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 federal Project Grant award of $199,739, provided by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433), will support research to help adults with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) succeed at work through the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model of supported employment. The award, which runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, will be implemented by the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. (RFMH), doing business as...
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 $199,135 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433) supports research to improve community living and participation among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families. The project, led by Vanderbilt University, will run from September 2024 to August 2027. The key products and services to be delivered include developing innovative technologies, intervention protocols,...
The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), a program within the Administration for Community Living, awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to Cornell University to identify activities that can improve outcomes for autistic youth. The award, which runs from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028, supports research, development, and training projects aimed at enhancing the lives of people with disabilities across domains such as community living,...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants (CFDA 93.242) program aims to improve the inclusion of individuals with intellectual disability in autism neuroscience research. The $837,131 award to Yale University, effective February 1, 2025 through December 31, 2029, will apply innovative technological and clinical approaches to collect neural and visual attentional data from 70 children with autism and intellectual...
This federal Project Grant award, totaling $690,110, was 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). The purpose of the grant is to conduct a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of the "Achieving Independence & Mastery in School" (AIMS) intervention for improving organization, planning, and time management skills in middle school students...
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...
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), a program within the Administration for Community Living, awarded a $199,999 Project Grant to the University of North Texas (UNT), a Hispanic-Serving Institution, to explore and identify the life situation capability priorities for improved community living of older adults (aged 55+) with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: 1) Identify and characterize...