80_FR_8348 80 FR 8317 - Applications for New Awards; National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research-Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program-Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers

80 FR 8317 - Applications for New Awards; National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research-Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program-Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 31 (February 17, 2015)

Page Range8317-8323
FR Document2015-03122

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 31 (Tuesday, February 17, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8317-8323]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03122]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Applications for New Awards; National Institute on Disability, 
Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research--Disability and 
Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program--Rehabilitation 
Engineering Research Centers

AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and 
Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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Overview Information

National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and 
Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR)--Disability and Rehabilitation 
Research Projects and Centers Program--Rehabilitation Engineering 
Research Centers (RERCs)--Individual Mobility

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and Manipulation, Information and Communication Technologies Access, 
and Physical Access and Transportation.
Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2015.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Numbers: 84.133E-1, 
84.133E-3, and 84.133E-5.

    Note:  This notice invites applications for three separate 
competitions. For funding and other key information for each of the 
three competitions, see the chart in the Award Information section 
of this notice.


DATES: 
    Applications Available: February 17, 2015.

    Note:  On July 22, 2014, President Obama signed the Workforce 
Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA). WIOA was effective immediately. 
One provision of WIOA transferred the National Institute on 
Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) from the Department 
of Education to the Administration for Community Living (ACL) in the 
Department of Health and Human Services. In addition, NIDRR's name 
was changed to the Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and 
Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). For FY 2015, all NIDILRR priority 
notices will be published as ACL notices, and ACL will make all 
NIDILRR awards. During this transition period, however, NIDILRR will 
continue to review grant applications using Department of Education 
tools. NIDILRR will post previously-approved application kits to 
grants.gov, and NIDILRR applications submitted to grants.gov will be 
forwarded to the Department of Education's G-5 system for peer 
review. We are using Department of Education application kits and 
peer review systems during this transition year in order to provide 
for a smooth and orderly process for our applicants.

    Date of Pre-Application Meeting: March 10, 2015.
    Deadline for Notice of Intent To Apply: March 24, 2015.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 20, 2015.

Full Text of Announcement

I. Funding Opportunity Description

    Purpose of Program: The purpose of the Disability and 
Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program (Program) is to 
plan and conduct research, demonstration projects, training, and 
related activities, including international activities, to develop 
methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technology. The Program's 
activities are designed to maximize the full inclusion and integration 
into society, employment, independent living, family support, and 
economic and social self-sufficiency of individuals with disabilities, 
especially individuals with the most severe disabilities, and to 
improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation Act).

Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers Program

    The purpose of the RERCs program, which is funded through the 
Program, is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under 
the Rehabilitation Act. The RERCs program encourages advanced 
engineering research, develops and evaluates innovative technologies, 
facilitates service delivery system changes, stimulates the production 
and distribution of new technologies and equipment in the private 
sector, and provides training opportunities. RERCs seek to solve 
rehabilitation problems and remove environmental barriers to 
improvements in employment, community living and participation, and 
health and function outcomes of individuals with disabilities.
    The general requirements for RERCs are set out in subpart D of 34 
CFR part 350 (What Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers Does the 
Secretary Assist?).
    Additional information on the RERCs program can be found at: 
www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/index.html.
    Priorities: NIDILRR has established three priorities for the three 
competitions announced in this notice. These priorities are from the 
notice of final priorities for this program, published in the Federal 
Register on June 11, 2013 (78 FR 34897).
    Absolute Priorities: For FY 2015 and any subsequent year in which 
we make awards from the list of unfunded applicants from these 
competitions, these priorities are absolute priorities. Under 45 CFR 
part 75, for each competition, we consider only applications that meet 
the program priority designated for that competition.
    These priorities are:

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                                                         Corresponding
                  Absolute priority                     competition CFDA
                                                              No.
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Individual Mobility and Manipulation.................          84.133E-1
Information and Communication Technologies Access....          84.133E-3
Physical Access and Transportation...................          84.133E-5
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    Note:  The full text of these priorities is included in the 
notice of final priorities published in the Federal Register on June 
11, 2013 (78 FR 34897) and in the applicable application package.

    Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762(g) and 764(b)(3)(A).
    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Department of Health and Human 
Services General Administrative Regulations in 45 CFR part 75 (b) Audit 
Requirements for Federal Awards in 45 CFR part 75 Subpart F; (c) 45 CFR 
part 75 Non-procurement Debarment and Suspension; (d) 45 CFR part 75 
Requirement for Drug-Free Workplace (Financial Assistance); The 
regulations for this program in 34 CFR part 350; and (f) The notice of 
final priorities for this program, published in the Federal Register on 
June 11, 2013 (78 FR 34897).

II. Award Information

    Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
    Estimated Available Funds: $2,775,000.
    Maximum Award: See chart.
    Estimated Number of Awards: See chart.

    Note:  The Department is not bound by any estimates in this 
notice.

    Project Period: See chart.

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                                                                       Deadline for          Estimated     Maximum award     Estimated
         CFDA Number and name           Applications available        transmittal of         available      amount (per      number of    Project period
                                                                       applications          funds\1\        year)2 3         awards          (months)
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84.133E-1, Individual Mobility and     February 17, 2015.......  April 20, 2015.........        $925,000        $925,000               1              60
 Manipulation.

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84.133E-3, Information and             February 17, 2015.......  April 20, 2015.........         925,000         925,000               1              60
 Communication Technologies Access.
84.133E-5, Physical Access and         February 17, 2015.......  April 20, 2015.........         925,000         925,000               1              60
 Transportation.
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\1\ Contingent upon the availability of funds and the quality of applications, we may make additional awards in FY 2015 or any subsequent year from the
  list of unfunded applicants from this competition.
\2\ We will reject any application that proposes a budget exceeding the maximum amount. The Administration for Community Living may change the maximum
  amount through a notice published in the Federal Register.
\3\ The maximum award amount includes both direct and indirect costs.

III. Eligibility Information

    1. 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.
    2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not require cost 
sharing or matching.

