Opportunity Information: Apply for ED ACL GRANTS 021715 001
Apply for ED ACL GRANTS 021715 001
- The Department of Education in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "ED HHS Administration for Community Living NIDILRR Research Health and Function of Individuals with Disabilities CFDA Number 84.133A 3" 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 Feb 18, 2015 and posted on Feb 18, 2015.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 20, 2015 AGENCY Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services. Applications Available February 18, 2015. Date of Pre Application Meeting March 10, 2015. 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 NIDILRR staff. The pre application meeting will be held on March 10, 2015. Interested parties may participate in this meeting by conference call with NIDILRR staff from the Administration for Community Living between 100 p.m. and 300 p.m., Washington, DC time. NIDILRR 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 March 24, 2015. 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, NIDILRR 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 proposed activities at a sufficient level of detail to allow NIDILRR 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. NIDILRR will accept the optional LOI via mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or commercial carrier) or email, by March 24, 2015. The LOI must be sent to Carolyn Baron, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 550 12th Street SW., Room 5134, PCP, Washington, DC 20202 or by email to Carolyn.Baron@ed.gov. For further information regarding the LOI submission process, contact Carolyn Baron at (202) 245 6211. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications April 20, 2015.. (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: For profit organizations other than small businesses Independent school districts Special district governments State governments Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education City or township governments Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) County governments Private institutions of higher education Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- 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 Administration for Community Living (ACL) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through NIDILRR (the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research). It sits under the broader Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program, which supports research and related work aimed at improving outcomes for people with disabilities. The central idea is to generate practical, evidence-based knowledge and tools, including rehabilitation technologies, that help maximize full inclusion and integration into society. That includes improving employment, independent living, family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency, with an explicit emphasis on people with the most severe disabilities and on strengthening services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended).
Within that larger program, this specific competition is part of NIDILRRs Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRPs). DRRPs are intended to improve the effectiveness of disability and rehabilitation services by developing and testing methods, procedures, and technologies that advance independent living and employment outcomes. Projects funded under DRRP awards can include one or more of several activity types laid out in federal regulations (34 CFR 350.13 through 350.19), including research, training, demonstration, development, dissemination, utilization, and technical assistance. In other words, the program is not only interested in studies for publication; it is also interested in work that translates findings into usable practices and tools, and then helps those practices and tools get adopted in real-world systems.
The notice highlights multiple related competitions under different CFDA designations. The one named in your prompt is the "Health and Function of Individuals with Disabilities" competition under CFDA 84.133A-3 (Research). The Federal Register notice also references a related Health and Function development competition (84.133A-8) and parallel competitions focused on "Community Living and Participation of Individuals with Disabilities" (research 84.133A-4 and development 84.133A-9). Applicants are expected to pay close attention to the official Federal Register application notice because it governs the exact priorities, required application components, performance measures, and other submission rules. The text you provided is essentially a synopsis, not the authoritative version.
From a funding standpoint, the opportunity is a discretionary grant with an expected number of awards listed as one. The estimated total funding is $500,000, and the award ceiling is also $500,000, which suggests one award at up to that amount. The listing indicates a cost-sharing or matching requirement, meaning the recipient should be prepared to contribute non-federal resources in whatever form and amount the official notice requires (the synopsis does not spell out the percentage or the allowable sources, so the Federal Register notice is the place to confirm the exact matching rules).
Eligibility is broad and includes many common applicant types in federal research and service programs. Eligible applicants include states and units of government (state, county, city/township, special district, and independent school districts), public and private institutions of higher education, nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status (with some distinctions noted in the listing), for-profit organizations (other than small businesses are explicitly mentioned in the general eligible applicants list), and Native American tribal governments and tribal organizations. The eligibility section also summarizes that states, public or private agencies, public or private organizations (including for-profit organizations), institutions of higher education, and Indian tribes and tribal organizations may apply. If an applicant is unsure whether it fits, the official notice and any "additional information on eligibility" language should be used as the deciding reference.
