Project Grant 90RT5034

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...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded Openmindxr LLC a $449,729 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants (CFDA 93.242) program to develop a suite of immersive virtual reality (VR) programs aimed at improving social skills in children with ADHD. The 2-year grant, effective June 1, 2025, will fund the conversion of research software into a combined VR program that can be used at home on a VR headset. The program will consist of three modules: PerspectiveR to help...

This $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), Federal Grant Program CFDA 93.433, aims to revise an existing employability skills curriculum for justice-involved youth with disabilities. The goal is to implement the updated curriculum in community-based juvenile service settings, rather than just correctional facilities. The 3-year project will accomplish the following: 1) identify content, processes, and...

This Project Grant award of $1,750,000 was provided by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), which is part of the Administration for Community Living (CFDA 93.433), to Virginia Commonwealth University. The grant supports the "RRTC on Employment Among People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 2024" project over a 5-year period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2029. The project aims to improve employment...

The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living, awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to provide advanced multidisciplinary postdoctoral rehabilitation training in research focused on improving employment outcomes for persons with disabilities. The 5-year Advanced Rehabilitation Research and Training (ARRT) program aims...

The American Institutes for Research (AIR), in partnership with Think College and Co-PI Worth, received a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433) to develop an intervention called "MY ROAD" over a three-year period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027. The MY ROAD intervention aims to empower inclusive postsecondary education (IPSE) programs to evaluate and expand dignity of risk for students...

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...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $599,999 project grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to the University of Rhode Island. The grant will fund research to design virtual reality (VR) technologies that enable adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) to independently engage in post-trauma self-regulation. The project aims to: (1) understand how adults with I/DD use VR for self-regulation after trauma, (2)...

The Disability Law Center of Virginia received a $413,798 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the Program of Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights (CFDA #84.240) program. The grant period runs from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 to provide advocacy and legal services to protect the individual rights of people with disabilities in Virginia. The Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights...

This federal Project Grant award of $426,234, provided by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), aims to refine and test a novel virtual reality (VR) parent training tool for caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who exhibit severe destructive behavior. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) Developing a customizable, in-home VR training...