IV. Application and Submission Information

    1. Address to Request Application Package: You can obtain an 
application package via grants.gov, or by contacting Patricia Barrett: 
U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 5142, PCP, 
Washington, DC 20202-2700. Telephone: (202) 245-6211 or by email: 
[email protected].
    If you request an application from Patricia Barrett, be sure to 
identify these competitions as follows: CFDA number 84.133E-1 
Individual Mobility and Manipulation; 84.133E-3 Information and 
Communication Technologies Access; or 84.133E-5 Physical Access and 
Transportation.
    2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements 
concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you 
must submit, are in the application package for each competition 
announced in this notice.
    Notice of Intent to Apply: Due to the open nature of the priorities 
in these competitions, and to assist with the selection of reviewers 
for these competitions, NIDILRR is requesting all potential applicants 
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 applicant's 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 proposed activities at a 
sufficient level of detail to allow NIDILRR 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 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: [email protected].
    For further information regarding the LOI submission process, 
contact Carolyn Baron at (202) 245-6211. Page Limit: The application 
narrative (Part III of the application) is where you, the applicant, 
address the selection criteria that reviewers use to evaluate your 
application. We recommend that you limit Part III to the equivalent of 
no more than 100 pages, using the following standards:
     A ``page'' is 8.5'' x 11'', on one side only, with 1'' 
margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.
     Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch) 
all text in the application narrative. You are not required to double 
space titles, headings, footnotes, references, and captions, or text in 
charts, tables, figures, and graphs.
     Use a font that is either 12 point or larger or no smaller 
than 10 pitch (characters per inch).
     Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier, 
Courier New, or Arial.
    The recommended page limit does not apply to Part I, the cover 
sheet; Part II, the budget section, including the narrative budget 
justification; Part IV, the assurances and certifications; or the one-
page abstract, the resumes, the bibliography, or the letters of 
support. However, the recommended page limit does apply to all of the 
application narrative section (Part III).
    An applicant should consult NIDRR's Long-Range Plan for Fiscal 
Years 2013-2017 (78 FR 20299) (Plan) when preparing its application. 
The Plan is organized around the following research domains: (1) 
Community Living and Participation; (2) Health and Function; and (3) 
Employment.
    3. Submission Dates and Times:
    Applications Available: February 17, 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 between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m., Washington, DC 
time. NIDILRR staff also will be available from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 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. Deadline 
for Transmittal of Applications: April 20, 2015.

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    Applications for grants under these competitions must be submitted 
electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov). For 
information (including dates and times) about how to submit your 
application electronically, or in paper format by mail if you qualify 
for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, please refer 
to section IV. 7. Other Submission Requirements of this notice.
    We do not consider an application that does not comply with the 
deadline requirements.
    Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or 
auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact 
the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII 
of this notice. If the Department provides an accommodation or 
auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability in connection with the 
application process, the individual's application remains subject to 
all other requirements and limitations in this notice.
    4. Intergovernmental Review: This program is not subject to 
Executive Order 12372.
    5. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining funding 
restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice.
    6. Data Universal Numbering System Number, Taxpayer Identification 
Number, and System for Award Management: To do business with the 
Department of Health and Human Services, you must--
    a. Have a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number and a 
Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN);
    b. Register both your DUNS number and TIN with the System for Award 
Management (SAM) (formerly the Central Contractor Registry (CCR)), the 
Government's primary registrant database;
    c. Provide your DUNS number and TIN on your application; and
    d. Maintain an active SAM registration with current information 
while your application is under review by the Department and, if you 
are awarded a grant, during the project period.
    You can obtain a DUNS number from Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number 
can be created within one-to-two business days.
    If you are a corporate entity, agency, institution, or 
organization, you can obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue Service. 
If you are an individual, you can obtain a TIN from the Internal 
Revenue Service or the Social Security Administration. If you need a 
new TIN, please allow two to five weeks for your TIN to become active.
    The SAM registration process can take approximately seven business 
days, but may take upwards of several weeks, depending on the 
completeness and accuracy of the data entered into the SAM database by 
an entity. Thus, if you think you might want to apply for Federal 
financial assistance under a program administered by the Department, 
please allow sufficient time to obtain and register your DUNS number 
and TIN. We strongly recommend that you register early.

    Note:  Once your SAM registration is active, you will need to 
allow 24 to 48 hours for the information to be available in 
Grants.gov and before you can submit an application through 
Grants.gov.

    If you are currently registered with SAM, you may not need to make 
any changes. However, please make certain that the TIN associated with 
your DUNS number is correct. Also note that you will need to update 
your registration annually. This may take three or more business days.
    Information about SAM is available at www.SAM.gov. To further 
assist you with obtaining and registering your DUNS number and TIN in 
SAM or updating your existing SAM account, we have prepared a SAM.gov 
Tip Sheet, which you can find at: http://www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/sam-faqs.html.
    In addition, if you are submitting your application via Grants.gov, 
you must (1) be designated by your organization as an Authorized 
Organization Representative (AOR); and (2) register yourself with 
Grants.gov as an AOR. Details on these steps are outlined at the 
following Grants.gov Web page: www.grants.gov/web/grants/register.html.
    7. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under the 
program must be submitted electronically unless you qualify for an 
exception to this requirement in accordance with the instructions in 
this section.
    a. Electronic Submission of Applications.
    Applications for grants under the RERC competitions (CFDA numbers 
84.133E-1, 84.133E-3 and 84.133E-5) must be submitted electronically 
using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at www.Grants.gov. 
Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the 
application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit 
your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant 
application to us.
    We will reject your application if you submit it in paper format 
unless, as described elsewhere in this section, you qualify for one of 
the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement and submit, no 
later than two weeks before the application deadline date, a written 
statement to the Department that you qualify for one of these 
exceptions. Further information regarding calculation of the date that 
is two weeks before the application deadline date is provided later in 
this section under Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement.
    You may access an electronic grant application for the RERC 
competitions (CFDA numbers 84.133E-1, 84.133E-3 and 84.133E-5) at 
www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application 
package for the applicable competition by the CFDA number. Do not 
include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 
84.133, not 84.133E).
    Please note the following:
     When you enter the Grants.gov site, you will find 
information about submitting an application electronically through the 
site, as well as the hours of operation.
     Applications received by Grants.gov are date and time 
stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted and must 
be date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system no later than 4:30:00 
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. Except as 
otherwise noted in this section, we will not accept your application if 
it is received--that is, date and time stamped by the Grants.gov 
system--after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application 
deadline date. We do not consider an application that does not comply 
with the deadline requirements. When we retrieve your application from 
Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are rejecting your application 
because it was date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system after 
4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date.
     The amount of time it can take to upload an application 
will vary depending on a variety of factors, including the size of the 
application and the speed of your Internet connection. Therefore, we 
strongly recommend that you do not wait until the application deadline 
date to begin the submission process through Grants.gov.
     You should review and follow the Education Submission 
Procedures for submitting an application through Grants.gov that are 
included in the application package for this competition to ensure that 
you submit your application in a timely manner to the Grants.gov 
system. You can also find the Education Submission Procedures

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pertaining to Grants.gov under News and Events on the Department's G5 
system home page at http://www.G5.gov.
     You will not receive additional point value because you 
submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you 
if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission 
requirement, as described elsewhere in this section, and submit your 
application in paper format.
     You must submit all documents electronically, including 
all information you typically provide on the following forms: The 
Application for Federal Assistance (SF 424), the Department of 
Education Supplemental Information for SF 424, Budget Information--Non-
Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and 
certifications.
     You must upload any narrative sections and all other 
attachments to your application as files in a PDF (Portable Document) 
read-only, non-modifiable format. Do not upload an interactive or 
fillable PDF file. If you upload a file type other than a read-only, 
non-modifiable PDF or submit a password-protected file, we will not 
review that material. Additional, detailed information on how to attach 
files is in the application instructions.
     Your electronic application must comply with any page-
limit requirements described in this notice.
     After you electronically submit your application, you will 
receive from Grants.gov an automatic notification of receipt that 
contains a Grants.gov tracking number. (This notification indicates 
receipt by Grants.gov only, not receipt by the Department.) The 
Department then will retrieve your application from Grants.gov and send 
a second notification to you by email. This second notification 
indicates that the Department has received your application and has 
assigned your application a PR/Award number (an ED-specified 
identifying number unique to your application).
     We may request that you provide us original signatures on 
forms at a later date.
    Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of Technical Issues 
with the Grants.gov System: If you are experiencing problems submitting 
your application through Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov 
Support Desk, toll free, at 1-800-518-4726. You must obtain a 
Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number and must keep a record of it.
    If you are prevented from electronically submitting your 
application on the application deadline date because of technical 
problems with the Grants.gov system, we will grant you an extension 
until 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business day to 
enable you to transmit your application electronically. You also may 
mail your application by following the mailing instructions described 
elsewhere in this notice.
    If you submit an application after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC 
time, on the application deadline date, please contact the person 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of this 
notice and provide an explanation of the technical problem you 
experienced with Grants.gov, along with the Grants.gov Support Desk 
Case Number. We will accept your application if we can confirm that a 
technical problem occurred with the Grants.gov system and that the 
problem affected your ability to submit your application by 4:30:00 
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. The 
Department will contact you after a determination is made on whether 
your application will be accepted.

