To:     The National Rehabilitation Association Membership

From:  Patricia Leahy, Director of Government Affairs

Re:      NIDRR Announces Field-Initiated Projects Grant Competition

Date:   November 2, 2009

For those who read on the run, this Washington Wire deals only with the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research's (NIDRR) announcement of the opening of the Field-Initiated Projects Grant Competition on October 29, 2009, with a deadline for submission of applications of January 6, 2010.

Dr.Tim Muzzio's, Director, Program, Budget, and Evaluation Division in NIDRR, announcement in this regard follows immediately below this message.

Thank you.

Patricia Leahy

Director of Governmental Affairs and Public Policy

National Rehabilitation Association

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From: Muzzio, Timothy [mailto:Timothy.Muzzio@ed.gov]
Sent: Thu 10/29/2009 12:54 PM
Subject: Field initiated Projects

I am pleased to announce the opening of the Field-Initiated Projects grant competition:

For the full Text of the Announcement see the following site: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-26127.htm

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Numbers: 84.133G-1 (Research) and 84.133G-2 (Development).

Dates: Applications Available: October 29, 2009.

Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: January 6, 2010.

Timothy C. Muzzio, Ph.D.

Director, Program, Budget and Evaluation Division

National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research

Potomac Center Plaza

550 12th Street, SW, Room 6054

Washington, DC 20202-2550

202-245-7458 (voice)

202-245-7323 (fax)