The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
(NIDRR) in the U.S. Department of Education is pleased to announce notices inviting applications for two new research grants in the areas
of: "Emergency Evacuation and Individuals with Disabilities"
and "Emergency Management Technologies."
"Emergency Evacuation and Individuals with Disabilities" is a three-year Disability and Rehabilitation Research Project (DRRP) with projected funding at $450,000 per year. "Emergency Management Technologies" is a five-year Rehabilitation Research and Engineering Center (RERC) with projected funding at $950,000 per year.
NIDRR will hold pre-application meetings (by teleconference) for anyone interested in applying for the grants. Please see the notices inviting applications for the dates and times of the pre- application meetings.
We also will conduct peer-reviewed competitions to evaluate the applications we receive.
Notices inviting applications for these (and other) NIDRR grants were published in the Federal Register on February 14, 2007 and are available on the Department of Education website at
http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister/index.html.Applicants: Complete grant application packages for both competitions are available at both
http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/grantapps/index.htmland
http://www.grants.gov. Please note: When downloading the application package via Grants.gov you are given three boxes to fill in -- the FON; the CDFA and the ID -- you should only fill in one of these boxes in order to open the application package. If submitting electronically via Grants.gov you will have to read the instructions very carefully. Please log onto http://www.grants.gov early to register - this is a3-5 day process. Institutes of Higher ED - Please check with your grants/sponsored programs office to see who there will be submitting them for you. Do not wait to the last hour on the closing date to apply.
Electronic applications received at the Department via grants.gov must be received/logged in, on the due date, by 4:30 p.m. Washington, DC time in order to be considered.
Applications are due on or before MONDAY, April 16, 2007.
Peer Reviewers: Persons interested in being a peer reviewer for either of these competitions should send a detailed resume to OSERSPRS@ed.gov
, with copies to bonnie.gracer@ed.gov and thomas.corfman@ed.gov. Please include a cover letter describing your areas of expertise. You must include your academic credentials, complete contact information and a description of your experience in relevant areas (e.g., research, engineering, emergency management, disability). If you already sent your resume to Bonnie Gracer you do not need to resend it. Federal employees are not eligible to be peer reviewers for these competitions.
Source: NCD Listserv
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