{"abstract":"The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services proposes certain funding priorities for the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program administered by NIDRR. Specifically, this notice proposes four priorities for RRTCs and three priorities for RERCs. The Assistant Secretary may use these priorities for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2009 and later years. We take this action to focus research attention on areas of national need. We intend these priorities to improve rehabilitation services and outcomes for individuals with disabilities.","action":"Notice of proposed priorities for RRTCs and RERCs.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2009/05/07/E9-10653.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"74 FR 21338","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2009-06-08","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"We must receive your comments on or before June 8, 2009.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"E9-10653","effective_on":null,"end_page":21349,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2009/05/07/E9-10653.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/05/07/E9-10653/national-institute-on-disability-and-rehabilitation-research-nidrr-disability-and-rehabilitation","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/E9-10653?publication_date=2009-05-07","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2009-05-07/E9-10653/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":12,"page_views":{"count":57,"last_updated":"2026-04-05 00:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2009-05-07/pdf/E9-10653.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2009-05-07","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2009/05/07/E9-10653.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":21338,"subtype":null,"title":"National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)-Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program-Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTCs) and Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers (RERCs)","toc_doc":"Proposed Priorities for Rehabilitation Research  Training and Engineering Research Centers","toc_subject":null,"topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":74}