This federal Project Grant award of $875,000.00 was provided by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) under the ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research program (CFDA 93.433). The award, granted on September 1, 2024, supports a Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) focused on employment for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The RRTC involves researchers...
The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) awarded a $2,625,000 Project Grant on September 1, 2024 to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) for the "RRTC on Employment Among Transition-Age Youth with Disabilities 2024" program. This 5-year grant supports comprehensive research and development activities aimed at improving employment outcomes for youth with disabilities during the transition to adulthood. The grant funds VCU's...
The Defense Health Agency awarded a $3,995,791 project grant to Virginia Commonwealth University under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to compare the attentional demands and functional outcomes of pattern recognition and direct myoelectric control in people with transradial amputation. VCU will conduct this research from September 2023 through September 2027 in Richmond, Virginia. Two subawards were also provided. Hanger Institute for Clinical Research and...
The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), a program under the Administration for Community Living (ACL), awarded a $160,000 Project Grant (CFDA 93.433) to investigate novel home-based telerehabilitation systems integrated with rehabilitation robots for stroke survivors with upper limb dysfunctions. The award period is from Sep 1, 2023 to Aug 31, 2024. The project aims to develop and evaluate innovative rehabilitation technologies to...
This Project Grant award of $249,957 from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) under CFDA program 93.433 supports the University of Illinois' Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training (ARRT) program in community living and participation. The award, effective June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2028, will fund post-doctoral research training focused on improving community living and participation outcomes for individuals with disabilities. The...
This federal Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) provides $249,732 in funding to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) for research on novel kappa opioid receptor (KOR) agonists and their potential to promote central nervous system (CNS) repair. The award, which runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, will enable VCU to conduct research aimed at developing effective treatments for...
The University of South Carolina was awarded a $504,554.68 Project Grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) under the ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research program (CFDA 93.433). The grant, awarded on August 16, 2024, supports comprehensive research and development activities aimed at improving the lives of people with physical and mental disabilities. Through this funding, the...
The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Craig Hospital in Colorado to conduct research on "Spinal Stimulation to Improve Upper Extremity Recovery in the Home." The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, will fund a 3-year project to develop and evaluate new technologies and interventions aimed at enhancing upper limb function and independence for individuals with spinal cord injuries. As part of...
This Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) provides $751,038 to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) to conduct research on the use of ketone ester intravenous infusion as a new treatment for traumatic brain injury. The award period runs from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2027. VCU, a public research university in Richmond, Virginia, has extensive experience supporting federal healthcare and biomedical...
The Department of Defense, through the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), awarded a $2,449,123 project grant to the Northern California Institute for Research and Education, Inc. (NCIRE) to conduct the "TBI Rehabilitation and Activation in Veterans (TRAIN-VETS)" research project. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, will fund a 4-year study to develop and evaluate innovative rehabilitation approaches for improving outcomes for veterans with traumatic...