Opportunity Information: Apply for ED GRANTS 061113 005
Apply for ED GRANTS 061113 005
- The Department of Education in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OSERS/NIDRR The Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers Individual Mobility and Manipulation CFDA Number 84.133E 7" 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 Jun 11, 2013 and posted on Jun 11, 2013.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 12, 2013 Applications Available June 11, 2013. Date of Pre Application Meeting July 2, 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 July 2, 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 July 16, 2013. Notice of Intent To Apply Due to the broad nature of the priorities in these competitions, and to assist with the selection of reviewers for these competitions, 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 priority to which the potential applicant is responding (2) 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 (3) 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 (4) a list of proposed project staff including the Project Director or PI and key personnel (5) 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 (6) contact information for the Project Director or PI. Submission of an LOI is not a prerequisite for eligibility to submit an application. NIDRR will accept the optional LOI via mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or commercial carrier) or email, by July 16, 2013. 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 August 12, 2013.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $925,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $925,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Private institutions of higher education Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification) Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) For profit organizations other than small businesses County governments Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Small businesses Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education State governments Independent school districts Special district governments City or township governments.
- 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 funding opportunity comes from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), through the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), under the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program. The specific competition summarized here is for a Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) focused on Individual Mobility and Manipulation, listed under CFDA 84.133E-7. In practical terms, the program is aimed at supporting a single center (one expected award) that will carry out advanced rehabilitation engineering research and related activities to improve outcomes for people with disabilities, with a particular emphasis on those with the most severe disabilities.
At the broad program level, the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program funds research, demonstrations, training, and related efforts (including international activities) that develop methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technologies. The underlying policy goal is to maximize full inclusion and integration into society by improving employment, independent living, family support, and both economic and social self-sufficiency for individuals with disabilities. A parallel goal is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, which is the central federal statute governing many vocational rehabilitation and independent living supports.
Within that larger program, the RERC model is designed to function as an applied, engineering-driven research center that not only studies problems but also builds and evaluates real technology solutions and helps move them into practice. The notice highlights several core expectations of RERCs: conducting advanced engineering research; developing and evaluating innovative technologies; supporting changes in service delivery systems; stimulating private-sector production and distribution of newly developed technologies and equipment; and providing training opportunities. The RERCs are also framed as barrier-removal organizations, meaning they are expected to tackle rehabilitation problems and environmental barriers that limit employment, community living and participation, and health and functional outcomes. The government points applicants to the formal regulatory requirements for RERCs in 34 CFR part 350, subpart D, which sets the baseline federal rules for what an RERC must do and how it is expected to operate.
This notice is part of a group of four separate RERC competitions (CFDA 84.133E-5, -6, -7, and -8). The specific competition here (84.133E-7) is titled Individual Mobility and Manipulation, indicating a technology and engineering emphasis on improving how individuals move and interact with their environments, including tasks involving physical handling, reach, grasp, and daily functional manipulation. While the text provided is a synopsis and does not list the detailed priority language for the topic area, it makes clear that applicants are expected to align their proposed center with the federal priority described in the official Federal Register application notice and to propose a structured set of research, development, evaluation, training, and knowledge-translation activities consistent with RERC requirements.
The opportunity is a discretionary grant with an estimated total funding amount of $925,000 and an award ceiling of $925,000, reflecting that the competition expects to make a single award at that level. The listing also indicates that cost sharing or matching is required, meaning applicants should be prepared to document non-federal contributions consistent with the official notice and federal grants rules. Because matching rules can vary by program and year, applicants are directed to the Federal Register notice for the exact percentage, allowable sources, and documentation standards.
Eligibility is broad and includes states; public or private agencies; public or private organizations (including for-profit organizations); institutions of higher education (both public and private); and federally recognized tribes, as well as tribal organizations. The opportunity also explicitly lists a wide range of eligible entity types commonly used in grants.gov systems, including nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status, small businesses, local governments, and special districts. The intent is to allow universities, nonprofit research groups, private-sector developers, and governmental or tribal entities to lead or partner on a center proposal, as long as they meet the requirements in the official notice.
Applications had to be submitted electronically through Grants.gov, and the agency emphasizes that applications cannot be submitted by email. Applicants were instructed to find the application package by searching for CFDA 84.133 (without the alpha suffix) in Grants.gov. Key timeline dates in the notice include a posted/applications-available date of June 11, 2013, a pre-application meeting on July 2, 2013 (held by conference call with an additional window for individual technical assistance consultations), an optional notice of intent to apply (LOI) deadline of July 16, 2013, and an application submission deadline of August 12, 2013. The LOI was requested to help NIDRR plan the peer review process given the broad priorities; it was not required for eligibility and was not scored. The LOI instructions were specific: up to four pages, identifying the priority, proposed title, applicant and project leadership, partners, a high-level but sufficiently detailed vision/goals/objectives and activities summary to support reviewer selection, key staff, potential reviewer conflicts of interest, and contact information for the project director or principal investigator.
For applicant support and questions, the notice provides two main contacts: a Grants.gov systems contact (Julius Cotton) for technical access issues, and the program manager (Marlene Spencer) for programmatic questions, the pre-application meeting, and LOI submission. The notice also stresses that the synopsis is not the authoritative source and that applicants should rely on the official Federal Register notice for definitive requirements covering eligibility nuances, required application components, performance measures, priorities, and submission instructions.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - RERC: Individual Mobility and Manipulation (CFDA 84.133E-7)
1) What is this funding opportunity?
This is a discretionary grant competition from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), 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 Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) focused on Individual Mobility and Manipulation (CFDA 84.133E-7).
2) What is an RERC in this context?
