The Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities Program is offering the Steppingstones of Technology Innovation Grant (Phase 2) to research and determine the effectiveness of technology-based approaches for children with disabilities.

Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information.

Note: This notice includes one absolute priority with two phases, and funding information for each phase of the competition, and two competitive preference priorities within the absolute priority.

Purpose of Program: The purposes of the Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities program are to: (1) Improve
results for children with disabilities by promoting the development, demonstration, and use of technology; (2) support educational media
services activities designed to be of educational value in the classroom setting to children with disabilities; and (3) provide
support for captioning and video description that are appropriate for use in the classroom setting.
Phase 2–Research on Effectiveness: Projects funded under Phase 2 must select a promising technology-based approach that has been
developed and tested in a manner consistent with the criteria for activities funded under Phase 1, and subject the approach to rigorous field-based research to determine its effectiveness in educational or early intervention settings. Approaches studied under Phase 2 may have been developed with previous funding under Phase 1 of this priority or with funding from other sources. Phase 2 of this priority is primarily
intended to produce sound research-based evidence demonstrating that the technology-based approach can improve educational or early
intervention results for children with disabilities in a defined range of real world contexts.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.327A.

We are participating as a partner in the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site. The Steppingstones of Technology Innovation for Children with Disabilities competition, CFDA number 84.327A, is included in this project. We request your participation in Grants.gov.
If you choose to submit your application electronically, you must use the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at http://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 e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us.
You may access the electronic grant application for the Steppingstones of Technology Innovation for Children with Disabilities competition, CFDA number 84.327A at http://www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this program by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number’s alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.327, not 84.327A).