    Note:  The extensions to which we refer in this section apply 
only to the unavailability of, or technical problems with, the 
Grants.gov system. We will not grant you an extension if you failed 
to fully register to submit your application to Grants.gov before 
the application deadline date and time or if the technical problem 
you experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov system.

    Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement: You qualify for an 
exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may submit your 
application in paper format, if you are unable to submit an application 
through the Grants.gov system because--
     You do not have access to the Internet; or
     You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to 
the Grants.gov system; and
     No later than two weeks before the application deadline 
date (14 calendar days or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the 
application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business 
day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement 
to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception 
prevents you from using the Internet to submit your application.
    If you mail your written statement to the Department, it must be 
postmarked no later than two weeks before the application deadline 
date. If you fax your written statement to the Department, we must 
receive the faxed statement no later than two weeks before the 
application deadline date.
    Address and mail or fax your statement to: Patricia Barrett, U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., room 
5142, PCP, Washington, DC 20202-2700. FAX: (202) 245-7323.
    Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the 
mail instructions described in this notice.
    b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail.
    If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission 
requirement, you may mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a 
commercial carrier) your application to the Department. You must mail 
the original and two copies of your application, on or before the 
application deadline date, to the Department at the following address: 
U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: 
(CFDA Number 84.133E-1, 84.133E-3 or 84.133E-5), LBJ Basement Level 1, 
400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202-4260.
    You must show proof of mailing consisting of one of the following:
    (1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark.
    (2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the 
U.S. Postal Service.
    (3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial 
carrier.
    (4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Administrator of 
the Administration for Community Living of the U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services.
    If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do 
not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
    (1) A private metered postmark.
    (2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
    If your application is postmarked after the application deadline 
date, we will not consider your application.

    Note:  The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a 
dated postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with 
your local post office.

    Note for Mail of Paper Applications: If you mail your application 
to the Department--
    (1) You must indicate on the envelope and--if not provided by the 
Department--in Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, including suffix 
letter, if any, of the program under which you are submitting your 
application; and
    (2) The Application Control Center will mail to you a notification 
of receipt of your grant application. If you do not receive this 
notification within 15 business days from the application deadline 
date, you should call the U.S. Department of Education Application 
Control Center at (202) 245-6288.

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V. Application Review Information

    1. Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for the competitions 
announced in this notice are from 34 CFR 350.54 and are listed in the 
application package.
    2. Review and Selection Process: Final award decisions will be made 
by the Administrator, ACL. In making these decisions, the Administrator 
will take into consideration: The rank order of the peer review panel; 
reviews for programmatic and grants management compliance; the 
reasonableness of the estimated cost to the government considering the 
available funding and anticipated results; and the likelihood that the 
proposed project will result in the benefits expected. Under 45 part 
Section 75.205, item (3) history of performance is an item that is 
reviewed.
    In addition, in making a competitive grant award, the Administrator 
of the Administration for Community Living also requires various 
assurances including those applicable to Federal civil rights laws that 
prohibit discrimination in programs or activities receiving Federal 
financial assistance from the Department of Health and Human Services.
    3. Special Conditions: Under 45 CFR part 75, the Administrator of 
the Administration for Community Living may impose special conditions 
on a grant if the applicant or grantee is not financially stable; has a 
history of unsatisfactory performance; has a financial or other 
management system that does not meet the standards in 45 CFR part 75, 
as applicable; has not fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; or is 
otherwise not responsible.

VI. Award Administration Information

    1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we send you a 
Notice of Award (NOA); or we may send you an email containing a link to 
access an electronic version of your NOA. We may notify you informally, 
also.
    If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding, 
we notify you.
    2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: We identify 
administrative and national policy requirements in the application 
package and reference these and other requirements in the Applicable 
Regulations section of this notice.
    We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of 
an award in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice and 
include these and other specific conditions in the NOA. The NOA also 
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding 
commitments under the grant.
    3. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a grant under this competition, 
you must ensure that you have in place the necessary processes and 
systems to comply with the reporting requirements in 45 CFR part 75 
should you receive funding under the competition. This does not apply 
if you have an exception under 45 CFR part 75.
    (b) At the end of your project period, you must submit a final 
performance report, including financial information, as directed by the 
Administrator of the Administration for Community Living. If you 
receive a multi-year award, you must submit an annual performance 
report that provides the most current performance and financial 
expenditure information as directed by the Administrator of the 
Administration for Community Living under 45 CFR part 75. All NIDILRR 
grantees will submit their annual and final reports through NIDILRR's 
online reporting system and as designated in the terms and conditions 
of your NOA. The Administrator of the Administration for Community 
Living may also require more frequent performance reports under 45 CFR 
part 75. For specific requirements on reporting, please go to 
www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html.
    (c) FFATA and FSRS Reporting
    The Federal Financial Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) 
requires data entry at the FFATA Subaward Reporting System (http://www.FSRS.gov) for all sub-awards and sub-contracts issued for $25,000 
or more as well as addressing executive compensation for both grantee 
and sub-award organizations.
    For further guidance please see the following link: http://www.acl.gov/Funding_Opportunities/Grantee_Info/FFATA.aspx
    If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an annual 
performance report that provides the most current performance and 
financial expenditure information. Annual and Final Performance reports 
will be submitted through NIDILRR's online Performance System and as 
designated in the terms and conditions of your NOA. At the end of your 
project period, you must submit a final performance report, including 
financial information.

    Note: NIDILRR will provide information by letter to successful 
grantees on how and when to submit the report.

