This $608,353 Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) will fund a longitudinal study by Craig Hospital's Research Department on resilience-related factors influencing psychosocial growth after traumatic brain injury. The study, titled "THRIVING AFTER TBI: A LONGITUDINAL INVESTIGATION OF RESILIENCE-RELATED FACTORS FOR PSYCHOSOCIAL GROWTH AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY," will be conducted over a 3-year...
This three-year, $1,497,516 Project Grant from the Department of the Army Medical Command through its Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) supports research aimed at improving upper extremity function for individuals with cervical spinal cord injuries. The Washington University is the primary awardee and has enlisted several sub-awardees, including the Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research, the University of British Columbia, Craig Hospital, and the Veteran...
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 federal Project Grant award of $1,793,411 was provided by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (doing business as Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), a non-profit hospital and research institute. The funding will support a research project titled "SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF AMPAKINES FOR IMPROVEMENT OF BLADDER FUNCTION IN INDIVIDUALS WITH SCI" over the period of July 1, 2024 to June 30,...
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $330,000 Project Grant (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) to the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, doing business as Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, to conduct research on improving walking recovery in individuals with chronic incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI). The key objectives of this 2-year project are to: (1) examine the contribution of the reticulospinal tract (RST) to lower...
This federal Project Grant award, worth $2,966,875.00, was made by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program. The grant supports a prospective clinical trial to investigate the optimal timing of surgical decompression for patients with acute spinal cord injuries. The grant recipient, the Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, will conduct the research at its facility in Torrance, California over a...
The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) awarded a $160,000 Project Grant to Domestic Awardees (Undisclosed), a for-profit organization, for the project "PERSONALIZED BIOFEEDBACK AND PROSTHETIC INTERVENTION FOR LOCOMOTOR REHABILITATION OF PERSONS WITH LOWER LIMB AMPUTATION". The grant, which began on Sep 1, 2023 and is set to be completed by Aug 31, 2024, aims to support research and development focused on improving locomotor...
The Defense Health Agency awarded a $3,977,103 Project Grant under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program to The Washington University to conduct a 4-year clinical trial on nerve transfer surgeries to improve upper limb function and quality of life for patients with high-level cervical spinal cord injuries. The study aims to address critical information gaps on the use of nerve transfer procedures in this patient population. The project will be executed through a...
This federal Project Grant award of $249,987.00 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 grant, titled "ADVANCED RESEARCH TRAINING IN NEUROTRAUMA REHABILITATION (ARRT)", is being awarded to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) from Jun 1, 2025 to May 31, 2028. The grant aims to support...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Army Medical Command (CFDA 12.420 - Military Medical Research and Development) provides $2,455,263.00 to the Kessler Foundation, Inc. to conduct research on "TRANSCUTANEOUS SPINAL STIMULATION AND GAIT TRAINING TO IMPROVE MOBILITY AND MOTOR CONTROL IN INDIVIDUALS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY." The award period runs from Sep 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2028. As a leading center for rehabilitation research, the Kessler Foundation will...