This 5-volume directory describes more than 1,000 discretionary grants and contracts supported by the Research to Practice Division of the Office of Special Education Programs. The projects are grouped into sections representing the seven program areas of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Amendments (1997), Part D. This volume, the first of the set, describes projects concerning Research and Innovation To Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities and Studies and Evaluations. The Research and Innovation projects aim to advance the use of knowledge to improve services provided under IDEA, including improving the practices of personnel providing services to children with disabilities and improving the educational results. The Studies and Evaluation projects are designed to assess the effectiveness of state and local efforts to provide a free appropriate education to children with disabilities and to provide early intervention services to infants and toddlers with disabilities or those at risk of developmental delays. The approximately 500 projects described are grouped by funding competitions and include information on grant number, title, project director, beginning and ending dates, and contact information. Four indexes are provided: a project director index, an organization index, a state index, and a subject index. (CR)