportunity was posted November 29, 2013, and it was later archived February 27, 2014. Program and submission assistance contacts were provided, including a Grants.gov systems contact (Julius Cotton) and the program manager (Marlene Spencer), with phone numbers and email addresses included for technical issues, meeting arrangements, and programmatic questions.
Overall, the opportunity was designed to fund one development-focused DRRP that would create or improve practical methods, procedures, or rehabilitation technologies that measurably support community living and participation for people with disabilities, aligned with the Rehabilitation Act’s goals and NIDRR’s mandate. For precise requirements such as selection criteria, performance measures, specific priority language, required forms, and the exact cost-share rules, applicants were repeatedly directed to rely on the official Federal Register application notice as the authoritative source.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
1) What is this grant opportunity?
This is a discretionary grant competition from the U.S. Department of Education through the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), under the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers (DRRPC) Program. The specific competition is a Disability and Rehabilitation Research Project (DRRP) focused on "Community Living and Participation of Individuals with Disabilities" under CFDA 84.133A-9 (Development track).
2) What is the primary purpose of this DRRP competition?
The purpose is to fund development-focused work that strengthens independent living and participation in everyday community life for people with disabilities, with particular attention to individuals with the most severe disabilities. The broader mission supports research, demonstrations, training, and related activities that lead to improved methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technologies and that advance inclusion, integration, employment, independent living, family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency.
3) What does "Development track" (84.133A-9) mean in practical terms?
"Development" generally signals work aimed at building, refining, testing, or preparing interventions, tools, models, or technologies that can be used by systems and providers, rather than only producing generalizable research findings. The listing emphasizes development as the focus for this particular competition.
4) What kinds of activities can a DRRP carry out?
DRRPs may conduct one or more allowable activity types described in federal regulations (34 CFR 350.13 through 350.19). The listing identifies the following allowable activity types: research, training, demonstration, development, dissemination, utilization, technical assistance. This particular opportunity emphasizes development.
5) How does this competition fit within other DRRP topic areas?
The listing notes parallel DRRP competitions across three broad topic areas, each with separate CFDA suffixes:
- Community Living and Participation: 84.133A-4 (Research) and 84.133A-9 (Development)
- Health and Function: 84.133A-3 (Research) and 84.133A-8 (Development)
- Employment: 84.133A-1 (Research) and 84.133A-7 (Development)
6) How do applicants find the correct application package in Grants.gov?
Applicants were expected to locate the correct package in Grants.gov by searching the base CFDA number "84.133" (without the letter suffix), and then selecting the correct competition/application package.
7) What is the funding instrument type and activity category?
The funding instrument is a grant. The activity category is listed as education, reflecting the Department of Education structure, even though the content is disability and rehabilitation research and development.
8) How many awards were expected?
The listing describes this as a discretionary competition with an expected single award.
9) What is the estimated total funding and maximum award amount?
The estimated total funding amount was $500,000. The award ceiling was also $500,000, indicating one project funded up to that amount.
10) Is there a cost sharing or matching requirement?
Yes. The opportunity indicates that cost sharing/matching is required. The synopsis also emphasizes that the specific percentage and rules would be defined in the official Federal Register notice and associated guidance, which is the controlling source for the details.
11) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is broad. Eligible applicants include states and public or private agencies and organizations (including for-profit entities), institutions of higher education (public or private), Indian tribes and tribal organizations, and multiple categories of government applicants (state, county, city/township, special districts), as well as certain school districts. The listing explicitly mentions small businesses and other for-profit organizations as potentially eligible, alongside nonprofit and governmental entities.
12) Are for-profit organizations and small businesses allowed to apply?
Yes. The listing explicitly mentions for-profit organizations (including small businesses) as potentially eligible applicants.
13) Are institutions of higher education eligible?
Yes. Both public and private institutions of higher education are included among eligible applicants.
14) Are Indian tribes and tribal organizations eligible?
Yes. Indian tribes and tribal organizations are included among eligible applicants.
15) Should applicants rely on the synopsis for detailed eligibility rules?
No. The listing repeatedly stresses that the Federal Register notice is the controlling document. Applicants would need to rely on the official notice for nuanced restrictions, definitions, and documentation requirements tied to eligibility.
16) How must applications be submitted?
Applications had to be submitted electronically through Grants.gov. Applicants were instructed to download the application package, complete it offline, and upload it through the Grants.gov Apply system.
17) Can an application be emailed to the agency?
No. The listing states that emailing an application to the agency was not allowed.
18) Was there a pre-application meeting?
Yes. NIDRR scheduled a pre-application meeting on December 20, 2013. It was held by conference call from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Washington, DC time.
19) Was technical assistance offered to applicants?
Yes. After the pre-application conference call, the opportunity included a window for individual technical assistance consultations by phone from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Washington, DC time) on December 20, 2013.
20) How would an interested applicant participate in the pre-application meeting or technical assistance calls?
Interested parties were directed to coordinate participation with the program contact listed in the notice.
21) Was a Notice of Intent to Apply (Letter of Intent) required?
No. The competition requested, but did not require, a Notice of Intent to Apply in the form of a letter of intent (LOI). Submitting an LOI was not a prerequisite for submitting a full application.
22) When was the optional LOI due, and how could it be submitted?
The optional LOI deadline was January 3, 2014. It could be submitted by surface mail or email.
23) How long could the LOI be?
The LOI was capped at four pages.
24) How was the LOI used in the review process?
The LOI was not scored and was not used to rate applications. Its main purpose was to help NIDRR plan the peer review process by understanding what proposals were coming in and avoiding conflicts of interest.
25) What information was the LOI expected to include?
The LOI was expected to include:
- Project title
- Applicant organization
- Project Director/Principal Investigator (PI)
- Partner institutions
- A brief but sufficiently detailed description of the project vision, goals, objectives, and planned activities
- Proposed staff and key personnel
- Any individuals who should not serve as peer reviewers due to conflicts of interest
- Contact information for the PI/Project Director
26) What were the key dates for this opportunity?
- Applications available: November 29, 2013
- Pre-application meeting: December 20, 2013
- Optional LOI deadline: January 3, 2014
- Deadline for transmittal of applications: January 28, 2014
- Posted date: November 29, 2013
- Archived date: February 27, 2014
27) What is the funding opportunity number?
The funding opportunity number is ED-GRANTS-112913-002.
28) Who were the listed contacts for submission and program questions?
The listing provided contacts for both systems/submission assistance and programmatic questions, including a Grants.gov systems contact (Julius Cotton) and the program manager (Marlene Spencer), with phone numbers and email addresses included in the opportunity listing.
29) What does the program ultimately aim to improve for people with disabilities?
The program is designed to support efforts that maximize inclusion and integration in society, employment, independent living, family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency, while also improving the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended). For this specific competition, the emphasis is on practical development work that supports community living and participation.
30) Where are the official requirements and selection criteria defined?
The synopsis repeatedly directs applicants to the official Federal Register application notice as the authoritative source for precise requirements such as selection criteria, performance measures, specific priority language, required forms, and the exact cost-share rules.
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