Project Grant 90BISB0013

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433) provides $200,000 to Florida Atlantic University to develop and assess the effectiveness and social acceptance of a virtual reality (VR) job training application for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The primary goals are to: 1) empower individuals with IDD through tailored technology access and customized job training, 2) improve...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.070 - Computer and Information Science and Engineering) provides $899,763 to Clemson University to co-design, co-develop, and test a mobile object recognition app that provides on-the-job task prompting to support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in the workplace. The primary objectives are to: 1) identify work tasks where object recognition could help people with IDD, 2) understand how people...

This $140,000 Project Grant award from the Administration for Community Living's (ACL) National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) program (CFDA 93.433) will support the development of "Augmented Reality Enhanced Supported Employment for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities". The project aims to improve employment outcomes for this population through the use of augmented reality technologies. Funded from...

This Project Grant award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), provides $591,838 to Ablelink Smart Living Technologies LLC to develop and evaluate a universally designed app and web-based tools to support independent access to ridesharing services, including driverless vehicles, for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities...

The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), part of the Administration for Community Living, awarded a $246,207 Project Grant to Michigan State University to develop the "DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS2WORK: AN EMPLOYMENT READINESS AND SOFT SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM FOR TRANSITION-AGE YOUTH WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY". The grant, which runs from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028, will fund the creation of an employment readiness and soft...

This Project Grant award of $550,089.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the Research in Special Education program (CFDA 84.324) supports the development and deployment of fully automated virtual-reality-based training modules for special education teachers. Over the 4-year program, the principal investigator at Vanderbilt University will collaborate with research teams at Mississippi State University and Utah State University to design,...

The University of Massachusetts Boston has been awarded a $500,000 Project Grant by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA Program 93.433) to support the "Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training Program: Employment for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities." This 3-year grant, effective June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2028, will fund research, development, and training initiatives focused on improving employment...

The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to the University of New Hampshire (UNH) to advance peer-delivered mental health interventions for young adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. The grant, titled "ADVANCING PEER-DELIVERED MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTIONS FOR YOUNG ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND/OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES: ADAPTING AND TESTING STEPUP PEER PROGRAMMING," will be...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $257,612 to the University of California, Davis to conduct a pilot trial of the Individualized Placement and Support (IPS) model for supported employment of autistic adults in the community. The goal is to address the high unemployment rates among autistic adults by evaluating the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary effectiveness of the IPS...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433) provides $199,948 to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey to develop "My CTE Journey - A Digital Toolkit for Navigating Career and Technical Education" for individuals with severe mental health conditions. The project aims to transform current handbook resources into a digital toolkit with enhanced accessibility features, recruit 200-250 students...