Project Grant 5DRW16000001

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) under the Administration for Community Living awarded $500,000 to the University of Massachusetts Boston's Institute for Community Inclusion to operate a five-year Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training (ARRT) program focused on employment outcomes for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The program, which commenced June 1, 2025,...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), operating under CFDA 93.433, awarded Mississippi State University a $2.775 million Project Grant commencing September 1, 2025, and concluding August 31, 2030, to establish a Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Employment Among People Who Are Blind or Have Low Vision (B/LV). The center will deliver comprehensive research, training, technical assistance,...

Grant Award Summary The Research Foundation For Mental Hygiene, Inc. (RFMH), through its New York State Psychiatric Institute division, received a $999,960 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR, CFDA 93.433) on September 1, 2025, to conduct a five-year randomized controlled trial examining the effectiveness of the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model for improving employment outcomes in adults with...

Federal Grant Award Summary The American Institutes for Research (AIR) received a $1.0 million Project Grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) under CFDA 93.433, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. The award supports development and testing of the Dignity of Work intervention, designed to enhance employment outcomes for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) by supporting Community...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Michigan State University received a $246,207 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), CFDA 93.433, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This proof-of-concept project develops the Skills2Work program, an employment readiness and soft skills training curriculum designed for transition-age youth with intellectual disabilities (TAY-ID). The program integrates...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Cornell University's Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability and Worker Institute received a $250,000 project grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), administered under CFDA 93.433, for a three-year research initiative (September 1, 2025 – August 31, 2028). The project will produce comprehensive research and evidence-based recommendations addressing the intersecting labor market...

Summary American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR) received a $1.2 million Project Grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) under CFDA 93.433, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The Center on Knowledge Translation for Employment Research (CKTER) will translate and disseminate disability employment research findings to multiple stakeholder groups including individuals with disabilities,...

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...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) awarded Syracuse University $925,000 on September 1, 2025, for the establishment of the Center on Disability Employment Policy (DEP), a five-year Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) extending through August 31, 2030. Led by Syracuse University's Burton Blatt Institute in partnership with Cornell University, Harvard University, Rutgers University,...

Federal Grant Award Summary This $180,000 Project Grant, awarded September 1, 2025, by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) under CFDA 93.433, supports a two-year mixed-methods research initiative to identify barriers and facilitators to physical activity (PA) for children with disabilities. The project will deliver empirical evidence through two primary research aims: (1) a cross-sectional analysis of the National Survey of Children's...