The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) "Long-Range Plan for Fiscal Years 2005-09" (the "Plan") provides an agenda for achieving advancements in applied rehabilitation research that will benefit people with disabilities in the United States. This executive summary describes the purposes and scope of the "Plan," which was published in the Federal Register on February 15, 2006. It discusses the three sections of the "Plan." The first section includes the introduction and background, as well as information about NIDRR's target population. The second section of the "Plan" addresses managing for success and contains two parts: one on NIDRR's Logic Model for outcomes achievement; and the other on a strategy of managing for results. The Logic Model provides a theoretical base for the evaluation of program outcomes and will help ensure consistency throughout a planning and feedback cycle. The NIDRR management section provides information on strategies for making operations more systematic and responsive to the concerns of constituents. The third section of the "Plan" discusses three arenas of outcomes achievement: research and development (R&D), knowledge translation (KT), and capacity building (C-B). The R&D arena is divided according to the domains of NIDRR research--employment, health and function, technology for access and function, participation and community living, and disability demographics. The R&D arena is further subdivided into stages of knowledge development that include discoveries; theories, measures, and methods; and interventions, products or devices, and environmental modifications. (Contains 1 figure.)