    4. Performance Measures: To evaluate the overall success of its 
research program, NIDILRR assesses the quality of its funded projects 
through a review of grantee performance and accomplishments. Each year, 
NIDILRR examines a portion of its grantees to determine:
     The number of products (e.g., new or improved tools, 
methods, discoveries, standards, interventions, programs, or devices 
developed or tested with NIDILRR funding) that have been judged by 
expert panels to be of high quality and to advance the field.
     The average number of publications per award based on 
NIDILRR-funded research and development activities in refereed 
journals.
     The percentage of new NIDILRR grants that assess the 
effectiveness of interventions, programs, and devices using rigorous 
methods.
    NIDILRR uses information submitted by grantees as part of their 
Annual Performance Reports for these reviews.
    5. Continuation Awards: In making a continuation award, the 
Administrator of the Administration for Community Living may consider, 
under 45 CFR part 75, the extent to which a grantee has made 
``substantial progress toward meeting the objectives in its approved 
application.'' This consideration includes the review of a grantee's 
progress in meeting the targets and projected outcomes in its approved 
application, and whether the grantee has expended funds in a manner 
that is consistent with its approved application and budget. In making 
a continuation grant, the Administrator also considers whether the 
grantee is operating in compliance with the assurances in its approved 
application, including those applicable to Federal civil rights laws 
that prohibit discrimination in programs or activities receiving 
Federal financial assistance from the Department. Continuation funding 
is also subject to availability of funds.

VII. Agency Contact

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Barrett, U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 5142, PCP, 
Washington, DC 20202-2700. Telephone: (202) 245-6211 or by email: 
[email protected].
    If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), 
toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.

VIII. Other Information

    Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this 
document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free 
Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the 
Code of Federal Regulations is available via the Federal Digital System 
at: www.thefederalregister.org/fdsys. At this site you can view this document, as well 
as all other documents of this Department

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published in the Federal Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document 
Format (PDF). To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 
available free at the site.
    You may also access documents of the Department published in the 
Federal Register by using the article search feature at: 
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search 
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published 
by the Department.

