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...
The federal Project Grant award, with ID 90BISB0039, 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 (CFDA 93.433) program. The $287,500.00 award, with a period of performance from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2027, supports the "SIGN LANGUAGE DETECTION FOR VIDEOCONFERENCING PHASE II (SLDVC II)" project. The awardee, Govobo LLC, a...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433) program to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY). The grant, titled "Addressing the Impacts of Climate Change on People with Disabilities," will fund research and development activities to improve the lives of people with physical...
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...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living, through the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433) has awarded a $287,500 Project Grant to Objective ED, Inc. to develop the "Kids Like Me Bookshelf" - an interactive fiction story system designed to improve self-determination skills for students with vision impairments. The project will leverage generative AI to co-create role-model stories...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Community Living, through the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.433), awarded a $287,500 Project Grant to Assistech Systems LLC (operating as Cognitopia) on June 1, 2025. The grant funds the development of a person-centered approach to emergency preparedness for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Assistech...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging's Aging Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.866) provides $295,825 to Applied Universal Dynamics, Corp to develop a machine learning-based smartphone software system that enhances speech and reduces background noise for over-the-counter hearing aid devices. The goal is to improve the accessibility, affordability, and acceptance of hearing assistance technologies, particularly among underserved rural and minority populations. The...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program provides $174,999 to Gallaudet University to develop principled methods for studying and designing American Sign Language (ASL)-based intelligent personal assistants (IPAs) that enable deaf ASL users to interact with computers. The project aims to conduct experiments with deaf users to understand how well ASL-based IPA interfaces that recognize limited...
This $600,000 Project Grant was awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living on July 1, 2023 under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493). The funding will be used by the non-profit organization Lighthouse For The Visually Impaired and Blind, Inc. to provide a holistic, person-centric approach to care with a focus on improved mental health for adults with disabilities living in Pasco, Hernando and Citrus, FL counties. The program is...
This $199,941 Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433), aims to develop intelligent mobile robotic assistants to support individuals with disabilities in performing Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs). The key expected products are: (1) mobile manipulators with the ability to learn new IADLs, and (2) a flexible user interface for these robotic assistants. The goal is to promote independent...