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...
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...
The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), a program under the Administration for Community Living, awarded a $1,499,997 Project Grant to the University of Washington for a 5-year period starting on September 1, 2024. The grant will fund a study to evaluate the efficacy of a novel rehabilitation intervention, "Tools for Recovery and Clinical Care" (ON-TRACC), in improving quality of life and function for individuals experiencing...
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...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), part of the Administration for Community Living, provides $250,000.00 to Baylor Research Institute to conduct a "SCALE-UP EVALUATION TRIAL OF THE DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM TO IMPROVE OBESITY AND CARDIOMETABOLIC HEALTH AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY" over the period from Sep 1, 2025 to Aug 31, 2028. The goal of this research project is to evaluate the...
This $737,899 federal Project Grant awarded by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program will fund the development and evaluation of a nontrauma intervention to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans and service members suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI). The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, a state-controlled institution of higher learning, will lead the research effort over a 3-year...
This $2,763,615 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Defense's Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) supports a randomized controlled trial of brief prolonged exposure therapy for injured individuals admitted to a Level I trauma center. The goal is to evaluate the effectiveness of this approach in preventing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in this patient population. The 4-year study is being conducted by the Baylor Research Institute, a non-profit...
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded a $628,133 Project Grant (CFDA 93.853) to Rutgers, The State University to study the "Metabolic Mechanisms of Recovery in Mild TBI" from September 1, 2024 to July 31, 2028. The research aims to determine if activating the CYPIN protein can promote functional recovery after mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) in mice. This builds on previous work identifying CYPIN as a key molecule regulating methionine levels and...
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...
This $309,279 Project Grant award, funded by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program, supports a research study on traumatic brain injury (TBI) and psychological health conducted by Florida State University. The primary objectives are to adapt the Ohio State University TBI Identification Method and the STAIR-NT intervention for first responders with TBI, analyze the data, and disseminate the study findings. Key sub-award activities...