John Tschida,
Director, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and 
Rehabilitation Research.
[FR Doc. 2015-03122 Filed 2-13-15; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 31 / Tuesday, February 17, 2015 / Notices 8317 Award (NOA); or we may send you an If you receive a multi-year award, you VII. Agency Contact email containing a link to access an must submit an annual performance FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: electronic version of your NOA. We may report that provides the most current Patricia Barrett, U.S. Department of notify you informally, also. performance and financial expenditure If your application is not evaluated or Health and Human Services, 400 information. Annual and Final not selected for funding, we notify you. Maryland Avenue SW., Room 5142, Performance reports will be submitted 2. Administrative and National Policy PCP, Washington, DC 20202–2700. through NIDILRR’s online Performance Requirements: We identify Telephone: (202) 245–6211 or by email: System and as designated in the terms administrative and national policy patricia.barrett@ed.gov. and conditions of your NOA. At the end If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the requirements in the application package of your project period, you must submit and reference these and other Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at a final performance report, including 1–800–877–8339. requirements in the Applicable financial information. Regulations section of this notice. VIII. Other Information We reference the regulations outlining Note: NIDILRR will provide information by letter to successful grantees on how and Electronic Access to This Document: the terms and conditions of an award in when to submit the report. The official version of this document is the Applicable Regulations section of this notice and include these and other the document published in the Federal 4. Performance Measures: To evaluate Register. Free Internet access to the specific conditions in the NOA. The the overall success of its research NOA also incorporates your approved official edition of the Federal Register program, NIDILRR assesses the quality and the Code of Federal Regulations is application as part of your binding of its funded projects through a review commitments under the grant. available via the Federal Digital System of grantee performance and at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 3. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a accomplishments. Each year, NIDILRR grant under this competition, you must can view this document, as well as all examines a portion of its grantees to other documents of this Department ensure that you have in place the determine: necessary processes and systems to published in the Federal Register, in • The number of products (e.g., new text or Adobe Portable Document comply with the reporting requirements or improved tools, methods, discoveries, Format (PDF). To use PDF you must in 45 CFR part 75 should you receive standards, interventions, programs, or have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is funding under the competition. This devices developed or tested with available free at the site. does not apply if you have an exception NIDILRR funding) that have been judged You may also access documents of the under 45 CFR part 75. (b) At the end of your project period, by expert panels to be of high quality Department published in the Federal you must submit a final performance and to advance the field. Register by using the article search report, including financial information, • The average number of publications feature at: www.federalregister.gov. as directed by the Administrator of the per award based on NIDILRR-funded Specifically, through the advanced Administration for Community Living. research and development activities in search feature at this site, you can limit If you receive a multi-year award, you refereed journals. your search to documents published by the Department. must submit an annual performance • The percentage of new NIDILRR report that provides the most current grants that assess the effectiveness of John Tschida, performance and financial expenditure interventions, programs, and devices Director, National Institute on Disability, information as directed by the using rigorous methods. Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Administrator of the Administration for NIDILRR uses information submitted Research. Community Living under 45 CFR part by grantees as part of their Annual [FR Doc. 2015–03121 Filed 2–13–15; 8:45 am] 75. All NIDILRR grantees will submit Performance Reports for these reviews. BILLING CODE 4154–01–P their annual and final reports through NIDILRR’s online reporting system and 5. Continuation Awards: In making a as designated in the terms and continuation award, the Administrator DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND conditions of your NOA. The of the Administration for Community HUMAN SERVICES Administrator of the Administration for Living may consider, under 45 CFR part Community Living may also require 75, the extent to which a grantee has Applications for New Awards; National more frequent performance reports made ‘‘substantial progress toward Institute on Disability, Independent under 45 CFR part 75. For specific meeting the objectives in its approved Living, and Rehabilitation Research— requirements on reporting, please go to application.’’ This consideration Disability and Rehabilitation Research www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ includes the review of a grantee’s Projects and Centers Program— appforms/appforms.html. progress in meeting the targets and Rehabilitation Engineering Research projected outcomes in its approved Centers (c) FFATA and FSRS Reporting application, and whether the grantee has expended funds in a manner that is AGENCY: Administration for Community The Federal Financial Accountability consistent with its approved application Living, Department of Health and and Transparency Act (FFATA) requires and budget. In making a continuation Human Services. data entry at the FFATA Subaward grant, the Administrator also considers ACTION: Notice. Reporting System (http:// www.FSRS.gov) for all sub-awards and whether the grantee is operating in sub-contracts issued for $25,000 or more compliance with the assurances in its Overview Information tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES as well as addressing executive approved application, including those National Institute on Disability, compensation for both grantee and sub- applicable to Federal civil rights laws Independent Living, and award organizations. that prohibit discrimination in programs Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR)— For further guidance please see the or activities receiving Federal financial Disability and Rehabilitation Research following link: http://www.acl.gov/ assistance from the Department. Projects and Centers Program— Funding_Opportunities/Grantee_Info/ Continuation funding is also subject to Rehabilitation Engineering Research FFATA.aspx availability of funds. 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8318 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 31 / Tuesday, February 17, 2015 / Notices and Manipulation, Information and systems during this transition year in order advanced engineering research, Communication Technologies Access, to provide for a smooth and orderly process develops and evaluates innovative and Physical Access and for our applicants. technologies, facilitates service delivery Transportation. Date of Pre-Application Meeting: system changes, stimulates the Notice inviting applications for new March 10, 2015. production and distribution of new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2015. Deadline for Notice of Intent To technologies and equipment in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Apply: March 24, 2015. private sector, and provides training (CFDA) Numbers: 84.133E–1, 84.133E–3, and Deadline for Transmittal of opportunities. RERCs seek to solve 84.133E–5. Applications: April 20, 2015. rehabilitation problems and remove Note: This notice invites applications for Full Text of Announcement environmental barriers to improvements three separate competitions. For funding and in employment, community living and other key information for each of the three I. Funding Opportunity Description participation, and health and function competitions, see the chart in the Award Purpose of Program: The purpose of outcomes of individuals with Information section of this notice. the Disability and Rehabilitation disabilities. DATES: Research Projects and Centers Program The general requirements for RERCs Applications Available: February 17, (Program) is to plan and conduct are set out in subpart D of 34 CFR part 2015. research, demonstration projects, 350 (What Rehabilitation Engineering training, and related activities, Research Centers Does the Secretary Note: On July 22, 2014, President Obama signed the Workforce Innovation including international activities, to Assist?). Opportunity Act (WIOA). WIOA was develop methods, procedures, and Additional information on the RERCs effective immediately. One provision of rehabilitation technology. The program can be found at: www.ed.gov/ WIOA transferred the National Institute on Program’s activities are designed to rschstat/research/pubs/index.html. Disability and Rehabilitation Research maximize the full inclusion and (NIDRR) from the Department of Education to Priorities: NIDILRR has established integration into society, employment, the Administration for Community Living three priorities for the three independent living, family support, and (ACL) in the Department of Health and competitions announced in this notice. economic and social self-sufficiency of Human Services. In addition, NIDRR’s name These priorities are from the notice of was changed to the Institute on Disability, individuals with disabilities, especially final priorities for this program, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation individuals with the most severe published in the Federal Register on Research (NIDILRR). For FY 2015, all disabilities, and to improve the June 11, 2013 (78 FR 34897). NIDILRR priority notices will be published as effectiveness of services authorized ACL notices, and ACL will make all NIDILRR under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as Absolute Priorities: For FY 2015 and awards. During this transition period, amended (Rehabilitation Act). any subsequent year in which we make however, NIDILRR will continue to review awards from the list of unfunded grant applications using Department of Rehabilitation Engineering Research applicants from these competitions, Education tools. NIDILRR will post Centers Program these priorities are absolute priorities. previously-approved application kits to Under 45 CFR part 75, for each grants.gov, and NIDILRR applications The purpose of the RERCs program, which is funded through the Program, is competition, we consider only submitted to grants.gov will be forwarded to the Department of Education’s G–5 system to improve the effectiveness of services applications that meet the program for peer review. We are using Department of authorized under the Rehabilitation Act. priority designated for that competition. Education application kits and peer review The RERCs program encourages These priorities are: Corresponding Absolute priority competition CFDA No. Individual Mobility and Manipulation .............................................................................................................................................. 84.133E–1 Information and Communication Technologies Access ................................................................................................................ 84.133E–3 Physical Access and Transportation ............................................................................................................................................. 