An RERC is an applied, engineering-driven research center expected to conduct advanced rehabilitation engineering research and related activities. Beyond studying problems, an RERC is expected to develop, evaluate, and help move real technology solutions into practice, consistent with the RERC requirements in 34 CFR part 350, subpart D.
3) What is the focus area of this particular competition (84.133E-7)?
This competition is titled Individual Mobility and Manipulation. It emphasizes technology and engineering approaches that improve how individuals move and interact with their environments, including tasks involving physical handling, reach, grasp, and daily functional manipulation.
4) What is the overarching purpose of the broader program (Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program)?
At the program level, the goal is to fund research, demonstrations, training, and related efforts (including international activities) that develop methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technologies. The policy aim is to maximize full inclusion and integration into society by improving employment, independent living, family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency for individuals with disabilities, and to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.
5) How many awards are expected under this competition?
The competition expects a single award (one center).
6) How much funding is available?
The estimated total funding amount is $925,000, and the award ceiling is also $925,000, reflecting that one award is expected at that level.
7) Is cost sharing or matching required?
Yes. The listing indicates that cost sharing or matching is required. Applicants are directed to the official Federal Register notice for the exact required percentage, allowable sources, and documentation standards.
8) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is broad and includes states; public or private agencies; public or private organizations (including for-profit organizations); institutions of higher education (public or private); federally recognized tribes; and tribal organizations. The opportunity also lists entity types commonly used in Grants.gov systems, such as nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status, small businesses, local governments, and special districts.
9) Can for-profit organizations apply?
Yes. For-profit organizations are explicitly included among eligible applicants.
10) Can institutions of higher education apply?
Yes. Both public and private institutions of higher education are listed as eligible.
11) Can tribal governments or tribal organizations apply?
Yes. Federally recognized tribes and tribal organizations are included among eligible applicants.
12) Are partnerships allowed or expected?
The eligibility language is broad enough to support proposals led by universities, nonprofit research groups, private-sector developers, and governmental or tribal entities, and it explicitly anticipates the inclusion of partners (the notice of intent to apply requests partner identification). The official Federal Register notice governs any specific partnership expectations.
13) What are the core expectations of an RERC?
The notice highlights several core expectations, including: conducting advanced engineering research; developing and evaluating innovative technologies; supporting changes in service delivery systems; stimulating private-sector production and distribution of newly developed technologies and equipment; and providing training opportunities.
14) What does it mean that RERCs are described as "barrier-removal organizations"?
It means RERCs are expected to tackle rehabilitation problems and environmental barriers that limit employment, community living and participation, and health and functional outcomes.
15) What regulations define the baseline federal requirements for an RERC?
The government points applicants to 34 CFR part 350, subpart D, which sets baseline federal rules for what an RERC must do and how it is expected to operate.
16) Where should applicants look for the authoritative requirements and priorities?
Applicants are cautioned that the synopsis is not the authoritative source. The official Federal Register application notice is the definitive source for requirements such as priorities, application components, performance measures, eligibility nuances, and submission instructions.
17) Is this competition part of a larger set of RERC competitions?
Yes. This notice is part of a group of four separate RERC competitions (CFDA 84.133E-5, 84.133E-6, 84.133E-7, and 84.133E-8). The specific one summarized here is 84.133E-7.
18) How must applications be submitted?
Applications had to be submitted electronically through Grants.gov. The agency emphasizes that applications cannot be submitted by email.
19) How do applicants locate the application package in Grants.gov?
Applicants were instructed to search for CFDA 84.133 (without the alpha suffix) in Grants.gov to find the application package.
20) What were the key dates listed in the notice?
- Applications available / posted date: June 11, 2013
- Pre-application meeting: July 2, 2013 (conference call, with a window for individual technical assistance consultations)
- Optional notice of intent (LOI) deadline: July 16, 2013
- Application submission deadline: August 12, 2013
21) Was a notice of intent to apply (LOI) required?
No. The LOI was requested to help NIDRR plan the peer review process, but it was not required for eligibility and it was not scored.
22) Why did NIDRR request a notice of intent to apply (LOI)?
The LOI was requested to help NIDRR plan the peer review process given the broad priorities, including helping with reviewer selection.
23) What were the LOI content requirements?
The LOI instructions specified up to four pages and asked applicants to include: the priority; the proposed title; applicant and project leadership; partners; a high-level but sufficiently detailed summary of vision, goals, objectives, and activities to support reviewer selection; key staff; potential reviewer conflicts of interest; and contact information for the project director or principal investigator.
24) How was the pre-application meeting conducted?
The pre-application meeting was held by conference call, and the notice also referenced an additional window for individual technical assistance consultations.
25) Who should be contacted for Grants.gov technical issues?
The notice lists Julius Cotton as the Grants.gov systems contact for technical access issues.
26) Who should be contacted for programmatic questions, the pre-application meeting, or LOI submission?
The notice lists Marlene Spencer as the program manager contact for programmatic questions, the pre-application meeting, and LOI submission.
27) What kinds of activities are expected within an RERC proposal?
Applicants are expected to propose a structured set of activities consistent with RERC requirements, including research, development, evaluation, training, and knowledge-translation activities aligned with the federal priority described in the official Federal Register notice.
28) Does the synopsis include the full detailed priority language for the topic area?
No. The text provided is a synopsis and does not include the detailed priority language. Applicants are expected to align with the priority described in the official Federal Register application notice.
29) What is the relationship of this program to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973?
A stated goal of the program is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, which is described as the central federal statute governing many vocational rehabilitation and independent living supports.
30) Are international activities allowed under the broader program?
Yes. The broader program description states that funded efforts may include international activities.
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