National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research

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National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) is a United States governmental institution that provides leadership and support for a comprehensive program of research related to the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities. It is subordinate of Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)[1], which in turn is a part of United States Department of Education. NIDRR's mission is to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities from birth through adulthood.

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v t e Agencies under the United States Department of Education

Secretary of Education	Office for Civil Rights Institute of Education Sciences

Deputy Secretary of Education	Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools Office of Innovation and Improvement Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Office of English Language Acquisition Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

Under Secretary of Education	Office of Federal Student Aid Office of Vocational and Adult Education Office of Postsecondary Education White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Programs	National Center for Education Statistics National Library of Education National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research Office of Migrant Education Education Resources Information Center National Assessment of Educational Progress

Independent Organizations	Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance National Institute for Literacy National Assessment Governing Board National Board for Education Sciences White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics

v t e Research and development agencies of the United States federal government

Independent agencies	National Science Foundation (NSF), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), Smithsonian Institution research centers and programs

Agriculture	Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Economic Research Service (ERS), United States Forest Service Research and Development (R&D)

Commerce	National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Defense	Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Office of Naval Research (ONR), Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

Education	Institute of Education Sciences (IES), National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)

Energy	Office of Science (DOE SC), Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), National Laboratories

Health and Human Services	National Institutes of Health (NIH), Food and Drug Administration science and research programs

Homeland Security	Directorate for Science and Technology (S&T), Coast Guard Research & Development Center (CG RDC)

Interior	United States Geological Survey (USGS)

Transportation	Federal Aviation Administration Research, Engineering, and Development, Federal Highway Administration Research and Technology

Veterans Affairs	Veterans Health Administration Office of Research and Development (ORD)

Multi-agency initiatives	U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program (NITRD), National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI)

Policy-making bodies	Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) (defunct), House Committee on Science and Technology, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, The National Academies

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