The application process is electronic and must be handled through Grants.gov. Applicants are instructed to download the application package, complete it offline, and submit it through the Grants.gov system; emailing an application is not allowed. A practical detail that often trips people up is emphasized here: when searching in Grants.gov, applicants must search by the CFDA number without the alpha suffix, meaning you search for 84.133 rather than 84.133A. The funding opportunity number associated with this posting is ED-ACL-GRANTS-021715-001, and the opportunity was posted February 18, 2015, with applications available that same day.
The timeline in the synopsis includes optional but encouraged early engagement steps. A pre-application meeting was scheduled for March 10, 2015, held by conference call, with a two-hour group session (1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Washington, DC time) and an additional window for one-on-one technical assistance calls (3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.). This kind of meeting is typically used to clarify program intent, explain submission mechanics, and reduce avoidable compliance errors. The notice also requests, but does not require, a Letter of Intent (LOI) due March 24, 2015. The LOI is explicitly not peer reviewed and is not used to score the final application; instead, it is used mainly to help NIDILRR plan for appropriate peer reviewers, especially because the priorities are described as "open" in nature.
The LOI is capped at four pages and must include: the proposed project title; applicant name; the Project Director or Principal Investigator; partner institutions/entities; a brief but sufficiently detailed statement of the projects vision, goals, objectives, and proposed activities; a list of proposed project staff (including key personnel); a list of individuals who would present conflicts of interest if selected as peer reviewers; and the PI/Project Director contact information. LOIs could be submitted by mail or email to the contact named (Carolyn Baron), and again, submitting an LOI is not a prerequisite for submitting the full application. The full application deadline (deadline for transmittal) was April 20, 2015, and the archive date shown is May 20, 2015, indicating this posting is from a past cycle, though the structure is still useful for understanding how these competitions are run.
For applicant support and official points of contact, the synopsis provides two types of assistance. For technical issues accessing the announcement electronically, there is a Grants.gov systems contact (Julius Cotton) reachable by phone and at EducationGrantInquiries@ed.gov. For programmatic questions, the program manager contact is Patricia Barrett at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (address at 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Potomac Center Plaza), with phone and email provided. The synopsis repeatedly stresses that applicants should consult the official Federal Register notice for the full set of requirements, including performance measures, selection priorities, and other mandatory elements that govern how proposals are reviewed and what awardees must report and deliver.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) Who is offering this grant opportunity?
This opportunity is offered by the Administration for Community Living (ACL) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through NIDILRR (the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research).
2) What larger program does this competition fall under?
It is part of NIDILRR's broader Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program, which supports research and related work aimed at improving outcomes for people with disabilities.
3) What is the focus of this specific competition?
The specific competition highlighted here is the "Health and Function of Individuals with Disabilities" competition under CFDA 84.133A-3 (Research).
4) What are DRRPs, and how does this opportunity fit in?
This competition sits within NIDILRR's Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRPs). DRRPs are intended to improve the effectiveness of disability and rehabilitation services by developing and testing methods, procedures, and technologies that advance independent living and employment outcomes.
5) What kinds of project activities can be supported under a DRRP award?
DRRP-funded projects can include one or more activity types described in federal regulations (34 CFR 350.13 through 350.19). The synopsis lists examples such as research, training, demonstration, development, dissemination, utilization, and technical assistance. This indicates the program is interested not only in research studies, but also in translating findings into usable practices/tools and supporting adoption in real-world systems.
6) What is the overarching purpose of NIDILRR-funded work described in the synopsis?
The central idea is to generate practical, evidence-based knowledge and tools (including rehabilitation technologies) that maximize full inclusion and integration into society. The synopsis highlights outcomes such as improving employment, independent living, family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency, with explicit emphasis on people with the most severe disabilities and on strengthening services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended).
7) Are there related competitions mentioned in the notice?
Yes. The synopsis references multiple related competitions under different CFDA designations, including a Health and Function development competition (84.133A-8) and parallel competitions focused on "Community Living and Participation of Individuals with Disabilities" (research 84.133A-4 and development 84.133A-9).
8) How much funding is available?
The synopsis describes this as a discretionary grant with an estimated total funding amount of $500,000.
9) How many awards are expected?
The expected number of awards is listed as one.
10) What is the maximum award amount (ceiling)?
The award ceiling is $500,000, which aligns with the synopsis indicating one award up to that amount.
11) Is cost sharing or matching required?