84.133E–5 Note: The full text of these priorities is Requirements for Federal Awards in 45 II. Award Information included in the notice of final priorities CFR part 75 Subpart F; (c) 45 CFR part published in the Federal Register on June 11, Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 75 Non-procurement Debarment and Estimated Available Funds: 2013 (78 FR 34897) and in the applicable application package. Suspension; (d) 45 CFR part 75 $2,775,000. Requirement for Drug-Free Workplace Maximum Award: See chart. Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762(g) (Financial Assistance); The regulations Estimated Number of Awards: See and 764(b)(3)(A). for this program in 34 CFR part 350; and chart. Applicable Regulations: (a) The (f) The notice of final priorities for this Department of Health and Human Note: The Department is not bound by any program, published in the Federal estimates in this notice. Services General Administrative Register on June 11, 2013 (78 FR 34897). 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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 31 / Tuesday, February 17, 2015 / Notices 8319 Estimated Maximum Estimated CFDA Number and Deadline for transmittal Project period Applications available available award amount number of name of applications (months) funds1 (per year)2 3 awards 84.133E–3, Information February 17, 2015 ...... April 20, 2015 .............. 925,000 925,000 1 60 and Communication Technologies Access. 84.133E–5, Physical February 17, 2015 ...... April 20, 2015 .............. 925,000 925,000 1 60 Access and Transpor- tation. 1 Contingent upon the availability of funds and the quality of applications, we may make additional awards in FY 2015 or any subsequent year from the list of unfunded applicants from this competition. 2 We will reject any application that proposes a budget exceeding the maximum amount. The Administration for Community Living may change the maximum amount through a notice published in the Federal Register. 3 The maximum award amount includes both direct and indirect costs. III. Eligibility Information partner institutions and entities; (3) a • Use one of the following fonts: 1. Eligible Applicants: States; public brief statement of the vision, goals, and Times New Roman, Courier, Courier or private agencies, including for-profit objectives of the proposed project and a New, or Arial. agencies; public or private description of its proposed activities at The recommended page limit does not organizations, including for-profit a sufficient level of detail to allow apply to Part I, the cover sheet; Part II, organizations; IHEs; and Indian tribes NIDILRR to select potential peer the budget section, including the and tribal organizations. reviewers; (4) a list of proposed project narrative budget justification; Part IV, 2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This staff including the Project Director or PI the assurances and certifications; or the program does not require cost sharing or and key personnel; (5) a list of one-page abstract, the resumes, the matching. individuals whose selection as a peer bibliography, or the letters of support. reviewer might constitute a conflict of However, the recommended page limit IV. Application and Submission interest due to involvement in proposal does apply to all of the application Information development, selection as an advisory narrative section (Part III). 1. Address to Request Application board member, co-PI relationships, etc.; An applicant should consult NIDRR’s Package: You can obtain an application and (6) contact information for the Long-Range Plan for Fiscal Years 2013– package via grants.gov, or by contacting Project Director or PI. Submission of a 2017 (78 FR 20299) (Plan) when Patricia Barrett: U.S. Department of LOI is not a prerequisite for eligibility preparing its application. The Plan is Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., to submit an application. organized around the following research Room 5142, PCP, Washington, DC NIDILRR will accept the optional LOI domains: (1) Community Living and 20202–2700. Telephone: (202) 245–6211 via mail (through the U.S. Postal Service Participation; (2) Health and Function; or by email: patricia.barrett@ed.gov. or commercial carrier) or email, by and (3) Employment. If you request an application from 3. Submission Dates and Times: March 24, 2015. The LOI must be sent Patricia Barrett, be sure to identify these to: Carolyn Baron, U.S. Department of Applications Available: February 17, competitions as follows: CFDA number Health and Human Services, 550 12th 2015. 84.133E–1 Individual Mobility and Street SW., Room 5134, PCP, Date of Pre-Application Meeting: Manipulation; 84.133E–3 Information Washington, DC 20202; or by email to: Interested parties are invited to and Communication Technologies Carolyn.Baron@ed.gov. participate in a pre-application meeting Access; or 84.133E–5 Physical Access and Transportation. For further information regarding the and to receive information and technical 2. Content and Form of Application LOI submission process, contact assistance through individual Submission: Requirements concerning Carolyn Baron at (202) 245–6211. Page consultation with NIDILRR staff. The the content of an application, together Limit: The application narrative (Part III pre-application meeting will be held on with the forms you must submit, are in of the application) is where you, the March 10, 2015. Interested parties may the application package for each applicant, address the selection criteria participate in this meeting by competition announced in this notice. that reviewers use to evaluate your conference call with NIDILRR staff Notice of Intent to Apply: Due to the application. We recommend that you between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m., open nature of the priorities in these limit Part III to the equivalent of no Washington, DC time. NIDILRR staff competitions, and to assist with the more than 100 pages, using the also will be available from 3:30 p.m. to selection of reviewers for these following standards: 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the competitions, NIDILRR is requesting all same day, by telephone, to provide • A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5″ x 11″, on one side potential applicants submit a letter of information and technical assistance only, with 1″ margins at the top, bottom, intent (LOI). The submission is not through individual consultation. For and both sides. mandatory and the content of the LOI further information or to make will not be peer reviewed or otherwise • Double space (no more than three arrangements to participate in the used to rate an applicant’s application. lines per vertical inch) all text in the meeting via conference call or to arrange Each LOI should be limited to a application narrative. 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8320 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 31 / Tuesday, February 17, 2015 / Notices Applications for grants under these please allow two to five weeks for your described elsewhere in this section, you competitions must be submitted TIN to become active. qualify for one of the exceptions to the electronically using the Grants.gov The SAM registration process can take electronic submission requirement and Apply site (Grants.gov). For information approximately seven business days, but submit, no later than two weeks before (including dates and times) about how may take upwards of several weeks, the application deadline date, a written to submit your application depending on the completeness and statement to the Department that you electronically, or in paper format by accuracy of the data entered into the qualify for one of these exceptions. mail if you qualify for an exception to SAM database by an entity. Thus, if you Further information regarding the electronic submission requirement, think you might want to apply for calculation of the date that is two weeks please refer to section IV. 7. Other Federal financial assistance under a before the application deadline date is Submission Requirements of this notice. program administered by the provided later in this section under We do not consider an application Department, please allow sufficient time Exception to Electronic Submission that does not comply with the deadline to obtain and register your DUNS Requirement. requirements. number and TIN. We strongly You may access an electronic grant Individuals with disabilities who recommend that you register early. application for the RERC competitions need an accommodation or auxiliary aid Note: Once your SAM registration is active, (CFDA numbers 84.133E–1, 84.133E–3 in connection with the application you will need to allow 24 to 48 hours for the and 84.133E–5) at www.Grants.gov. You process should contact the person listed information to be available in Grants.gov and must search for the downloadable under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION before you can submit an application through application package for the applicable CONTACT in section VII of this notice. If Grants.gov. competition by the CFDA number. Do the Department provides an If you are currently registered with not include the CFDA number’s alpha accommodation or auxiliary aid to an SAM, you may not need to make any suffix in your search (e.g., search for individual with a disability in changes. However, please make certain 84.133, not 84.133E). connection with the application that the TIN associated with your DUNS Please note the following: process, the individual’s application number is correct. Also note that you • When you enter the Grants.gov site, remains subject to all other will need to update your registration you will find information about requirements and limitations in this annually. This may take three or more submitting an application electronically notice. business days. through the site, as well as the hours of 4. Intergovernmental Review: This Information about SAM is available at operation. program is not subject to Executive www.SAM.gov. To further assist you • Applications received by Grants.gov Order 12372. with obtaining and registering your are date and time stamped. Your 5. Funding Restrictions: We reference DUNS number and TIN in SAM or application must be fully uploaded and regulations outlining funding updating your existing SAM account, submitted and must be date and time restrictions in the Applicable we have prepared a SAM.gov Tip Sheet, stamped by the Grants.gov system no Regulations section of this notice. which you can find at: http:// later than 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC 6. Data Universal Numbering System www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/sam- time, on the application deadline date. Number, Taxpayer Identification faqs.html. Except as otherwise noted in this Number, and System for Award In addition, if you are submitting your section, we will not accept your Management: To do business with the application via Grants.gov, you must (1) application if it is received—that is, date Department of Health and Human be designated by your organization as an and time stamped by the Grants.gov Services, you must— Authorized Organization Representative system—after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, a. Have a Data Universal Numbering (AOR); and (2) register yourself with DC time, on the application deadline System (DUNS) number and a Taxpayer Grants.gov as an AOR. Details on these date. We do not consider an application Identification Number (TIN); steps are outlined at the following that does not comply with the deadline b. Register both your DUNS number Grants.gov Web page: www.grants.gov/ requirements. When we retrieve your and TIN with the System for Award web/grants/register.html. application from Grants.gov, we will Management (SAM) (formerly the 7. Other Submission Requirements: notify you if we are rejecting your Central Contractor Registry (CCR)), the Applications for grants under the application because it was date and time Government’s primary registrant program must be submitted stamped by the Grants.gov system after database; electronically unless you qualify for an 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on c. Provide your DUNS number and exception to this requirement in the application deadline date. TIN on your application; and accordance with the instructions in this • The amount of time it can take to d. Maintain an active SAM section. upload an application will vary registration with current information a. Electronic Submission of depending on a variety of factors, while your application is under review Applications. including the size of the application and by the Department and, if you are Applications for grants under the the speed of your Internet connection. awarded a grant, during the project RERC competitions (CFDA numbers Therefore, we strongly recommend that period. 