This Project Grant award for $250,000.00 from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433) will support a 3-year research project entitled "Translating Diabetes Prevention Evidence-Based Research into Practice for People with Acquired Brain Injury." The project aims to develop and evaluate an intervention to improve diabetes prevention and management for individuals with acquired brain injuries. The award was granted to the...
This $200,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433) will enable the Baylor Research Institute in Dallas, Texas to expand delivery of an evidence-based weight-loss intervention to enhance access and reach underserved groups after stroke. The 3-year grant, running from September 2024 through August 2027, will fund research and implementation activities to widen the availability of this weight...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433) provides $400,000 to the Baylor Research Institute to develop a telehealth platform for delivering a weight-loss program tailored for individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The key objectives are to partner with a TBI advisory board to develop the telehealth platform, then pilot the program to assess participant compliance, usability, satisfaction, and...
The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), part of the Administration for Community Living, awarded a $249,479 Project Grant to The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern) on Sep 1, 2025. The grant, under CFDA program 93.433, will support a research project titled "Intersection of Cardiovascular Health and Depression After Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)." The project aims to improve the lives of individuals...
This Project Grant award of $600,000.00 was provided by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), which falls under the Administration for Community Living (ACL). The grant, titled "2BEHEALTHY: HEALTH ENGAGEMENT AFTER TBI", is funded through the NIDILRR's CFDA program 93.433 and will support research and development efforts aimed at improving the lives of individuals with disabilities, particularly those who have experienced...
The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), which is part of the Administration for Community Living, awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Baylor Research Institute to implement an evidence-based educational resource for children with mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI). The goal of the project is to improve the health and function of children with MTBI by developing, implementing, and evaluating a post-MTBI educational resource at Baylor...
The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), which is part of the Administration for Community Living, awarded a $249,707 Project Grant to the Baylor Research Institute in Dallas, Texas. The grant, titled "TRAJECTORIES OF PTSD SYMPTOMS FOLLOWING A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI)", will fund a 3-year research study to investigate the trajectories of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in individuals who have experienced a...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) program, will support research to investigate the use of the adipokine adiponectin as a potential therapy to promote functional recovery after traumatic brain injury (TBI). The $571,404 award to the University of Pittsburgh will test the hypothesis that adiponectin receptor activation can mitigate...
This Project Grant award of $1,330,361, provided by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433), aims to develop, test, and disseminate an electronic self-management tool (SELF-TBI) for individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The project will involve input from stakeholders, usability testing with 10 individuals with TBI and their care partners, and beta-testing with 200 individuals with TBI. The resulting SELF-TBI tool will...
The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), which is part of the Administration for Community Living, has awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR). The grant, titled "Stronger Support for Better Rehabilitation Outcomes: Resource Toolkit for Community Traumatic Brain Injury Support Group Leaders," will fund the development of a resource toolkit to support community-based...