Yes. The synopsis indicates there is a cost-sharing or matching requirement. However, it does not specify the required percentage, form, or allowable sources; applicants are directed to confirm the exact matching rules in the official Federal Register application notice.
12) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is described as broad. The synopsis lists eligible applicants including:
- States and units of government (state, county, city/township, special district, and independent school districts)
- Public and private institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status (with distinctions noted in the listing)
- For-profit organizations (with "other than small businesses" explicitly mentioned in the general eligible applicants list)
- Native American tribal governments and tribal organizations
The synopsis also summarizes that states, public or private agencies, public or private organizations (including for-profit organizations), institutions of higher education, and Indian tribes and tribal organizations may apply.
13) What should an applicant do if they are unsure about eligibility?
The synopsis advises applicants to use the official Federal Register application notice (and any "additional information on eligibility" language) as the deciding reference.
14) Where do applicants find the authoritative requirements for the competition?
The synopsis stresses that applicants must pay close attention to the official Federal Register application notice because it governs the exact priorities, required application components, performance measures, and submission rules. The synopsis is described as a summary rather than the authoritative version.
15) How must applications be submitted?
Applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov. The process described is to download the application package, complete it offline, and submit via Grants.gov. Email submission is not allowed.
16) How should applicants search for this opportunity in Grants.gov?
The synopsis includes a specific tip: when searching in Grants.gov, applicants must search by the CFDA number without the alpha suffix. That means searching for 84.133 rather than 84.133A.
17) What is the funding opportunity number?
The funding opportunity number associated with this posting is ED-ACL-GRANTS-021715-001.
18) When was the opportunity posted and when were applications made available?
The posting date is February 18, 2015, and the synopsis indicates applications were available the same day.
19) Was there a pre-application meeting?
Yes. A pre-application meeting was scheduled for March 10, 2015, held by conference call.
20) What was the schedule for the pre-application meeting?
The synopsis lists a two-hour group session from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Washington, DC time, followed by a one-on-one technical assistance call window from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
21) Is a Letter of Intent (LOI) required?
No. The synopsis requests, but does not require, a Letter of Intent (LOI). Submitting an LOI is explicitly not a prerequisite for submitting the full application.
22) When was the LOI due?
The requested LOI due date listed in the synopsis is March 24, 2015.
23) Is the LOI peer reviewed or scored?
No. The synopsis states the LOI is not peer reviewed and is not used to score the final application. It is mainly used to help NIDILRR plan for appropriate peer reviewers, particularly because the priorities are described as "open" in nature.
24) How long could the LOI be?
The LOI is capped at four pages.
25) What information had to be included in the LOI?
The synopsis states the LOI must include:
- Proposed project title
- Applicant name
- Project Director or Principal Investigator
- Partner institutions/entities
- A brief but sufficiently detailed statement of the project's vision, goals, objectives, and proposed activities
- A list of proposed project staff (including key personnel)
- A list of individuals who would present conflicts of interest if selected as peer reviewers
- PI/Project Director contact information
26) How could the LOI be submitted?
The synopsis indicates LOIs could be submitted by mail or email to the contact named (Carolyn Baron).
27) What was the deadline for the full application?
The deadline for transmittal (full application deadline) listed in the synopsis is April 20, 2015.
28) What is the archive date, and what does it suggest?
The archive date shown is May 20, 2015. This suggests the posting is from a past cycle, even though the structure and details may still be useful for understanding how these competitions are run.
29) Who should be contacted for technical problems with Grants.gov?
For technical issues accessing the announcement electronically, the synopsis lists a Grants.gov systems contact: Julius Cotton, and provides the email EducationGrantInquiries@ed.gov.
30) Who should be contacted for programmatic questions about the competition?
For programmatic questions, the synopsis lists the program manager contact as Patricia Barrett at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, with an address at 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Potomac Center Plaza, and indicates phone and email are provided in the synopsis.
31) Which document should be treated as controlling if there is any conflict with a summary?
The synopsis repeatedly emphasizes that the official Federal Register application notice is the controlling document for priorities, required components, performance measures, and other mandatory elements that determine how proposals are reviewed and what awardees must report and deliver.
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