84.133E–1, 84.133E–3 and 84.133E–5) you do not wait until the application You can obtain a DUNS number from must be submitted electronically using deadline date to begin the submission Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply process through Grants.gov. can be created within one-to-two site at www.Grants.gov. Through this • You should review and follow the business days. site, you will be able to download a Education Submission Procedures for tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES If you are a corporate entity, agency, copy of the application package, submitting an application through institution, or organization, you can complete it offline, and then upload and Grants.gov that are included in the obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue submit your application. You may not application package for this competition Service. If you are an individual, you email an electronic copy of a grant to ensure that you submit your can obtain a TIN from the Internal application to us. application in a timely manner to the Revenue Service or the Social Security We will reject your application if you Grants.gov system. You can also find the Administration. 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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 31 / Tuesday, February 17, 2015 / Notices 8321 pertaining to Grants.gov under News Washington, DC time, the following Services, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., and Events on the Department’s G5 business day to enable you to transmit room 5142, PCP, Washington, DC system home page at http://www.G5.gov. your application electronically. You 20202–2700. FAX: (202) 245–7323. • You will not receive additional also may mail your application by Your paper application must be point value because you submit your following the mailing instructions submitted in accordance with the mail application in electronic format, nor described elsewhere in this notice. instructions described in this notice. will we penalize you if you qualify for If you submit an application after b. Submission of Paper Applications an exception to the electronic 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on by Mail. submission requirement, as described the application deadline date, please If you qualify for an exception to the elsewhere in this section, and submit contact the person listed under FOR electronic submission requirement, you your application in paper format. FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in may mail (through the U.S. Postal • You must submit all documents section VII of this notice and provide an Service or a commercial carrier) your electronically, including all information explanation of the technical problem application to the Department. You you typically provide on the following you experienced with Grants.gov, along must mail the original and two copies forms: The Application for Federal with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case of your application, on or before the Assistance (SF 424), the Department of Number. We will accept your application deadline date, to the Education Supplemental Information for application if we can confirm that a Department at the following address: SF 424, Budget Information—Non- technical problem occurred with the U.S. Department of Education, Construction Programs (ED 524), and all Grants.gov system and that the problem Application Control Center, Attention: necessary assurances and certifications. affected your ability to submit your (CFDA Number 84.133E–1, 84.133E–3 • You must upload any narrative application by 4:30:00 p.m., or 84.133E–5), LBJ Basement Level 1, sections and all other attachments to Washington, DC time, on the 400 Maryland Avenue SW., your application as files in a PDF application deadline date. The Washington, DC 20202–4260. (Portable Document) read-only, non- Department will contact you after a You must show proof of mailing modifiable format. Do not upload an determination is made on whether your consisting of one of the following: interactive or fillable PDF file. If you application will be accepted. (1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service upload a file type other than a read- postmark. only, non-modifiable PDF or submit a Note: The extensions to which we refer in (2) A legible mail receipt with the this section apply only to the unavailability password-protected file, we will not of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov date of mailing stamped by the U.S. review that material. Additional, system. We will not grant you an extension Postal Service. detailed information on how to attach if you failed to fully register to submit your (3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or files is in the application instructions. application to Grants.gov before the receipt from a commercial carrier. • Your electronic application must application deadline date and time or if the (4) Any other proof of mailing comply with any page-limit technical problem you experienced is acceptable to the Administrator of the requirements described in this notice. unrelated to the Grants.gov system. Administration for Community Living • After you electronically submit Exception to Electronic Submission of the U.S. Department of Health and your application, you will receive from Requirement: You qualify for an Human Services. Grants.gov an automatic notification of exception to the electronic submission If you mail your application through receipt that contains a Grants.gov requirement, and may submit your the U.S. Postal Service, we do not tracking number. (This notification application in paper format, if you are accept either of the following as proof indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not unable to submit an application through of mailing: receipt by the Department.) The the Grants.gov system because— (1) A private metered postmark. Department then will retrieve your • You do not have access to the (2) A mail receipt that is not dated by application from Grants.gov and send a Internet; or the U.S. Postal Service. second notification to you by email. • You do not have the capacity to If your application is postmarked after This second notification indicates that upload large documents to the the application deadline date, we will the Department has received your Grants.gov system; and not consider your application. application and has assigned your • No later than two weeks before the Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not application a PR/Award number (an ED- application deadline date (14 calendar uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before specified identifying number unique to days or, if the fourteenth calendar day relying on this method, you should check your application). before the application deadline date with your local post office. • We may request that you provide us falls on a Federal holiday, the next Note for Mail of Paper Applications: original signatures on forms at a later business day following the Federal If you mail your application to the date. holiday), you mail or fax a written Department— Application Deadline Date Extension statement to the Department, explaining (1) You must indicate on the envelope in Case of Technical Issues with the which of the two grounds for an and—if not provided by the Grants.gov System: If you are exception prevents you from using the Department—in Item 11 of the SF 424 experiencing problems submitting your Internet to submit your application. the CFDA number, including suffix application through Grants.gov, please If you mail your written statement to letter, if any, of the program under contact the Grants.gov Support Desk, the Department, it must be postmarked which you are submitting your toll free, at 1–800–518–4726. You must no later than two weeks before the application; and obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case application deadline date. If you fax (2) The Application Control Center tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Number and must keep a record of it. your written statement to the will mail to you a notification of receipt If you are prevented from Department, we must receive the faxed of your grant application. If you do not electronically submitting your statement no later than two weeks receive this notification within 15 application on the application deadline before the application deadline date. business days from the application date because of technical problems with Address and mail or fax your deadline date, you should call the U.S. the Grants.gov system, we will grant you statement to: Patricia Barrett, U.S. Department of Education Application an extension until 4:30:00 p.m., Department of Health and Human Control Center at (202) 245–6288. 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8322 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 31 / Tuesday, February 17, 2015 / Notices V. Application Review Information 3. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a examines a portion of its grantees to 1. Selection Criteria: The selection grant under this competition, you must determine: ensure that you have in place the • The number of products (e.g., new criteria for the competitions announced necessary processes and systems to or improved tools, methods, discoveries, in this notice are from 34 CFR 350.54 comply with the reporting requirements standards, interventions, programs, or and are listed in the application in 45 CFR part 75 should you receive devices developed or tested with package. funding under the competition. This NIDILRR funding) that have been judged 2. Review and Selection Process: Final does not apply if you have an exception by expert panels to be of high quality award decisions will be made by the under 45 CFR part 75. and to advance the field. Administrator, ACL. In making these • The average number of publications decisions, the Administrator will take (b) At the end of your project period, you must submit a final performance per award based on NIDILRR-funded into consideration: The rank order of the research and development activities in peer review panel; reviews for report, including financial information, as directed by the Administrator of the refereed journals. programmatic and grants management • The percentage of new NIDILRR compliance; the reasonableness of the Administration for Community Living. If you receive a multi-year award, you grants that assess the effectiveness of estimated cost to the government interventions, programs, and devices considering the available funding and must submit an annual performance report that provides the most current using rigorous methods. anticipated results; and the likelihood NIDILRR uses information submitted that the proposed project will result in performance and financial expenditure information as directed by the by grantees as part of their Annual the benefits expected. Under 45 part Performance Reports for these reviews. Section 75.205, item (3) history of Administrator of the Administration for 5. Continuation Awards: In making a performance is an item that is reviewed. Community Living under 45 CFR part continuation award, the Administrator In addition, in making a competitive 75. All NIDILRR grantees will submit of the Administration for Community grant award, the Administrator of the their annual and final reports through Living may consider, under 45 CFR part Administration for Community Living NIDILRR’s online reporting system and 75, the extent to which a grantee has also requires various assurances as designated in the terms and made ‘‘substantial progress toward including those applicable to Federal conditions of your NOA. The meeting the objectives in its approved civil rights laws that prohibit Administrator of the Administration for application.’’ This consideration discrimination in programs or activities Community Living may also require includes the review of a grantee’s receiving Federal financial assistance more frequent performance reports progress in meeting the targets and from the Department of Health and under 45 CFR part 75. For specific projected outcomes in its approved Human Services. requirements on reporting, please go to application, and whether the grantee 3. Special Conditions: Under 45 CFR www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ has expended funds in a manner that is part 75, the Administrator of the appforms/appforms.html. (c) FFATA and FSRS Reporting consistent with its approved application Administration for Community Living and budget. In making a continuation The Federal Financial Accountability may impose special conditions on a grant, the Administrator also considers and Transparency Act (FFATA) requires grant if the applicant or grantee is not whether the grantee is operating in data entry at the FFATA Subaward financially stable; has a history of compliance with the assurances in its Reporting System (http:// unsatisfactory performance; has a approved application, including those www.FSRS.gov) for all sub-awards and financial or other management system applicable to Federal civil rights laws sub-contracts issued for $25,000 or more that does not meet the standards in 45 that prohibit discrimination in programs as well as addressing executive CFR part 75, as applicable; has not or activities receiving Federal financial compensation for both grantee and sub- fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; assistance from the Department. award organizations. or is otherwise not responsible. Continuation funding is also subject to For further guidance please see the VI. Award Administration Information following link: http://www.acl.gov/ availability of funds. 1. Award Notices: If your application Funding_Opportunities/Grantee_Info/ VII. Agency Contact is successful, we send you a Notice of FFATA.aspx If you receive a multi-year award, you FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Award (NOA); or we may send you an Patricia Barrett, U.S. Department of must submit an annual performance email containing a link to access an Health and Human Services, 400 report that provides the most current electronic version of your NOA. We may Maryland Avenue SW., Room 5142, performance and financial expenditure notify you informally, also. PCP, Washington, DC 20202–2700. information. Annual and Final If your application is not evaluated or Telephone: (202) 245–6211 or by email: Performance reports will be submitted not selected for funding, we notify you. patricia.barrett@ed.gov. through NIDILRR’s online Performance 2. Administrative and National Policy If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the System and as designated in the terms Requirements: We identify Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at and conditions of your NOA. At the end administrative and national policy 1–800–877–8339. of your project period, you must submit requirements in the application package a final performance report, including VIII. Other Information and reference these and other financial information. requirements in the Applicable Electronic Access to This Document: Regulations section of this notice. Note: NIDILRR will provide information by The official version of this document is We reference the regulations outlining letter to successful grantees on how and the document published in the Federal when to submit the report. tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES the terms and conditions of an award in Register. Free Internet access to the the Applicable Regulations section of 4. Performance Measures: To evaluate official edition of the Federal Register this notice and include these and other the overall success of its research and the Code of Federal Regulations is specific conditions in the NOA. The program, NIDILRR assesses the quality available via the Federal Digital System NOA also incorporates your approved of its funded projects through a review at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you application as part of your binding of grantee performance and can view this document, as well as all commitments under the grant. accomplishments. 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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 31 / Tuesday, February 17, 2015 / Notices 8323 published in the Federal Register, in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: section 1115A of the Social Security Act text or Adobe Portable Document OncologyCareModel@cms.hhs.gov for (the Act). This RFA is directed to Format (PDF). To use PDF you must questions regarding the application physician practices that provide have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is process of OCM. oncology care as well as public and available free at the site. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: other health care payers. The Innovation You may also access documents of the Center hopes to engage at least 100 Department published in the Federal I. Background physician practices that, in aggregate, Register by using the article search The Center for Medicare and will furnish care for approximately feature at: www.federalregister.gov. Medicaid Innovation (Innovation 175,000 cancer care episodes for Specifically, through the advanced Center), within the Centers for Medicare Medicare beneficiaries over the course search feature at this site, you can limit & Medicaid Services (CMS), was created of this 5-year model. your search to documents published by to test innovative payment and service The Innovation Center sees the the Department. delivery models to reduce program following as key opportunities within expenditures while preserving or OCM: John Tschida, enhancing the quality of care for • Promote shared decision-making, Director, National Institute on Disability, Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s person-centered communication, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Health Insurance Program (CHIP) evidence-based care, beneficiary access Research. beneficiaries. to care, and coordination across [FR Doc. 2015–03122 Filed 2–13–15; 8:45 am] We are committed to continuous providers and settings. BILLING CODE 4154–01–P improvement for Medicare, Medicaid • Reduce complications of cancer and and CHIP beneficiaries. The goal of the cancer treatments, as well as associated Oncology Care Model (OCM) is to costs, through advanced care planning, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND improve the health outcomes for people increased use of high-value treatments, HUMAN SERVICES with cancer, improve the quality of and reduction of inappropriate payment cancer care, and reduce spending for incentives. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services cancer treatment. We expect that • Collect structured clinical data and physician practices selected for integrate clinical trial enrollment into [CMS–5514–N] participation in the model will be able processes of care to facilitate quality to transform care delivery for their improvement and accelerate clinical Medicare Program; Oncology Care patients undergoing chemotherapy, research. Model: Request for Applications leading to improved quality of care for • Support the development and AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & beneficiaries at a decreased cost to reporting of meaningful outcome Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. payers. Through this care measures. transformation, practices participating • Develop and monitor refined ACTION: Notice. in OCM can reduce Medicare approaches to care delivery, which may SUMMARY: This notice announces a expenditures while improving cancer improve the research infrastructure (for request for applications (RFA) for care for Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) example, by facilitating improvement in organizations to participate in the beneficiaries. the quality of evidence for existing Oncology Care Model (OCM) beginning Beneficiaries can experience therapies). in 2016. improved health outcomes when health • Encourage delivery of care in the care providers work in a coordinated lowest-cost medically-appropriate DATES: Letter of Intent Submission and person-centered manner. We are setting. Deadline: As described on the CMS interested in partnering with payers and • Refine a value-based payment Innovation Center Web site at http:// practitioners who are working to system that encourages team-based care innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/ redesign care to deliver these aims. and workforce innovation. Oncology-Care/, interested payers must Episode-based payment approaches that Participating practices must be able to submit a nonbinding letter of intent by reward practitioners who improve the meet the following practice 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) quality of care they deliver, lower costs, requirements during the performance on March 19, 2015. Interested practices and engage with quality and cost data period: must submit a nonbinding letter of that will inform their provision of care 1. Treat patients with therapies intent by 5:00 p.m. EDT on April 23, are potential mechanisms for CMS to consistent with nationally recognized 2015. further emphasize care coordination and clinical guidelines. Application Submission Deadline: 2. Provide and attest to 24 hours a enhanced care through practice Applications for payers and practices day, 7 days a week patient access to an transformation. must be received by 5:00 p.m. EDT on OCM will test episode-based payment appropriate clinician who has real-time June 18, 2015. Application materials for oncology care, using a retrospective access to practice’s medical records. and instructions are available at http:// performance-based payment for an 3. Use of ONC-certified electronic innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/ episode of chemotherapy. The request health record (EHR) technology as Oncology-Care/. for applications (RFA) requests described in the RFA. ADDRESSES: Letter of Intent forms must applications to test a model centered 4. Utilize data for continuous quality be submitted electronically in the PDF around a chemotherapy episode of care. improvement. fillable format to For more details, see the RFA available 5. Provide core functions of patient tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES OncologyCareModel@cms.hhs.gov. on the Innovation Center Web site at navigation. Letters of Intent will only be accepted http://innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/ 6. Document a care plan that contains via email. Applicants that submit a Oncology-Care/. the 13 components in the Institute of timely, complete Letter of Intent will be Medicine Care Management Plan. sent an authenticated web link and II. Provisions of the Notice Participating practices in OCM will password with which to access the The Innovation Center is operating continue to receive standard Medicare electronic, web-based application. this model under the authority of FFS payments during OCM episodes. 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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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ActionNotice.
DatesApplications Available: February 17, 2015.
ContactPatricia Barrett, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 5142, PCP, Washington, DC 20202-2700. Telephone: (202) 245-6211 or by email: [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 8317 
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